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| US 09271493 | Cegelski 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) | Lynette Cegelski (Stanford, California); Ji Youn Lim (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the dissolution of a microbial biofilm are provided, where the method comprises contacting a microbiofilm with an effective dose of a curcumin derivative as a biofilm inhibitor. In some embodiments the curcumin derivative is dimethoxycurcumin. In some embodiments the biofilm comprises E. coli, e.g. including uropathogenic E. coli. The biofilm can be present in vitro or in vivo. The biofilm inhibitor may be administered alone, or in combination with bacteriocidal agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/921916 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic 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 35/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09271641 | Sims et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janene Sims (Trussville, Alabama); Robert N. Kleinstein (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes an apparatus for testing to assess the cone photoreceptor pathway by determining the sensitivity of the cone photoreceptors. The test may be used to determine of a subject is suffering from, or is likely to suffer from, a disease state involving the fovea, parafovea, macula, neurological pathways used by these area to communicate with the visual processing centers in the brain and cone photoreceptors and/or ganglion cells. Using the novel cone photoreceptor sensitivity test and apparatus, the present disclosure shows that cone photoreceptor sensitivity in subjects with primary open angle glaucoma was decreased as compared to a control group (p=0.04). This cone photoreceptor sensitivity test is shown to have excellent repeatability, can be administered in a short time, does not require extensive subject instruction and meets other limitations required for application in a clinical setting. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/204607 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/0008 (20130101) A61B 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/028 (20130101) |
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| US 09271643 | Bower et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley A. Bower (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Pete Huening (Clayton, North Carolina); Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems for imaging a sample are provided. The system includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging portion having an associated OCT path defined by one set of optical elements between an OCT signal delivery optical fiber and the sample; an image capture portion having an associated image capture path defined by a second set of optical elements between an image capture device and the sample, different from the OCT path; and an illuminator portion having an associated illumination path defined by a third set of optical elements between an illumination source and the sample. The OCT path, the image capture path, and the illuminator path have at least one optical element in common, and the respective paths differ from each other by at least one optical element. The OCT path and the image capture path share a common intermediate conjugate image plane. Focal control is achieved for the OCT path and the image capture path concurrently through adjustment of one or more common optical elements distal to the common intermediate conjugate plane, such that focal control requires no differential adjustment between optical elements not in common to both paths. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/551916 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/0203 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) |
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| US 09271661 | Moghari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehdi Hedjazi Moghari (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Reza Nezafat (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehdi Hedjazi Moghari (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Reza Nezafat (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for free-breathing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using iterative image-based respiratory motion correction is provided. An MRI system is used to acquired k-space data and navigator data from a subject. The k-space data is then sorted into a plurality of data bins using the navigator data. A motion correction parameter is estimated for each data bin and is applied to the respective k-space data in that bin. The corrected k-space data segments are then combined to form a corrected k-space data set, from which an image is reconstructed. The process may be iteratively repeated until an image quality metric is optimized; for example, until an image sharpness measure is sufficiently maximized. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/360979 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7207 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5676 (20130101) G01R 33/56509 (20130101) |
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| US 09271674 | Deisseroth 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) | Karl Deisseroth (Stanford, California); Jin Hyung Lee (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods involving the use of magnetic resonance imaging and optogenetic neural stimulation. Aspects of the disclosure include modifying a target neural cell population in a first region of a brain to express light-responsive molecules. Using a light pulse, the light-responsive molecules in the target neural cell population are stimulated. Multiple regions of the brain are scanned via magnetic resonance imaging. The scans allow for observation of a neural reaction in response to the stimulation in at least one of the multiple regions of the brain. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/298413 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/4848 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/0622 (20130101) |
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| US 09271833 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | June-Hong Kim (Busan, South Korea); Robert J. Lederman (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Ozgur Kocaturk (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | June-Hong Kim (Busan, South Korea); Robert J. Lederman (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Ozgur Kocaturk (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective device or bridge comprising a central arch is suitable to be placed between an annuplasty device placed in the coronary sinus and an underlying coronary artery to inhibit transmission of compressive force on the coronary artery by the annuplasty device. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468761 |
| 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 2/06 (20130101) A61F 2/2451 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/068 (20130101) A61F 2210/0014 (20130101) A61F 2220/0075 (20130101) A61F 2230/0045 (20130101) A61F 2250/0037 (20130101) A61F 2250/0065 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 25/0041 (20130101) A61M 2025/0042 (20130101) A61M 2025/0059 (20130101) |
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| US 09271932 | Qi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaoyang Qi (Loveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoyang Qi (Loveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a method for delivering pharmaceutical and/or imaging agents within and/or through the dermal, mucosal and other cellular membranes, and across the blood-brain barrier, utilizing a fusogenic protein. The fusogenic protein is associated with a phospholipid membrane, such as a liposome. The liposome may include dioleoylphosphatidylserine, a negatively charged long-chain lipid. Alternatively, the liposome is comprised of a mixture of negatively charged long-chain lipids, neutral long-chain lipids, and neutral short-chain lipids. Preferred fusogenic proteins include saposin C and other proteins, polypeptides and peptide analogs derived from saposin C. The active agent contained within the liposome may comprise biomolecules and/or organic molecules. This technology can be used for both cosmetic and medicinal applications in which the objective is delivery of the active agent within and/or beneath biological membranes or across the blood-brain barrier and neuronal membranes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/741323 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/006 (20130101) A61K 9/007 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/0043 (20130101) A61K 9/127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09271961 | Penning 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) | Trevor M. Penning (Springfield, Pennsylvania); Adegoke O. Adeniji (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Michael C. Burns (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Winkler (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Barry Twenter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions comprising selective AKR1C3 inhibitors. The invention also includes compositions comprising bifunctional AKR1C3 inhibitors and selective androgen receptor modulators. The invention further includes methods of treatment using the compositions of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050937 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/196 (20130101) A61K 31/205 (20130101) A61K 31/205 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 229/58 (20130101) C07C 229/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09271972 | Finberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Finberg (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones (Belmont, Massachusetts); Shenghua Zhou (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods, kits, and uses of inhibitors of LCMV mediated NF-κB activation to treat viral infections and inflammatory conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/079809 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/42 (20130101) A61K 31/423 (20130101) A61K 31/429 (20130101) A61K 31/443 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/4245 (20130101) A61K 31/4433 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/4535 (20130101) A61K 31/4725 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) |
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| US 09271997 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anjana Rao (La Jolla, California); Patrick Hogan (La Jolla, California); Sonia Sharma (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the inventions relate to modulating NFAT activity, modulating store-operated Ca2+ entry into a cell and treating and/or preventing hyperactivity or inappropriate immune response by inhibiting the expression or activities of proteins involved in the calcineurin/NFAT axis. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/761444 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 306/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09272013 | Rodgers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kathleen E. Rodgers (Long Beach, California); Gere S. diZerega (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen E. Rodgers (Long Beach, California); Gere S. diZerega (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for treating a subject that has suffered combined exposure to total body ionizing irradiation and burns by administering a peptide of at least 5 amino acids of a peptide of SEQ ID NO:1 (Asp-Arg-Nle-Tyr-Ile-His-Pro), or a pharmaceutical salt thereof in an amount effective to treat the radiation effects and/or the burn. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/637038 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/085 (20130101) |
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| US 09272015 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Ardsley, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Ardsley, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haesun Kim (Teaneck, New Jersey); Anthony O. Caggiano (Larchmont, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to administering glial growth factor 2 (GGF2) to a patient in need thereof, to achieve serum levels of GGF2 within a desired therapeutic window determined based on the disease or disorder afflicting the patient. In a particular embodiment, the patient is suffering from a disease or disorder associated with reduced levels of myelination and the GGF2 is administered to promote myelination in the patient. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/853386 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1883 (20130101) |
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| US 09272016 | McCray, Jr. 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) | Paul B. McCray, Jr. (Iowa City, Iowa); Beverly L. Davidson (Iowa City, Iowa); Sateesh Krishnamurthy (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of reducing a level of a target mRNA in a well-differentiated airway epithelial cell by contacting the cell with a sensitizing agent followed by contacting the cell with a therapeutic RNAi agent. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/828488 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 38/1808 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09272017 | Mohammadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moosa Mohammadi (Scarsdale, New York); Regina Goetz (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a pharmaceuticalm composition comprising a peptide comprising at least a portion corresponding to the C-terminus of FGF23 and an additive selected from the group consisting of vitamin D and a vitamin D receptor agonist. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763301 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/59 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/84 (20130101) G01N 30/00 (20130101) G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/573 (20130101) |
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| US 09272022 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Chang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sejal K. Vyas (Somerville, Massachusetts); Anthony Leung (Somerville, Massachusetts); Phillip A. Sharp (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Chang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sejal K. Vyas (Somerville, Massachusetts); Anthony Leung (Somerville, Massachusetts); Phillip A. Sharp (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for treating or decreasing the likelihood of developing a stress-granule related disorder and/or cancer by administering one or more poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, one or more PARP activators, one or more poly-ADP-ribose glycosylase (PARG) activators, and/or one or more poly-ADP-ribose glycohydrolase ARH3 activators. The invention also provides corresponding methods of decreasing stress granule formation and/or proliferation in a cell or a population of cells. The invention further provides methods of increasing the number of stress granules and proliferation in a cell or a population of cells by administering one or more PARP activators, one or more PARP inhibitors, one or more PARG inhibitors, and/or one or more ARH3 inhibitors. The invention also provides methods for screening for agents for treating or decreasing the likelihood of developing a stress granule-related disorder or cancer, and methods for determining the propensity for developing a stress granule-related disorder or cancer, as well as compositions and kits containing one or more PARP inhibitors, one or more PARP activators, one or more PARG activators, and one or more ARH3 activators. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/435932 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 38/45 (20130101) A61K 38/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/395 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/12 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/91142 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09272023 | Francischetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivo M. Francischetti (Rockville, Maryland); Robson de Queiroz Monteiro (Rio de Janerio, Brazil); Jose Marcos C. Ribeiro (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for treatment of tissue factor (TF) mediated or associated diseases or processes, such as cancer, by administering at least an active fragment of an Ixolaris polypeptide to a subject. The invention further includes identification of a subject in need of such treatment, and monitoring a subject for amelioration of at least one sign or symptom of the disease. The invention also features kits. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/292232 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/57 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1767 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2201/094 (20130101) |
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| US 09272025 | Fu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yang-Xin Fu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang-Xin Fu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Mutant LIGHT expressed in a tumor environment elicited high levels of chemokines and adhesion molecules, accompanied by massive infiltration of naïve T lymphocytes. Methods and compositions to elicit immune responses against tumors including tumor volume reduction and eradication of metastasis using mutant LIGHT are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879881 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/5152 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/525 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (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) C12N 2799/022 (20130101) |
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| US 09272034 | Schmid-Schonbein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein (Del Mar, California); Frank A. DeLano (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein (Del Mar, California); Frank A. DeLano (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for prevention or treatment of physiological shock by administering a specific therapeutic agent, which is able to use smaller volumes of reagent to achieve complete inhibition, than other previously described techniques. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/681510 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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09272043 — Enzymatic synthesis of poly(amine-co-esters) and methods of use thereof for gene delivery
| US 09272043 | Saltzman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Mark Saltzman (New Haven, Connecticut); Zhaozhong Jiang (New Haven, Connecticut); Jiangbing Zhou (Cheshire, Connecticut); Jie Liu (Guangdong, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(amine-co-ester) polymers, methods of forming active agent-load nanoparticles therefrom, and methods of using the nanoparticles for drug delivery are disclosed. The nanoparticles can be coated with an agent that reduces surface charge, an agent that increases cell-specific targeting, or a combination thereof. Typically, the loaded nanoparticles are less toxic, more efficient at drug delivery, or a combination thereof compared to a control other transfection reagents. In some embodiments, the nanoparticles are suitable for in vivo delivery, and can be administered systemically to a subject to treat a disease or condition. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/293733 |
| 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 9/1075 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/6852 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101) |
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| US 09272051 | Goddard, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California); Mark Menna (Los Angeles, California); Stephen Pandol (Los Angeles, California); Ravinder Abrol (Arcadia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States Government Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California); Mark Menna (Los Angeles, California); Stephen Pandol (Los Angeles, California); Ravinder Abrol (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are bitter taste receptor ligands, related agents, combinations, compositions, methods and systems for modulating release of a metabolic hormone in vitro or in vivo from cells of the GI tract of an individual. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320159 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/10 (20130101) A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/17 (20130101) A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/205 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/7016 (20130101) A61K 47/4823 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/566 (20130101) |
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| US 09272053 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guangping Gao (Westborough, Massachusetts); Phillip D. Zamore (Northborough, Massachusetts); Jun Xie (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guangping Gao (Westborough, Massachusetts); Phillip D. Zamore (Northborough, Massachusetts); Jun Xie (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention in some aspects relates to methods and compositions for assessing the effectiveness of miRNA inhibitors. In other aspects of the invention, methods and compositions for treating cholesterol related disorders are provided. In one aspect of the invention, miRNA inhibitors against miR-122 and rAAV-based compositions comprising the same are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642740 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2330/51 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/68 (20130101) |
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| US 09272066 | Smith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FXS Ventures, LLC (Salem, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FXS VENTURES, LLC (Salem, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis X. Smith (Salem, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a lens care solution having 0.001 to about 5 weight percent of a low molecular weight amine of the general formula: where R1, R2, R3 and R4 are —H or low molecular weight radicals, and R5 is a low molecular weight radical, or salt thereof; an effective amount of a tonicity agent; and the balance water. |
| FILED | Friday, February 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/180543 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic 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 33/12 (20130101) A01N 37/44 (20130101) A01N 43/38 (20130101) A01N 43/50 (20130101) A01N 47/44 (20130101) Purses; Luggage; Hand Carried Bags A45C 11/005 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/18 (20130101) A61L 12/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 12/086 (20130101) A61L 12/143 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/00 (20130101) C09D 7/1233 (20130101) |
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| US 09272158 | Khizroev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sakhrat Khizroev (Coral Gables, Florida); Madhavan P. N. Nair (Coral Gables, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Magneto-electric nanoparticles in a subject interact with an external magnetic field to cause stimulation of neural networks in the subject. Electric signals in the neural network are coupled to magnetic dipoles induced in the nanoparticles to cause changes in electric pulse sequences of the subject's brain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/900305 |
| 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 1/40 (20130101) A61N 2/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0045 (20130101) |
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| US 09272280 | Viola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francesco Viola (Charlottesville, Virginia); William F. Walker (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gregory V. Browne (Victoria, Canada); Robert S. Magyar (Victoria, Canada); Bjarne Hansen (Victoria, Canada); Christopher G. Denny (Victoria, Canada); Karen Platt (Victoria, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HemoSonics LLC (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesco Viola (Charlottesville, Virginia); William F. Walker (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gregory V. Browne (Victoria, Canada); Robert S. Magyar (Victoria, Canada); Bjarne Hansen (Victoria, Canada); Christopher G. Denny (Victoria, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are devices, systems and methods for evaluation of hemostasis. Also provided are sound focusing assemblies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/397398 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/527 (20130101) B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/04 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2300/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/123 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/1805 (20130101) B01L 2400/049 (20130101) B01L 2400/0436 (20130101) B01L 2400/0439 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 35/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09272994 | Sang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina A and T State University (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina A and T State University (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengmin Sang (Concord, North Carolina); Huadong Chen (Kannapolis, North Carolina); Yingdong Zhu (Kannapolis, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application generally relates to the use of metabolites of ginger and analogs thereof for the treatment and prevention of diseases, including but not limited to, cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/134504 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — 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) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 323/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273021 | Kantrowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evan R. Kantrowitz (Waban, Massachusetts); Sabrina Heng (Adelaide, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evan R. Kantrowitz (Waban, Massachusetts); Sabrina Heng (Adelaide, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a compound according to formula (I). The compounds of formula (I) include prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomer mixtures, and enantiomers thereof. The invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and to methods for treating diabetes by administering such a pharmaceutical composition alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents. The invention is also directed to inhibitors of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/147964 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/91 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273025 | Mochly-Rosen 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 Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California); Che-Hong Chen (Fremont, California); Xiaohu Ouyang (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds that function as modulators of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) activity; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The present invention provides therapeutic methods involving administering a subject compound, or a subject pharmaceutical composition. The present invention further provides assays for identifying agonists of ALDH2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/520098 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 317/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09273032 | Etchenique et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roberto Etchenique (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Rafael Yuste (New York, New York); Luis Baraldo (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto Etchenique (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Rafael Yuste (New York, New York); Luis Baraldo (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes photolabile compounds and methods for use of the compounds. The photolabile compounds have a photoreleasable ligand, which can be biologically active, and which is photoreleased from the compound upon exposure to light. In one embodiment, the light is visible light, which is not detrimental to the viability of biological samples, such as cells and tissues, in which the released organic molecule is bioactive and can have a therapeutic effect. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/279876 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273056 | Wang 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) | Xiaodong Wang (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jing Liu (Carrboro, North Carolina); Weihe Zhang (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stephen Frye (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Dmitri Kireev (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The ectopic expression of Mer receptor tyrosine kinase (Mer) has been identified as a tumor cell survival gene product in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) cells and a potential cause of ALL chemoresistance. Hence, we investigated whether the development of small molecule Mer inhibitors was possible. A first aspect of the present invention is a compound (sometimes referred to as an “active compound” herein) of Formula I, IA, or IB. |
| FILED | Monday, October 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/348805 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09273083 | Ritter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobias Ritter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eunsung Lee (Pohang, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel nickel complexes. These complexes are in providing fluorinating organic compounds. The invention is particularly useful for fluorinating compounds with 18 F for PET imaging. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/431371 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 39/00 (20130101) C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 17/093 (20130101) C07C 17/093 (20130101) C07C 17/093 (20130101) C07C 17/361 (20130101) C07C 22/08 (20130101) C07C 25/18 (20130101) C07C 67/287 (20130101) C07C 67/287 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 69/78 (20130101) C07C 269/06 (20130101) C07C 269/06 (20130101) C07C 271/22 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Steroids C07J 43/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09273084 | Kahne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Evan Kahne (Brookline, Massachusetts); Suzanne Walker Kahne (Brookline, Massachusetts); Hirokazu Tsukamoto (Sendai, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I); or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof; wherein R1,R2,R3,R6,R7,R12,Ra, and Rb are as defined herein, and G is a group of Formula (a), (b), or (c): Formula (II), wherein X1; X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, Y, RC, Rd, Rz, a, d, e, x, n, and m are as defined herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I), kits comprising such compositions, methods of use and treatment, and preparative methods. |
| FILED | Friday, April 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/390811 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/65586 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 5/06 (20130101) C07H 13/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273089 | Knutson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay R. Knutson (Kensington, Maryland); Gary L. Griffiths (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite probes for super resolution optical techniques using super resolution via transiently activated quenchers (STAQ) include a donor moiety and an acceptor moiety joined by a linker, wherein the acceptor moiety, when excited by incident radiation, is excited to a state which, for example, absorbs in the donor emission region, such that the acceptor moiety in its excited state quenches at least a portion of the donor moiety emission. Other transiently activated quenching mechanisms and moieties could accomplish the same task by reducing donor population. Also disclosed are methods for irradiating a selected region of a target material including the composite probe, wherein the composite probe enables improved resolution by point spread function modification and/or nanoscale chemical reactions. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/967851 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 2021/6432 (20130101) G01N 2021/6441 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/21 (20150115) |
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| US 09273119 | Maizels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy Maizels (Seattle, Washington); W. Jason Cummings (Bellevue, Washington); Munehisa Yabuki (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to mutagenesis of target genes that takes advantage of the natural mutagenic capabilities of B cells, and enhances those capabilities by bringing the process of diversification under control. The invention provides a method for rapidly and inducibly generating point mutations and other types of diversification in expressed genes, such as antibody genes. This method can be coupled with selection to identify B cell clones that produce, for example, antibodies of high affinity or specificity. The diversification process can be modulated, accelerated, halted, switched between methods of mutagenesis and the like. The modulation of diversification in accordance with the invention is both inducible and reversible. The invention provides a means of rapid and feasible development of a repertoire of variant immunoglobulins and other polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/173710 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/14 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 2840/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09273121 | Goncalvez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as represented by the Secretary Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ana P. Goncalvez (Rockville, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Ching-Juh Lai (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are isolated humanized monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) with a binding affinity of about 1.0 nM or less. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including these nucleic acid molecules, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acid molecules are also disclosed. Methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating JEV infection in a subject with JEV also are disclosed. Additionally, the antibodies can be used to detect JEV in a sample, and methods of diagnosing JEV infection, or confirming a diagnosis of JEV infection in a subject, are disclosed herein that utilize these antibodies. |
| FILED | Friday, July 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/941283 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1081 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/569 (20130101) G01N 2333/185 (20130101) |
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| US 09273124 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhaochun Chen (North Potomac, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); Joanna Kubler-Kielb (Bethesda, Maryland); Lily Z. Dai (Derwood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind poly-γ-D-glutamic acid (γDPGA), which is present on the surface of Bacillus anthracis. The disclosure also provides chimeric forms of the monoclonal antibodies, humanized forms of the monoclonal antibodies, and fragments thereof, as well as nucleic acids encoding the antibodies and fragments thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions including such antibodies are also disclosed herein. The disclosure further provides prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic methods of using the disclosed antibodies. |
| FILED | Friday, July 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/935956 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/07 (20130101) A61K 39/40 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09273133 | Menko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allyn Sue Menko (Merion, Pennsylvania); Mindy George-Weinstein (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Janice L. Walker (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jacquelyn Gerhart (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allyn Sue Menko (Merion, Pennsylvania); Mindy George-Weinstein (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Janice L. Walker (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jacquelyn Gerhart (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treating fibrotic diseases are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/132745 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09273134 | Schlessinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Schlessinger (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Irit Lax (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Satoru Yuzawa (Fukuoka, Japan); Yarden Opatowsky (Raa'nana, Israel); Yan Yang (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Schlessinger (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Irit Lax (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Satoru Yuzawa (Fukuoka, Japan); Yarden Opatowsky (Raa'nana, Israel); Yan Yang (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides moieties that bind to an Ig-like domain, e.g., D4 or D5, of a human receptor tyrosine kinase, e.g., the human Kit RTK or the PDGFR RTK, or the D7 domain of a type V receptor tyrosine kinase wherein the moieties lock the ectodomain of the receptor tyrosine kinase in an inactive state thereby antagonizing the activity of the receptor tyrosine kinase. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/602235 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/2803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) |
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| US 09273136 | Rader et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christoph Rader (Olney, Maryland); Ka Yin Kwong (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christoph Rader (Olney, Maryland); Ka Yin Kwong (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to isolated fully human monoclonal antibodies having specificity for human NKG2D and compositions thereof. The invention further relates to methods for using such antibodies in treating diseases or conditions such as cancer, autoimmune disease, or infectious disease. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/057092 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2851 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09273282 | Godfrey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne R. Godfrey (Los Altos, California); Carl June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne R. Godfrey (Los Altos, California); Carl June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses methods, and kits for the isolation and expansion of T regulatory cells having the CD45RA+ phenotype, including such cells from human umbilical cord blood. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/226168 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 2501/23 (20130101) C12N 2501/505 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2501/599 (20130101) |
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| US 09273283 | Sentman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Sentman (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sentman (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to modified T cells, methods of making and using isolated, modified T cells, and methods of using these isolated, modified T cells to address diseases and disorders. In one embodiment, this invention broadly relates to TCR-deficient T cells, isolated populations thereof, and compositions comprising the same. In another embodiment of the invention, these TCR-deficient T cells are designed to express a functional non-TCR receptor. The invention also pertains to methods of making said TCR-deficient T cells, and methods of reducing or ameliorating, or preventing or treating, diseases and disorders using said TCR-deficient T cells, populations thereof, or compositions comprising the same. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/459664 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/515 (20130101) |
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| US 09273284 | Modlin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Lazarus Modlin (Sherman Oaks, California); Mirjam Schenk (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Lazarus Modlin (Sherman Oaks, California); Mirjam Schenk (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Highly potent dendritic cells are generated in vivo or ex vivo by exposing precursor cells to an effective dose of IL-32. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/111479 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/5154 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0639 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/2332 (20130101) |
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| US 09273288 | Mason et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter W. Mason (Galveston, Texas); Elena Frolova (Galveston, Texas); Ilya Frolov (Galveston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter W. Mason (Galveston, Texas); Elena Frolova (Galveston, Texas); Ilya Frolov (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a replication-deficient pseudoinfective virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family that lack the capsid gene, where the replication-deficient pseudoinfective virus propagates only in cells expressing the capsid or capsid, prM and envelope protein of the flavivirus. The present also discloses the method of producing such viruses on a large scale and the use of these pseudoinfective viruses as vaccines for preventing diseases caused by infections of humans or animals by the viruses belonging to this family. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561002 |
| 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 2039/5254 (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 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24162 (20130101) |
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| US 09273294 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi-Tao Yu (Rochester, New York); Chao Huang (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi-Tao Yu (Rochester, New York); Chao Huang (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes and C/D box small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) for altering telomerase activity and altering telomerase length are described. The processes of the invention involve the use of C/D box snoRNAs for targeted 2′-O-methylation modification of nucleotides in a pseudoknot region of the telomerase RNA. Depending on their position, the 2′-O-methylation modifications can cause an increase in telomerase activity and subsequent telomere lengthening or a decrease in telomerase activity and subsequent telomere shortening. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/809975 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1276 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/07049 (20130101) |
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| US 09273309 | Dekker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Job Dekker (Princeton, Massachusetts); Josee Dostie (Montreal, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Job Dekker (Princeton, Massachusetts); Josee Dostie (Montreal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to genomic analysis. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for mapping genomic interactions. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/310427 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1093 (20130101) |
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| US 09273313 | Cheung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiu Tung Cheung (Palo Alto, California); Thomas A. Rando (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for altering the activation of quiescent stem cells by modulating activity of the microRNA miR-489. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179417 |
| 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 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/341 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) |
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| US 09273317 | Toyoshima et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Masafumi Toyoshima (Sendai, Japan); Carla Grandori (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Masafumi Toyoshima (Sendai, Japan); Carla Grandori (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to methods for identifying and using anticancer therapeutic agents and, more particularly, to methods for identifying and using inhibitors of genes for inhibiting the growth and/or proliferation of MYC-driven tumor cells relative to normal cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/237838 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mingzhao Xing (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Dual suppression of the MAP kinase and PI3K/Akt pathways showed synergistic or greatly enhanced anti-melanoma cell effects, compared to suppression of a single pathway, including the inhibition of cell proliferation, transformation and invasion, induction of G0/G1 cell cycle arrest and, importantly, cell apoptosis. Remarkably, suppression of either pathway induces the expression of thyroid iodide-handling genes and dual suppression of the two pathways synergistically and robustly induces expression of these genes, accompanied by uptake of radioiodine in the cells. These genes include sodium/iodide symporter, thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor, thyroglobulin, thyroperoxidase, pendrin gene, thyroid transcription factors (e.g., TTF-1, TTF-2, PAX8) and other thyroid genes. Targeting major signaling pathways, such as the MAP kinase and PI3K/Akt pathways, for potent cell death, optionally coupled with induction of thyroid gene expression for adjunct radioiodine ablation therapy may be used for many human cancers, both thyroid and non-thyroid. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/147689 |
| 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 | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2217/058 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09273324 | Belmont |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew S. Belmont (Urbana, Illinois) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew S. Belmont (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Genes are expressed by culturing cells comprising a host chromosome comprising an integrated artificial chromosome comprising recombinant genes, under conditions whereby each recombinant gene is expressed copy number dependently and position independently. Deletions increase expression from recombinant gene(s) inserted into the artificial chromosome. |
| FILED | Sunday, December 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/960541 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273326 | Yao |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Feng Yao (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Yao (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to HSV-1 vectors which rely on the tetracycline repressor and operator as a means for regulating expression. The vectors utilize VP-16 responsive promoters of HSV to control expression of the tetracycline repressor. The vectors are of particular interest as vehicles for recombinantly expressing genes in vivo. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/117375 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/16643 (20130101) |
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| US 09273339 | Goodlett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Goodlett (Seattle, Washington); Robert K. Ernst (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ying Sonia Ting (Seattle, Washington); Yu Chieh “Philip” Kao (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland); UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Goodlett (Seattle, Washington); Robert K. Ernst (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ying Sonia Ting (Seattle, Washington); Yu Chieh “Philip” Kao (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for identifying bacteria by analysis of lipid A and/or lipoteichoic acid structure and/or mass spectrometry ionization patterns. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/342694 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/14 (20130101) G06F 19/28 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/004 (20130101) |
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| US 09273341 | Lamichhane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNVIERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE (Paris, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (Paris, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gyanu Lamichhane (Towson, Maryland); William R. Bishai (Towson, Maryland); Radhika Gupta (Baltimore, Maryland); Marie Lavollay (Bourg la Reine, France); Jean-Luc Mainardi (Chaville, France); Michel Arthur (Arcueil, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The peptidoglycan layer is a vital component of the bacterial cell wall, which comprises 4→3 and 3→3 transpeptide cross-linkages, the formation of which are catalyzed by D,D- and L,D-transpeptidases, respectively. Methods for the treatment of bacterial infections with agents that inhibit L,D-transpeptidases, either alone or in combination with D,D-transpeptidase inhibitors, are provided herein. Also provided are methods for the treatment of chronic stage tuberculosis with agents that inhibit enzyme with L,D-transpeptidase activity. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/222338 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/43 (20130101) A61K 31/43 (20130101) A61K 31/424 (20130101) A61K 31/424 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/37 (20130101) C12Q 1/689 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09273357 | Zavras |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthanasios Zavras (Dover, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthanasios Zavras (Dover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for testing individuals to determine whether they are at increased risk of developing anti-resorptive therapy-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439540 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) |
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| US 09273358 | Philibert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Philibert (Iowa City, Iowa); Anup Madan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Philibert (Iowa City, Iowa); Anup Madan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Philibert (Iowa City, Iowa); Anup Madan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides screening kits, compositions, and diagnostic methods for determining whether a subject has a predisposition to, or likelihood of having, a substance use disorder by determining a nucleic acid methylation profile from a biological sample from the subject, wherein a given profile indicates that the subject has a predisposition to a substance use disorder. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/039023 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2523/125 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09274001 | Wax et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert N. Graf (Montclair, New Jersey); Francisco E. Robles (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert N. Graf (Montclair, New Jersey); Francisco E. Robles (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Current apparatuses and methods for analysis of spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (SOCT) signals suffer from an inherent tradeoff between time (depth) and frequency (wavelength) resolution. In one non-limiting embodiment, multiple or dual window (DW) apparatuses and methods for reconstructing time-frequency distributions (TFDs) that applies two windows that independently determine the optical and temporal resolution is provided. For example, optical resolution may relate to scattering information about a sample, and temporal resolution may be related to absorption or depth related information. The effectiveness of the apparatuses and methods is demonstrated in simulations and in processing of measured OCT signals that contain fields which vary in time and frequency. The DW technique may yield TFDs that maintain high spectral and temporal resolution and are free from the artifacts and limitations commonly observed with other processing methods. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/574484 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02084 (20130101) G01B 9/02087 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/453 (20130101) G01J 2003/4538 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/49 (20130101) |
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| US 09274008 | Berezin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail Y Berezin (Saint Louis, Missouri); Tiffany P Gustafson (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanothermometer is disclosed. In various embodiments, a nanothermometer comprises a nanoparticle such as a gold nanoparticle, a fluorophore, and a linker, such as a peptide linker, extending between the nanoparticle and the fluorophore, whereby the fluorophore is self-quenched. The linker can comprise one or more cysteines. An unheated thermometer shows little or no fluorescence. Upon heating, fluorophore-linker conjugates are released from the nanoparticle, thereby unquenching the fluorescence. An increase in fluorescence results. In some embodiments, the increase in fluorescence can be irreversible. Methods of measuring temperature of a sample such as a biological sample, and methods of synthesizing a nanothermometer, are also disclosed. A molecular thermometer is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/091948 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 11/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 2211/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09274042 | Graves et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Wayde Graves (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Pearlson Prashanth Austin Suthanthiraraj (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andrew P. Shreve (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Gabriel P Lopez (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Wayde Graves (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Pearlson Prashanth Austin Suthanthiraraj (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andrew P. Shreve (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Gabriel P Lopez (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An affordable flow cytometry system with a significantly increased analytical rate, volumetric sample delivery and usable particle size including a light beam that interrogates multiple flow streams so as to provide excitation across all of the streams, and an optical objective configured to collect light from the sample streams and image the light onto an array detector. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/835108 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/1404 (20130101) G01N 15/1434 (20130101) G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 2015/142 (20130101) |
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| US 09274067 | Schulte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Loma Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reinhard W. Schulte (Grand Terrace, California); R. Ford Hurley (Loma Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems, devices and methodologies related to calibration of an ion based imaging apparatus such as a proton computed tomography scanner. In some implementations, energy degrader plates having known water-equivalent thickness (WET) values can be introduced to an ion beam to introduce different energy degradation settings. Energy detector responses to individual ions subject to such energy degradation settings can be obtained. Such responses can be normalized and correlated to water-equivalent path lengths (WEPL) of the ions based on the known WET values. Such calibration utilizing degrader plates can be performed relatively quickly and can yield accurate WEPL values that facilitate estimation of, for example, a CT image based on relative stopping power of an object. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/492894 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/548 (20130101) A61B 6/583 (20130101) A61B 6/4258 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/04 (20130101) G01N 23/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 35/00693 (20130101) G01N 2223/107 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/169 (20130101) G01T 1/2985 (20130101) |
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| US 09274077 | Esfandyarpour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GenapSys, Inc. (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENAPSYS, INC. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Altos, California); Kosar Baghbani Parizi (Los Altos, California); Mark F. Oldham (Emerald Hills, California); Eric S. Nordman (Palo Alto, California); Richard T. Reel (Hayward, California); Susanne Baumhueter (Redwood City, California); Cheryl Heiner (Menlo Park, California); Frank Lee (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relate to systems and methods for sequencing polynucleotides, as well as detecting reactions and binding events involving other biological molecules. The systems and methods may employ chamber-free devices and nanosensors to detect or characterize such reactions in high-throughput. Because the system in many embodiments is reusable, the system can be subject to more sophisticated and improved engineering, as compared to single use devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/838816 |
| 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 | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5438 (20130101) G01N 33/54313 (20130101) |
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| US 09274087 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Zuyan Shen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); John-Paul McGovern (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Qing Zhu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph Capobianco (Sicklerville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Zuyan Shen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); John-Paul McGovern (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Qing Zhu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph Capobianco (Sicklerville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A piezoelectric microcantilever for sensing compounds or molecules. The piezoelectric microcantilever, may include at least one electrode, an insulation layer, a receptor, an immobilization layer, a non-piezoelectric layer and a piezoelectric layer The sensor is capable of self actuation and detection. The piezoelectric layer may be constructed from a highly piezoelectric thin lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate film, a highly piezoelectric thin zirconate titanate film, a highly piezoelectric lead-free film. Methods of using the sensors and flow cells and arrays including the sensors are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/551710 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/036 (20130101) G01N 29/245 (20130101) G01N 33/54306 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 2291/0255 (20130101) G01N 2291/0256 (20130101) G01N 2291/0257 (20130101) G01N 2291/0427 (20130101) |
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| US 09274097 | Golovchenko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a first reservoir for containing a liquid solution including a molecule to be characterized and a second reservoir for containing a liquid solution. A solid state support includes a nanopore having a molecular inlet providing a fluidic connection to the first reservoir and a molecular outlet providing a fluidic connection to the second reservoir. An electrical connection is disposed between the first and second reservoirs to apply a molecular translocation voltage across the nanopore between the molecular inlet entrance and outlet exit. At least one electrical probe is disposed at the nanopore to apply a first voltage bias with respect to translocation voltage to slow progression of a molecule through the nanopore between the molecular inlet and outlet and to apply a second voltage bias with respect to translocation voltage to cause the molecule to proceed through the nanopore between the molecular inlet and outlet. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/040537 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) 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) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/762 (20130101) |
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09274099 — Screening test drugs to identify their effects on cell membrane voltage-gated ion channel
| US 09274099 | Deisseroth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl Deisseroth (Palo Alto, California); Feng Zhang (Stanford, California); Viviana Gradinaru (Palo Alto, California); M. Bret Schneider (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Deisseroth (Palo Alto, California); Feng Zhang (Stanford, California); Viviana Gradinaru (Palo Alto, California); M. Bret Schneider (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A variety of applications, systems, methods and constructs are implemented for use in connection with screening of ion-channel modulators. Consistent with one such system, drug candidates are screened to identify their effects on cell membrane ion channels and pumps. The system includes screening cells having light responsive membrane ion switches, voltage-gated ion switches and fluorescence producing voltage sensors. A chemical delivery device introduces the drug candidates to be screened. An optical delivery device activates the light responsive ion switches. An optical sensor monitors fluorescence produced by the voltage sensors. A processor processes data received from the optical sensor. A memory stores the data received from the optical sensor. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/187927 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/0622 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00315 (20130101) B01J 2219/00495 (20130101) B01J 2219/00702 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 60/12 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6872 (20130101) |
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| US 09274101 | Bochner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barry Bochner (Alameda, California); Larry Wiater (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BIOLOG, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry Bochner (Alameda, California); Larry Wiater (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to growing and testing eukaryotic cells (e.g., animal or plant cells) in a multi-test format. In particular, the present invention provides methods and kits for obtaining a complex metabolic profile of animal cells. In addition, the present invention provides tools for assaying the effects of candidate compounds (e.g., hormones) on substrate utilization by mammalian cells. |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/418804 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — 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 5/06 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/025 (20130101) C12Q 2326/92 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09274128 | Dawson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VALTED, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VALTED, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ted M. Dawson (Baltimore, Maryland); Valina L. Dawson (Baltimore, Maryland); Han Seok Ko (Lutherville Timonium, Maryland); Jooho Shin (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Parkinson's disease is caused by the preferential loss of substantia nigra dopamine neurons. A Parkin Interacting Substrate, PARIS (ZNF746) is identified. The levels of PARIS are regulated by the ubiquitin proteasome system via binding to and ubiquitination by the E3 ubiquitin ligase, parkin. PARIS is a KRAB and zinc finger protein that accumulates in models of parkin inactivation and in human brain Parkinson's disease patients. PARIS represses the expression of the transcriptional co-activator, PGC-1α and the PGC-1α target gene, NRF-1 by binding to insulin response sequences in the PGC-1α promoter. Conditional knockout of parkin in adult animals leads to progressive loss of dopamine (DA) neurons that is PARIS dependent. Overexpression of PARIS causes selective loss of DA neurons in the substantia nigra, which is reversed by either parkin or PGC-1α co-expression. The identification of PARIS provides a molecular mechanism for neurodegeneration due to parkin inactivation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/484846 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (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 2600/158 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 603/02019 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6872 (20130101) G01N 33/6896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/4704 (20130101) G01N 2800/2835 (20130101) |
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| US 09274193 | Johnson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Michael Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Michael Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a radial cone k-space trajectory is provided. The radial cone k-space trajectory is defined by the application of a radial magnetic field gradient and one or more oscillating magnetic field gradients. The amplitude of the radial magnetic field gradient increases with time before decreasing with time. While the amplitude of the radial magnetic field gradient is decreasing, the one or more oscillating magnetic field gradients are applied. As a result, the radial cone k-space trajectory is one that is oriented along an axis and that extends outward from an origin along a substantially radial trajectory before extending outward from the origin while circumscribing a conical volume having a radius that increases nonlinearly with distance from the origin. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/624007 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4816 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4826 (20130101) |
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| US 09274197 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Peng Lai (Foster City, California); James Hartman Holmes (Madison, Wisconsin); Frank R. Korosec (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance imaging data sampling method includes randomly undersampling a first half of a k-space plane such that a plurality of points in the first half are sampled points and the remaining plurality of points in the first half are unsampled points. The method also includes determining, for each sampled point in the first half, a corresponding point in a second half of the k-space plane that corresponds to the point-wise complex conjugate location of the sampled point. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/691327 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/561 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4824 (20130101) |
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| US 09274199 | Brey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida); University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc (Tallahassee, Florida); University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William W. Brey (Tallahassee, Florida); Arthur S. Edison (Gainesville, Florida); Vijaykumar Ramaswamy (Gainesville, Florida); Jerris Hooker (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | NMR probe coils designed to operate at two different frequencies, producing a strong and homogenous magnetic field at both the frequencies. This single coil, placed close to the sample, provides a method to optimize the NMR detection sensitivity of two different channels. In addition, the present invention describes a coil that generates a magnetic field that is parallel to the substrate of the coil as opposed to perpendicular as seen in the prior art. The present invention isolates coils from each other even when placed in close proximity to each other. A method to reduce the presence of electric field within the sample region is also considered. Further, the invention describes a method to adjust the radio-frequency tuning and coupling of the NMR probe coils. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/328204 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/38 (20130101) G01R 33/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/365 (20130101) G01R 33/422 (20130101) G01R 33/3628 (20130101) G01R 33/3635 (20130101) G01R 33/3802 (20130101) G01R 33/34023 (20130101) G01R 33/34061 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4913 (20150115) Y10T 29/49155 (20150115) |
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| US 09274430 | Gyarfas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS on behalf of ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Gyarfas (Chandler, Arizona); Stuart Lindsay (Phoenix, Arizona); Pei Pang (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a device for molecule sensing. In some embodiments, the device includes a first electrode separated from a second electrode by a dielectric layer. The first electrode comprises a large area electrode and the second electrode comprises a small area electrode. At least one opening (e.g., trench) cut or otherwise created into the dielectric layer exposes a tunnel junction therebetween whereby target molecules in solution can bind across the tunnel junction. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051142 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09275671 | Singer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth Singer (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Chris Ryan (Ravenna, Ohio); Jie Shan (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Joseph Lott (Hopkins, Minnesota); Christophe Weder (Duedingen, Switzerland); Brent Valle (San Jose, California); Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Singer (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Chris Ryan (Ravenna, Ohio); Jie Shan (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Joseph Lott (Hopkins, Minnesota); Christophe Weder (Duedingen, Switzerland); Brent Valle (San Jose, California); Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical information storage medium includes a multilayer film that includes a plurality of extruded alternating active data storage layers and buffer layers, which separate the active data storage layers. The active data storage layers and buffer layers have thicknesses that allow the active data storage layers to be writable by permanent or reversible one- or multiphoton, linear, nonlinear, or threshold optical writing processes to define data voxels within the active data storage layers that are readable by an optical reading device. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/124890 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 7/26 (20130101) G11B 7/0052 (20130101) G11B 7/0079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11B 7/24038 (20130101) G11B 7/24065 (20130101) G11B 2007/0013 (20130101) G11B 2007/24624 (20130101) |
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| US 09277497 | Ansari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nirwan Ansari (Montville, New Jersey); Tao Han (North Arlington, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies are generally described for reducing the from-power-grid energy consumption of a wireless network such as a cellular network over a period of time through cell size adaptations. According to some examples, cell sizes for the base stations may be optimized by decomposing the cell size optimization into two approaches: a multi-stage energy allocation approach and an energy consumption minimization approach. By implementing an energy allocation policy based on available energy type (e.g., from-power-grid or renewable) and an approximation technique for the energy consumption minimization, cell size optimization for each base station may be achieved resulting in network-wide enhancement of renewable energy usage vs. from-power-grid energy usage. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/881147 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/0203 (20130101) H04W 52/0206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Janice Paige Buchanan (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Laura Lynn Anderson (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Nicole Marie Mackey (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Robert Yeats Lochhead (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janice Paige Buchanan (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Laura Lynn Anderson (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Nicole Marie Mackey (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Robert Yeats Lochhead (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel topically-applied skin and face coating and paint compositions comprising near infrared reflecting pigments and hydrogels swollen with aqueous solution and/or with simulated sweat. The invention further provides methods of making and using the compositions. The novel compositions protect the skin of the wearer from damage due to intense external heat or thermal flux and simultaneously divert thermal energy to a complementary evaporative cooling mechanism. The compositions protect skin from external thermal fluxes, conform to skin chemistry, and are easy to apply and remove. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/932622 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 8/19 (20130101) A61K 8/20 (20130101) A61K 8/23 (20130101) A61K 8/24 (20130101) A61K 8/34 (20130101) A61K 8/41 (20130101) A61K 8/92 (20130101) A61K 31/047 (20130101) A61K 31/695 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/02 (20130101) A61K 33/04 (20130101) A61K 33/06 (20130101) A61K 33/14 (20130101) A61K 33/42 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 17/04 (20130101) A61Q 19/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09271933 | Devore 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); US ARMY, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Fort Detrick, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Devore (Fort Sam Houston, Texas); Charles Roth (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Graft copolymer polyelectrolyte complexes are disclosed for the efficient delivery of anionic, cationic or polyelectrolyte therapeutic agents into biological cells, and for maintaining the biological activity of these molecules while in serum and other aqueous environments are provided. Such complexes comprise (1) an anionic graft copolymer containing an anionic polymer backbone, with pendent carboxylic acid groups and pendant chains containing amphipathic or hydrophilic polymers covalently bonded to a portion of the pendant carboxylic acid groups, (2) one or more anionic, cationic or polyelectrolyte therapeutic agents, and (3) optionally a liposome optionally containing an additional therapeutic agent. Also disclosed are functional nanoparticles containing the complexes. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/828105 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 9/1272 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/32 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09272027 | Lamkin 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) | Thomas J Lamkin (Fairfield, Ohio); Roland Saldanha (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes live strain of Francisella tularensis wherein a gene selected from the group consisting of priA and purA is inactivated. The present invention further includes a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more live strains of Francisella tularensis according to the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention further includes a method of using one or more live strains of Francisella tularensis according to the present invention to confer immunity against a virulent strain of Francisella tularensis. The method comprises administering an effective amount of one or more live strains of Francisella tularensis according to the present invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more live Francisella tularensis strains to an animal such that an immune response is produced in the animal. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/480071 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/522 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/74 (20130101) |
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| US 09272028 | Richardson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TAKEDA VACCINES, INC. (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TAKEDA VACCINES, INC. (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Richardson (Bozeman, Montana); Thomas S. Vedvick (Federal Way, Washington); Thomas R. Foubert (Bozeman, Montana); William T. Tino (Belgrade, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to antigenic and vaccine compositions comprising Norovirus antigens and adjuvants, in particular, mixtures of monovalent VLPs and mixtures of multivalent VLPs, and to a process for the production of both monovalent and multivalent VLPs, the VLPs comprising capsid proteins from one or more Norovirus genogroups. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/837885 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/125 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/16034 (20130101) |
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| US 09272050 | Benny-Ratsaby et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ofra Benny-Ratsaby (Rishon Letsion, Israel); Robert D'Amato (Lexington, Massachusetts); Judah Folkman (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are MetAP-2 inhibitors and compositions and formulations thereof, and more particularly compositions and formulations of MetAP-2 inhibitors wherein the MetAP-2 inhibitor is associated with a block copolymer comprising a hydrophilic polymer moiety and a hydrophobic polymer moiety. The present invention also relates to compositions and formulations comprising MetAP-2 inhibitors for oral administration or administration via routes such as topical or ocular administration. The present invention also provides methods to treat conditions associated with or related to the over-expression or over-activity of MetAP-2 by administering the compositions and formulations comprising MetAP-2 inhibitors as disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/495725 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/336 (20130101) A61K 47/482 (20130101) A61K 47/488 (20130101) A61K 47/4883 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09272090 | Salinas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by The Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Salinas (San Antonio, Texas); George C. Kramer (Galveston, Texas); Guy A. Drew (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for operating a semi-closed loop and/or a closed loop resuscitation of a burn patient in view of patient information and other physiological data gathered by the system. The system in at least one embodiment includes an urine sensor, an infusion pump and a processor that controls the operation of the infusion pump at least in part from a signal received from the urine sensor. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/094436 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/20 (20130101) A61B 5/412 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/1723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2202/0496 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) G06F 19/3468 (20130101) |
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| US 09272158 | Khizroev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sakhrat Khizroev (Coral Gables, Florida); Madhavan P. N. Nair (Coral Gables, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Magneto-electric nanoparticles in a subject interact with an external magnetic field to cause stimulation of neural networks in the subject. Electric signals in the neural network are coupled to magnetic dipoles induced in the nanoparticles to cause changes in electric pulse sequences of the subject's brain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/900305 |
| 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 1/40 (20130101) A61N 2/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0045 (20130101) |
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| US 09272425 | Garcia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pablo E. Garcia (Menlo Park, California); Thomas P. Low (Belmont, California); Harsha Prahlad (Cupertino, California); Daniel Aukes (Somerville, Massachusetts); Susan Kim (Menlo Park, California); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A twisted string actuator system includes a motor generating rotary motion of a rotor and a twisted string comprised of a pair of cords. One end of the twisted string is attached to the rotor and an opposite end of the twisted string is coupled to a load. The cords are twisted about each other for a first section of the twisted string and untwisted for a second section of the twisted string. A cord guide is fixedly disposed between the cords. The first and second sections of the twisted string are on a first side and second side, respectively, of the cord guide. Rotary motion of the rotor in one direction operates to twist the pair of cords on the first side of the cord guide while pulling a portion of the pair of cords from the second side of the cord guide into the first side. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/745668 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 15/0028 (20130101) Gearing F16H 21/40 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/20323 (20150115) |
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| US 09272426 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Uniteed States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Morris (Silver Spring, Maryland); Kate E. Malachowski (Silver Spring, Maryland); David H. Gracias (Baltimore, Maryland); Madan Dubey (South River, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | According to embodiments, an optically-actuated mechanical device comprises at least one deformable section formed of: an element including an intrinsic stress differential or gradient, the stress tending to urge deformation of one portion relative to another portion; and an optically-sensitive material which is configured to (i) initially prevent deformation of the device, and (ii) upon sufficient heating by absorbing optical energy allows the element to deform. The devices may be incorporated into various devices and apparatuses for select, non-contact actuation using only optical energy, for example, via light, from one or more lasers. Methods for fabricating and actuating such devices are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/314875 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 7/00 (20130101) B25J 15/10 (20130101) B25J 15/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09272427 | Garcia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pablo E. Garcia (Menlo Park, California); Thomas P. Low (Belmont, California); Harsha Prahlad (Cupertino, California); Daniel Aukes (Somerville, Massachusetts); Susan Kim (Menlo Park, California); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayer electrolaminate structure includes a first electrolaminate layer and a second electrolaminate layer disposed adjacent the first electrolaminate layer. Each of the first and second electrolaminate layers is rotatable about a common axis independently of the other electrolaminate layer when the multilayer electrolaminate structure is in a first state and clamps to the other electrolaminate layer when the multilayer electrolaminate structure is in a second state. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/458283 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/08 (20130101) B25J 15/0009 (20130101) B25J 15/083 (20130101) B25J 15/0085 (20130101) B25J 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 19/00 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 13/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 294/907 (20130101) Y10S 901/39 (20130101) |
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| US 09272743 | Thielman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerhard W. Thielman (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerhard W. Thielman (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A spherical modular autonomous robotic traveler (SMART) is provided for delivering a payload along a surface from a first position to a second position. The SMART includes an outer spherical shell for rolling along the surface, an inner spherical chamber within the outer shell to carry the payload, a plurality of weight-shifters arranged in the inner chamber, and a controller to activate a select weight-shifter among the plurality. The weight-shifters can be arranged symmetrically or asymmetrically. The outer shell rolls in a direction that corresponds to the activated weight-shifter by torque induced thereby. The inner chamber maintains its orientation relative to the surface, even while the outer shell rolls along the surface. Each weight-shifter includes a channel containing an armature and an electromagnet activated by the controller. For the symmetrical arrangement, the channel is oriented from bottom periphery to lateral radial periphery of the inner chamber. The electromagnet is disposed proximal to the channel at the lateral radial periphery. The armature travels from the bottom periphery within the channel to the lateral radial periphery upon activation of the electromagnet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/509350 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 3/00 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0891 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09272756 | Thomson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bret R. Thomson (San Diego, California); Steve Whiteside (Jamul, California); Brandon J. Wiedemeier (San Diego, California); Steven J. Horstman (El Cajon, California); Ronald Allen Skala (Murrieta, California); George T. Stevens, IV (San Marcos, California); Robert M. Lee (Campo, California); Jeffrey M. Lloyd (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bret R. Thomson (San Diego, California); Steve Whiteside (Jamul, California); Brandon J. Wiedemeier (San Diego, California); Steven J. Horstman (El Cajon, California); Ronald Allen Skala (Murrieta, California); George T. Stevens, IV (San Marcos, California); Robert M. Lee (Campo, California); Jeffrey M. Lloyd (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable buoyancy buoy and method for deployment therefor can include a fixed buoyancy portion formed with a cavity and an enclosure. A pressure hull containing instrumentation can be place in the cavity, and a variable buoyancy portion that can be inserted into the enclosure. The fixed buoyancy portion can have a spar buoy configuration or a marker buoy configuration, and can further be formed with at least one opening to establish a path of fluid communication between the exterior of the buoy and the enclosure. The variable buoyancy portion can be a compressible bladder, or compressible foam, which can change form a maximum volume at the water surface to a minimum volume as the buoy descends towards stowage depth. The decrease in buoyancy facilitates retrieval of the buoy by an apparatus on the ocean floor. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/133752 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 22/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09272923 | Lipke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Lipke (Lancaster, California); Kenneth H. Sandhage (Roswell, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Lipke (Lancaster, California); Kenneth H. Sandhage (Roswell, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of converting shaped templates into shaped metal-containing components, allowing for the production of freestanding, porous metal-containing replicas whose shapes and microstructures are derived from a shaped template, and partially or fully converting the shaped templates to produce metal-containing coatings on an underlying shaped template are described herein. Such coatings and replicas can be applied in a variety of fields including, but not limited to, catalysis, energy storage and conversion, and various structural or refractory materials and structural or refractory composite materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/576437 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 33/00 (20130101) C01G 35/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01G 39/00 (20130101) C01G 41/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09273211 | Zarras et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Zarras (Ridgecrest, California); John D Stenger-Smith (Ridgecrest, California); William Lai (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A film, coating, appliqué and method to eliminate paint removal via hazardous methods and maintain effective corrosion inhibition via employment of a re-useable coating. Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a multilayer film having a first layer constructed of at least one electro-active polymer, a second layer constructed of at least one flexible electrically-conductive solid, and a third layer constructed of at least one inert polymer. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/689381 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 28/00 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 9/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09273345 | Kiel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Johnathan L. Kiel (Brooks City-Base, Texas); Eric A. Holwitt (Brooks City-Base, Texas); Michael (Maomian) Fan (Brooks City-Base, Texas); Shelly D. Roper (Brooks City-Base, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CONCEPTUAL MINDWORKS, INC. (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnathan L. Kiel (Brooks City-Base, Texas); Eric A. Holwitt (Brooks City-Base, Texas); Michael (Maomian) Fan (Brooks City-Base, Texas); Shelly D. Roper (Brooks City-Base, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein relate to compositions and methods for making and using aptamers, for example, DNA aptamers (DCEs) and/or RNA aptamers. In some embodiments, methods relate to making and amplifying target DCEs. In certain embodiments, methods for making capture elements or aptamers concern using a reporter moiety and signal reducing moiety prior to amplifying a target-specific capture element. In some embodiments, methods disclosed herein may be used to rapidly generate large quantities of aptamers such as DCEs directed to a particular target agent. Some embodiments relate to systems for performing automated generation of aptamers. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/965039 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (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 1/6811 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6811 (20130101) C12Q 2525/205 (20130101) C12Q 2565/101 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09273565 | Propheter-Hinckley |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure includes, among other possible features, a first platform, a second platform spaced from the first platform, and a first variable airfoil that extends radially across an annulus between the first platform and the second platform. One of a radial outer portion and a radial inner portion of the variable airfoil includes a rotational shaft and the other of the radial outer portion and the radial inner portion includes a ball and socket joint that rotationally connect the first variable airfoil relative to the first platform and the second platform. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/401872 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/041 (20130101) F01D 17/162 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/64 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49321 (20150115) |
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| US 09273566 | Spangler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, Connecticut); Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, Connecticut); Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine engine stator vane is provided that rotates about an axis, and includes an airfoil, a flange and a shaft. The airfoil extends axially between a first airfoil end and a second airfoil end. The airfoil includes a concave side surface, a convex side surface and a cavity. The concave and the convex side surfaces extend between an airfoil leading edge and an airfoil trailing edge. The cavity extends axially into the airfoil from a cavity inlet in an end surface at the second airfoil end. The flange is connected to the second airfoil end. The flange extends circumferentially around at least a portion of the cavity inlet, and radially away from the concave and the convex side surfaces to a distal flange edge. The shaft extends along the axis, and is connected to the second airfoil end. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531001 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/162 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/202 (20130101) |
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| US 09273635 | Brady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Blaise Brady (Seal Beach, California); John D DeSain (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Blaise Brady (Seal Beach, California); John D DeSain (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for igniting a larger rocket motor is provided. The apparatus may be a smaller rocket motor that can be ignited hypergolically, when a pressurized oxidizer contacts hypergolic fuel grains of the smaller rocket motor. The hypergolic ignition causes the larger rocket motor to be ignited. The hypergolic ignition of the smaller rocket motor may be stopped after the larger rocket motor is ignited, and the remaining hypergolic fuel grains and the pressurized oxidizer can be reserved for reigniting the larger rocket motor at a later time. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/434223 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273748 | Anderfaas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MillenWorks (Tustin, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MillenWorks (Tustin, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric N. Anderfaas (Westminster, California); Dean Banks (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetorheological damper system comprising a reservoir in communication with a damper. The damper comprises a damper cylinder defining a damper chamber, wherein the damper chamber contains a magnetorheological fluid and a movable damper piston. The damper piston comprises at least two coil windings on the outer surface of the damper piston, wherein the damper piston is capable of generating a magnetic field between the damper piston and a wall of the damper cylinder. The reservoir comprises a reservoir cylinder defining a passageway, wherein the reservoir includes a magnetorheological electromagnet capable of generating a magnetic field between the magnetorheological piston and a wall of the passageway. The combination of the MR reservoir and MR damper leads to a damping system capable of damping a wide range of extreme forces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/847995 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 9/535 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273920 | Clarke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon Clarke (Bloomington, Indiana); Jason Davis (Loogootee, Indiana); Brian Kaneen (Bedford, Indiana); Steven Seghi (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A suppression system adapted to receive gas from a gas operated system and route the gas through a series of multiple chambers having baffles and/or valves as well as expansion chambers where the chambers are formed around a gas projectile barrel and adapted to route the gas in a first route along the barrel in a first direction then routing the gas along the barrel in a second direction. An embodiment of the invention couples the chambers to a gas block adapted to route gas between the chambers in the first and second route as well as receive gas from the projectile barrel and route it to the gas operated system. Methods of manufacturing and methods of use are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/561502 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 21/28 (20130101) F41A 21/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273933 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dahsin Liu (Okemos, Michigan); Chun-Ying Lee (Changhua, Taiwan); Chian-Fong Yen (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland); Corey Anderson (East Lansing, Michigan); Guojing Li (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present teachings, a method of producing composite having a 3A Q3D reinforcement phase is disclosed. The method of producing the composite provides producing a three-dimensionally woven configuration where a first fiber from a first sheet of reinforcement phase is interwoven or mechanically linked with at least one of an adjacent second layer and then back into the first sheet. The linking fibers are passed between layers at an acute angle generally less than about 10 degrees. The method includes impregnating the woven construction with a curable polymer such as epoxy. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/897795 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| 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 70/24 (20130101) B29C 70/222 (20130101) B29C 70/342 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/0485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273942 | Burke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory C. Burke (N. Haverhill, New Hampshire); John M. Hirlinger (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory C. Burke (N. Haverhill, New Hampshire); John M. Hirlinger (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An ammunition cartridge for a gun is optically initiated by a mechanism wholly within the cartridge case itself. The case has as optical primer initiation means producing light fluence to ignite a primer, which ignited primer may in turn ignite into a flashtube, and which ignited flashtube may in turn ignite a bed of propellant in said cartridge. The optical primer initiation means may be an LED, a laser diode, a VCSEL, or some other light emitting device in general. The cartridge optically initiated primer package is so sized and made electrically and mechanically seamlessly physically compatible with current ammunition cartridges such that these new cartridges are completely interchangeable. If the cartridge primer initiation means is of a percussion type, the cartridge is adapted to include an in-line piezoelectric crystal so that electrical power will be generated when the cartridge assembly is struck by a firing pin during percussion type operations; the power is then used to initiate the light emitting device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/219519 |
| 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 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273990 | Buchheit |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack Gerard Buchheit (Kirkwood, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Gerard Buchheit (Kirkwood, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A repair fixture for an aircraft portion comprises a frame for supporting the aircraft portion, and rigid variable-length rods having first ends secured to the frame and second ends configured to be firmly secured to the aircraft portion and locked in length. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/327694 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling or Pushing, Not Otherwise Provided For, e.g Devices Which Apply a Lifting or Pushing Force Directly to the Surface of a Load B66F 7/14 (20130101) Weighing G01G 21/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09274049 | Brantley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina L. Brantley (Huntsville, Alabama); Eugene Edwards (Huntsville, Alabama); Paul B. Ruffin (Harvest, Alabama); Fang Luo (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a gas sensor, including: a gas collecting chamber including: (a) a nanoporous wall including alumina, on a portion of the gas collecting chamber in the near vicinity of the solid propellant fuel; a micro pump attached to the gas collecting chamber; and a gas analysis device connected to the gas collecting chamber. The gas analysis device measures both type and concentration of gases collected in the gas collecting chamber via the nanoporous wall, the gases measured being selected from the group consisting of CO, CO2, NO, N2O, NO2 and combinations thereof. The present disclosure also relates to a method of sensing propellant degradation in solid fuel and a method of using a gas collecting chamber to sense such degradation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/055592 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/42 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/22 (20130101) G01N 1/24 (20130101) G01N 1/2202 (20130101) G01N 1/2205 (20130101) G01N 21/65 (20130101) G01N 21/3504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/222 (20130101) G01N 2021/3155 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/177692 (20150115) Y10T 436/178459 (20150115) Y10T 436/204998 (20150115) Y10T 436/205831 (20150115) |
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| US 09274067 | Schulte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Loma Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reinhard W. Schulte (Grand Terrace, California); R. Ford Hurley (Loma Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems, devices and methodologies related to calibration of an ion based imaging apparatus such as a proton computed tomography scanner. In some implementations, energy degrader plates having known water-equivalent thickness (WET) values can be introduced to an ion beam to introduce different energy degradation settings. Energy detector responses to individual ions subject to such energy degradation settings can be obtained. Such responses can be normalized and correlated to water-equivalent path lengths (WEPL) of the ions based on the known WET values. Such calibration utilizing degrader plates can be performed relatively quickly and can yield accurate WEPL values that facilitate estimation of, for example, a CT image based on relative stopping power of an object. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/492894 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/548 (20130101) A61B 6/583 (20130101) A61B 6/4258 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/04 (20130101) G01N 23/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 35/00693 (20130101) G01N 2223/107 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/169 (20130101) G01T 1/2985 (20130101) |
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| US 09274108 | Yoo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pil J. Yoo (Seoul, South Korea); Ki Tae Nam (Emeryville, California); Jifa Qi (West Roxburg, Massachusetts); Soo-Kwan Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Juhyun Park (Daejeon, South Korea); Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Paula T. Hammond-Cunningham (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pil J. Yoo (Seoul, South Korea); Ki Tae Nam (Emeryville, California); Jifa Qi (West Roxburg, Massachusetts); Soo-Kwan Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Juhyun Park (Daejeon, South Korea); Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Paula T. Hammond-Cunningham (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed toward systems and methods for the formation of two dimensional monolayer structures of ordered biomacromolecules, such as viruses, atop cohesive polyelectrolyte multilayers to create functional thin films. Methods for the formation of such thin films are disclosed that involve an interdiffusion-induced assembly process of the biomacromolecules. The inventive systems provide a general platform for the systematic incorporation and assembly of organic, biological and inorganic materials and will enable many potential technological applications such as, for example, chemical and biological sensors, power devices and catalytic membranes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/278390 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/545 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 428/273 (20150115) Y10T 428/31855 (20150401) Y10T 428/31971 (20150401) |
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| US 09274135 | Kilpatrick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Kilpatrick (Lake Forest, California); Adela Apostol (Foothill Ranch, California); Vladimir Markov (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Systems and Technologies, Inc. (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Kilpatrick (Lake Forest, California); Adela Apostol (Foothill Ranch, California); Vladimir Markov (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for conformal imaging vibrometry capable of real-time measurements of the dynamic motions of any arbitrary two-dimensional or three-dimensional structure. The disclosed systems and methods are able to fully characterize the dynamic behavior of an object of any arbitrary geometry. The test object is illuminated with multiple laser beams whose directions conform to the local normal axis of the surface. The approach enables high-speed vibration imaging of whole-body dynamics of arbitrarily shaped structures in real-time, with no multiplexed data capture or synthesized motion reconstruction, as is currently practiced. By measuring the object's vibrations simultaneously at multiple points, the disclosed systems and methods are able to reproduce the structural behavior under operational conditions, which can then be spectrally decomposed to determine the modal, complex modal and transient nature of the true structural dynamics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/054672 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/14 (20130101) Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 9/00 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 7/025 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 3/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09274136 | Trusov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander A. Trusov (Irvine, California); Sergei A. Zotov (Irvine, California); Andrei M. Shkel (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-axis microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) inertial measurement unit (IMU) is fabricated in a vacuum sealed single packaged device. An FM vibratory gyroscope and an FM resonant accelerometer both for generating FM output signals is fabricated in the silicon chip using MEMS. A signal processor is coupled to the an FM vibratory gyroscope and to the FM resonant accelerometer for receiving the FM gyroscopic output signals and the FM accelerometer output signals. The signal processor generates simultaneous and decoupled measurement of input acceleration, input rotation rate, and temperature and/or temperature distribution within the IMU, self-calibration of the biases and scale factors of the IMU and its support electronics against temperature variations and other common mode errors, and reduction of the cross axis sensitivity by reducing acceleration errors in the gyroscope and rotation errors in the accelerometer. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/752044 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/5783 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/18 (20130101) G01P 15/097 (20130101) G01P 15/125 (20130101) G01P 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09274219 | Lamb |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian M. Lamb (Manhattan Beach, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Brian M. Lamb (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for generating a radar image including acquiring a first plurality of data in a first domain, wherein one or more of the first plurality of data include data of a moving target engaged in a turning motion at a rotational rate greater than a threshold; converting the first plurality of data from the first domain to a second plurality of data in a second domain, wherein the second domain is a first two-dimensional transformation of the first domain; extracting one or more of the second plurality of data; converting the one or more of the extracted second plurality of data to a third plurality of data in a third domain, wherein the third domain is a second two-dimensional transformation of the second domain; phase compensating the third plurality of data; and transforming the phase compensated third plurality of data to generate the radar image. |
| FILED | Sunday, July 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/539472 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — 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 13/5242 (20130101) G01S 13/9035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09274271 | Schermer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ross Schermer (Springfield, Virginia); Carl A. Villarruel (Burke, Virginia); Frank Bucholtz (Crofton, Maryland); Colin McLaughlin (West River, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ross Schermer (Springfield, Virginia); Carl A. Villarruel (Burke, Virginia); Frank Bucholtz (Crofton, Maryland); Colin McLaughlin (West River, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A true time delay system for optical signals includes a hollow core optical waveguide, a droplet of reflective liquid metal disposed in the hollow core, and an actuator coupled to a first end of the waveguide to move the droplet longitudinally within the hollow core. In one example, the waveguide is a hollow core photonic bandgap fiber. In one example, the actuator is a pressure actuator that introduces or removes gas into the core. Light enters the optical fiber, is transmitted through the fiber toward the reflective surface of the droplet, and is reflected back through the fiber and exits at the same end of the photonic bandgap optical fiber that it entered. The fiber optic device can provide a continuously-variable optical path length of over 3.6 meters (corresponding to a continuously-variable true-time delay of over 12 ns, or 120 periods at a 10 GHz modulation frequency), with negligible wavelength dependence across the C and L bands. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/027262 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/032 (20130101) G02B 6/0239 (20130101) G02B 6/02295 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/02328 (20130101) G02B 6/02385 (20130101) G02B 6/2861 (20130101) Transmission H04B 2210/006 (20130101) |
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| US 09274299 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan F. Benner (Poughkeepsie, New York); David Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Edward Seminaro (Milton, New York); Richard Rieland (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan F. Benner (Poughkeepsie, New York); David Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Edward Seminaro (Milton, New York); Richard Rieland (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are directed to decomposing an all-to-all interconnection network topology into a plurality of smaller all-to-all interconnection network elements, replicating the interconnection network elements in a modular fashion, wherein the modular interconnection network elements construct the all-to-all interconnection network topology. Embodiments are directed to an apparatus comprising a shuffle cable assembly comprising a plurality of shuffle cables, where each of the plurality of shuffle cables comprises a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of connectors, a block configured to organize, align, and maintain a position of the plurality of connectors, and at least one handle coupled to the block and configured to actuate the plurality of connectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/597530 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/43 (20130101) G02B 6/3897 (20130101) G02B 6/4452 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09274352 | Long et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Peter Long (Accokeek, Maryland); Joshua D. Caldwell (Accokeek, Maryland); Jeffrey C. Owrutsky (Silver Spring, Maryland); Orest J. Glembocki (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Peter Long (Accokeek, Maryland); Joshua D. Caldwell (Accokeek, Maryland); Jeffrey C. Owrutsky (Silver Spring, Maryland); Orest J. Glembocki (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical devices that include one or more structures fabricated from polar-dielectric materials that exhibit surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs), where the SPhPs alter the optical properties of the structure. The optical properties lent to these structures by the SPhPs are altered by introducing charge carriers directly into the structures. The carriers can be introduced into these structures, and the carrier concentration thereby controlled, through optical pumping or the application of an appropriate electrical bias. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/522738 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/12 (20130101) G01J 2003/1213 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/02 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/011 (20130101) G02F 1/0126 (20130101) G02F 2202/10 (20130101) G02F 2203/10 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kotura, Inc. (Monterey Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kotura, Inc. (Monterey Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Po Dong (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The modulator includes a ring resonator having a phase modulator that tunes blocked wavelengths within phase modulator bandwidths. The blocked bands include blocked wavelengths at which the intensity of an output light signal is minimized. Each of the blocked bands is associated with the phase modulator bandwidth within which the blocked wavelength is tuned. A bandwidth shifting device is configured to shift a selection of wavelengths that falls within each of the phase modulator bandwidths. Electronics are configured to operate the bandwidth shifting device so as to shift the phase modulator bandwidths from a location where a first target wavelength falls within a first one of the phase modulator bandwidths to a location where a second target wavelength falls within a second one of the phase modulator bandwidths. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/282975 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/29338 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/0121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/225 (20130101) |
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| US 09274432 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Farrel Martin (Waldorf, Maryland); Alberto Píqué (Crofton, Maryland); Raymond C Y Auyeung (Alexandria, Virginia); Steve Policastro (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrel Martin (Waldorf, Maryland); Alberto Píqué (Crofton, Maryland); Raymond C Y Auyeung (Alexandria, Virginia); Steve Policastro (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for isolating microstructural regions or features on a surface for electrochemical experimentation comprising polishing a metal sample, coating the metal sample with a photoresist, selecting a region of interest of the metal sample, exposing the region of interest with light energy, developing the exposed photoresist and creating a developed region. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/618214 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/26 (20130101) G03F 7/2002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/2053 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/13 (20150115) |
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| US 09275185 | McIlrath |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R3 Logic, Inc. (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | R3 LOGIC, INC. (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa G. McIlrath (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for generating and verifying circuit layouts from computer-aided design tools for vertically integrated, three-dimensional integrated circuits are disclosed. In one instance, a 3-D technology file of these teachings is obtained by providing an identifier for two or more circuit levels, providing for each one of the two or more circuit levels an identifier for a 2-D technology file corresponding to each of the one or more circuit levels and providing a file structure including the two or more circuit levels and each identifier, corresponding to each one of the one or more circuit levels, for the 2-D technology file corresponding to each one of the two or more circuit levels. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/161895 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5045 (20130101) G06F 17/5068 (20130101) G06F 17/5081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09275328 | Minkovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirill Minkovich (Campbell, California); Aleksey Nogin (Fresno, California); Yougkwan Cho (Los Angeles, California); Narayan Srinivasa (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neuromorphic compiler includes a placement module to provide analytic placement of neurons in a neural network description. The analytic placement is to produce placed neurons. The neuromorphic compiler further includes a smoothing module to perform diffusion-based smoothing of the placed neurons; a legalization module to adjust locations of the placed neurons to correspond to legal locations of neuromorphic neurons within a neural fabric; and a simulated annealing module to refine locations of the placed neurons within the neural fabric using simulated annealing following location adjustment by the legalization module. The neural fabric is to implement a synaptic time-multiplexed (STM) neuromorphic network. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886263 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09275330 | Esser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a neural core circuit comprising a synaptic interconnect network including plural electronic synapses for interconnecting one or more source electronic neurons with one or more target electronic neurons. The interconnect network further includes multiple axon paths and multiple dendrite paths. Each synapse is at a cross-point junction of the interconnect network between a dendrite path and an axon path. The core circuit further comprises a routing module maintaining routing information. The routing module routes output from a source electronic neuron to one or more selected axon paths. Each synapse provides a configurable level of signal conduction from an axon path of a source electronic neuron to a dendrite path of a target electronic neuron. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/596278 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/44505 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) G06N 3/049 (20130101) G06N 3/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09275345 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allure Security Technology Inc. (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Allure Security Technology, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yingbo Song (Arlington, Virginia); Salvatore J. Stolfo (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The interaction of a plurality of users with a computer system is monitored and measurements are made of different features of this interaction such as process creation, registry key changes, and file system actions. These measurements are then analyzed to identify those features that are more discriminatory. The set of features is then used to develop for each user a model of his/her interaction with the computer system that can then be used to authenticate that user when interacting with the computer system at a later time. Advantageously, these steps are performed automatically and may be performed periodically or even continuously to verify that each user of the computer system is indeed the individual he/she purports to be. Illustratively, the feature extraction is performed using Fisher's criteria; and the user model is developed using a Gaussian mixture model. A method for updating the user model is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/173711 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/316 (20130101) G06F 21/552 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09275422 | Aksu 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) | Hidayet Aksu (Thornwood, New York); Mustafa Canim (Ossining, New York); Yuan-Chi Chang (Armonk, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Large graph data in many application domains dynamically changes with vertices and edges inserted and deleted over time. The problem of identifying and maintaining densely connected regions in the graph thus becomes a challenge. Embodiments of the invention describe a method using a k-core measure as a metric of dense connectivity over large, partitioned graph data stored in multiple computing servers in a cluster. The method describes steps to identify a k-core subgraph in parallel and to maintain a k-core subgraph when a new edge is inserted or an existing edge is deleted. The embodiments thus enable practitioners to identify and monitor large scale graph data, such as exemplified by multiple topical communities in a social network, in a scalable and efficient manner. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/904633 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00 (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 50/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09275806 | Stifter, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EATON CORPORATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EATON CORPORATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr. (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania); William John Jones (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania); Brian Scott Jansto (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania); Thomas Mark Whalen (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A lever member is for a trip assembly of an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, a signaling mechanism, separable contacts, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. The trip assembly includes a mounting assembly disposed on the housing and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes an actuator coupled to the mounting assembly and a plunger disposed on the mounting assembly and being cooperable with the operating mechanism. The lever member includes: a pivot portion structured to engage the mounting assembly; a first arm portion structured to engage the plunger; and a second arm portion disposed between the pivot portion and the first arm portion, the second arm portion being structured to engage the actuator. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/310124 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09275857 | Hersee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen D. Hersee (Summerland Key, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Hersee (Summerland Key, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments provide non-planar nanowires, nanowire arrays, and nanowire networks as well as methods of their formation and applications. The non-planar nanowires and their arrays can be formed in a controlled manner on surfaces having a non-planar orientation. In embodiments, two or more adjacent nanowires from different surfaces can grow to merge together forming one or more nanowire branches and thus forming a nanowire network. In embodiments, the non-planar nanowires and nanowire networks can be used for cantilever oscillation, switching and transistor actions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/090150 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02587 (20130101) H01L 29/15 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) |
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| US 09275998 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Andrew D. Koehler (Alexandria, Virginia); Karl D. Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Andrew D. Koehler (Alexandria, Virginia); Karl D. Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An inverted P-channel III-nitride field effect transistor with hole carriers in the channel comprising a gallium-polar III-Nitride grown epitaxially on a substrate, a barrier, a two-dimensional hole gas in the barrier layer material at the heterointerface of the first material, and wherein the gallium-polar III-Nitride material comprises III-Nitride epitaxial material layers grown in such a manner that when GaN is epitaxially grown the top surface of the epitaxial layer is gallium-polar. A method of making a P-channel III-nitride field effect transistor with hole carriers in the channel comprising selecting a face of a substrate so that the gallium-polar (0001) face is the dominant face for growth of III-Nitride epitaxial layer growth material, growing a GaN epitaxial layer, doping, growing a barrier, etching, forming a contact, performing device isolation, defining a gate opening, defining gate metal, making a contact window, and depositing and defining a thick metal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/265214 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/762 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02609 (20130101) H01L 21/02631 (20130101) H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 21/8228 (20130101) H01L 21/8238 (20130101) H01L 21/8252 (20130101) H01L 21/26546 (20130101) H01L 21/28575 (20130101) H01L 21/28587 (20130101) H01L 21/30612 (20130101) H01L 27/092 (20130101) H01L 27/095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/0921 (20130101) H01L 27/0922 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/51 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/201 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/207 (20130101) H01L 29/365 (20130101) H01L 29/407 (20130101) H01L 29/452 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1075 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7781 (20130101) H01L 29/7782 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7784 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/7831 (20130101) H01L 29/41725 (20130101) H01L 29/41766 (20130101) H01L 29/42364 (20130101) H01L 29/66431 (20130101) H01L 29/66439 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) H01L 29/66477 (20130101) |
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| US 09276148 | Jaffe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul I. Jaffe (Springfield, Virginia); Michael W. Nurnberger (Springfield, Virginia); Michael A. Brown (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul I. Jaffe (Springfield, Virginia); Michael W. Nurnberger (Springfield, Virginia); Michael A. Brown (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A space solar power system that has sun-tracking curved reflectors, such as off-axis parabolic reflectors, a secondary reflector, and a power conversion module for converting the sunlight into microwave energy and transmit the energy to remote locations. The power conversion module can have a modular stepped conical shape, with additional radiator area configured in vertical sidewalls, horizontal radiator panels, or both. Hinged, fold-out units can house the microwave conversion electronics and the antenna for transmitting the microwave radiation to the remote ground station. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/528800 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/052 (20130101) H01L 31/0424 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0547 (20141201) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 17/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/10 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09276156 | King et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. King (Thousand Oaks, California); Christopher M. Fetzer (Valencia, California); Peter C. Colter (Canyon Country, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell includes a first layer having a first-layer lattice parameter, a second layer having a second-layer lattice parameter different from the first-layer lattice parameter, wherein the second layer includes a photoactive second-layer material; and a third layer having a third-layer lattice parameter different from the second-layer lattice parameter, wherein the third layer includes a photoactive third-layer material. A transparent buffer layer extends between and contacts the second layer and the third layer and has a buffer-layer lattice parameter that varies with increasing distance from the second layer toward the third layer, so as to lattice match to the second layer and to the third layer. There may be additional subcell layers and buffer layers in the solar cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/462998 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0687 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0735 (20130101) H01L 31/1852 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09276159 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC and IMAGING, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC and IMAGING, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan Evans (Woodland Hills, California); William Tennant (Thousand Oaks, California); Andrew Hood (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure comprised of an InAsSb layer adjacent to a GaSb layer, with the adjacent InAsSb and GaSb layers repeating to form a superlattice (SL). The structure is preferably an unstrained SL, wherein the composition of the InAsSb layer is InAs0.91Sb0.09; the InAs0.91 Sb0.09 layers are preferably lattice-matched to the GaSb layers. The SL structure is preferably arranged such that the Sb component of the InAsSb layers reduces the strain in the SL structure so that it is less than that found in an InAs/GaSb Type-II Strained Layer Superlattice (SLS). The present SL structure is suitably employed as part of an infrared photodetector. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/725349 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/03046 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) |
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| US 09276197 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark B. Johnson (Potomac, Maryland); Christopher Malec (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark B. Johnson (Potomac, Maryland); Christopher Malec (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid domain wall Hall cross device consists of a semiconductor Hall cross having a top surface and a pair of arms intersecting at a center region, and a ferromagnetic wire fabricated on the top surface, electrically isolated from the Hall cross, and having a constriction proximate to the center of the Hall cross. The device provides a magnetoelectronic MRAM storage cell with improved performance characteristics. Binary storage is associated with a trapped domain wall having one of two stable orientations. The bit state can be written using current driven domain wall motion. This is a STT process in which the write current is applied to a thin film, low impedance wire. Heating is minimized and no wear-out mechanism is known to exist. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/536872 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/18 (20130101) G11C 11/161 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/04 (20130101) H01L 43/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09276226 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Young-geun Ha (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Young-geun Ha (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are organic-inorganic hybrid self-assembled multilayers that can be used as electrically insulating (or dielectric) materials. These multilayers generally include an inorganic primer layer and one or more bilayers deposited thereon. Each bilayer includes a chromophore or “π-polarizable” layer and an inorganic capping layer composed of zirconia. Because of the regularity of the bilayer structure and the aligned orientation of the chromophore resulting from the self-assembly process, the present multilayers have applications in electronic devices such as thin film transistors, as well as in nonlinear optics and nonvolatile memories. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111699 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0529 (20130101) H01L 51/0533 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0537 (20130101) |
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| US 09276283 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Spawar Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne P. Liu (San Diego, California); Adriane Q. Wotawa-Bergen (San Diego, California); David B. Chadwick (San Diego, California); Ken E. Richter (San Diego, California); Yolanda M. Arias-Thode (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-propelled microbial fuel cell apparatus includes a microbial fuel cell with a cathode electrode and an anode electrode wherein the anode electrode is enclosed within an enclosure that has an opening in it. The microbial fuel cell is positioned within a self-propelled delivery vehicle so that the electrodes of the fuel cell are exposed to interface with a microbial environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/494429 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 7/06 (20130101) Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 8/00 (20130101) B63G 8/001 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09276305 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Keller (Bethesda, Maryland); Amir I. Zaghloul (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for providing multiple functions using nanotube threads comprising: a first nanotube thread and a second nanotube thread, the first nanotube thread and the second nanotube thread arranged to form a mesh, wherein the first nanotube thread further comprises a measurable invariant property and the second nanotube thread comprises a measurable variant property. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/686944 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/273 (20130101) H01Q 9/0407 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
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| US 09276370 | Fishteyn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OFS Fitel, LLC (Norcross, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OFS FITEL, LLC (Norcross, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Fishteyn (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Marc Mermelstein (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to a high-power liquid-cooled pump and signal combiner and methods thereof for fiber optic applications. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a pump and signal combiner capable of conveying several kilowatts of pump laser power for kilowatt class rare-earth doped fiber amplifiers without suffering thermal damage. In one embodiment of the present invention, a high-power, heat dissipating optical fiber device comprises a section of optical fiber configured to propagate light, a cooling chamber, substantially encapsulating the optical fiber, and a fluid within the cooling chamber having a refractive index selected to control the interaction and propagation of the light in the fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/011859 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/032 (20130101) G02B 2006/0325 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0401 (20130101) H01S 3/0404 (20130101) H01S 3/0407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/06754 (20130101) H01S 3/094003 (20130101) |
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| US 09276380 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keh-Yung Cheng (Champaign, Illinois); Chien-Chia Cheng (Xiluo Township, Taiwan); Kuang-Chien Hsieh (Champaign, Illinois) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Keh-Yung Cheng (Champaign, Illinois); Chien-Chia Cheng (Xiluo Township, Taiwan); Kuang-Chien Hsieh (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for controlling light emissions and a method for fabricating the device are disclosed herein. A quantum well of an active region of a semiconductor device may comprise a quantum structure lattice having lattice geometries that satisfies the Bragg condition, such that inter-quantum structure distance d between a first quantum structure and a second quantum structure within the quantum structure lattice is an integer multiple of a emission half wavelength mλo/2n, where m is an integer, λo is a wavelength in free space, and n is a refractive index of a cladding material of the quantum well. |
| FILED | Sunday, September 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/632077 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/04 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 2933/0083 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/105 (20130101) H01S 5/1078 (20130101) H01S 5/1228 (20130101) H01S 5/3412 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerry W. Fleming (Moneta, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MACAULAY-BROWN, INC. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry W. Fleming (Moneta, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for low voltage conversion and energy storage uses a charge pump array including a first set of capacitors in parallel with a second set of capacitors and switches for selectively coupling the first and second set of capacitors to a variable input DC voltage. A data processor programmably controls one or more of the switches to couple the first and second set of capacitors to the variable input DC voltage for a variable first time period during which the input DC voltage charges the first and second set of capacitors to a DC voltage level. An energy storage device is switchably coupled to an output of the charge pump array. The data processor programmably controls one or more of the switches to couple the charge pump array output to the energy storage device for a variable second time period during which a voltage stored across each of the capacitors during the first time period is combined to produce a higher voltage significantly higher than the input DC voltage, the higher voltage being provided to the energy storage device. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/072234 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 9/005 (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 3/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 3/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09276524 | Jenkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith A. Jenkins (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Yu-ming Lin (West Harrison, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith A. Jenkins (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Yu-ming Lin (West Harrison, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An oscillator circuit includes a field effect transistor and a resonant circuit having a first terminal connected to the field effect transistor. The resonant circuit includes an inductance and a capacitance and has a second terminal for connecting to a radiator. The field effect transistor includes a gate electrode coupled to a source of gate voltage, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a graphene channel disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode and electrically connected thereto. The graphene channel is disposed relative to the gate electrode for being biased by the gate electrode into a negative differential resistance region of operation. The oscillator circuit is capable of generating a continuous wave THz frequency signal, and is further capable of being enabled and disabled by the bias applied to the gate electrode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/569815 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (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 5/1203 (20130101) H03B 5/1228 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03B 7/06 (20130101) H03B 2200/0084 (20130101) |
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| US 09276564 | Ditto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Ditto (Scottsdale, Arizona); Pritiraj Mohanty (Boston, Massachusetts); Sudeshna Sinha (Chennai, India); Ardeshir R. Bulsara (San Diego, California); Diego Guerra (Boston, Massachusetts); Krishnamurthy Murali (Chennai, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanomechanical device, operating as a reprogrammable logic gate, and performing fundamental logic functions such as AND/OR and NAND/NOR. The logic function can be programmed (e.g., from AND to OR) dynamically, by adjusting the operating parameters of the resonator. The device can access one of two stable steady states, according to a specific logic function; this operation is mediated by the noise floor which can be directly adjusted, or dynamically tuned via an adjustment of the underlying nonlinearity of the resonator, i.e., it is not necessary to have direct control over the noise floor. The demonstration of this reprogrammable nanomechanical logic gate affords a path to the practical realization of a new generation of mechanical computers. |
| FILED | Friday, May 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886977 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 3/013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 19/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09276615 | Filippov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timur V. Filippov (Mahopac, New York); Alexander F. Kirichenko (Pleasantville, New York); Deepnarayan Gupta (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting multi-bit digital mixer, designed using rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) logic, for multiplying two independent digital streams, at least one of these comprising a plurality of parallel bit lines, wherein the output is also a similar plurality of bit lines. In a preferred embodiment, one of the digital streams represents a local oscillator signal, and the other digital stream digital radio frequency input from an analog-to-digital converter. The multi-bit mixer comprises an array of bit-slices, with the local oscillator signal generated using shift registers. This multi-bit mixer is suitable for an integrated circuit with application to a broadband digital radio frequency receiver, a digital correlation receiver, or a digital radio frequency transmitter. A synchronous pulse distribution network is used to ensure proper operation at data rates of 20 GHz or above. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/294255 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/025 (20130101) H01L 39/223 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/0014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09276842 | Shepherd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick B. Shepherd (Outremont, Canada); Gordon T. Wilfong (Bedminster, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick B. Shepherd (Outremont, Canada); Gordon T. Wilfong (Bedminster, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided with improved routing techniques for bifurcated flows. Routing methods and apparatus are provided that obtain a fractional flow from a set of nodes to a given destination having a maximum load, L, on any link between a node in the set and the given destination; and generate a bifurcated flow between the set of nodes and the given destination from the fractional flow such that the maximum load on any link in the bifurcated flow does not exceed 2L, wherein the bifurcated flow allows a flow from a given node to be sent on at most two outgoing links. The fractional flow can be, for example, a fractional single-sink multicommodity flow. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/693836 |
| ART UNIT | 2461 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/02 (20130101) H04L 45/04 (20130101) H04L 45/12 (20130101) H04L 45/14 (20130101) H04L 45/24 (20130101) H04L 45/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09276905 | Coker, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George S. Coker, II (Westminster, Maryland); Amy L. Herzog (Pebble Beach, California); Joshua Guttman (Newton Centre, Massachusetts); Peter A. Loscocco (Glenwood, Maryland); Jonathan K. Millen (Concord, Massachusetts); John D. Ramsdell (Andover, Massachusetts); Ariel Segall (Arlington, Massachusetts); Justin Sheehy (Waltham, Massachusetts); Brian T. Sniffen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Grant Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George S. Coker, II (Westminster, Maryland); Amy L. Herzog (Pebble Beach, California); Joshua Guttman (Newton Centre, Massachusetts); Peter A. Loscocco (Glenwood, Maryland); Jonathan K. Millen (Concord, Massachusetts); John D. Ramsdell (Andover, Massachusetts); Ariel Segall (Arlington, Massachusetts); Justin Sheehy (Waltham, Massachusetts); Brian T. Sniffen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Grant Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture and system are provided for flexible, composable attestation systems. Systems built according to this attestation architecture can be composed to accomplish complex attestation scenarios. The system is designed around composable components to permit flexible recombination. A system, method, and computer program product are provided for proving attestations to an appraiser regarding a target system. In an embodiment, an attestation request is sent from an appraiser to a target system, wherein the attestation request includes queries regarding properties of the target system needed by the appraiser to make trust decisions regarding the target system. The attestation request is forwarded from the target system to an attester which collects the requested data. The attester sends an attestation response to the appraiser, wherein the response includes at least information regarding properties of the target system requested by the appraiser in order to make a trust decision regarding the target system. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/032190 |
| ART UNIT | 2491 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/0281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2209/127 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09276948 | Hitt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 21CT, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 21CT, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Hitt (Austin, Texas); Matt McClain (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for identifying a threatening network is provided. The system comprises a network movement before/after algorithm that provides a graphical plot of changes in networks' communications activity from before to after a key event occurs, so that an analyst is able to identify anomalous behavior; a network progression algorithm that provides a graphical plot to analyze behavior in small increments of time without specification or emphasis upon a particular event, so that the analyst is able to see a trend in behavioral changes; a statistical network anomaly ranking algorithm that provides as output a ranked list of the networks; and an anomaly trend graphs algorithm that analyzes and visualizes the networks' anomaly scores over time, so that the analyst is able to see which networks are consistently suspicious, which networks accumulate more suspiciousness in response to an event, and which networks are trending toward more suspiciousness. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/730191 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1416 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09276950 | Stolfo 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) | Salvatore J Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Ke Wang (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and medium are provided for detecting anomalous payloads transmitted through a network. The system receives payloads within the network and determines a length for data contained in each payload. A statistical distribution is generated for data contained in each payload received within the network, and compared to a selected model distribution representative of normal payloads transmitted through the network. The model payload can be selected such that it has a predetermined length range that encompasses the length for data contained in the received payload. Anomalous payloads are then identified based on differences detected between the statistical distribution of received payloads and the model distribution. The system can also provide for automatic training and incremental updating of models. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/146533 |
| ART UNIT | 2479 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/55 (20130101) G06F 21/56 (20130101) G06F 21/552 (20130101) G06F 21/554 (20130101) G06F 21/562 (20130101) G06F 21/563 (20130101) G06F 21/564 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/2602 (20130101) H04L 43/00 (20130101) H04L 43/0876 (20130101) H04L 63/145 (20130101) H04L 63/0218 (20130101) H04L 63/0245 (20130101) H04L 63/0263 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09277138 | Bushmaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Wayne Bushmaker (Los Angeles, California); Terence S. Yeoh (El Segundo, California); George C. Valley (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An image detection assembly includes a light source that is configured to generate at least one pulsed light beam. A modulator is configured to direct the pulsed light beam onto a device via a plurality of light patterns such that a plurality of electrical signals are generated by the device. Each electrical signal corresponds to a different light pattern. A signal processing apparatus is coupled to the device and the signal processing apparatus is configured to receive the electrical signals and to digitize each electrical signal to record a plurality of signal vectors such that each signal vector corresponds to a different electrical signal. The signal processing apparatus is also configured to generate at least one image output based, at least in part, on the recorded signal vectors and the light patterns such that the image output enables a determination of at least one transient effect on the device. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/542056 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09277411 | Mody et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Apurva N. Mody (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Sherman (Succasunna, New Jersey); Kwok N. Yau (New York, New York); Alan Trojan (Wayne, New Jersey); Sharon K. Sputz (Teaneck, New Jersey); Joseph Farkas (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Apurva N. Mody (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Sherman (Succasunna, New Jersey); Kwok N. Yau (New York, New York); Alan Trojan (Wayne, New Jersey); Sharon K. Sputz (Teaneck, New Jersey); Joseph Farkas (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for converting a non-cognitive radio into a cognitive radio is presented. A cognitive radio system includes, a non-cognitive radio; an electronic device, a spectrum sensing logic and configuration and management logic. The electronic device is connected to the non-cognitive radio so that it receives and/or transmits messages to/from a wireless network. The configuration and management logic is connected between the non-cognitive radio and the spectrum sensing logic. The spectrum sensing logic and the configuration and management logic are removable from the non-cognitive radio allowing the cognitive radio to operate in a non-cognitive mode. The spectrum sensing logic senses a wireless environment to determine available frequencies and available channels. The configuration and management logic transmits available frequencies, available channels or other spectrum data to a remote spectrum manager that is managing access to the wireless network. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/320416 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 72/082 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE45911 | Ghasemi Nejhad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mohammad Naghi Ghasemi Nejhad (Honolulu, Hawaii); Vinod P. Veedu (Houston, Texas); Andrea Yuen (Honolulu, Hawaii); Davood Askari (Wichita, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammad Naghi Ghasemi Nejhad (Honolulu, Hawaii); Vinod P. Veedu (Houston, Texas); Andrea Yuen (Honolulu, Hawaii); Davood Askari (Wichita, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide polymer matrix nanocomposites reinforced with nano-scale materials such as nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes and methods of fabricating. The nanomaterials are provided within relatively low weight fractions, for example in the range of approximately 0.01 to about 0.4% by weight and distributed within the matrix by a magnetic mixing procedure to provide substantially uniform reinforcement of the nanocomposites. Advantageously, these nanocomposites provide significantly enhanced tensile strength, strain to failure, and fracture toughness over corresponding neat matrices. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/228889 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 3/02 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stacy A. Hutchens (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jonathan Woodward (Solihull, United Kingdom); Barbara R. Evans (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Hugh M. O'Neill (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite biocompatible hydrogel material includes a porous polymer matrix, the polymer matrix including a plurality of pores and providing a Young's modulus of at least 10 GPa. A calcium comprising salt is disposed in at least some of the pores. The porous polymer matrix can comprise cellulose, including bacterial cellulose. The composite can be used as a bone graft material. A method of tissue repair within the body of animals includes the steps of providing a composite biocompatible hydrogel material including a porous polymer matrix, the polymer matrix including a plurality of pores and providing a Young's modulus of at least 10 GPa, and inserting the hydrogel material into cartilage or bone tissue of an animal, wherein the hydrogel material supports cell colonization in vitro for autologous cell seeding. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/200060 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5078 (20130101) A61K 33/42 (20130101) A61K 47/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09272268 | Toops et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd J. Toops (Knoxville, Tennessee); James E. Parks, III (Knoxville, Tennessee); John C. Bauer (Paducah, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a composite catalyst containing a first component and a second component. The first component contains nanosized gold particles. The second component contains nanosized platinum group metals. The composite catalyst is useful for catalyzing the oxidation of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, and other pollutants at low temperatures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/231828 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/9427 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/52 (20130101) B01J 23/66 (20130101) B01J 23/894 (20130101) B01J 23/8926 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/0006 (20130101) B01J 35/006 (20130101) B01J 35/008 (20130101) B01J 37/04 (20130101) B01J 37/14 (20130101) B01J 37/16 (20130101) B01J 37/035 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09272291 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley J. Miller (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Jay C. Almlie (East Grand Forks, Minnesota); Ye Zhuang (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley J. Miller (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Jay C. Almlie (East Grand Forks, Minnesota); Ye Zhuang (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes a chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet. The device includes a plurality of stages including at least a first stage adjacent a second stage. The plurality of stages are disposed in the chamber and each stage has a plurality of discharge electrodes disposed in an interior region and is bounded by an upstream baffle on an end proximate the air inlet and bounded by a downstream baffle on an end proximate the air outlet. Each stage has at least one sidewall between the upstream baffle and the downstream baffle. The sidewall is configured as a collection electrode and has a plurality of apertures disposed along a length between the upstream baffle and the downstream baffle. The upstream baffle of the first stage is positioned in staggered alignment relative to the upstream baffle of the second stage and the downstream baffle of the first stage are positioned in staggered alignment relative to the downstream baffle of the second stage. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/829352 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 3/08 (20130101) B03C 3/41 (20130101) B03C 3/47 (20130101) B03C 3/361 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 3/366 (20130101) B03C 2201/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09272296 | Grubelich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Grubelich (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gerold Yonas (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas powered fluid gun for propelling a stream or slug of a fluid at high velocity toward a target. Recoil mitigation is provided that reduces or eliminates the associated recoil forces, with minimal or no backwash. By launching a quantity of water in the opposite direction, net momentum forces are reduced or eliminated. Examples of recoil mitigation devices include a cone for making a conical fluid sheet, a device forming multiple impinging streams of fluid, a cavitating venturi, one or more spinning vanes, or an annular tangential entry/exit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/055829 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05B 1/34 (20130101) B05B 7/32 (20130101) Burners F23D 11/24 (20130101) F23D 14/28 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09272621 | Sujan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivek Anand Sujan (Columbus, Indiana); Phani Vajapeyazula (Columbus, Indiana); Kenneth Follen (Greenwood, Indiana); An Wu (Columbus, Indiana); Howard Robert Forst (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Controlling a speed of a vehicle based on at least a portion of a route grade and a route distance divided into a plurality of route sections, each including at least one of a section grade and section length. Controlling the speed of the vehicle is further based on determining a cruise control speed mode for the vehicle for each of the plurality of route sections and determining a speed reference command of the vehicle based on at least one of the cruise control speed mode, the section length, the section grade, and a current speed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/261010 |
| ART UNIT | 3668 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 30/143 (20130101) B60W 40/076 (20130101) B60W 2550/142 (20130101) B60W 2720/106 (20130101) |
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| US 09272913 | Garnier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ADVANCED CERAMIC FIBERS, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED CERAMIC FIBERS, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Garnier (Idaho Falls, Idaho); George W. Griffith (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing silicon carbide fibers. The method comprises reacting a continuous carbon fiber material and a silicon-containing gas in a reaction chamber at a temperature ranging from approximately 1500° C. to approximately 2000° C. A partial pressure of oxygen in the reaction chamber is maintained at less than approximately 1.01×102 Pascal to produce continuous alpha silicon carbide fibers. Continuous alpha silicon carbide fibers and articles formed from the continuous alpha silicon carbide fibers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/570927 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09273100 | Hallen-Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Heather E. Hallen-Adams (Lincoln, Nebraska); John S. Scott-Craig (East Lansing, Michigan); Jonathan D. Walton (East Lansing, Michigan); Hong Luo (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather E. Hallen-Adams (Lincoln, Nebraska); John S. Scott-Craig (East Lansing, Michigan); Jonathan D. Walton (East Lansing, Michigan); Hong Luo (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods comprising genes and peptides associated with cyclic peptides and cyclic peptide production in mushrooms. In particular, the present invention relates to using genes and proteins from Galerina species encoding peptides specifically relating to amatoxins in addition to proteins involved with processing cyclic peptide toxins. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention also relates to methods for making small peptides and small cyclic peptides including peptides similar to amanitin. Further, the present inventions relate to providing kits for making small peptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/362561 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/375 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09273280 | Lovley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derek R. Lovley (Leyden, Massachusetts); Zarath Morgan Summers (Amherst, Massachusetts); Shelley Annette Haveman (Lakewood, Colorado); Mounir Izallalen (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek R. Lovley (Leyden, Massachusetts); Zarath Morgan Summers (Amherst, Massachusetts); Shelley Annette Haveman (Lakewood, Colorado); Mounir Izallalen (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides new isolated strains of a Geobacter species that are capable of using a carbon source that is selected from C3 to C12 organic compounds selected from pyruvate or metabolic precursors of pyruvate as an electron donor in metabolism and in subsequent energy production. The wild type strain of the microorganisms has been shown to be unable to use these C3 to C12 organic compounds as electron donors. The inventive strains of microorganisms are useful for improving bioremediation applications, including in situ bioremediation (including uranium bioremediation and halogenated solvent bioremediation), microbial fuel cells, power generation from small and large-scale waste facilities (e.g., biomass waste from dairy, agriculture, food processing, brewery, or vintner industries, etc.) using microbial fuel cells, and other applications of microbial fuel cells, including, but not limited to, improved electrical power supplies for environmental sensors, electronic devices, and electric vehicles. |
| FILED | Monday, November 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/070748 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 1/36 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/90 (20130101) H01M 8/16 (20130101) H01M 8/18 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/527 (20130101) |
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| US 09273305 | Kaehr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan J. Kaehr (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jason L. Townson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the use of silicic acid to transform biological materials, including cellular architecture into inorganic materials to provide biocomposites (nanomaterials) with stabilized structure and function. In the present invention, there has been discovered a means to stabilize the structure and function of biological materials, including cells, biomolecules, peptides, proteins (especially including enzymes), lipids, lipid vesicles, polysaccharides, cytoskeletal filaments, tissue and organs with silicic acid such that these materials may be used as biocomposites. In many instances, these materials retain their original biological activity and may be used in harsh conditions which would otherwise destroy the integrity of the biological material. In certain instances, these biomaterials may be storage stable for long periods of time and reconstituted after storage to return the biological material back to its original form. In addition, by exposing an entire cell to form CSCs, the CSCs may function to provide a unique system to study enzymes or a cascade of enzymes which are otherwise unavailable. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/869799 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — 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 11/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273330 | Bramucci et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Bramucci (Boothwyn, Pennsylvania); Vasantha Nagarajan (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are recombinant yeast host cells and methods for their use for production of fermentation products from a pyruvate utilizing pathway. Yeast host cells provided herein comprise reduced pyruvate decarboxylase activity and modified adenylate cyclase activity. In embodiments, yeast host cells provided herein comprise resistance to butanol and increased biomass production. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045506 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/88 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/04 (20130101) C12P 7/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 401/01001 (20130101) C12Y 406/01001 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09273334 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jizhong Zhou (Norman, Oklahoma); Dongru Qiu (Hubei, China PRC); Zhili He (Norman, Oklahoma); Ming Xie (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed inventive concepts are directed in certain embodiments to a method of producing protoporphyrin IX by (1) cultivating a strain of Shewanella bacteria in a culture medium under conditions suitable for growth thereof, and (2) recovering the protoporphyrin IX from the culture medium. The strain of Shewanella bacteria comprises at least one mutant hemH gene which is incapable of normal expression, thereby causing an accumulation of protoporphyrin IX. In certain embodiments of the method, the strain of Shewanella bacteria is a strain of S. loihica, and more specifically may be S. loihica PV-4. In certain embodiments, the mutant hemH gene of the strain of Shewanella bacteria may be a mutant of shew_2229 and/or of shew_1140. In other embodiments, the presently disclosed inventive concepts are directed to mutant strains of Shewanella bacteria having at least one mutant hemH gene which is incapable of normal expression, thereby causing an accumulation of protoporphyrin IX during cultivation of the bacteria. In certain embodiments the strain of Shewanella bacteria is a strain of S. loihica, and more specifically may be S. loihica PV-4. In certain embodiments, the mutant hemH gene of the strain of Shewanella bacteria may be a mutant of shew_2229 and/or shew_1140. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/349171 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/88 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 17/182 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 499/01001 (20130101) |
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| US 09273335 | Quinlan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Quinlan (Woodland, California); Feng Xu (Davis, California); Matthew Sweeney (Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NOVOZYMES, INC. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Quinlan (Woodland, California); Feng Xu (Davis, California); Matthew Sweeney (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions comprising: a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a quinone compound. The present invention also relates to methods of using the compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/816410 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/96 (20130101) C12N 9/2402 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) C12N 9/2445 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 7/14 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01021 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09273868 | Melton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Benedict Melton (Horse Shoe, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for supporting bundled tube segments within a combustor includes an annular sleeve that extends circumferentially and axially within the combustor, a support lug that extends radially inward from the annular sleeve and an annular support frame that is disposed within the annular sleeve. The annular support frame includes an inner ring portion, an outer ring portion and a plurality of spokes that extend radially between the inner and outer ring portions. The inner ring portion, the outer ring portion and the plurality of spokes define an annular array of openings for receiving a respective bundled tube segment. The inner ring portion is connected to each bundled tube segment and the outer ring portion is coupled to the support lug. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/959830 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/10 (20130101) F23R 3/283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273876 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carrier Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CARRIER CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth David Smith (East Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Zidu Ma (Ellington, Connecticut); Sherif Kandil (Ellington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A contactor configured for use in a dehumidification system is provided including a plurality of contact modules. Each contact module has a porous membrane that defines an internal space through which a hygroscopic material flows. A membrane property of the porous membrane of at least one contact module is substantially different than the other membranes of the plurality of contact modules. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/157958 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/227 (20130101) B01D 53/263 (20130101) B01D 53/268 (20130101) B01D 2319/06 (20130101) Air-conditioning; Air-humidification; Ventilation; Use of Air Currents for Screening F24F 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F24F 3/1411 (20130101) |
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| US 09274059 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiao-Ying Yu (Richland, Washington); Bingwen Liu (Pullman, Washington); Li Yang (Richland, Washington); Zihua Zhu (Richland, Washington); Matthew J. Marshall (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao-Ying Yu (Richland, Washington); Bingwen Liu (Pullman, Washington); Li Yang (Richland, Washington); Zihua Zhu (Richland, Washington); Matthew J. Marshall (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic electrochemical device and process are detailed that provide chemical imaging and electrochemical analysis under vacuum at the surface of the electrode-sample or electrode-liquid interface in-situ. The electrochemical device allows investigation of various surface layers including diffuse layers at selected depths populated with, e.g., adsorbed molecules in which chemical transformation in electrolyte solutions occurs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050144 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/75 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 23/2204 (20130101) G01N 27/403 (20130101) G01N 27/447 (20130101) |
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| US 09274093 | Almond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip M. Almond (Martinez, Georgia); Christine A. Langton (Aiken, South Carolina); David B. Stefanko (North Augusta, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for determining the redox condition of cementitious materials. The methods are leaching methods that utilize a redox active transition metal indicator that is present in the cementitious material and exhibits variable solubility depending upon the oxidation state of the indicator. When the leaching process is carried out under anaerobic conditions, the presence or absence of the indicator in the leachate can be utilized to determine the redox condition of and location of the oxidation front in the material that has been subjected to the leaching process. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/973567 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 31/22 (20130101) G01N 33/20 (20130101) G01N 33/84 (20130101) G01N 33/383 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09274237 | Zaitseva 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) | Natalia P. Zaitseva (Livermore, California); M. Leslie Carman (San Ramon, California); Michelle A. Faust (Woodland, California); Andrew M. Glenn (Livermore, California); H. Paul Martinez (Livermore, California); Stephen A. Payne (Castro Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a scintillator includes a scintillator material; a primary fluor, and a Li-containing compound, where the Li-containing compound is soluble in the primary fluor, and where the scintillator exhibits an optical response signature for thermal neutrons that is different than an optical response signature for fast neutrons and gamma rays. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/253754 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 11/025 (20130101) C09K 2211/1007 (20130101) C09K 2211/1011 (20130101) C09K 2211/1018 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/06 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 4/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09274895 | Wojahn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher K. Wojahn (Sante Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a processing unit including a configuration memory and self-scrubber logic coupled to read the configuration memory to detect compromised data stored in the configuration memory. The apparatus also includes a watchdog unit external to the processing unit and coupled to the self-scrubber logic to detect a failure in the self-scrubber logic. The watchdog unit is coupled to the processing unit to selectively reset the processing unit in response to detecting the failure in the self-scrubber logic. The apparatus also includes an external memory external to the processing unit and coupled to send configuration data to the configuration memory in response to a data feed signal outputted by the self-scrubber logic. |
| FILED | Friday, July 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/941190 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/106 (20130101) G06F 11/1446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09274904 | Lyashevsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Lyashevsky (Cupertino, California); Sudhanva Gurumurthi (Watertown, Massachusetts); Vilas Sridharan (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and computer program product to execute a first and a second work-group, and compare the signature variables of the first work-group to the signature variables of the second work-group via a synchronization mechanism. The first and the second work-group are mapped to an identifier via software. This mapping ensures that the first and second work-groups execute exactly the same data for exactly the same code without changes to the underlying hardware. By executing the first and second work-groups independently, the underlying computation of the first and second work-groups can be verified. Moreover, system performance is not substantially affected because the execution results of the first and second work-groups are compared only at specified comparison points. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920524 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/52 (20130101) G06F 11/00 (20130101) G06F 11/202 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/1608 (20130101) G06F 11/2038 (20130101) G06F 11/2041 (20130101) G06F 11/2048 (20130101) |
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| US 09275003 | Hemmert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl Scott Hemmert (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Keith D. Underwood (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael J. Levenhagen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Scott Hemmert (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Keith D. Underwood (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael J. Levenhagen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A network interface controller atomic operation unit and a network interface control method comprising, in an atomic operation unit of a network interface controller, using a write-through cache and employing a rate-limiting functional unit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/243756 |
| ART UNIT | 2456 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0815 (20130101) G06F 12/0868 (20130101) G06F 15/1735 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/603 (20130101) |
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| US 09275007 | Davis 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) | Kristan D. Davis (Rochester, Minnesota); Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In a parallel computer, a plurality of logical planes formed of compute nodes of a subcommunicator may be identified by: for each compute node of the subcommunicator and for a number of dimensions beginning with a first dimension: establishing, by a plane building node, in a positive direction of the first dimension, all logical planes that include the plane building node and compute nodes of the subcommunicator in a positive direction of a second dimension, where the second dimension is orthogonal to the first dimension; and establishing, by the plane building node, in a negative direction of the first dimension, all logical planes that include the plane building node and compute nodes of the subcommunicator in the positive direction of the second dimension. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/795854 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/80 (20130101) G06F 15/8023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09275762 | Garnier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. Garnier (Idaho Falls, Idaho); George W. Griffith (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED CERAMIC FIBERS, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Garnier (Idaho Falls, Idaho); George W. Griffith (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layered cladding material including a ceramic matrix composite and a metallic material, and a tube formed from the cladding material. The metallic material forms an inner liner of the tube and enables hermetic sealing of thereof. The metallic material at ends of the tube may be exposed and have an increased thickness enabling end cap welding. The metallic material may, optionally, be formed to infiltrate voids in the ceramic matrix composite, the ceramic matrix composite encapsulated by the metallic material. The ceramic matrix composite includes a fiber reinforcement and provides increased mechanical strength, stiffness, thermal shock resistance and high temperature load capacity to the metallic material of the inner liner. The tube may be used as a containment vessel for nuclear fuel used in a nuclear power plant or other reactor. Methods for forming the tube comprising the ceramic matrix composite and the metallic material are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/901326 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/571 (20130101) C04B 35/573 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 35/62863 (20130101) C04B 37/021 (20130101) C04B 37/025 (20130101) C04B 2235/383 (20130101) C04B 2235/428 (20130101) C04B 2235/524 (20130101) C04B 2235/616 (20130101) C04B 2235/3251 (20130101) C04B 2235/3258 (20130101) C04B 2235/3409 (20130101) C04B 2235/3427 (20130101) C04B 2235/3821 (20130101) C04B 2235/3826 (20130101) C04B 2235/3834 (20130101) C04B 2235/3839 (20130101) C04B 2235/3843 (20130101) C04B 2235/3847 (20130101) C04B 2235/3891 (20130101) C04B 2235/5228 (20130101) C04B 2235/5244 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5252 (20130101) C04B 2235/5256 (20130101) C04B 2235/5268 (20130101) C04B 2235/9607 (20130101) C04B 2235/9684 (20130101) C04B 2237/08 (20130101) C04B 2237/38 (20130101) C04B 2237/40 (20130101) C04B 2237/60 (20130101) C04B 2237/062 (20130101) C04B 2237/62 (20130101) C04B 2237/84 (20130101) C04B 2237/365 (20130101) C04B 2237/403 (20130101) C04B 2237/405 (20130101) C04B 2237/406 (20130101) C04B 2237/704 (20130101) C04B 2237/706 (20130101) C04B 2237/708 (20130101) Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 9/10 (20130101) F16L 9/14 (20130101) F16L 58/14 (20130101) Methods of Steam Generation; Steam Boilers F22B 37/002 (20130101) F22B 37/06 (20130101) Casings, Linings, Walls or Doors Specially Adapted for Combustion Chambers, e.g Firebridges; Devices for Deflecting Air, Flames or Combustion Products in Combustion Chambers; Safety Arrangements Specially Adapted for Combustion Apparatus; Details of Combustion Chambers, Not Otherwise Provided for F23M 2900/05004 (20130101) Nuclear Reactors G21C 3/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21C 13/028 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09275844 | Bogan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Bogan (San Francisco, California); Hartawan Laksmono (Sunnyvale, California); Raymond G. Sierra (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Bogan (San Francisco, California); Hartawan Laksmono (Sunnyvale, California); Raymond G. Sierra (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for nanoflow serial femtosecond x-ray protein crystallography include providing a sample fluid by mixing a plurality of a first target of interest with a carrier fluid and injecting the sample fluid into a vacuum chamber at a rate less than about 4 microliters per minute. In some embodiments, the carrier fluid has a viscosity greater than about 3 centipoise. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/896303 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 4/002 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/20 (20130101) G01N 23/20025 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) H01J 49/165 (20130101) H01J 49/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0404 (20130101) H01J 49/0431 (20130101) H01J 49/0445 (20130101) |
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| US 09276063 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Z. Zhang (Santa Cruz, California); Adam Schwartzberg (Santa Cruz, California); Tammy Y. Olson (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Z. Zhang (Santa Cruz, California); Adam Schwartzberg (Santa Cruz, California); Tammy Y. Olson (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is drawn to novel nanostructures comprising hollow nanospheres and nanotubes for use as chemical sensors, conduits for fluids, and electronic conductors. The nanostructures can be used in microfluidic devices, for transporting fluids between devices and structures in analytical devices, for conducting electrical currents between devices and structure in analytical devices, and for conducting electrical currents between biological molecules and electronic devices, such as bio-microchips. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284880 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 2001/0029 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 25/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 33/5432 (20130101) G01N 33/54346 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0054 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/127 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0673 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2975 (20150115) Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 428/12431 (20150115) |
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| US 09276143 | Mazur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows Of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President And Fellows Of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); James Edward Carey (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides a silicon photodetector having a surface layer that is doped with sulfur inclusions with an average concentration in a range of about 0.5 atom percent to about 1.5 atom percent. The surface layer forms a diode junction with an underlying portion of the substrate. A plurality of electrical contacts allow application of a reverse bias voltage to the junction in order to facilitate generation of an electrical signal, e.g., a photocurrent, in response to irradiation of the surface layer. The photodetector exhibits a responsivity greater than about 1 A/W for incident wavelengths in a range of about 250 nm to about 1050 nm, and a responsivity greater than about 0.1 A/W for longer wavelengths, e.g., up to about 3.5 microns. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100954 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/268 (20130101) H01L 21/02686 (20130101) H01L 31/0236 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0288 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/1864 (20130101) H01L 31/1872 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/547 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/94 (20130101) |
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| US 09276267 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kailash C. Jain (Troy, Michigan); Rick D. Kerr (Fenton, Michigan); Bryan Gillispie (Macomb Township, Michigan); Mohammad Parsian (Swartz Creek, Michigan); Joseph M. Keller (Grand Blanc, Michigan); David A. Thompson (Grand Blanc, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kailash C. Jain (Troy, Michigan); Rick D. Kerr (Fenton, Michigan); Bryan Gillispie (Macomb Township, Michigan); Mohammad Parsian (Swartz Creek, Michigan); Joseph M. Keller (Grand Blanc, Michigan); David A. Thompson (Grand Blanc, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A cathode of a solid-oxide fuel cell includes a first ionic conducting layer, a second layer deposited over the first layer and formed from a mixed ionic and electronic conductor layer including an oxygen ion conducting phase, and a third layer deposited over the second layer and formed from a mixed ionic and electronic conductor layer. A sintering aid and pore formers are added to the second layer and the third layer to establish ionic, electronic, and gas diffusion paths that are contiguous. By adjusting the microstructure of the second and the third layer, a high performance low resistance cathode is formed that bonds well to the electrolyte, is highly electro-catalytic, and has a relatively low overall resistance. By using inexpensive and readily available substances as sintering aid and as pore formers, a low-cost cathode is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/284499 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/8889 (20130101) H01M 4/9016 (20130101) H01M 4/9033 (20130101) H01M 8/1253 (20130101) H01M 2004/8689 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
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| US 09276273 | Steinbach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew J. L. Steinbach (St. Anthony Village, Minnesota); Mark K. Debe (Stillwater, Minnesota); Andrew T. Haug (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. L. Steinbach (St. Anthony Village, Minnesota); Mark K. Debe (Stillwater, Minnesota); Andrew T. Haug (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for operation of a fuel cell with improved water management by maintaining reduced anode pressure relative to cathode pressure, relative to atmospheric pressure, or both. Typically, the fuel cell comprises a membrane electrode assembly comprising nanostructured thin film cathode catalyst. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642309 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/921 (20130101) H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 4/928 (20130101) H01M 8/0247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/04104 (20130101) H01M 8/04156 (20130101) H01M 8/04223 (20130101) H01M 8/04753 (20130101) H01M 8/04783 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09276284 | Iverson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Iverson (Eau Claire, Wisconsin); Daniel M. Pierpont (North Saint Paul, Minnesota); Michael A. Yandrasits (Hastings, Minnesota); Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota); Stephan J. Obradovich (Menomonie, Wisconsin); Donald G. Peterson (Shoreview, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell roll good subassembly is described that includes a plurality of individual electrolyte membranes. One or more first subgaskets are attached to the individual electrolyte membranes. Each of the first subgaskets has at least one aperture and the first subgaskets are arranged so the center regions of the individual electrolyte membranes are exposed through the apertures of the first subgaskets. A second subgasket comprises a web having a plurality of apertures. The second subgasket web is attached to the one or more first subgaskets so the center regions of the individual electrolyte membranes are exposed through the apertures of the second subgasket web. The second subgasket web may have little or no adhesive on the subgasket surface facing the electrolyte membrane. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100132 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/0273 (20130101) H01M 8/0276 (20130101) H01M 8/1004 (20130101) H01M 8/1016 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) |
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| US 09276294 | Lemmon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John P. Lemmon (Kennewick, Washington); Kerry D. Meinhardt (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Lemmon (Kennewick, Washington); Kerry D. Meinhardt (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a molten sodium battery is disclosed. A first metallic interconnect frame having a first interconnect vent hole is provided. A second metallic interconnect frame having a second interconnect vent hole is also provided. An electrolyte plate having a cathode vent hole and an anode vent hole is interposed between the metallic interconnect frames. The metallic interconnect frames and the electrolyte plate are sealed thereby forming gaseous communication between an anode chamber through the anode vent hole and gaseous communication between a cathode chamber through the cathode vent hole. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246375 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/3909 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/3918 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4911 (20150115) |
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| US 09276382 | Fischer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur J. Fischer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey Y. Tsao (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jonathan J. Wierer, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Xiaoyin Xiao (Albuquerque, New Mexico); George T. Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Quantum-size-controlled photoelectrochemical (QSC-PEC) etching provides a new route to the precision fabrication of epitaxial semiconductor nanostructures in the sub-10-nm size regime. For example, quantum dots (QDs) can be QSC-PEC-etched from epitaxial InGaN thin films using narrowband laser photoexcitation, and the QD sizes (and hence bandgaps and photoluminescence wavelengths) are determined by the photoexcitation wavelength. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/624074 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 1/00 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic Removal of Materials From Objects; Apparatus Therefor C25F 3/12 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/30635 (20130101) H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/18 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/34333 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09276557 | Nordquist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Nordquist (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sean Michael Scott (West Lafayette, Indiana); Kenneth Wojciechowski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Darren W. Branch (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustically coupled frequency selective radio frequency (RF) device is provided. The device includes a piezoelectric substrate overlain by a plurality of electrodes. The device further includes a pair of RF input terminals at least one of which is electrically connected to at least one of the electrodes, and a pair of output RF terminals, at least one of which is electrically connected to at least one other of the electrodes. At least one of the electrodes is electromechanically reconfigurable between a state in which it is closer to a face of the piezoelectric substrate and at least one state in which it is farther from the face of the piezoelectric substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/932859 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 9/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09271936 | DeShong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip R. DeShong (Silver Spring, Maryland); Michael R. Zachariah (Potomac, Maryland); Peter DeMuth (Towson, Maryland); Anand Prakash (Wilmington, Massachusetts); Charles Luckett (Greenbelt, Maryland); Douglas Stephen English (Wichita, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. DeShong (Silver Spring, Maryland); Michael R. Zachariah (Potomac, Maryland); Peter DeMuth (Towson, Maryland); Anand Prakash (Wilmington, Massachusetts); Charles Luckett (Greenbelt, Maryland); Douglas Stephen English (Wichita, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for synthesizing a mesoporous silica nanoparticle, a mesoporous silica nanoparticle, and applications thereof are provided. The method includes fractionating a mesoporous silica nanoparticle suspension to produce size-fractionated mesoporous silica nanoparticle. The method further includes etching the size-fractionated mesoporous silica nanoparticle to produce synthesized mesoporous silica nanoparticle having a hollow, porous morphology configured to receive one of a therapeutic agent and an imaging material. The etching includes differential etching of silica from areas of low polymeric density within the mesoporous silica nanoparticle and re-depositing of the silica in areas of higher polymeric density existing near the surface of the mesoporous silica nanoparticle. A target material is loaded into the synthesized mesoporous silica nanoparticle and a controlled released of the target material is provided by decreasing the physiological pH of the surface of the mesoporous silica nanoparticle. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/382041 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/143 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 47/48861 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) Y10S 977/911 (20130101) Y10S 977/927 (20130101) |
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| US 09272126 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian T. Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois); Charles J. Choi (Bethesda, Maryland); Alysia R. Watkins (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); X-Body, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian T. Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois); Charles J. Choi (Bethesda, Maryland); Alysia R. Watkins (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Tubing such as clear plastic disposable tubing or glass tubing includes a photonic sensor formed in or placed within the tubing. The photonic sensors can take the form of photonic crystal sensors, distributed feedback laser sensors, and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensors, including photonic crystal enhanced SERS sensors. Detection arrangements for the sensors are described. The invention has many applications including tubing used in hospital care (e.g., urinary catheters, intravenous fluid delivery tubing, tubing used in dialysis, e.g. heparin lines or blood tubing sets), food manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, water quality monitoring, and environmental monitoring. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/438969 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| 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 39/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/0074 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/02 (20130101) G01J 3/44 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/65 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) Y10T 29/49947 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09272158 | Khizroev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sakhrat Khizroev (Coral Gables, Florida); Madhavan P. N. Nair (Coral Gables, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Magneto-electric nanoparticles in a subject interact with an external magnetic field to cause stimulation of neural networks in the subject. Electric signals in the neural network are coupled to magnetic dipoles induced in the nanoparticles to cause changes in electric pulse sequences of the subject's brain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/900305 |
| 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 1/40 (20130101) A61N 2/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0045 (20130101) |
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| US 09272234 | Lipkens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FloDesign Sonics Inc. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FloDesign Sonics, Inc. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bart Lipkens (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Jason Dionne (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Ari Mercado (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Brian Dutra (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Walter M. Presz, Jr. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Kennedy, III (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Louis Masi (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic standing wave is utilized to separate components from a multi-component fluid, such as oil from an oil-water mixture, in a fluid flow scheme with an acoustophoresis device. For example, the flow scheme and device allows for trapping of the oil as the oil coalesces, agglomerates, and becomes more buoyant than the water. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/943529 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 43/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 1/0644 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09272418 | Guerin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelleher Guerin (Baltimore, Maryland); Gregory D. Hager (Baltimore, Maryland); Sebastian Riedel (Bayem, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for enabling human-machine collaborations includes a generalizable framework that supports dynamic adaptation and reuse of robotic capability representations and human-machine collaborative behaviors. Specifically, a computer-implemented method of enabling user-robot collaboration includes providing a composition of user interaction capabilities and a robot capability that models a functionality of a robot for performing a type of task action based on a set of parameters; specializing the robot capability with an information kernel that encapsulates the set of parameters; providing a robot capability element based on the robot capability and the information kernel and interaction capability elements based on the user interaction capabilities; connecting the robot capability element to the interaction capability elements; providing, based on the interaction capability elements, user interfaces to acquire user input associated with the set of parameters; and controlling, based on the user input and the information kernel, the functionality of the robot via the robot capability element to perform a task action of the type of task action. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/475184 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/161 (20130101) B25J 9/1664 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 9/1689 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 2219/40519 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/04 (20130101) Y10S 901/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09272911 | Berry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vikas Berry (Manhattan, Kansas); Nihar Mohanty (Manhattan, Kansas); David S. Moore (Shawnee, Kansas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Vikas Berry (Manhattan, Kansas); Nihar Mohanty (Manhattan, Kansas); David S. Moore (Shawnee, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Graphene particulates, especially graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) and graphene quantum dots (GQDs), and a high-throughput process for the production of such particulates is provided. The graphene particulates are produced by a nanotomy process in which graphene blocks are cut from a source of graphite and then exfoliated into a plurality of graphene particulates. Graphene particulates having narrow widths, on the order of 100 nm or less, can be produced having band gap properties suitable for use in a variety of electrical applications. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/511600 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0469 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2204/22 (20130101) C01B 2204/065 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09272914 | Tian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fangyuan Tian (Newark, Delaware); Douglass F. Taber (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Andrew V. Teplyakov (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fangyuan Tian (Newark, Delaware); Douglass F. Taber (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Andrew V. Teplyakov (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A uniform Si—NH—Si terminated Si(111) surface is formed by contacting a chlorine-terminated silicon surface with ammonia and a solvent such as an ether. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/989479 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/36 (20130101) B05D 3/10 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/306 (20130101) |
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| US 09273023 | Alabugin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Alabugin (Tallahassee, Florida); Philip M. Byers (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the synthesis of carbon-based structures, particularly graphene substructures and ribbons, from oligo- and poly-alkyne starting materials. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/541737 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 43/225 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/79 (20130101) C07D 311/94 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 317/70 (20130101) C07D 491/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09273158 | Shea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth J. Shea (Irvine, California); Jun Luo (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Shea (Irvine, California); Jun Luo (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Environmentally friendly, energy efficient methods for making hydrocarbons, including oxygen containing hydrocarbons, linear or branched polymers, oligomers, waxes, small hydrocarbon molecules, fuels, coatings and starting materials/reactants to be used for making other hydrocarbons. A C1 carbon source, such as coal, natural gas, petroleum or biomass (including non-food biomass), is converted to the desired hydrocarbon. The reaction can be run in water, at room temperature and under atmospheric pressure. In some embodiments, the method comprises combining a) a C1 carbon source; b) water; c) an alkaline agent; and d) an alkyl Lewis acid in an amount effective to initiate or catalyze reaction of the components to form the hydrocarbon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/117819 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 4/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/04 (20130101) C08G 2261/3326 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/002 (20130101) C10G 2/00 (20130101) C10G 3/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09273180 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ramani Narayan (Okemos, Michigan); Daniel Graiver (Midlan, Michigan); Elodie Hablot (Lansing, Michigan); Vahid Sendijarevic (Troy, Michigan); Siva Rama Krishna Chalasani (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University and Vahid Sendijarevice, joint ownership (Vahid Sendijarevic, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramani Narayan (Okemos, Michigan); Daniel Graiver (Midlan, Michigan); Elodie Hablot (Lansing, Michigan); Vahid Sendijarevic (Troy, Michigan); Siva Rama Krishna Chalasani (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Polyol compositions containing methane linkages derived from amino acids. The polyols are obtained from the reaction of the carbonate with the cadres in the amino acids. Individual amino acids or mixtures of amino acids that are prepared from the hydrolysis of the proteins can be used. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/034611 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 269/00 (20130101) C07C 269/04 (20130101) C07C 277/08 (20130101) C07C 277/08 (20130101) C07C 277/08 (20130101) C07C 279/14 (20130101) C07C 279/24 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 4/00 (20130101) C08G 18/60 (20130101) C08G 18/3831 (20130101) C08G 18/4833 (20130101) C08G 18/6446 (20130101) C08G 18/6685 (20130101) C08G 18/7664 (20130101) C08G 63/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 71/04 (20130101) C08G 2101/0025 (20130101) C08G 2101/0083 (20130101) |
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| US 09273184 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis J. Williams (Los Angeles, California); Emine Boz (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis J. Williams (Los Angeles, California); Emine Boz (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a fluorinated compound includes a step of forming a sulfonate ester of a polyethylene glycol. The sulfonate ester is then reacted with a fluorinated diol in the presence of a base such that the polyethylene glycol is attached to one of the hydroxyl groups in the fluorinated diol. The other hydroxyl group in the fluorinated diol is reacted is converted into a leaving group and reacted with an number of nucleophiles. Complexes of the fluorinated compounds that as useful in Magnetic Resonance Imaging are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/543215 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273276 | Shuler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Shuler (Ithaca, New York); Gregory T. Baxter (Salinas, California); Aaron Sin (Ithaca, New York); Robert Andrew Harrison (Toronto, Canada); Scott Meyers (Norristown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Shuler (Ithaca, New York); Gregory T. Baxter (Salinas, California); Aaron Sin (Ithaca, New York); Robert Andrew Harrison (Toronto, Canada); Scott Meyers (Norristown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell culture method using an in vitro microscale cell culture device having a first microscale chamber containing cells attached to an inner surface of the chamber and cell culture medium in contact with the cells. The cells are maintained in culture in the in vitro microscale cell culture device while flowing culture medium through the first chamber at a controlled rate to provide a liquid residence time value for the cells in the first chamber of the in vitro microscale cell culture device that is comparable to a liquid residence time value obtained with respect to comparable cells in vivo, such that metabolism by the cells in culture in the in vitro microscale cell culture device is comparable to metabolism by comparable cells in vivo. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/301261 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/44 (20130101) C12M 41/48 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0062 (20130101) C12N 5/0671 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/5067 (20130101) |
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| US 09273410 | Bartl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael H. Bartl (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jacqueline T. Siy (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Bartl (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jacqueline T. Siy (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Low-temperature organometallic nucleation and crystallization-based synthesis methods for the fabrication of semiconductor and metal colloidal nanocrystals with narrow size distributions and tunable, size- and shape-dependent electronic and optical properties. Methods include (1) forming a reaction mixture in a reaction vessel under an inert atmosphere that includes at least one solvent, a cationic precursor, an anionic precursor, and at least a first surface stabilizing ligand while stirring at a temperature in a range from about 50° C. to about 130° C. and (2) growing nanocrystals in the reaction mixture for a period of time while maintaining the temperature, the stirring, and the inert-gas atmosphere. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/142182 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/16 (20130101) C30B 29/40 (20130101) C30B 29/46 (20130101) C30B 29/605 (20130101) |
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| US 09274001 | Wax et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert N. Graf (Montclair, New Jersey); Francisco E. Robles (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert N. Graf (Montclair, New Jersey); Francisco E. Robles (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Current apparatuses and methods for analysis of spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (SOCT) signals suffer from an inherent tradeoff between time (depth) and frequency (wavelength) resolution. In one non-limiting embodiment, multiple or dual window (DW) apparatuses and methods for reconstructing time-frequency distributions (TFDs) that applies two windows that independently determine the optical and temporal resolution is provided. For example, optical resolution may relate to scattering information about a sample, and temporal resolution may be related to absorption or depth related information. The effectiveness of the apparatuses and methods is demonstrated in simulations and in processing of measured OCT signals that contain fields which vary in time and frequency. The DW technique may yield TFDs that maintain high spectral and temporal resolution and are free from the artifacts and limitations commonly observed with other processing methods. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/574484 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02084 (20130101) G01B 9/02087 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/453 (20130101) G01J 2003/4538 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/49 (20130101) |
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| US 09274045 | Rand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen C. Rand (Ann Arbor, Michigan); William M. Fisher (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen C. Rand (Ann Arbor, Michigan); William M. Fisher (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Schemes are described to produce quasi-static charge separation, Terahertz radiation, and programmable magnetic field generation using linearly-polarized light in unbiased, transparent insulators. The methods exploit a recently-observed magneto-electric optical nonlinearity that produces intense magnetization in undoped, homogeneous dielectrics. Analysis reveals that strong magnetic effects can be induced at modest optical intensities even with incoherent light. Consequently, efficient solar power conversion is feasible without the semiconductor processing or electron-hole pair generation that is required in conventional photovoltaic cells. Additionally, conditions and techniques are described to generate intense THz radiation in unbiased substrates and large magnetic fields orientated transverse to the direction of propagation of light, without the need for any external permanent magnetic or electromagnetic apparatus. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/810621 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/09 (20130101) G02F 1/3534 (20130101) G02F 2203/13 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/02236 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/022 (20130101) H02J 7/32 (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 7/06 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09274161 | Tatcho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Passinam Tatcho (Tallahassee, Florida); Mischa Steurer (Crawfordville, Florida); Hui Li (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist in identifying the location of the fault by continuing to inject current from the distributed resources into the distribution system. The system contains multiple power electronics based converters which convert the local direct current (DC) distributed sources (DRs) to the alternating current (AC) of the grid. The converters also provide the capability of limiting the current in the system when a fault occurs. The converters also protect the power distribution system equipment against high fault currents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/166467 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09275173 | Loomis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Loomis (Louisville, Kentucky); Curtis McKenna (Louisville, Kentucky); Kevin M. Walsh (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and program product automatically generate a grayscale lithography mask file (76) from a three dimensional (3D) model (72) of a desired topography, e.g., as generated by a three dimensional computer aided design (CAD) tool (70). |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/396977 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 1/70 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09275671 | Singer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth Singer (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Chris Ryan (Ravenna, Ohio); Jie Shan (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Joseph Lott (Hopkins, Minnesota); Christophe Weder (Duedingen, Switzerland); Brent Valle (San Jose, California); Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Singer (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Chris Ryan (Ravenna, Ohio); Jie Shan (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Joseph Lott (Hopkins, Minnesota); Christophe Weder (Duedingen, Switzerland); Brent Valle (San Jose, California); Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical information storage medium includes a multilayer film that includes a plurality of extruded alternating active data storage layers and buffer layers, which separate the active data storage layers. The active data storage layers and buffer layers have thicknesses that allow the active data storage layers to be writable by permanent or reversible one- or multiphoton, linear, nonlinear, or threshold optical writing processes to define data voxels within the active data storage layers that are readable by an optical reading device. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/124890 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 7/26 (20130101) G11B 7/0052 (20130101) G11B 7/0079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11B 7/24038 (20130101) G11B 7/24065 (20130101) G11B 2007/0013 (20130101) G11B 2007/24624 (20130101) |
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| US 09275781 | Temnykh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Temnykh (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Temnykh (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An undulator with a compact construction is provided that reduces weight, complexity and cost. The compact undulator system and methods provides mechanical integrity without compromising magnetic field quality. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/237656 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 7/0284 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0903 (20130101) X-ray Technique H05G 2/00 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/04 (20130101) H05H 2007/041 (20130101) |
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| US 09275912 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SORAA, INC. (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Soraa, Inc. (Fremont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenkan Jiang (Corona, California); Dirk Ehrentraut (Santa Barbara, California); Bradley C. Downey (Santa Barbara, California); Mark P. D'Evelyn (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for quantifying extended defects in a gallium-containing nitride crystal, wafer, or device, are disclosed. The methods include providing a gallium-containing nitride crystal, wafer, or device, processing the gallium-containing nitride crystal, wafer, or device in an etchant solution comprising one or more of H3PO4, H3PO4 that has been conditioned by prolonged heat treatment to form polyphosphoric acid, and H2SO4; removing the gallium-containing nitride crystal, wafer, or device from the etchant solution; and quantifying the concentration of at least one of etch pits or etch grooves. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/013753 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 22/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09276063 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Z. Zhang (Santa Cruz, California); Adam Schwartzberg (Santa Cruz, California); Tammy Y. Olson (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Z. Zhang (Santa Cruz, California); Adam Schwartzberg (Santa Cruz, California); Tammy Y. Olson (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is drawn to novel nanostructures comprising hollow nanospheres and nanotubes for use as chemical sensors, conduits for fluids, and electronic conductors. The nanostructures can be used in microfluidic devices, for transporting fluids between devices and structures in analytical devices, for conducting electrical currents between devices and structure in analytical devices, and for conducting electrical currents between biological molecules and electronic devices, such as bio-microchips. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284880 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 2001/0029 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 25/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 33/5432 (20130101) G01N 33/54346 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0054 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/127 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0673 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2975 (20150115) Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 428/12431 (20150115) |
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| US 09276226 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Young-geun Ha (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Young-geun Ha (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are organic-inorganic hybrid self-assembled multilayers that can be used as electrically insulating (or dielectric) materials. These multilayers generally include an inorganic primer layer and one or more bilayers deposited thereon. Each bilayer includes a chromophore or “π-polarizable” layer and an inorganic capping layer composed of zirconia. Because of the regularity of the bilayer structure and the aligned orientation of the chromophore resulting from the self-assembly process, the present multilayers have applications in electronic devices such as thin film transistors, as well as in nonlinear optics and nonvolatile memories. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111699 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0529 (20130101) H01L 51/0533 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0537 (20130101) |
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| US 09276556 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | I-Tsang Wu (Tampa, Florida); Julio Mario Dewdney (Greensboro, North Carolina); Jing Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | I-Tsang Wu (Tampa, Florida); Julio Mario Dewdney (Greensboro, North Carolina); Jing Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, a micromechanical filter includes multiple subfilters, each subfilter comprising multiple piezoelectric resonators mechanically coupled in series, wherein the subfilters are mechanically coupled to each other in parallel. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/032871 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 9/205 (20130101) H03H 9/462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 9/505 (20130101) H03H 2009/155 (20130101) |
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| US 09276911 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | XiaoFeng Wang (Bloomington, Indiana); Haixu Tang (Bloomington, Indiana); Yangyi Chen (Bloomington, Indiana); Bo Peng (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | XiaoFeng Wang (Bloomington, Indiana); Haixu Tang (Bloomington, Indiana); Yangyi Chen (Bloomington, Indiana); Bo Peng (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and methods are provided for performing privacy-preserving, high-performance, and scalable DNA read mapping on hybrid clouds including a public cloud and a private cloud. The systems and methods offer strong privacy protection and have the capacity to process millions of reads and allocate most of the workload to the public cloud at a small overall cost. The systems and methods perform seeding on the public cloud using keyed hash values of individual sequencing reads' seeds and then extend matched seeds on the private cloud. The systems and methods are designed to move the workload of read mapping from the extension stage to the seeding stage, thereby ensuring that the dominant portion of the overhead is shouldered by the public cloud. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/116343 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/22 (20130101) G06F 19/28 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0637 (20130101) H04L 9/3239 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09277148 | Bovik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Bovik (Austin, Texas); Anush Moorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer program product for improving the perceptual quality and naturalness of an image captured by an image acquisition device (e.g., digital camera). Statistical features of a scene being imaged by the image acquisition device are derived from models of natural images. These statistical features are measured and mapped onto the control parameters (e.g., exposure, ISO) of the digital acquisition device. By mapping these statistical features onto the control parameters, the perceptual quality and naturalness of the scene being imaged may be based on the values of these control parameters. As a result, these control parameters are modified to maximize the perceptual quality and naturalness of the scene being imaged. After modification of these control parameters, the image is captured by the image acquisition device. In this manner, the perceptual quality and naturalness of the image captured by the image acquisition device is improved. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/404969 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/036 (20130101) G06K 9/00697 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0002 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) G06T 2207/30168 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/3572 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23222 (20130101) |
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| US 09277497 | Ansari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nirwan Ansari (Montville, New Jersey); Tao Han (North Arlington, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies are generally described for reducing the from-power-grid energy consumption of a wireless network such as a cellular network over a period of time through cell size adaptations. According to some examples, cell sizes for the base stations may be optimized by decomposing the cell size optimization into two approaches: a multi-stage energy allocation approach and an energy consumption minimization approach. By implementing an energy allocation policy based on available energy type (e.g., from-power-grid or renewable) and an approximation technique for the energy consumption minimization, cell size optimization for each base station may be achieved resulting in network-wide enhancement of renewable energy usage vs. from-power-grid energy usage. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/881147 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/0203 (20130101) H04W 52/0206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alton Reich (Huntsville, Alabama); James Shaw (Sterling, Connecticut) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Alton Reich (Huntsville, Alabama); James Shaw (Sterling, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention comprises a method and/or an apparatus using a computer configured exercise system equipped with an electric motor to provide physical resistance to user motion in conjunction with means for sharing exercise system related data and/or user performance data with a secondary user, such as a medical professional, a physical therapist, a trainer, a computer generated competitor, and/or a human competitor. For example, the exercise system is used with a remote trainer to enhance exercise performance, with a remote medical professional for rehabilitation, and/or with a competitor in a competition, such as in a power/weightlifting competition or in a video game. The exercise system is optionally configured with an intelligent software assistant and knowledge navigator functioning as a personal assistant application. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/737735 |
| ART UNIT | 3764 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, or Fencing; Ball Games; Training Equipment A63B 21/0023 (20130101) A63B 21/0058 (20130101) A63B 21/00076 (20130101) A63B 21/078 (20130101) A63B 21/153 (20130101) A63B 21/00181 (20130101) A63B 21/4035 (20151001) A63B 21/4043 (20151001) A63B 22/0605 (20130101) A63B 23/1209 (20130101) A63B 23/03525 (20130101) A63B 24/0075 (20130101) A63B 24/0084 (20130101) A63B 24/0087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A63B 71/0009 (20130101) A63B 71/0622 (20130101) A63B 2022/0652 (20130101) A63B 2024/0093 (20130101) A63B 2024/0096 (20130101) A63B 2071/063 (20130101) A63B 2071/068 (20130101) A63B 2071/0683 (20130101) A63B 2220/13 (20130101) A63B 2220/30 (20130101) A63B 2220/40 (20130101) A63B 2220/51 (20130101) A63B 2220/805 (20130101) A63B 2225/15 (20130101) A63B 2225/20 (20130101) A63B 2225/50 (20130101) A63B 2225/54 (20130101) A63B 2230/30 (20130101) A63B 2230/067 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3481 (20130101) Telephonic Communication H04M 1/72522 (20130101) |
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| US 09273090 | Herbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen K. Herbert (Laramie, Wyoming); Levi G. Lowder (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen K. Herbert (Laramie, Wyoming); Levi G. Lowder (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the production of unicellular photosynthetic organisms capable of producing cell adhesion proteins are disclosed. DNA constructs as well as methods for integration of the DNA constructs into the genomes of unicellular photosynthetic organisms for the expression of cell adhesion proteins are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408722 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 4/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09273276 | Shuler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Shuler (Ithaca, New York); Gregory T. Baxter (Salinas, California); Aaron Sin (Ithaca, New York); Robert Andrew Harrison (Toronto, Canada); Scott Meyers (Norristown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Shuler (Ithaca, New York); Gregory T. Baxter (Salinas, California); Aaron Sin (Ithaca, New York); Robert Andrew Harrison (Toronto, Canada); Scott Meyers (Norristown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell culture method using an in vitro microscale cell culture device having a first microscale chamber containing cells attached to an inner surface of the chamber and cell culture medium in contact with the cells. The cells are maintained in culture in the in vitro microscale cell culture device while flowing culture medium through the first chamber at a controlled rate to provide a liquid residence time value for the cells in the first chamber of the in vitro microscale cell culture device that is comparable to a liquid residence time value obtained with respect to comparable cells in vivo, such that metabolism by the cells in culture in the in vitro microscale cell culture device is comparable to metabolism by comparable cells in vivo. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/301261 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/44 (20130101) C12M 41/48 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0062 (20130101) C12N 5/0671 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/5067 (20130101) |
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| US 09273369 | Padula, II |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Adminstrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Santo A. Padula, II (Valley City, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for stabilizing the strain-temperature response for a shape memory alloy are provided. To perform stabilization of a second sample of the shape memory alloy, a first sample of the shape memory alloy is selected for isobaric treatment and the second sample is selected for isothermal treatment. When applying the isobaric treatment to the first sample, a constant stress is applied to the first sample. Temperature is also cycled from a minimum temperature to a maximum temperature until a strain on the first sample stabilizes. Once the strain on the first sample stabilizes, the isothermal treatment is performed on the second sample. During isothermal treatment, different levels of stress on the second sample are applied until a strain on the second sample matches the stabilized strain on the first sample. |
| FILED | Monday, March 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/845526 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Modifying the Physical Structure of Ferrous Metals; General Devices for Heat Treatment of Ferrous or Non-ferrous Metals or Alloys; Making Metal Malleable, e.g by Decarburisation or Tempering C21D 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09274181 | Carman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory P. Carman (Los Angeles, California); Panduranga K. Mohanchandra (North Hills, California); Michael C. Emmons (Dublin, California); William Lance Richards (Palmdale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Adminstrator of NASA (Washington, None); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory P. Carman (Los Angeles, California); Panduranga K. Mohanchandra (North Hills, California); Michael C. Emmons (Dublin, California); William Lance Richards (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a magneto-optic coupled magnetic sensor that comprises a standard optical fiber Bragg grating system. The system includes an optical fiber with at least one Bragg grating therein. The optical fiber has at least an inner core and a cladding that surrounds the inner core. The optical fiber is part of an optical system that includes an interrogation device that provides a light wave through the optical fiber and a system to determine the change in the index of refraction of the optical fiber. The cladding of the optical fiber comprises at least a portion of which is made up of ferromagnetic particles so that the ferromagnetic particles are subject to the light wave provided by the interrogation system. When a magnetic field is present, the ferromagnetic particles change the optical properties of the sensor directly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/759847 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 3/00 (20130101) G01R 33/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09274208 | Cyganski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Cyganski (Holden, Massachusetts); R. James Duckworth (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Cyganski (Holden, Massachusetts); R. James Duckworth (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems that use the time-wise stability of RF location systems and the short time accuracy and spatial stability of inertial tracking system to increase the accuracy of tracking method. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/536361 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — 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 5/021 (20130101) G01S 5/0252 (20130101) G01S 5/0257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 5/0294 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09273090 | Herbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen K. Herbert (Laramie, Wyoming); Levi G. Lowder (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen K. Herbert (Laramie, Wyoming); Levi G. Lowder (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the production of unicellular photosynthetic organisms capable of producing cell adhesion proteins are disclosed. DNA constructs as well as methods for integration of the DNA constructs into the genomes of unicellular photosynthetic organisms for the expression of cell adhesion proteins are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408722 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 4/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09273252 | Seames et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne Seames (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Brian Tande (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne Seames (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Brian Tande (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing aromatic compounds from fatty acid oils including heating a fatty acid oil to a temperature between about 100° C. to about 800° C. at a pressure between about vacuum conditions and about 200 psia for a time sufficient to crack the oil and produce a cracked fatty acid oil; removing undesired materials, unreacted oil, heavy ends, and light ends from the cracked fatty acid oil; heating the resulting purified cracked fatty acid oil to a temperature between about 100° C. to about 800° C. at a pressure between about vacuum conditions and about 200 psia for a time sufficient to reform alkenes and alkanes in the cracked fatty acid oil into aromatic compounds and produce a reformed fatty acid oil; and extracting components from the reformed fatty acid oil to produce a mixture of chemical products containing between 5% and 90% aromatic compounds by weight. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453331 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/00 (20130101) C10G 3/49 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 47/20 (20130101) C10G 51/04 (20130101) C10G 55/04 (20130101) C10G 57/005 (20130101) C10G 61/04 (20130101) C10G 63/04 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2400/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP26436 | Pounders et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Capstone Plants Inc. (Grand Saline, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CAPSTONE PLANTS, INC. (Grand Saline, Texas); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cecil T Pounders (Poplarville, Mississippi); James B Berry (Mineola, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new cultivar of Azalea named ‘AZ 16’ that is characterized by its uniform flower color and size, its strong flowering during its extended flowering season blooming in late March to early April and then again in late August through October in Mississippi, its large pink flowers with red flecks and red undertones on the upper surface of the petals, its leaves that retain a burgundy color through winter and into the spring bloom season, its rapid development and a tight crown with only minimum pruning required when grown under optimum conditions in containers, and its exceptional environmental stress tolerance including fluctuations in moisture and temperature stress, and its good disease and pest resistance. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998697 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 09274864 | Baptist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Baptist (Chicago, Illinois); Ilya Volvovski (Chicago, Illinois); Greg Dhuse (Chicago, Illinois); Wesley Leggette (Chicago, Illinois); Jason K. Resch (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Baptist (Chicago, Illinois); Ilya Volvovski (Chicago, Illinois); Greg Dhuse (Chicago, Illinois); Wesley Leggette (Chicago, Illinois); Jason K. Resch (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module obtaining a plurality of data objects for storage in a dispersed storage network (DSN) and determining one or more common data object aspects of a data object of the plurality of data objects. The method continues with the DS processing module disperse storage error encoding at least a portion of the data object to produce a set of encoded data slices and generating a set of DSN addresses for the set of encoded data slices, wherein each of the set of DSN addresses includes a field referencing the one or more common data object aspects. The method continues with the DS processing module outputting the set of encoded data slices for storage in the DSN based on the set of DSN addresses. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/588391 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/06 (20130101) G06F 3/067 (20130101) G06F 3/0604 (20130101) G06F 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/1076 (20130101) G06F 11/1446 (20130101) G06F 15/17331 (20130101) G06F 21/33 (20130101) G06F 2211/1028 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/085 (20130101) H04L 9/321 (20130101) H04L 9/0863 (20130101) H04L 9/0869 (20130101) H04L 9/3263 (20130101) H04L 63/0823 (20130101) H04L 2209/04 (20130101) H04L 2209/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09275273 | Belhumeur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kriegman-Belhumeur Vision Technologies, LLC (San Diego, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Peter N. Belhumeur (New York, New York); David W. Jacobs (Bethesda, Maryland); David J. Kriegman (San Diego, California); Neeraj Kumar (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for localizing parts of an object in an image by training local detectors using labeled image exemplars with fiducial points corresponding to parts within the image. Each local detector generates a detector score corresponding to the likelihood that a desired part is located at a given location within the image exemplar. A non-parametric global model of the locations of the fiducial points is generated for each of at least a portion of the image exemplars. An input image is analyzed using the trained local detectors, and a Bayesian objective function is derived for the input image from the non-parametric model and detector scores. The Bayesian objective function is optimized using a consensus of global models, and an output is generated with locations of the fiducial points labeled within the object in the image. |
| FILED | Monday, July 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/324991 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00 (20130101) G06K 9/62 (20130101) G06K 9/00248 (20130101) G06K 9/00281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6278 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09273375 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaochun Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Lianyi Chen (Madison, Wisconsin); Hongseok Choi (Madison, Wisconsin); Jiaquan Xu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaochun Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Lianyi Chen (Madison, Wisconsin); Hongseok Choi (Madison, Wisconsin); Jiaquan Xu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanomaterials are incorporated within a material, such as within a metal-based material. As may be implemented in accordance with various embodiments, nanomaterials are introduced to a metal-based material in a liquid state, and the metal-based material and nanomaterials are cooled from the liquid state to a viscous state. The metal-based material is stirred in the viscous state to disperse the nanomaterials therein, and the metal-based material is used in the viscous state to maintain dispersion of the nanomaterials as the metal-based material cools. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418225 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Alloys C22C 1/1036 (20130101) C22C 32/0036 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09276040 | Marshall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska); The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Research Foundation for the State University of New York STOR University at Buffalo (Amherst, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA (Lincoln, Nebraska); BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas); THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Marshall (Richardson, Texas); Peter A. Dowben (Crete, Nebraska); Jonathan P. Bird (Buffalo, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Majority and minority logic can be implemented by voltage controlled switching of magneto-electric layers of magneto electric magnetic tunnel junction (ME-MTJ) devices. A ME-MTJ device includes an exchange bias-controlled switching element and a pinned ferromagnetic layer on an antiferromagnetic layer. In one case, the switching element includes a magneto electric (ME) layer on a free ferromagnetic (FM) layer, and is separated from the pinned FM layer by an insulator. To implement a majority or minority logic gate a single ME-MTJ device may be used where the device is provided with three electrodes contacting the ME layer in an overlaying relationship with the ME layer. The orientation of the pinned FM layer indicates whether the gate is a majority or a minority logic gate. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/598867 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/228 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 43/02 (20130101) H01L 43/08 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09272051 | Goddard, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California); Mark Menna (Los Angeles, California); Stephen Pandol (Los Angeles, California); Ravinder Abrol (Arcadia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States Government Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California); Mark Menna (Los Angeles, California); Stephen Pandol (Los Angeles, California); Ravinder Abrol (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are bitter taste receptor ligands, related agents, combinations, compositions, methods and systems for modulating release of a metabolic hormone in vitro or in vivo from cells of the GI tract of an individual. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320159 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/10 (20130101) A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/17 (20130101) A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/205 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/7016 (20130101) A61K 47/4823 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/566 (20130101) |
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| US 09273313 | Cheung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiu Tung Cheung (Palo Alto, California); Thomas A. Rando (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for altering the activation of quiescent stem cells by modulating activity of the microRNA miR-489. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179417 |
| 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 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/341 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09274836 | Hildrum 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) | Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit M. Khandekar (Hawthorne, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Hawthorne, New York); Sujay S. Parekh (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak Rajan (Hawthorne, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Hawthorne, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for allocating parallel, independent, data tasks includes receiving data tasks, each of the data tasks having a penalty function, determining a generic ordering of the data tasks according to the penalty functions, wherein the generic ordering includes solving an aggregate objective function of the penalty functions, the method further including determining a schedule of the data tasks given the generic ordering, which packs the data tasks to be performed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/519732 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/46 (20130101) G06F 9/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/4881 (20130101) G06F 9/4887 (20130101) G06F 9/5038 (20130101) G06F 2209/483 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09276905 | Coker, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George S. Coker, II (Westminster, Maryland); Amy L. Herzog (Pebble Beach, California); Joshua Guttman (Newton Centre, Massachusetts); Peter A. Loscocco (Glenwood, Maryland); Jonathan K. Millen (Concord, Massachusetts); John D. Ramsdell (Andover, Massachusetts); Ariel Segall (Arlington, Massachusetts); Justin Sheehy (Waltham, Massachusetts); Brian T. Sniffen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Grant Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George S. Coker, II (Westminster, Maryland); Amy L. Herzog (Pebble Beach, California); Joshua Guttman (Newton Centre, Massachusetts); Peter A. Loscocco (Glenwood, Maryland); Jonathan K. Millen (Concord, Massachusetts); John D. Ramsdell (Andover, Massachusetts); Ariel Segall (Arlington, Massachusetts); Justin Sheehy (Waltham, Massachusetts); Brian T. Sniffen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Grant Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture and system are provided for flexible, composable attestation systems. Systems built according to this attestation architecture can be composed to accomplish complex attestation scenarios. The system is designed around composable components to permit flexible recombination. A system, method, and computer program product are provided for proving attestations to an appraiser regarding a target system. In an embodiment, an attestation request is sent from an appraiser to a target system, wherein the attestation request includes queries regarding properties of the target system needed by the appraiser to make trust decisions regarding the target system. The attestation request is forwarded from the target system to an attester which collects the requested data. The attester sends an attestation response to the appraiser, wherein the response includes at least information regarding properties of the target system requested by the appraiser in order to make a trust decision regarding the target system. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/032190 |
| ART UNIT | 2491 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/0281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2209/127 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09272186 | Reich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alton Reich (Huntsville, Alabama); James Shaw (Sterling, Connecticut) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Alton Reich (Huntsville, Alabama); James Shaw (Sterling, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention comprises a method and/or an apparatus using a computer configured exercise system equipped with an electric motor to provide physical resistance to user motion in conjunction with means for sharing exercise system related data and/or user performance data with a secondary user, such as a medical professional, a physical therapist, a trainer, a computer generated competitor, and/or a human competitor. For example, the exercise system is used with a remote trainer to enhance exercise performance, with a remote medical professional for rehabilitation, and/or with a competitor in a competition, such as in a power/weightlifting competition or in a video game. The exercise system is optionally configured with an intelligent software assistant and knowledge navigator functioning as a personal assistant application. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/737735 |
| ART UNIT | 3764 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, or Fencing; Ball Games; Training Equipment A63B 21/0023 (20130101) A63B 21/0058 (20130101) A63B 21/00076 (20130101) A63B 21/078 (20130101) A63B 21/153 (20130101) A63B 21/00181 (20130101) A63B 21/4035 (20151001) A63B 21/4043 (20151001) A63B 22/0605 (20130101) A63B 23/1209 (20130101) A63B 23/03525 (20130101) A63B 24/0075 (20130101) A63B 24/0084 (20130101) A63B 24/0087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A63B 71/0009 (20130101) A63B 71/0622 (20130101) A63B 2022/0652 (20130101) A63B 2024/0093 (20130101) A63B 2024/0096 (20130101) A63B 2071/063 (20130101) A63B 2071/068 (20130101) A63B 2071/0683 (20130101) A63B 2220/13 (20130101) A63B 2220/30 (20130101) A63B 2220/40 (20130101) A63B 2220/51 (20130101) A63B 2220/805 (20130101) A63B 2225/15 (20130101) A63B 2225/20 (20130101) A63B 2225/50 (20130101) A63B 2225/54 (20130101) A63B 2230/30 (20130101) A63B 2230/067 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3481 (20130101) Telephonic Communication H04M 1/72522 (20130101) |
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| US 09272234 | Lipkens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FloDesign Sonics Inc. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FloDesign Sonics, Inc. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bart Lipkens (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Jason Dionne (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Ari Mercado (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Brian Dutra (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Walter M. Presz, Jr. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Kennedy, III (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Louis Masi (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic standing wave is utilized to separate components from a multi-component fluid, such as oil from an oil-water mixture, in a fluid flow scheme with an acoustophoresis device. For example, the flow scheme and device allows for trapping of the oil as the oil coalesces, agglomerates, and becomes more buoyant than the water. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/943529 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 43/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 1/0644 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09274208 | Cyganski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Cyganski (Holden, Massachusetts); R. James Duckworth (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Cyganski (Holden, Massachusetts); R. James Duckworth (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems that use the time-wise stability of RF location systems and the short time accuracy and spatial stability of inertial tracking system to increase the accuracy of tracking method. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/536361 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — 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 5/021 (20130101) G01S 5/0252 (20130101) G01S 5/0257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 5/0294 (20130101) |
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Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 09275339 | Culbertson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur R. Culbertson (Severna Park, Maryland); Premsagar Gazula (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Generally discussed herein are systems and methods for probabilistic name matching. In one or more embodiments a method can include determining a first set of possible intended names as a function of a first name, determining a second set of possible intended names for each name in a set of names in a name variant database, and probabilistically matching a name from the first set of possible intended names to a name from the second set of possible intended names. Probabilistically matching can include determining a weight associated with typing the first name but intending to type another name in the first set of possible intended names and determining the probability of typing a name in the set of names in the name variant database but intending to type a name from the second set of possible intended names. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/869126 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30 (20130101) G06F 17/273 (20130101) G06F 17/278 (20130101) G06F 17/2755 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/6277 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 7/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Treasury (TREASURY)
| US 09274077 | Esfandyarpour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GenapSys, Inc. (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENAPSYS, INC. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Altos, California); Kosar Baghbani Parizi (Los Altos, California); Mark F. Oldham (Emerald Hills, California); Eric S. Nordman (Palo Alto, California); Richard T. Reel (Hayward, California); Susanne Baumhueter (Redwood City, California); Cheryl Heiner (Menlo Park, California); Frank Lee (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relate to systems and methods for sequencing polynucleotides, as well as detecting reactions and binding events involving other biological molecules. The systems and methods may employ chamber-free devices and nanosensors to detect or characterize such reactions in high-throughput. Because the system in many embodiments is reusable, the system can be subject to more sophisticated and improved engineering, as compared to single use devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/838816 |
| 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 | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5438 (20130101) G01N 33/54313 (20130101) |
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Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 09276063 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Z. Zhang (Santa Cruz, California); Adam Schwartzberg (Santa Cruz, California); Tammy Y. Olson (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Z. Zhang (Santa Cruz, California); Adam Schwartzberg (Santa Cruz, California); Tammy Y. Olson (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is drawn to novel nanostructures comprising hollow nanospheres and nanotubes for use as chemical sensors, conduits for fluids, and electronic conductors. The nanostructures can be used in microfluidic devices, for transporting fluids between devices and structures in analytical devices, for conducting electrical currents between devices and structure in analytical devices, and for conducting electrical currents between biological molecules and electronic devices, such as bio-microchips. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284880 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 2001/0029 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 25/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 33/5432 (20130101) G01N 33/54346 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0054 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/127 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0673 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2975 (20150115) Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 428/12431 (20150115) |
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| US 09273487 | Irwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald E. Irwin (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Michael L. Spears (Chantilly, Virginia); Robert Dalton (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Irwin (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Michael L. Spears (Chantilly, Virginia); Robert Dalton (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is locking apparatus, method for making a locking apparatus, and method for mounting a locking apparatus to the door of a personal storage container. The locking apparatus may include a threaded portion having deformed threads and a lock body shape to fit a restrictive mounting hole. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/004856 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Locks; Accessories Therefor; Handcuffs E05B 9/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E05B 15/16 (20130101) E05B 17/04 (20130101) Bolts or Fastening Devices for Wings, Specially for Doors or Windows E05C 3/042 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 70/5093 (20150401) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09273400 | Nardi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron T. Nardi (East Granby, Connecticut); Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany (Bloomfield, Connecticut); Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Patrick Louis Clavette (Simsbury, Connecticut); Xuemei Wang (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron T. Nardi (East Granby, Connecticut); Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany (Bloomfield, Connecticut); Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Patrick Louis Clavette (Simsbury, Connecticut); Xuemei Wang (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An erosion resistant coating for a substrate includes two or more coating layers affixed to the substrate having an increasing modulus of elasticity and hardness from an innermost layer of the coating adjacent to the substrate to an outermost layer of the coating furthest from the substrate. A method of applying a coating system to a substrate includes applying a first layer of a high hardness and high modulus of elasticity material combined with an added metal to the substrate. A second layer of the high hardness and high modulus of elasticity material combined with the added metal is applied to the first layer, resulting in a coating system wherein the second layer has a modulus of elasticity and hardness greater than the modulus of elasticity and hardness of the first layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/071010 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — 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 4/02 (20130101) C23C 4/06 (20130101) C23C 4/10 (20130101) C23C 24/04 (20130101) C23C 28/044 (20130101) C23C 28/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 28/048 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2495 (20150115) Y10T 428/24983 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09277679 | Gu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuandong Gu (Plymouth, Minnesota); Wei Yang (Minnetonka, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuandong Gu (Plymouth, Minnesota); Wei Yang (Minnetonka, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat sink fin that has a first substrate. The first substrate includes a first angular dimple and a first micro air channel in fluid communication with the first angular dimple. The first angular dimple includes a first surface that forms an angle relative to a first plane of the first substrate. The first angular dimple includes a first micro diameter hole in fluid communication with the first angular dimple. The heat sink fin also has a second substrate folded against the first substrate. The second substrate includes a second angular dimple and a second micro air channel in fluid communication with the second angular dimple. The second angular dimple includes a second surface that forms an angle relative to a second plane of the second substrate. The second angular dimple includes a second micro diameter hole in fluid communication with the second angular dimple. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/207062 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4878 (20130101) H01L 21/4882 (20130101) H01L 23/467 (20130101) H01L 23/3672 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4935 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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