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| US 09289130 | Mahadevan-Jansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anita Mahadevan-Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Matthew D. Keller (Kirkland, Washington); Mark C. Kelley (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention in one aspect relates to a method for discriminating soft biological tissues. The method includes illuminating soft biological tissues at at least one first spot with light; collecting Raman scattering light scattered from the soft biological tissues at at least second spot in response to illumination by the light, wherein the at least second spot is away from the at least one first spot so as to define a source-detection (S-D) offset distance therebetween; obtaining a spatially offset Raman spectrum from the collected light, wherein the spatially offset Raman spectrum is associated with a depth of the soft biological tissues at which the Raman light is scattered; identifying tissue signatures from the spatially offset Raman spectrum; and determining whether the soft biological tissues have a layered structure from the tissue signatures from the spectrum. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/620846 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/07 (20130101) A61B 5/00 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0077 (20130101) A61B 5/0091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4312 (20130101) A61B 2017/00061 (20130101) |
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| US 09289140 | Ross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian D. Ross (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Alnawaz Rehemtulla (Plymouth, Michigan); Thomas Chenevert (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles R. Meyer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Craig J. Galban (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian D. Ross (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Alnawaz Rehemtulla (Plymouth, Michigan); Thomas Chenevert (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles R. Meyer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Craig J. Galban (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring tissue regions. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for detecting changes in tissue regions over a period of time. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of the present invention are used to evaluate the effectiveness of a particular treatment of a tissue region. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of the present invention provide a parametric response map approach for detecting and analyzing changes in tissue regions over a period of time to detect and monitor disease or tissue health and to monitor the impact of therapeutic interventions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/395194 |
| 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 | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/0263 (20130101) A61B 5/415 (20130101) A61B 5/416 (20130101) A61B 6/501 (20130101) A61B 6/507 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) G06F 17/11 (20130101) G06F 19/12 (20130101) G06F 19/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09289144 | Lujan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Luis Lujan (Cleveland, Ohio); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Luis Lujan (Cleveland, Ohio); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes storing in memory preoperative brain atlas data. Neurophysiological data is obtained intra-operatively for a plurality of known sites in a brain of a given patient to provide corresponding intra-operative neurophysiological data for at least a portion of the sites. A constrained optimization is performed to fit the pre-operative brain atlas data based at least in part on the intra-operative neurophysiological data. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266394 |
| 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 | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/04001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 6/03 (20130101) A61B 6/5247 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0534 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/0075 (20130101) G06T 7/0028 (20130101) G06T 2207/10088 (20130101) G06T 2207/30016 (20130101) |
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| US 09289153 | Lang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Steines (Lexington, Massachusetts); Eugene J. Alexander (San Clemente, California); Thomas P. Andriacchi (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Steines (Lexington, Massachusetts); Eugene J. Alexander (San Clemente, California); Thomas P. Andriacchi (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint and assessing cartilage loss, particularly in a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the cartilage. The cartilage map can be correlated to a movement pattern of the joint to assess the affect of movement on cartilage wear. Changes in the thickness of cartilage over time can be determined so that therapies can be provided. The amount of cartilage tissue that has been lost, for example as a result of arthritis, can be estimated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/410515 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1038 (20130101) A61B 5/1075 (20130101) A61B 5/4514 (20130101) A61B 5/4528 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/50 (20130101) G01R 33/56 (20130101) G01R 33/5608 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/0081 (20130101) G06T 2207/10088 (20130101) G06T 2207/20141 (20130101) G06T 2207/30008 (20130101) |
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| US 09289265 | Monfaredi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reza Monfaredi (Hyattsville, Maryland); Iulian Ioan Iordachita (Lutherville, Maryland); Reza Seifabadi (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible sensor for measuring torque with respect to an axis of rotation in conjunction with an applied linear force includes a shaft arranged in a longitudinal direction substantially along the axis of rotation, a base component arranged along the axis of rotation and displaced with respect to the shaft, a torque detector assembly configured to be coupled to rotational motion of the shaft about the axis of rotation relative to the base component, and a linear-force detector assembly configured to be coupled to linear motion of the shaft from a force applied in a direction substantially coincident with the axis of rotation relative to the base component. The torque detector assembly and the linear-force detector assembly are substantially de-coupled from each other such that torque measurements are substantially independent of linear force measurements. The MRI compatible sensor consists essentially of MRI compatible materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/939041 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 19/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 19/201 (20130101) A61B 19/2203 (20130101) A61B 2017/00911 (20130101) A61B 2019/466 (20130101) A61B 2019/5236 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 5/166 (20130101) |
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| US 09289315 | Goldfarb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Goldfarb (Franklin, Tennessee); Huseyin Atakan Varol (Astana, Kazakhstan); Frank Charles Sup, IV (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jason E. Mitchell (Greenbriar, Tennessee); Thomas J. Withrow (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Goldfarb (Franklin, Tennessee); Huseyin Atakan Varol (Astana, Kazakhstan); Frank Charles Sup, IV (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jason E. Mitchell (Greenbriar, Tennessee); Thomas J. Withrow (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A powered leg prosthesis includes powered knee joint comprising a knee joint and a knee motor unit for delivering power to the knee joint. The prosthesis also includes a prosthetic lower leg having a socket interface coupled to the knee joint and a powered ankle joint coupled to the lower leg opposite the knee joint comprising an ankle joint and an ankle motor unit to deliver power to the ankle joint. The prosthesis further includes a prosthetic foot coupled to the ankle joint, at least one sensor for measuring a real-time input, and at least one controller for controlling movement of the prosthesis based on the real-time input. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/148085 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/60 (20130101) A61F 2/64 (20130101) A61F 2/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) A61F 2/6607 (20130101) A61F 2002/665 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) A61F 2002/705 (20130101) A61F 2002/764 (20130101) A61F 2002/768 (20130101) A61F 2002/5073 (20130101) A61F 2002/6642 (20130101) A61F 2002/6657 (20130101) A61F 2002/6836 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) A61F 2002/7635 (20130101) A61F 2002/7645 (20130101) A61F 2002/30359 (20130101) A61F 2220/0033 (20130101) |
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| US 09289381 | Elliott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gloria Elliott (Midland, North Carolina); Douglas MacFarlane (Brighton, Australia); David M. Foureau (Charlotte, North Carolina); Iain McKillop (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina); The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority (Charlotte, North Carolina); Monash University (Clayton VIC, Australia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria Elliott (Midland, North Carolina); Douglas MacFarlane (Brighton, Australia); David M. Foureau (Charlotte, North Carolina); Iain McKillop (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, stabilization, and/or storage of active agents, particularly therapeutic proteins and polypeptides such as Interleukin-2. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/392784 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/47 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 47/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09289403 | Garcia-Rill |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edgar Garcia-Rill (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arizona (Little Rock, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edgar Garcia-Rill (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of reducing spasticity in a mammal involving administering modafinil or related compounds. The spasticity can be secondary to multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, stroke, brain injury, and other causes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/716218 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09289414 | Arbiser |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The methods and compositions disclosed herein relate to using carbazole, and derivatives thereof to modify a signaling activity such as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signalling, and angiogenesis activity, in a cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/956170 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/107 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/403 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/695 (20130101) |
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| US 09289415 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yujiang Geno Shi (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Christine Guo Lian (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yujiang Geno Shi (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Christine Guo Lian (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides agents, compositions and methods of treating cancer by inhibiting histone lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) and/or and a histone lysine specific demethylase 2 (LSD2). Agents and compositions comprise statins and/or inhibitors of LSD1/2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/241944 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/351 (20130101) A61K 31/351 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 2333/90245 (20130101) |
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| US 09289417 | Hudson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Billy G. Hudson (Brentwood, Tennessee); Roberto Vanacore (Nashville, Tennessee); Gautam Bhave (Nashville, Tennessee); Vadim Pedchenko (Nolensville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Billy G. Hudson (Brentwood, Tennessee); Roberto Vanacore (Nashville, Tennessee); Gautam Bhave (Nashville, Tennessee); Vadim Pedchenko (Nolensville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for regulating the formation of a sulfilimine crosslink in a subject by administering a sulfilimine crosslink modulator are disclosed The sulfilimine modulator may inhibit or create a sulfilimine crosslink and maybe useful for treating a disease, such as cancer The sulfilimine crosslink may be between two or more peptides. |
| FILED | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/376687 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/05 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09289421 | Klein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas W. Klein (Tampa, Florida); Catherine Newton (Land of Lakes, Florida); Catherine Patterson (Lutz, Florida); Marisela Agudelo (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Klein (Tampa, Florida); Catherine Newton (Land of Lakes, Florida); Catherine Patterson (Lutz, Florida); Marisela Agudelo (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the serum level of immunoglobulin IgE in an animal or human subject. It has been found that reducing or inhibiting the activity of the cannabinoid receptor CB2 leads to an increase in IgE in serum levels. Conversely, activation of the CB2 receptor by an agonist results in a reduction in IgE serum levels. The compositions and methods of the disclosure, therefore, provide a means to reduce or eliminate symptoms of immune system-related conditions resulting from IgE generation, such as an allergy, hay fever, and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/241388 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/496 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09289426 | Buckanovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald J Buckanovich (Ann Arbor, Michigan); George Coukos (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Andrea Facciabene (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadephia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J Buckanovich (Ann Arbor, Michigan); George Coukos (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Andrea Facciabene (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of treating and enhancing efficacy of immunotherapy for a solid tumor in a subject, comprising the step of contacting the subject with a compound or composition that modulates the expression or activity of ETRB, ET-1, ICAM-1, or another protein found herein to play a role in homing of T cells to a solid tumor. The present invention also provides methods of prognosticating a solid tumor in a subject, comprising the step of measuring an expression level of a protein found herein to play a role in homing of T cells to a solid tumor, or a nucleotide molecule encoding same. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/076759 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2333/70525 (20130101) |
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| US 09289434 | Crapo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aeolus Sciences, Inc. (Mission Viejo, California); National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aeolus Sciences, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Crapo (Englewood, Colorado); Brian J. Day (Englewood, Colorado); Michael P. Trova (Schenectady, New York); Polivina Jolicia F. Gauuan (Albany, New York); Douglas B. Kitchen (Schenectady, New York); Irwin Fridovich (Durham, North Carolina); Ines Batinic-Haberle (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to a method of modulating physiological and pathological processes and, in particular, to a method of modulating cellular levels of oxidants and thereby processes in which such oxidants are a participant. The invention also relates to compounds and compositions suitable for use in such methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/575694 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/555 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09289436 | Szmulewitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Z. Szmulewitz (Chicago, Illinois); Suzanne D. Conzen (Park Ridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are directed to the treatment of subjects with prostate cancer, in particular those with castration resistant prostate cancer, with glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. The prostate cancer may be one that has become resistant to androgen deprivation therapy, for example, by increase in glucocorticoid receptor expression and/or activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/380606 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/567 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/567 (20130101) A61K 31/569 (20130101) A61K 31/569 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09289445 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baek Kim (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baek Kim (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits featuring a ribonucleoside chain terminator for use in preventing or inhibiting a retrovirus infection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/980836 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| 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 6/04 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0031 (20130101) A61K 9/0034 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09289448 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bingwei Lu (Stanford, California); Seongsoo Lee (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds and compositions to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies through the inhibition of USP-9X and/or enhancement of SCF(β-TrCP). |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/216065 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09289467 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Feng Lin (Willoughby, Ohio); James E. Dennis (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Zhidan Tu (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Lin (Willoughby, Ohio); James E. Dennis (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Zhidan Tu (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating a degenerative bone condition of a subject includes administering to hematopoietic progenitor cells or osteoclast progenitor cells of the subject at least one agent that substantially reduces the interaction of at least one of C3a or C5a with the C3a receptor (C3aR) and/or C5a receptor (C5aR), a STAT3/IL-6 signaling pathway antagonist, and a combination thereof, the agent being administered to the hematopoietic progenitor cells or osteoclast progenitor cells at an amount effective to inhibit osteoclast differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells or osteoclast progenitor cells. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/572141 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/1725 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09289469 | Wilcox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan A. Wilcox (Rochester, Minnesota); Thomas E. Witzig (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan A. Wilcox (Rochester, Minnesota); Thomas E. Witzig (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides methods and materials involved in depleting immunosuppressive monocytes (e.g., CD14+/DR− or CD14+/DRlow monocytes) within a mammal. For example, methods and materials involved in using a CD2 binding molecule (e.g., alefacept) to deplete immunosuppressive monocytes within a mammal (e.g., a human) are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/394787 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1774 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09289475 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jean Kim (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean Kim (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates, e.g., to a method for treating a subject having a chronic inflammatory respiratory disorder, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor of the expression of and/or the activity of VEGF-A and/or VEGFR1 and/or VEGFR2 and/or NP1, or a combination thereof. Also described are screening assays for agents for treating a subject having a chronic inflammatory respiratory disorder, and kits for performing one of the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/127876 |
| 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 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09289489 | Aikawa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Brigham And Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Masanori Aikawa (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of treating or preventing atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases by administering agents that inhibit or modulate the NOTCH signaling pathway. In addition, the invention encompasses methods for assaying compounds for their ability to treat atherosclerosis based upon their effects on NOTCH signaling, and for measuring levels of amount, function, or activity of NOTCH pathway components in biological samples. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/903288 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/395 (20130101) A61K 39/39533 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/22 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) |
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| US 09289492 | Donahoe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patricia K Donahoe (Boston, Massachusetts); Paul P Szotek (Indianapolis, Indiana); David T MacLaughlin (Glouchester, Massachusetts); Frederic Preffer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rafael Pieretti-Vanmarcke (Boston, Massachusetts); David Michael Dombkowski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia K Donahoe (Boston, Massachusetts); Paul P Szotek (Indianapolis, Indiana); David T MacLaughlin (Glouchester, Massachusetts); Frederic Preffer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rafael Pieretti-Vanmarcke (Boston, Massachusetts); David Michael Dombkowski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating, characterizing and diagnosing ovarian cancer. In particular, the present invention provides methods for treating and/or preventing ovarian cancer in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of Mullerian Inhibiting substance and/or an effective amount of an agent that inhibits BCRP1. The present invention further provides methods to identify and/or enrich for populations of ovarian cancer stem cells and populations of somatic ovarian stem cells, in particular, enrichment for populations of coelomic somatic ovarian stem cells, subcoelomic/stromal somatic ovarian stem cells and periphilar medullary somatic ovarian stem cells. The present invention also provides somatic ovarian stem cell markers and ovarian cancer stem cell markers, as well as methods to identify agents which selectively inhibit the proliferation of ovarian cancer stem cells as compared to somatic ovarian stem cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/669136 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/277 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0672 (20130101) C12N 5/0695 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2503/00 (20130101) C12N 2503/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5091 (20130101) G01N 33/57449 (20130101) G01N 2800/44 (20130101) G01N 2800/54 (20130101) |
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| US 09289500 | Guan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhibin Guan (Irvine, California); Yoko Mullen (Sherman Oaks, California); Sophia W. Liao (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides for saccharide-peptide based hydrogels, the functionalization of the saccharide-peptide based hydrogels with one or more biological agents, and the encapsulation of one or more biological materials and/or pharmaceutical agents in the hydrogels. The disclosure further provides for the use of the saccharide-peptide based hydrogels in treating a disease or disorder in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/186973 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — 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 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 47/26 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/4823 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48784 (20130101) |
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| US 09289505 | Minko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tamara Minko (Somerset, New Jersey); Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Olga B. Garbuzenko (Highland Park, New Jersey); Oleh Taratula (West Windsor, New Jersey); Vatsal Shah (New Bruswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tamara Minko (Somerset, New Jersey); Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Olga B. Garbuzenko (Highland Park, New Jersey); Oleh Taratula (West Windsor, New Jersey); Vatsal Shah (New Bruswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for the delivery of nucleic acids to a cell. The present invention additionally provides compositions and methods for the treatment of a disease or disorder, particularly cancer. In a particular embodiment, the composition comprises at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and at least one liposome or dendrimer comprising at least two chemotherapeutic agents with different mechanisms of action and at least two inhibitors of cellular drug resistance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/817054 |
| 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 47/48192 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48346 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101) C12N 2810/854 (20130101) |
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| US 09289506 | Bajpayee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ambika Goel Bajpayee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alan Grodzinsky (Lexington, Massachusetts); Cliff Richard Wong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rohit N. Karnik (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Microparticles and nanoparticles and compositions thereof are provided. The microparticles and nanoparticles and compositions may be used for the treatment of musculoskeletal disease, such as osteoarthritis and injury. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/147863 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 47/48107 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48315 (20130101) |
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| US 09289507 | Soliman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Extend Biosciences, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Extend Biosciences, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarik Soliman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Laura M. Hales (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Howard P. Sard (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mukkanti Amere (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides carriers that enhance the absorption, half-life or bioavailability of therapeutic compounds. The carriers comprise targeting groups that bind the Vitamin D Binding protein (DBP), conjugation groups for coupling the targeting groups to the therapeutic compounds, and optionally scaffolding moieties. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401519 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/22 (20130101) A61K 47/4813 (20130101) A61K 47/48107 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09289508 | Reshetnyak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yana K. Reshetnyak (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Oleg A. Andreev (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Donald M. Engelman (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yana K. Reshetnyak (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Oleg A. Andreev (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Donald M. Engelman (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An environmentally sensitive membrane binding polypeptide, pH (low)-sensitive membrane peptide (pHLIP) has improved insertion kinetics balanced with solubility to selectively target acidic tissues. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182441 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/04 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 41/0095 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/14 (20130101) A61K 49/0056 (20130101) A61K 49/085 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 14/001 (20130101) |
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| US 09289510 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Huaizhong Pan (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jiyuan Yang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Pavla Kopeckova (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kui Luo (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jindrich Kopecek (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huaizhong Pan (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jiyuan Yang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Pavla Kopeckova (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kui Luo (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jindrich Kopecek (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are biodegradable drug delivery conjugates for effectively delivering bioactive agents to a subject. The drug delivery conjugates comprise a water-soluble high molecular weight linear biodegradable polymer backbone comprising a plurality of linear water-soluble polymeric segments connected to one another by a first (main-chain) cleavable linker, wherein a bioactive agent is covalently bonded to at least one water-soluble polymeric segment, at least one cleavable linker, or a combination thereof. The conjugates possess numerous advantages over prior art delivery conjugates. Also described herein are methods for making and using the conjugates. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/583270 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48176 (20130101) A61K 47/48338 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09289516 | Weissleder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts); Thomas Reiner (Weehawken, New Jersey); Edmund J. Keliher (Topsfield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts); Thomas Reiner (Weehawken, New Jersey); Edmund J. Keliher (Topsfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides compositions and methods based on peptide-detectable agent conjugates that are useful for imaging beta cell mass. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 14/003959 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09289573 | Platt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | COVIDIEN LP (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Covidien LP (Mansfield, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clayton R. Platt (Lake Forest, California); Fang Zheng (Irvine, California); Rick Crawford (Yucaipa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A ventilation air pressure oscillation mitigation device for a ventilator includes a housing defining an inlet and an outlet. The device includes a valve seat defining a primary opening and a plurality of secondary openings. A valve body is selectively positionable in a first position and a second position within the device. In the first position, substantially all of a first flow of ventilation air from the inlet to the outlet passes through the primary opening. When the valve body is in the second position, all of a second flow of ventilation air from the inlet to the outlet passes through the plurality of secondary openings. An actuator controls a position of the valve body. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/730513 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| 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 16/04 (20130101) A61M 16/0006 (20140204) A61M 16/06 (20130101) A61M 16/20 (20130101) A61M 16/0051 (20130101) A61M 16/0057 (20130101) A61M 16/0096 (20130101) A61M 16/105 (20130101) A61M 16/201 (20140204) Original (OR) Class A61M 16/202 (20140204) A61M 16/0816 (20130101) A61M 16/0875 (20130101) A61M 2205/502 (20130101) A61M 2205/8206 (20130101) |
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| US 09290449 | Toretsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Toretsky (Silver Spring, Maryland); Milton Lang Brown (Brookville, Maryland); Perrer N. Tosso (Rockville, Maryland); Aykut Uren (Rockville, Maryland); Yali Kong (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, compositions and methods relating to EWS-FLI1 protein inhibitors are provided. The compounds have utility in the treatment of cancers including the Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/388671 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/34 (20130101) C07D 209/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09290474 | Linington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger R Linington (Santa Cruz, California); Gabriel Navarro (Santa Cruz, California); Khanitha Pudhom (Santa Cruz, California); James McKerrow (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger R Linington (Santa Cruz, California); Gabriel Navarro (Santa Cruz, California); Khanitha Pudhom (Santa Cruz, California); James McKerrow (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of parasitic diseases, in particular, semi-synthetic derivatives of the fungally-derived natural product merulin A for the treatment of African Sleeping Sickness. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/574092 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/02 (20130101) C07D 319/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 407/12 (20130101) C07D 409/12 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09290489 | Liedtke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wolfgang Liedtke (Durham, North Carolina); Farshid Guilak (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are TRPV4 inhibitor compounds. Further provided are compositions including a TRPV4 inhibitor compound in combination with a carrier, vehicle, or diluent that is suitable for topical application. The TRPV4 inhibitor compounds and compositions may be used in methods of treating and/or preventing dermatological disorders, reducing skin inflammation, reducing pain, and/or reducing itch in a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, July 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/413172 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0275 (20130101) A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2217/206 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/03 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/42 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6881 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09290495 | Stoddart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Jonathan C. Barnes (Waltham, Massachusetts); Michal Jurí{hacek over (c)}ek (Basel, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel tetracationic cyclophanes incorporating π-electron poor organic compounds into their ring structures, as well as methods of making the cyclophanes, are provided. The cyclophanes are able to form electron donor-acceptor complexes with a variety of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ranging in size, shape, and electron density. Also provided are methods of using the cyclophanes in the sequestration of PAHs in liquid or gaseous samples, the separation of PAHs from liquid or gaseous samples, the detection of PAHs in liquid samples, and the exfoliation of graphene via pseudopolyrotaxane formation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136870 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/38 (20130101) B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 2253/20 (20130101) B01D 2253/25 (20130101) B01D 2257/7027 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0469 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/02 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/683 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 25/003 (20130101) C10G 2300/1096 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/212 (20150115) |
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| US 09290499 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaodong Wang (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jing Liu (Carrboro, North Carolina); Chao Yang (Franklin Park, New Jersey); Weihe Zhaug (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stephen Frye (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Dmitri Kireev (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); Chao Yang (Franklin Park, New Jersey); Weihe Zhaug (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stephen Frye (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Dmitri Kireev (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compound of Formula (I): are described, along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions containing the same, and methods of use thereof in the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/641729 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09290501 | Schramm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Keith Clinch (Lower Hutt, New Zealand); Peter Charles Tyler (Wellington, New Zealand); Gary Brian Evans (Lower Hutt, New Zealand); Richard Hubert Furneaux (Wellington, New Zealand) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc. (Bronx, New York); Victoria Link Limited (Wellington, New Zealand) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Keith Clinch (Lower Hutt, New Zealand); Peter Charles Tyler (Wellington, New Zealand); Gary Brian Evans (Lower Hutt, New Zealand); Richard Hubert Furneaux (Wellington, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses methods for treating bacterial infections in a subject comprising administering to the subject a sub-growth inhibiting amount of a 5′-methylthioinosine phosphorylase (MTIP) inhibitor, as well as assays for identifying such inhibitors, and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/884298 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/706 (20130101) A61K 31/708 (20130101) A61K 31/7042 (20130101) A61K 31/7052 (20130101) A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09290512 | Thomas 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) | Craig J. Thomas (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Douglas S. Auld (Beverly, Massachusetts); James Inglese (Bethesda, Maryland); Amanda P. Skoumbourdis (Langhorne, Pennsylvania); Jian-Kang Jiang (Columbia, Maryland); Matthew B. Boxer (New Market, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are pyruvate kinase M2 activators, which are, bis sulfonamide piperazinyl compounds of Formula (I) and 2,4-disubstituted 4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyrrole-2-(substituted benzyl)pyridazin-3(2H)ones of Formula (II), wherein L and R1 to R16 are as defined herein, that are useful in treating a number of diseases that are treatable by the activation of PKM2, for example, cancer and anemia, Formulas (I); (II). |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/576333 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/5025 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 295/26 (20130101) C07D 319/18 (20130101) C07D 495/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09290530 | Chen 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) | Xi Chen (Davis, California); Hai Yu (Woodland, California); Kam Lau (Parkwood, Australia); Lars Bode (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing UDP-sugars from simple sugar starting materials. The invention also provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing oligosaccharides from simple sugar starting materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/160451 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) C07H 3/04 (20130101) C07H 3/06 (20130101) C07H 3/08 (20130101) C07H 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07H 13/04 (20130101) C07H 19/10 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0075 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/00 (20130101) C12P 19/04 (20130101) C12P 19/12 (20130101) C12P 19/18 (20130101) C12P 19/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09290539 | Cai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minying Cai (Tucson, Arizona); Victor J. Hruby (Tucson, Arizona); Sean Shelby (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A MC1R peptide ligand-elastic vesicle complex for preventing skin maladies. The MC1R peptide ligand is modified by coupling the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) ligand to a functionality or linker, such as a click functionality, for conjugation to a surface or agent. The modified MC1R peptide ligand can be coupled, e.g., via a click reaction with a complementary click functionality attached, to a moiety to form an MC1R-targeted agent. Drugs, contrast agents, polymers, particles, micelles, elastic vesicles, surfaces of larger structures, or other moieties can be targeted to the MC1R. The MC1R peptide ligand-elastic vesicle complex is prepared as a patch or viscous emulsion that can be applied to human skin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/300991 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09290544 | Ostermeier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc Alan Ostermeier (Baltimore, Maryland); Gurkan Guntas (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides molecular switches which couple external signals to functionality, and combinatorial methods of making and using the same involving circular permutation of nucleic acid and amino acid sequences. The switches according to the invention can be used, for example, to regulate gene transcription, target drug delivery to specific cells, transport drugs intracellularly, control drug release, provide conditionally active proteins, perform metabolic engineering, and modulate cell signaling pathways. Libraries comprising the switches, expression vectors and host cells for expressing the switches are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/165064 |
| 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 14/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/65 (20130101) C12N 15/66 (20130101) C12N 15/1093 (20130101) |
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| US 09290551 | Bashkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NanoVir, LLC (Kalamazoo, Michigan); The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NanoVir LLC (Kalamazoo, Michigan); THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James K. Bashkin (St. Louis, Missouri); Kevin J. Koeller (Richmond Heights, Michigan); Terri Grace Edwards (Kalamazoo, Michigan); Christopher Fisher (Kalamazoo, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polyamide compositions and therapies for treating cells and subjects infected with papilloma virus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/631293 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 403/14 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/435 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09290555 | Sarikaya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehmet Sarikaya (Seattle, Washington); Martha Somerman (Seattle, Washington); Candan Tamerler-Behar (Seattle, Washington); Hanson Fong (Seattle, Washington); Hai Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Mustafa Gungormus (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Sarikaya (Seattle, Washington); Martha Somerman (Seattle, Washington); Candan Tamerler-Behar (Seattle, Washington); Hanson Fong (Seattle, Washington); Hai Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Mustafa Gungormus (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Reagents and methods for treating dental disease are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/117595 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/64 (20130101) A61K 8/65 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 11/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/4705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/40 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (20130101) |
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| US 09290556 | Coukos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Coukos (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Andrea Facciabene (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Coukos (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Andrea Facciabene (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of immunizing a subject against a tumor, inhibiting tumor growth, inhibiting tumor recurrence, treating, suppressing the growth of, or decreasing the incidence of a tumor, overcoming tolerance to a tumor vasculature marker (TVM) in a subject comprising the step of administering a vaccine comprising a TVM or a nucleic acid encoding a TVM and related vaccines. The present invention also provides a method of targeting a tumor vasculature in a subject having a tumor comprising the step of contacting said subject with a labeled compound that binds a) a tumor vasculature marker (TVM) or b) a nucleic acid molecule encoding said TVM. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/121638 |
| 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) A61K 51/1045 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4748 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2851 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09290558 | Debinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waldemar Debinski (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Jill Wykosky (LaJolla, California); Denise Mazess Herpai (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds, compositions, and methods for detecting, diagnosing and treating cancers such as glioblastoma multiforme. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/692324 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48269 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/52 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09290560 | Price-Schiavi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Altor BioScience Corporation (Miramar, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALTOR BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION (Miramar, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shari A. Price-Schiavi (Westminster, Maryland); Heather J. Belmont (North Miami Beach, Florida); Kimberlyn F. Card (Pembroke Pines, Florida); Xiaoyun Zhu (Miami, Florida); Hing C. Wong (Weston, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for detecting cells or tissue comprising a peptide antigen presented in the context of an MHC or HLA complex. The invention has a wide range of applications including providing a highly sensitive method for detecting cancer cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/182888 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48261 (20130101) A61K 47/48269 (20130101) A61K 47/48276 (20130101) A61K 47/48353 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/55 (20130101) C07K 14/7051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/20 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/32 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6875 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/7051 (20130101) G01N 2333/70539 (20130101) |
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| US 09290572 | Nishimura et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Nishimura (Mill Valley, California); Jianlong Lou (San Bruno, California); Jody Lynn Baron (Mill Valley, California); James D. Marks (Kensington, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Nishimura (Mill Valley, California); Jianlong Lou (San Bruno, California); Jody Lynn Baron (Mill Valley, California); James D. Marks (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to αvβ8 antagonists, anti-αvβ8 antibodies or immunoconjugates for reducing TGFβ activation in an individual. Further provided are compositions comprising one of the αvβ8 antagonists, anti-αvβ8 antibodies or immunoconjugates, methods for using the compositions, and related subject matter. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/580105 |
| 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 16/2839 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09290579 | Vepari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charu Vepari (Waltham, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu Vepari (Waltham, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for forming an immobilized agent gradient within a 3-dimensional porous scaffold. A 3-dimensional scaffold formed from a biocompatible material is provided. The surface of the scaffold and/or the agent is activated so as to allow binding of the agent to the scaffold. The activated scaffold is contacted with a solution containing the agent. Contact with the solution is maintained for a sufficient period of time to allow diffusion of the solution through a portion of the scaffold, thereby forming a desired gradient of the agent through the 3-dimensional scaffold. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/407373 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 17/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 11/02 (20130101) C12N 11/04 (20130101) C12N 11/06 (20130101) C12N 11/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09290581 | Poulter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles Dale Poulter (Park City, Utah); Guillermo Roberto Labadi (Rasario, Argentina); Cecile Gauchet (Balma, France); Rochelle Frances Hawkins Bohaty (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Dale Poulter (Park City, Utah); Guillermo Roberto Labadi (Rasario, Argentina); Cecile Gauchet (Balma, France); Rochelle Frances Hawkins Bohaty (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the field of covalently attaching proteins to a substrate, particularly to methods of immobilizing proteins by posttranslationally modifying a cysteine residue of said protein through the addition of functional groups. The invention also relates to biological molecules used in such techniques, including proteins, and detection methods and kits that utilize such immobilized proteins, such as a microdevice or “protein chip”, a high-throughput screening device, and for the microscopy of proteins on a surface. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/139440 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 1/1077 (20130101) C07K 1/1133 (20130101) C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 14/43595 (20130101) C07K 17/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1088 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/552 (20130101) G01N 33/54393 (20130101) |
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| US 09290736 | Medof et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | M. Edward Medof (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Feng Lin (Willoughby, Ohio); Michael G. Strainic (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Edward Medof (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Feng Lin (Willoughby, Ohio); Michael G. Strainic (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of generating a CD4+FoxP3+ Treg cell, the method includes administering at least one complement antagonist to a naive CD4+ T cell at an amount effective to substantially inhibits C3a receptor (C3aR) and/or C5a receptor (C5aR) signal transduction in the CD4+ T cell, induce TGF-β1 expression of the CD4+ T cell, and induce differentiation of the of the naive CD4+ T cell into a CD4+FoxP3+ Treg cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/505976 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 2035/122 (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 2501/998 (20130101) |
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| US 09290741 | Palecek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Paul Palecek (Verona, Wisconsin); Xiaojun Lian (Dongtai, China PRC); Xiaoping Bao (Dongtai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for generating human endothelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells under defined conditions in the absence of VEGF are described. Wnt/β-catenin signaling is activated in human pluripotent stem cells for a defined period, e.g., by inhibition of Gsk3, and then cultured without further exogenous activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling to obtain a cell population containing human endothelial cells. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/212125 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/415 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) |
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09290756 — Apparatus and methods for high throughput network electrophysiology and cellular analysis
| US 09290756 | Ross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Ross (Decatur, Georgia); Edgar A. Brown (Decatur, Georgia); Swaminathan Rajaraman (Atlanta, Georgia); Mark G. Allen (Atlanta, Georgia); Bruce Wheeler (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Ross (Decatur, Georgia); Edgar A. Brown (Decatur, Georgia); Swaminathan Rajaraman (Atlanta, Georgia); Mark G. Allen (Atlanta, Georgia); Bruce Wheeler (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are apparatus and methods relating to the development of instrumentation for high throughput network electrophysiology and cellular analysis. More specifically, provided herein are multiwell microelectrode arrays (MEAs) and methods for the development of such an apparatus in an inexpensive fashion with a flexible, ANSI/SBS-compliant (American National Standards Institute/Society for Biomolecular Screening) format. Microelectrode arrays are a grid of tightly spaced microelectrodes useful for stimulating and sensing electrically active cells, networks and tissue. The techniques described herein relate to the use of microfabrication in combination with certain large-area processes that have been employed to achieve multiwell MEAs in ANSI/SBS-compliant culture well formats, which are also transparent for inverted/backside microscopy compatibility. These multiwell MEAs can be used to investigate two and three-dimensional networks of electrically active cells and tissue such as cardiac, neural, and muscular in a high throughput fashion. Also being ANSI/SBS-compliant, they are compatible with machinery and robotics developed for the pharmaceutical industry for drug screening applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/615778 |
| 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 | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 2535/00 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 1/42 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/4836 (20130101) G01N 33/48728 (20130101) G01N 33/48735 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) |
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| US 09290761 | Baltimore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Ryan M. O'Connell (Pasadena, California); Konstantin Taganov (Pasadena, California); Mark Boldin (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to the finding that microRNA-155 plays a role in inflammation, hematopoiesis and myeloproliferation, and that dysregulation of microRNA-155 expression is associated with particular myeloproliferative disorders. Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing an treating disorders, including inflammation and myeloproliferation, modulating the levels of expression of one or more genes selected from the group consisting of Cutl1, Arntl, Picalm, Jarid2, PU.1, Csflr, HIF1α, Sla, Cepbβ, and Bach1, and the like. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/138472 |
| 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 31/56 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) |
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| US 09290791 | Sauve et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony A. Sauve (New Rochelle, New York); Yana Cen (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony A. Sauve (New Rochelle, New York); Yana Cen (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of preparing a sirtuin complex, a method for detecting a sirtuin in a sample, and a method of screening for compounds which inhibit the deacetylase activity of a sirtuin. The method includes (a) providing a sirtuin substrate having the formula: (b) providing NAD+ or an NAD+ analog having the formula: and (c) providing a sirtuin, wherein R1-R4, A1, A2, and n are as defined herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/698561 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2334/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/918 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09290803 | Laird et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter W. Laird (South Pasadena, California); Binh N. Trinh (Alhambra, California); Mihaela Campan (Los Angeles, California); Daniel J. Weisenberger (Playa Del Rey, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter W. Laird (South Pasadena, California); Binh N. Trinh (Alhambra, California); Mihaela Campan (Los Angeles, California); Daniel J. Weisenberger (Playa Del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are novel sensitive methylation assays referred to herein as Digital MethyLight, comprising stochastically distributing and compartmentalizing bisulfite-treated genomic DNA over multiple PCR reaction wells for detection of individually methylated DNA molecules in a large background of unmethylated DNA. Digital Bisulfite Genomic DNA Sequencing methods are also provided for high-resolution DNA methylation information without subcloning. Background signal and PCR contaminants are diluted, while the ratio of primer to methylated template DNA is kept high. Preferably, biological fluid (e.g., urine, blood-based (e.g., plasma and/or serum)) samples are analyzed for cancer diagnosis, prognosis and surveillance. Multiplexed PCR formats may be implemented to enhance when using small DNA amounts. Compositions and methods for diagnosis and/or prognosis of breast cancer, comprising the use of FOXE1, CLDN5 and/or RUNX3 gene markers are also provided (SEQ ID NOS: 17, 16 and 18, respectively for respective CpG island sequences), and in preferred embodiments plasma or serum samples are used. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/102783 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2523/125 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) |
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| US 09291557 | James 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) | Jay James (Berkeley, California); Donald Lucas (Moraga, California); Jeffrey Scott Crosby (Berkeley, California); Catherine P. Koshland (Atherton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mercury detection system that includes a flow cell having a mercury sensor, a light source and a light detector is provided. The mercury sensor includes a transparent substrate and a submonolayer of mercury absorbing nanoparticles, e.g., gold nanoparticles, on a surface of the substrate. Methods of determining whether mercury is present in a sample using the mercury sensors are also provided. The subject mercury detection systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including mercury detecting applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/368499 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/42 (20130101) G01J 2003/425 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0045 (20130101) G01N 2201/088 (20130101) |
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| US 09291616 | Vyas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jatin M. Vyas (Milton, Massachusetts); Jenny M. Tam (Brookline, Massachusetts); Michael K. Mansour (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jatin M. Vyas (Milton, Massachusetts); Jenny M. Tam (Brookline, Massachusetts); Michael K. Mansour (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for compositions and methods for a purified fungal carbohydrate-linked polymer bead platform, which can serve as an artificial fungus-like particle to measure specific patient immune responses to fungal carbohydrate antigens. A specific embodiment comprises a purified β-1,3-glucan chemically conjugated to a polymer bead. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/110443 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0002 (20130101) A61K 47/48892 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56961 (20130101) |
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| US 09291626 | Merali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salim Merali (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Camilo Moncada (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Steven G. Kelsen (Rydal, Pennsylvania); Carlos A. Barrero (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Oscar Mauricio Perez Leal (Barranquilla, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salim Merali (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Camilo Moncada (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Steven G. Kelsen (Rydal, Pennsylvania); Carlos A. Barrero (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Oscar Mauricio Perez Leal (Barranquilla, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method for diagnosing and/or staging COPD based on detection of one or more histone proteins. In some embodiments, the histone protein is an H3.3 protein comprising a post-translational modification. In some embodiments, the histone protein is H2B, H3, H3.3 or H4. Kits for practicing the methods of diagnosis and/or staging are provided as well. Further provided is a method for treating COPD. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/117157 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6875 (20130101) G01N 2440/12 (20130101) G01N 2800/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09292967 | Black et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Black (Tuebingen, Germany); Oren Freifeld (Menlo Park, California); Alexander W. Weiss (Shirley, Massachusetts); Matthew M. Loper (Tuebingen, Germany); Peng Guan (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Black (Tuebingen, Germany); Oren Freifeld (Menlo Park, California); Alexander W. Weiss (Shirley, Massachusetts); Matthew M. Loper (Tuebingen, Germany); Peng Guan (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel “contour person” (CP) model of the human body is proposed that has the expressive power of a detailed 3D model and the computational benefits of a simple 20 part-based model. The CP model is learned from a 3D model of the human body that captures natural shape and pose variations. The CP model factors deformations of the body into three components: shape variation, viewpoint change and pose variation. The CP model can be “dressed” with a low-dimensional clothing model. The clothing is represented as a deformation from the underlying CP representation. This deformation is learned from training examples using principal component analysis to produce so-called eigen-clothing. The coefficients of the eigen-clothing can be used to recognize different categories of clothing on dressed people. The parameters of the estimated 20 body can be used to discriminatively predict 3D body shape using a learned mapping approach. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/696676 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0085 (20130101) G06T 7/0089 (20130101) G06T 17/00 (20130101) G06T 17/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/30196 (20130101) G06T 2210/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09294154 | Ghovanloo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maysam Ghovanloo (Atlanta, Georgia); Dukju Ahn (Atlanta, Georgia); Mehdi Kiani (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of wirelessly transmitting power or data is disclosed. The method may include the step of providing a transmitter including a driver coil and a first transmitter resonator coil. The driver coil may have a driver coil resonance frequency, and the first transmitter coil may have a first transmitter resonator coil resonance frequency. The method may further include the step of providing a receiver including a load coil having a load coil resonance frequency. Furthermore, the method may include tuning the first transmitter coil resonance frequency to be higher than both of the driver coil resonance frequency and the load coil resonance frequency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207199 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 5/0031 (20130101) H04B 5/0037 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 5/0075 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachussetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nandini Rajan (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Andrew M. Siegel (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides devices and methods for detecting and tracking fast-moving-object. In one application, the present invention can be employed to detect and track fast eye movements (saccades). An example device of the present invention tracks a moving object by generating, within a single frame of a detector (e.g., a video camera) two or more images of the moving object. The images are generated by illuminating the moving objects with sequentially activated light sources (e.g. sequentially strobed light-emitting diodes). The rate at which the light sources are sequentially activated exceeds the frame rate of the detector, resulting in generating multiple images of the moving object within a single frame of the detector. The devices and methods described herein, including a saccadometry system, can utilize off-the-shelf components and does not require expensive high-frame-rate video equipment. These devices and methods can be used to track a moving object with a temporal resolution far greater than that normally achievable with standard 15 fps to 30 fps frame-rate imagers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/413306 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1128 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00604 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/204 (20130101) G06T 7/2033 (20130101) G06T 2207/10152 (20130101) G06T 2207/30041 (20130101) |
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| US 09289130 | Mahadevan-Jansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anita Mahadevan-Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Matthew D. Keller (Kirkland, Washington); Mark C. Kelley (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention in one aspect relates to a method for discriminating soft biological tissues. The method includes illuminating soft biological tissues at at least one first spot with light; collecting Raman scattering light scattered from the soft biological tissues at at least second spot in response to illumination by the light, wherein the at least second spot is away from the at least one first spot so as to define a source-detection (S-D) offset distance therebetween; obtaining a spatially offset Raman spectrum from the collected light, wherein the spatially offset Raman spectrum is associated with a depth of the soft biological tissues at which the Raman light is scattered; identifying tissue signatures from the spatially offset Raman spectrum; and determining whether the soft biological tissues have a layered structure from the tissue signatures from the spectrum. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/620846 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/07 (20130101) A61B 5/00 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0077 (20130101) A61B 5/0091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4312 (20130101) A61B 2017/00061 (20130101) |
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| US 09289402 | Avnir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Avnir (Jerusalem, Israel); Rachel Ben-Knaz (Rehovot, Israel); Rami Pedahzur (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD. (Jerusalem, Israel); HADASSAH ACADEMIC COLLEGE (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Avnir (Jerusalem, Israel); Rachel Ben-Knaz (Rehovot, Israel); Rami Pedahzur (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides composites comprising at least one bioactive agent entrapped within a matrix of at least one metal; wherein said composite controllably releases at least one of said bioactive agent and metal or ion thereof, processes for the preparation of composites of the invention, compositions and products comprising composites of the invention and various uses thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/643247 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 33/34 (20130101) A61K 33/34 (20130101) A61K 33/38 (20130101) A61K 33/38 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/00 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/12 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/50 (20130101) C02F 1/505 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 9/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09289436 | Szmulewitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Z. Szmulewitz (Chicago, Illinois); Suzanne D. Conzen (Park Ridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are directed to the treatment of subjects with prostate cancer, in particular those with castration resistant prostate cancer, with glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. The prostate cancer may be one that has become resistant to androgen deprivation therapy, for example, by increase in glucocorticoid receptor expression and/or activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/380606 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/567 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/567 (20130101) A61K 31/569 (20130101) A61K 31/569 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09289473 | Siegel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin Siegel (Davis, California); David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Sydney Rin Anna Gordon (Port Angeles, Washington); Ingrid Swanson Pultz (Seattle, Washington); Elizabeth Joy Stanley (Bothell, Washington); Sarah Jane Wolf (Camas, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through Its Center For Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin Siegel (Davis, California); David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Sydney Rin Anna Gordon (Port Angeles, Washington); Ingrid Swanson Pultz (Seattle, Washington); Elizabeth Joy Stanley (Bothell, Washington); Sarah Jane Wolf (Camas, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for treating celiac sprue. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/131601 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09289504 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yunfeng Lu (Culver City, California); Ming Yan (Los Angeles, California); Juanjuan Du (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunfeng Lu (Culver City, California); Ming Yan (Los Angeles, California); Juanjuan Du (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A protein nanocapsule having a single-protein core and a thin polymer shell anchored covalently to the protein core. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/255229 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/5169 (20130101) A61K 47/48176 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09289507 | Soliman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Extend Biosciences, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Extend Biosciences, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarik Soliman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Laura M. Hales (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Howard P. Sard (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mukkanti Amere (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides carriers that enhance the absorption, half-life or bioavailability of therapeutic compounds. The carriers comprise targeting groups that bind the Vitamin D Binding protein (DBP), conjugation groups for coupling the targeting groups to the therapeutic compounds, and optionally scaffolding moieties. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401519 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/22 (20130101) A61K 47/4813 (20130101) A61K 47/48107 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09289508 | Reshetnyak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yana K. Reshetnyak (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Oleg A. Andreev (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Donald M. Engelman (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yana K. Reshetnyak (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Oleg A. Andreev (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Donald M. Engelman (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An environmentally sensitive membrane binding polypeptide, pH (low)-sensitive membrane peptide (pHLIP) has improved insertion kinetics balanced with solubility to selectively target acidic tissues. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182441 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/04 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 41/0095 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/14 (20130101) A61K 49/0056 (20130101) A61K 49/085 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 14/001 (20130101) |
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| US 09290268 | Ratti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jayant Ratti (Atlanta, Georgia); Emanuel Jones (Atlanta, Georgia); George Vachtsevanos (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jayant Ratti (Atlanta, Georgia); Emanuel Jones (Atlanta, Georgia); George Vachtsevanos (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-wing hovering and gliding flapping Micro Air Vehicles (“MAV”) are disclosed. The MAV can have independent wing control to provide enhance energy efficiency and high maneuverability. Power to each wing can be controlled separately by varying the amplitude of the wing flapping, the frequency of the wing flapping, or both. The flapping frequency can be controlled such that it is at or near the natural frequency of the wings for improved energy efficiency. The wings can be controlled by a gear train, coil-magnet arrangement or many other actuation systems that enable variable frequency flapping, variable amplitude flapping, or a combination of both. The gear train mechanism provides gyroscopic stability during flight. The wing flapping can include a rotation, or feathering motion, for improved efficiency. The wings can be transitioned between flapping flight and fixed wing flight to enable gliding and hovering in a single configuration. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/000191 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 33/02 (20130101) B64C 33/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09290495 | Stoddart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Jonathan C. Barnes (Waltham, Massachusetts); Michal Jurí{hacek over (c)}ek (Basel, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel tetracationic cyclophanes incorporating π-electron poor organic compounds into their ring structures, as well as methods of making the cyclophanes, are provided. The cyclophanes are able to form electron donor-acceptor complexes with a variety of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ranging in size, shape, and electron density. Also provided are methods of using the cyclophanes in the sequestration of PAHs in liquid or gaseous samples, the separation of PAHs from liquid or gaseous samples, the detection of PAHs in liquid samples, and the exfoliation of graphene via pseudopolyrotaxane formation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136870 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/38 (20130101) B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 2253/20 (20130101) B01D 2253/25 (20130101) B01D 2257/7027 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0469 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/02 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/683 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 25/003 (20130101) C10G 2300/1096 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/212 (20150115) |
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| US 09290591 | Ritter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tobias Ritter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jean B. Raynaud (Perigueux, France); Jessica Yung Wu (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobias Ritter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jean B. Raynaud (Perigueux, France); Jessica Yung Wu (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of preparing polymers, such as polyisoprene, polybutadiene, polypiperylene, polycyclohexadiene, poly-β-farnesene, or poly-β-myrcene, using iron complexes. Also provided are novel iron complexes, pre-catalysts, intermediates, and ligands useful in the inventive polymerization system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/984292 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/1815 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 251/02 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/02 (20130101) C07F 15/025 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 4/70 (20130101) C08F 4/80 (20130101) C08F 4/7006 (20130101) C08F 4/7006 (20130101) C08F 4/7019 (20130101) C08F 36/08 (20130101) C08F 136/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 136/08 (20130101) C08F 136/08 (20130101) C08F 2410/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09290740 | Page et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond L. Page (Southbridge, Massachusetts); Tanja Dominko (Southbridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond L. Page (Southbridge, Massachusetts); Tanja Dominko (Southbridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | De-differentiation protocols are described herein for generating progenitor cells from adult connective tissue, in particular adult human fibroblasts. The de-differentiation protocols described herein comprise culturing the differentiated cells with an amount of FGF2 to de-differentiate the cells. These de-differentiated cells may then be cultured and used for experimentation, amplification and clinical applications. The clinical applications include the use of the cells for tissue and cell based therapies. |
| FILED | Monday, March 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/921128 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0662 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2500/02 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2506/1307 (20130101) |
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| US 09290782 | Posewitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew C. Posewitz (Golden, Colorado); Randor Radakovits (Denver, Colorado); Robert Jinkerson (Golden, Colorado); Victoria H. Work (Golden, Colorado); Jonathan E. Meuser (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew C. Posewitz (Golden, Colorado); Randor Radakovits (Denver, Colorado); Robert Jinkerson (Golden, Colorado); Victoria H. Work (Golden, Colorado); Jonathan E. Meuser (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, processes, and systems for the production of lipids and starch from modified algae are disclosed. In one embodiment, the modified algae over-expresses isoamylase and accumulates much higher amounts of starch than unmodified algae. In some embodiments, the modified algae comprises one or more copies of an isoamylase expression construct. In one embodiment, the modified algae is a sta7 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant with a starchless phenotype that has been complemented with one or more copies of the wild-type genomic STA7 isoamylase gene construct. The complemented, modified algae accumulates much greater amount of starch than an unmodified algae and may be used to produce large amounts of starch and/or lipids. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/430383 |
| 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 9/2451 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 19/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01068 (20130101) |
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| US 09290833 | Dawson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul R. Dawson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Dawson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controlling the location at which yielding initiates a load bearing component and the collapse mode that is activated at the site of yielding for a designated type of loading is claimed. The steps include selecting a desired area of deformation and a kinematic mode of collapse; selecting a strength-altering pattern including at least a strengthening or weakening zone to control the location in a component where plastic deformation occurs, such that the pattern causes deformation to proceed into a desired collapse mode or shape with the component is subjected to design loading; and applying the strength-altering pattern to the component by friction stir processing, forming at least a strengthened or weakened zone relative to the base material of the component. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/695148 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 7/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09290905 | Diaz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angel Diaz (Lorton, Virginia); Lee Foltz (Indian Head, Maryland); Bruce James Strackbein (Arnold, Maryland); David Rivera Marchand (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angel Diaz (Lorton, Virginia); Lee Foltz (Indian Head, Maryland); Bruce James Strackbein (Arnold, Maryland); David Rivera Marchand (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The remote excavator tool fastens to a robotic arm on a remotely controlled robotic platform that includes a track drive. The tool uses high speed tilling elements rotating at about 1500 rpm to dig, efficiently, a trench using a small amount of power. The tilling elements are hardened steel, rotating counterclockwise to a conventional tiller. The tilling elements are symmetrically mounted on a polygonal shaft, and include right and left multiple couples of paired facing disks with staggered curved tines, where the tines are thick and have tapered hardened edges. Round brushes are interspaced between couples. The loosen soil is pushed forward and to the sides to help protect the robotic platform and maintain control of the tool especially as the rate of the excavation partially depends on the characteristics of the material being excavated. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/121625 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Dredging; Soil-shifting E02F 3/188 (20130101) E02F 5/305 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E02F 9/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) Y10S 901/41 (20130101) |
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| US 09291435 | Scheid 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) | Eric Scheid (Bloomington, Indiana); Kevin Hovden (Burlington, Iowa); Michael Murphy (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved shaped charge apparatus and method of manufacturing is provided including a composite wave shaper, a main charge, and a metal liner. An exemplary embodiment's wave shaper can be adapted to manipulate a shock front so that an interaction of the main charge and the metal liner occurs lower along the liner's profile such that the apparatus restricts an initial elongation of a resulting jet. An embodiment can have a thickness of the metal liner sufficient to provide a mass necessary to generate a first size diameter aperture in a target material. An embodiment an also provide a combination of the liner thickness and shock interaction point resulting in the jet having an improved length to diameter ratio among other advantages. An embodiment of the invention can also provide other advantages such as an explosive to mass ratio of less than 3 or 2 to 1. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/584426 |
| 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 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 1/032 (20130101) F42B 1/036 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09291509 | Lipson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York); Alexander Gaeta (Ithaca, New York); Reza Salem (Columbia, Maryland); Mark Foster (Sparks Glencoe, Maryland); David Geraghty (Menlo Park, California); Amy Foster (Sparks Glencoe, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York); Alexander Gaeta (Ithaca, New York); Reza Salem (Columbia, Maryland); Mark Foster (Sparks Glencoe, Maryland); David Geraghty (Menlo Park, California); Amy Foster (Sparks Glencoe, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for ultrafast optical waveform sampling based on temporal stretching of an input signal waveform. Temporal stretching is performed using a time lens based on four-wave mixing in a nonlinear medium. The signal is passed through an input dispersive element. The dispersed signal is sent into the time lens, which comprises a chirped pump pulse and a nonlinear medium. The chirped pump pulse is combined with the signal. The four-wave mixing process occurs in the nonlinear device or medium, which results in the generation of a signal at a new optical frequency (idler). The idler is spectrally separated from the signal and pump pulse using a bandpass filter and sent into an output dispersive element. The output dispersive element is longer than the input dispersive element and the temporal stretching factor is given by the ratio between the dispersions of these two elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/147966 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09291549 | Schwoebel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Schwoebel (Woburn, Massachusetts); James Harper (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Martha S. Petrovick (Barre, Massachusetts); Frances Nargi (Littleton, Massachusetts); Mark Hollis (Concord, Massachusetts); Bernadette Johnson (Hollis, New Hampshire); Joseph Lacirignola (Beverly, Massachusetts); Richard Mathews (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Kristine Hogan (Danvers, Massachusetts); Trina Vian (Groton, Massachusetts); Allan Heff (Newton, Massachusetts); Mark Hennessy (Falls Church, Virginia); Songeeta Palchaudhuri (Somerville, Massachusetts); Todd Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Schwoebel (Woburn, Massachusetts); James Harper (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Martha S. Petrovick (Barre, Massachusetts); Frances Nargi (Littleton, Massachusetts); Mark Hollis (Concord, Massachusetts); Bernadette Johnson (Hollis, New Hampshire); Joseph Lacirignola (Beverly, Massachusetts); Richard Mathews (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Kristine Hogan (Danvers, Massachusetts); Trina Vian (Groton, Massachusetts); Allan Heff (Newton, Massachusetts); Mark Hennessy (Falls Church, Virginia); Songeeta Palchaudhuri (Somerville, Massachusetts); Todd Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein provides methods for the detection of target particles, such as pathogens, soluble antigens, nucleic acids, toxins, chemicals, plant pathogens, blood borne pathogens, bacteria, viruses and the like. Also described is an emittor cell comprising a receptor, wherein the receptor can be an antibody or an Fc receptor, and an emittor molecule for the detection of a target particle in a sample wherein the target particle to be detected is bound by one or more receptors on the emittor cell. Also provided are optoelectronic sensor devices for detecting a target particle in a sample, including in a plurality of samples. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454604 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09291600 | Bargatin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Bargatin (Pasadena, California); John Sequoyah Aldridge (Alhambra, California); Edward Myers (Pasadena, California); Michael L. Roukes (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for detecting analytes, a method of making the sensor, and a method of using the sensor. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises at least one array comprising a plurality of resonators. The resonators can be arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and can be connected in a combined series-parallel configuration. The resonators can be adapted to vibrate independently at about the same resonance frequency and about the same phase. The sensor can also comprise an actuator and a signal detector electrically coupled to the array. The sensor can also further comprise an analyte delivery system and can be functionalized for detection of at least one analyte. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750897 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/022 (20130101) G01N 29/34 (20130101) G01N 29/036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2291/0256 (20130101) G01N 2291/0427 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09291710 | Debroux et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick S. Debroux (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Benjamin C. Flores (El Paso, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Debroux (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Benjamin C. Flores (El Paso, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for detects one or more subsurface targets by receiving a reflectivity data from two or more subsurface reflectors using a ground penetrating radar. The two or more subsurface reflectors may include the one or more subsurface targets and a medium surrounding the one or more subsurface targets. An impedance data for the two or more subsurface reflectors is calculated by inverting the reflectivity data using a temporal transmission line model with a “layer-peeling” method. One or more constitutive parameters of the two or more subsurface reflectors are calculated based on the impedance data. The one or more subsurface targets are detected based on a change in the one or more constitutive parameters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/066301 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/885 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/887 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 3/12 (20130101) G01V 8/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09291758 | Cao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunwei Charles Cao (Gainesville, Florida); Tie Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Xirui Wang (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanorods assemblies that have lengths in excess of 50 microns to meters are formed from contacting rice-shaped colloidal superparticles that are aligned along the long axis of the colloidal superparticles. The rice-shaped colloidal superparticles are formed from a multiplicity of nanorods with a high degree of association that is end to end to form colloidal superparticles that are in excess of three microns in length and have a length to diameter ratio of about three or more. Methods of preparing the rice-shaped colloidal superparticles employ mixing with an additional ligand to the nanorods to bias the self assembly of the nanorods by solvophobic interactions. Methods of preparing the nanorods assemblies include the infusion of the rice-shaped colloidal superparticles into microchannels patterned on a substrate, wherein the rice-shaped colloidal superparticles' long axes align in the microchannels. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/107148 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/02 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/44 (20130101) H01L 33/50 (20130101) H01L 33/58 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/298 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vinod Grover (Mercer Island, Washington); Yunsup Lee (Fremont, California); Xiangyun Kong (Union City, California); Gautam Chakrabarti (Sunnyvale, California); Ronny M. Krashinsky (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinod Grover (Mercer Island, Washington); Yunsup Lee (Fremont, California); Xiangyun Kong (Union City, California); Gautam Chakrabarti (Sunnyvale, California); Ronny M. Krashinsky (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Basic blocks within a thread program are characterized for convergence based on variance analysis or corresponding instructions. Each basic block is marked as divergent based on transitive control dependence on a block that is either divergent or comprising a variant branch condition. Convergent basic blocks that are defined by invariant instructions are advantageously identified as candidates for scalarization by a thread program compiler. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/467765 |
| ART UNIT | 2199 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/41 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 8/45 (20130101) G06F 8/443 (20130101) G06F 8/456 (20130101) G06F 9/3836 (20130101) G06F 9/3851 (20130101) G06F 9/3885 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajarathnam Chandramouli (Holmdel, New Jersey); Xiaoling Chen (Sugar Land, Texas); Koduvayur P. Subbalakshmi (Holmdel, New Jersey); Rohan Perera (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of The Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajarathnam Chandramouli (Holmdel, New Jersey); Xiaoling Chen (Sugar Land, Texas); Koduvayur P. Subbalakshmi (Holmdel, New Jersey); Rohan Perera (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for determining whether text is deceptive has a computer programmed with software that automatically analyzes text in digital form by at least one of statistical analysis of psycho-linguistic cues, IP geo-location, gender analysis, authorship analysis, and analysis to detect coded/camouflaged messages. The computer has truth data against which the text message can be compared and a graphical user interface. The computer may be connectable to the Internet and may obtain the text automatically. Speech-to-text software may be used to convert verbal messages to text for analysis. The system may be made available on a webpage, web service, on a computer or by a wireless device. The text may be emails, website content, tweets. In one embodiment, the system detects coded messages. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/659445 |
| ART UNIT | 2672 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/274 (20130101) G06F 17/2785 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/107 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1416 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09292517 | Grauman 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) | Kristen Grauman (Austin, Texas); Adriana Kovashka (Austin, Texas); Devi Parikh (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer program product for efficiently identifying images, videos, audio files or documents relevant to a user. Using either manual annotations or learned functions, the method predicts the relative strength of an attribute in an image, video, audio file or document from a pool of images, videos, audio files or documents. At query time, the system presents an initial set of reference images, videos, audio files or documents, and the user selects among them to provide relative attribute feedback. Using the resulting constraints in the multi-dimensional attribute space, the relevance function for the pool of images, videos, audio files or documents is updated and the relevance of the pool of images, videos, audio files or documents is re-computed. This procedure iterates using the accumulated constraints until the top-ranked images, videos, audio files or documents are acceptably close to the user's envisioned image, video, audio file or document. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/965594 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30038 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09292576 | Biem et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alain E. Biem (Yorktown Heights, New York); Timothy R. Dinger (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Gang Luo (Yorktown Heights, New York); Daby M. Sow (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alain E. Biem (Yorktown Heights, New York); Timothy R. Dinger (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Gang Luo (Yorktown Heights, New York); Daby M. Sow (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Elmsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of analyzing physiological data streams. According to the method, physiological data is received into a computerized machine. The physiological data comprises numerical data and medical symptoms of a patient. Features are extracted from the physiological data based on development of the physiological data over a period of time. The features are converted into a textual representation using natural language generation. Input terms for an information retrieval system operating on the computerized machine are automatically generated based on the features. The input terms are input to the information retrieval system. A corpus of data is automatically searched to retrieve results to the input terms using the information retrieval system. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570680 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30516 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/345 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09292690 | Akoglu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leman Akoglu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hanghang Tong (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leman Akoglu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hanghang Tong (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided for anomaly, association and clustering detection. At least one code table is built for each attribute in a set of data. A first code table corresponding to a first attribute and a second code table corresponding to a second attribute are selected. The first code table and the second code table are merged into a merged code table, and a determination is made to accept or reject the merged code table. An anomaly is detected when a total compression cost for a data point is greater than a threshold compression cost inferred from one or more code tables. An association in a data table is detected by merging attribute groups, splitting data groups, and assigning data points to data groups. A cluster is inferred from a matrix of data and code words for each of the one or more code tables. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/524773 |
| ART UNIT | 2154 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30371 (20130101) G06F 17/30598 (20130101) G06F 21/564 (20130101) G06F 21/566 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/2101 (20130101) G06F 2221/2117 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an event-driven universal neural network circuit. The circuit comprises a plurality of neural modules. Each neural module comprises multiple digital neurons such that each neuron in a neural module has a corresponding neuron in another neural module. An interconnection network comprising a plurality of digital synapses interconnects the neural modules. Each synapse interconnects a first neural module to a second neural module by interconnecting a neuron in the first neural module to a corresponding neuron in the second neural module. Corresponding neurons in the first neural module and the second neural module communicate via the synapses. Each synapse comprises a learning rule associating a neuron in the first neural module with a corresponding neuron in the second neural module. A control module generates signals which define a set of time steps for event-driven operation of the neurons and event communication via the interconnection network. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/594058 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) G06N 3/08 (20130101) G06N 3/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09292971 | Lima et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth M. Lima (Jamestown, Rhode Island); Richard R. Shell (Riverside, Rhode Island); Todd P. Drury (Bristol, Rhode Island); Douglas B. Maxwell (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth M. Lima (Jamestown, Rhode Island); Richard R. Shell (Riverside, Rhode Island); Todd P. Drury (Bristol, Rhode Island); Douglas B. Maxwell (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A feeder program is utilized for collecting and reading in and maintaining a time synchronization for combat fire solutions which may include threat containment regions. The threat containment regions are defined in terms of a probability of at least one threat being located therein. A three-dimensional viewer program displays bathometry information, an ownship relative position relative to said bathometry information, and determines what portions of said plurality of threat containment regions and said tracking and position information are to be displayed based on an angle of a view. |
| FILED | Monday, August 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/462938 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/6245 (20130101) G01S 15/025 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293079 | Bolas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Bolas (Los Angeles, California); J. Adam Jones (Seneca, South Carolina); David M. Krum (Arcadia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Bolas (Los Angeles, California); J. Adam Jones (Seneca, South Carolina); David M. Krum (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A head mounted display (HMD) for viewing a virtual environment generally include a flat display (FD), lenses for focusing on the FD, and a housing to enclose the FD and lenses. The housing is generally opaque to block out all external light, so the viewer only sees light from the FD. By making a portion or all of the housing translucent or transparent, ambient light and other external light can be seen by the viewer, providing additional visual cues and a larger perceived field of view. Additionally, other people can see light from the FD. The lenses are configured to view the FD and parts of the translucent housing. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/216152 |
| ART UNIT | 2697 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293238 | Stottlemyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas R. Stottlemyer (Noank, Connecticut); Gene W. Wills (Ashaway, Rhode Island); Douglas P. Hembdt (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Erin M. Baumann (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) | Thomas R. Stottlemyer (Noank, Connecticut); Gene W. Wills (Ashaway, Rhode Island); Douglas P. Hembdt (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Erin M. Baumann (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic-sensing underwater tow cable includes a cable core for transmission of power/signals there along, a first jacket encasing the cable core, and discrete regions of carbon nanotubes affixed to the first jacket. The carbon nanotubes at each of the discrete regions define an acoustic sensor. A second jacket encases each acoustic sensor and any electrical conductors coupled thereto. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/041259 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 7/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293267 | Baca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Government of 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) | Alfred J Baca (Ridgecrest, California); William W Lai (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making electronic devices based on derivatized ladder polymer poly(benzo-isimidazobenzophenanthroline) (BBL) including photovoltaic modules and simple thin film transistors in planar and mechanically flexible and stretchable constructs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/591064 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/30 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2059 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 9/2081 (20130101) H01G 11/48 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/24 (20130101) H01L 51/428 (20130101) H01L 51/441 (20130101) |
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| US 09293272 | Lechner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Phillippe Lechner (Wurtsboro, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Phillippe Lechner (Wurtsboro, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit breaker adapter is disclosed for use in a fuse holder therein replacing a blade type fuse. The adapter includes a housing and a modified circuit breaker where pronged terminals are pivotally attached conductive articulable extensions. The housing is a contiguous block of material that receives the modified circuit breaker and gripping clips of the fuse holder. The housing has a center chute shaped section that holds the circuit breaker. In particular, the inside of the housing has a pair of accessible open cavities to receive the extensions similar to many fuses. The circuit breaker literally plugs into sockets on the housing, and the extensions are rotated outward into one of the accessible open cavities. The adapter may be placed into the fuse holder. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998746 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293279 | Bamford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J Bamford (Wakefield, Rhode Island); Adam P Crisafulli (Somerset, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J Bamford (Wakefield, Rhode Island); Adam P Crisafulli (Somerset, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A coaxial switch having a housing and a shaft extending through and rotatably mounted to the housing. The shaft extends from opposite ends of the housing. Connector body members are attached to the housing and a support plate is mounted to the shaft. Conductor members are joined to the support plate. Each conductor member has a conductor and is configured to be inserted into a connector body member. The conductors of the conductor members are electrically connected together. When the coaxial switch is engaged, the conductor members are inserted into the connector body members. The coaxial switch becomes disengaged when a force is exerted on the shaft that causes the conductor members to be withdrawn from the connector body members. An axial force-producing mechanism produces a constant axial force on the shaft to maintain the coaxial switch in the engaged state. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/259252 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01H 19/14 (20130101) H01H 25/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09293538 | Palacios et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tomas Apostol Palacios (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Bin Lu (Boston, Massachusetts); Elison de Nazareth Matioli (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode structure is described in which conductive regions are recessed into a semiconductor region. Trenches may be formed in a semiconductor region, such that conductive regions can be formed in the trenches. The electrode structure may be used in semiconductor devices such as field effect transistors or diodes. Nitride-based power semiconductor devices are described including such an electrode structure, which can reduce leakage current and otherwise improve performance. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/082618 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/28264 (20130101) H01L 29/407 (20130101) H01L 29/417 (20130101) H01L 29/513 (20130101) H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/872 (20130101) H01L 29/1029 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/4236 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 29/8725 (20130101) H01L 29/42316 (20130101) |
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| US 09293687 | Bryce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Bryce (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Josephine B. Chang (Mahopac, New York); Matthew W. Copel (Yorktown Heights, New York); Marcelo A. Kuroda (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a piezoelectronic transistor (PET) device, the PET device, and a semiconductor including the PET device are described. The method includes forming a first metal layer, forming a layer of a piezoelectric (PE) element on the first metal layer, and forming a second metal layer on the PE element. The method also includes forming a well above the second metal layer, forming a piezoresistive (PR) material in the well and above the well, and forming a passivation layer and a top metal layer above the PR material at the diameter of the PR material above the well, wherein a cross sectional shape of the well, the PR material above the well, the passivation layer, and the top metal layer is a T-shaped structure. The method further includes forming a metal clamp layer as a top layer of the PET device. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/529929 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/083 (20130101) H01L 41/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/314 (20130101) H01L 41/332 (20130101) |
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| US 09293697 | Demkov 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) | Alexander A. Demkov (Austin, Texas); Agham-Bayan S. Posadas (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A spintronic device and a method for making said spintronic device. The spintronic device includes an epitaxial crystalline ferromagnetic oxide formed directly on the semiconductor material thereby allowing spin-polarized current to be efficiently injected from the ferromagnetic oxide into the semiconductor material. A host crystal lattice includes multiple sets of stacked oxide layers of material A and B of a perovskite structure with a formula of ABO3. After an oxide layer of B is grown, magnetic ions are introduced to intermix with the B material, which may replace some of the ions of the B material. The process of growing additional stacked oxide layers of material A and B and introducing further magnetic ions after the deposition of the oxide layer of B continues until enough magnetic ions are sufficiently close to one another that they align in the same direction thereby forming a ferromagnetic oxide on the semiconductor material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/640565 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/02 (20130101) H01L 43/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293720 | Mitra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Somenath Mitra (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Cheng Li (Harrison, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Somenath Mitra (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Cheng Li (Harrison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic and organic/inorganic hybrid bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices with improved efficiencies are disclosed. The organic photovoltaic device comprises a photoactive polymer:fullerene C60-carbon nanotube (polymer:C60-CNT) composite as a component of the active layer. Under light irradiation, photoinduced charge separation at the polymer:C60 interface is followed by electron transfer from C60 onto CNTs for efficient electron transport towards an electrode. The organic/inorganic hybrid photovoltaic device comprises quantum dots and carbon nanotubes. Power conversion efficiency enhancement methods of polymer-CNT based photovoltaics are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/033040 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293759 | Teeters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Teeters (Sand Springs, Arkansas); Paige Johnson (Collinsville, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional nanobattery formed by individually wiring nanostructured electrodes and combining them with an electrolyte. Short, capped nanotubes termed ‘nanobaskets’ are formed by sputtering coating onto nanoporous templates. Metallic nanowires are grown by electrochemical deposition from the nanobaskets and through the template, making electrical contact with each nanobasket electrode. The same procedure can be used to fabricate both a battery anode and a battery cathode. A thin layer of electrolyte is placed between the two nanobasket electrodes, and electrical contact is made through the nanowires. |
| FILED | Monday, November 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/071030 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/441 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 6/40 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/058 (20130101) H01M 10/0436 (20130101) H01M 10/0472 (20130101) H01M 2010/0495 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/743 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) |
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| US 09293786 | Krishnan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sitaraman Krishnan (Potsdam, New York); Lalitha Ganapatibhotla (Potsdam, New York); Dipankar Roy (Potsdamn, New York); Jianping Zheng (Potsdam, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clarkson University (Potsdam, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sitaraman Krishnan (Potsdam, New York); Lalitha Ganapatibhotla (Potsdam, New York); Dipankar Roy (Potsdamn, New York); Jianping Zheng (Potsdam, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Solid, or highly viscous, organic electrolytes consisting of alkylimidazolium cation with alkyl, PEGylated and fluorinated side chains of different molecular weights were synthesized and characterized (cf. chemical structures in Schemes 1 and 2). The PEGylated/fluorinated imidazolium iodide is a solid organic electrolyte that has a conductivity of about 2×10−5 S/cm at 30° C. The ionic conductivity could be significantly increased (1.11×10−4 S/cm at 30° C. and S/cm at 2.88×10−3 at 90° C.) by blending the PEGylated/fluorinated imidazolium iodide with another solid electrolyte, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide (EtMImI). The PEGylated imidazolium iodides synthesized in the present work have conductivities in the range 1.6×10−4 S/cm to 2×10−4 S/cm at 30° C. and viscosities in the range 620 cP to 720 cP at 30° C. The iodide counter ion in the present electrolytes supplies the anion for the I−/I3− redox mediators for DSSCs. Therefore, the organic electrolytes of the present invention can be used even without the addition of inorganic salts such as LiI or KI. We found that the addition of an organic solid electrolyte, EtMImI, resulted in an increase in the ionic conductivity of the PEGylated/fluorinated imidazolium iodides, whereas the addition of the inorganic LiI led to a decrease in ionic conductivity. All the electrolytes are thermally stable until high temperatures (250° C. to 300° C.). |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/778410 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/58 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/0566 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293805 | Horner 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 REPRESNTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Horner (San Diego, California); Nicholas R. Gigis (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert J. Motyl (Oceanside, California); Hale B. Simonds (Santee, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system may include a base portion, first and second support members coupled to the base portion, a first plurality of tapered slot antenna (TSA) pairs coupled to the first support member, and a second plurality of TSA pairs coupled to the second support member. The first plurality TSA pairs are oriented at a non-zero angle about a first axis of the first support member and are oriented at a non-zero angle about a second axis of the first support member, with the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis. The second plurality TSA pairs are oriented at a non-zero angle about a first axis of the second support member and are oriented at a non-zero angle about a second axis of the second support member, with the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/189458 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/1242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 13/085 (20130101) H01Q 21/064 (20130101) H01Q 21/205 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293815 | Horner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Sylvester Horner (San Diego, California); Lawrence Todd Short Bull (San Diego, California); Robert Joseph Motyl (Oceanside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Sylvester Horner (San Diego, California); Lawrence Todd Short Bull (San Diego, California); Robert Joseph Motyl (Oceanside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-wideband antenna is provided. The antenna includes a cone shaped ground element and a radiating element. The cone shaped ground element has a first vertex region and an aperture formed through the first vertex region. The cone shaped ground element is configured to form an electrical ground. The radiating element includes a cone shaped radiator and a spherical shaped radiator. The cone shaped radiator has a second vertex region that is electrically connectable to a feed element mounted through the aperture of the cone shaped ground element. The spherical shaped radiator is mounted to the cone shaped radiator opposite the second vertex region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/035340 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/48 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293887 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jiang Li (Pasadena, California); Hansuek Lee (Pasadena, California); Tong Chen (Pasadena, California); Kerry Vahala (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiang Li (Pasadena, California); Hansuek Lee (Pasadena, California); Tong Chen (Pasadena, California); Kerry Vahala (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly-coherent chip-based laser generating system includes a disk resonator incorporating a wedge structure fabricated from a silicon dioxide layer of a chip. The disk resonator is operable to generate a highly-coherent laser from a low-coherence optical pump input provided at an optical power level as low as 60 μW. The disk resonator is fabricated with sub-micron cavity size control that allows generation of a highly-coherent laser using a controllable Stimulated Brillouin Scattering process that includes matching of a cavity free-spectral-range to a Brillouin shift frequency in silica. While providing several advantages due to fabrication on a chip, the highly-coherent laser produced by the disk resonator may feature a Schawlow-Townes noise level as low as 0.06 Hz2/Hz (measured with the coherent laser at a power level of about 400 μW) and a technical noise that is at least 30 dB lower than the low-coherence optical pump input. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525147 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 3/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/083 (20130101) H01S 3/176 (20130101) H01S 3/0632 (20130101) H01S 3/0941 (20130101) H01S 3/094057 (20130101) H01S 5/1075 (20130101) H01S 2301/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09293889 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leanne J. Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas M. Shay (Saint George, Utah); Gerald T. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jacob R. Grosek (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leanne J. Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas M. Shay (Saint George, Utah); Gerald T. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jacob R. Grosek (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A third-order Stokes signal at the desired output wavelength of 1240 nm and a zeroth-order Stokes pump wavelength at 1066 nm are seeded into a Raman amplifier comprised of two nested resonators tuned to the first-order Stokes line at 1118 nm and second-order Stokes line at 1176 nm, respectively. The pump wavelength is first amplified and then sequentially converted into the first and second-order Stokes wavelengths as the light traverses the nested resonators. The desired third-order Stokes output wavelength is then amplified by the second-order Stokes wavelength as it propagates through the outermost resonator. Each Raman resonator includes a photosensitive Raman fiber located between a pair of Bragg gratings. The linewidths of the various Stokes orders can be controlled through adjusting the resonant bandwidths of the Raman resonators by offsetting, through heating, the reflectivity bandwidths of each pair of Bragg gratings respectively located in the Raman resonators. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/732723 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 3/302 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/0675 (20130101) H01S 3/0826 (20130101) H01S 3/1053 (20130101) H01S 3/1055 (20130101) H01S 3/06754 (20130101) H01S 3/10092 (20130101) |
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| US 09294113 | Feizi-Khankandi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Soheil Feizi-Khankandi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vivek K. Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Muriel Médard (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soheil Feizi-Khankandi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vivek K. Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Muriel Médard (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a sampling system and related sampling scheme. The system and sampling scheme is based upon a framework for adaptive non-uniform sampling schemes. In the system and schemes described herein, time intervals between samples can be computed by using a function of previously taken samples. Therefore, keeping sampling times (time-stamps), except initialization times, is not necessary. One aim of this sampling framework is to provide a balance between reconstruction distortion and average sampling rate. The function by which sampling time intervals can be computed is called the sampling function. The sampling scheme described herein can be applied appropriately on different signal models such as deterministic or stochastic, and continuous or discrete signals. For each different signal model, sampling functions can be derived. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542070 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/1265 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09294127 | Alexeyev |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Alexeyev (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Analog Devices, Inc. (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Alexeyev (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An analog belief propagation system uses current mode implementations of storage elements and circuit implementations of at least some nodes of a factor graph using current representations. The system mitigates or avoids effects of non-linearities and approximations in storage and processing elements of the system, for instance, by using storage cells that reproduce current values and using factor circuits that separate control sections and signal path sections of the circuits. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/819360 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 7/005 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 13/1111 (20130101) H03M 13/6597 (20130101) |
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| US 09294419 | Hasenplaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Hasenplaugh (Boston, Massachusetts); Tryggve Fossum (Northborough, Massachusetts); Judson S. Leonard (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Architectures, apparatus and systems employing scalable multi-layer 2D-mesh routers. A 2D router mesh comprises bi-direction pairs of linked paths coupled between pairs of IO interfaces and configured in a plurality of rows and columns forming a 2D mesh. Router nodes are located at the intersections of the rows and columns, and are configured to forward data units between IO inputs and outputs coupled to the mesh at its edges through use of shortest path routes defined by agents at the IO interfaces. Multiple instances of the 2D meshes may be employed to support bandwidth scaling of the router architecture. One implementation of a multi-layer 2D mesh is built using a standard tile that is tessellated to form a 2D array of standard tiles, with each 2D mesh layer offset and overlaid relative to the other 2D mesh layers. IO interfaces are then coupled to the multi-layer 2D mesh via muxes/demuxes and/or crossbar interconnects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/927523 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/12 (20130101) H04L 45/12 (20130101) H04L 45/122 (20130101) H04L 49/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 49/101 (20130101) |
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| US 09294690 | Caulfield |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John T. Caulfield (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cyan Systems, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Caulfield (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An over sampled image sensor in which the pixel size is small enough to provide spatial oversampling of the minimum blur size of the sensor optics is disclosed. Image processing to detect targets below the typical limit of 6× the temporal noise floor is also disclosed. The apparatus is useful in detecting dimmer targets and targets at a longer range from the sensors. The inventions exploits signal processing, which allows spatial temporal filtering of the superpixel image in such manner that the Noise Equivalent Power is reduced by a means of Superpixel Filtering and Pooling, which increases the sensitivity far beyond a non-oversampled imager. Overall visual acuity is improved due to the ability to detect dimmer targets, provide better resolution of low intensity targets, and improvements in false alarm rejection. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/663290 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09294913 | Lauff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as repressented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah M. Lauff (San Diego, California); Cory T. Sohrakoff (San Diego, California); Alex G. Phipps (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure focuses on the development of a micro-usb module that allows a smart-device to transmit and receive IEEE 802.25.4 messages via a connection through the phone's micro-usb slot without the need for an additional external battery. This disclosure focuses on the implementation of the ACSD Protocols through the use of a Secure Handheld Network Access Device (HNAD). The functional goal of a Secure Handheld Network Access Device (HNAD) is to provide a bidirectional wireless RF communication interface to Security Devices, based upon IEEE Standard 802.15.4-2006 physical and data link layer protocols. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/497609 |
| ART UNIT | 2496 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09295152 | Pate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradford B. Pate (Arlington, Virginia); Matthew P. Ray (Bridal Trail, South Carolina); Jeffrey W. Baldwin (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradford B. Pate (Arlington, Virginia); Matthew P. Ray (Bridal Trail, South Carolina); Jeffrey W. Baldwin (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device comprising a single crystal diamond substrate with a buried electrically conducting layer with μm square openings spaced apart milled into the diamond by ablating the carbon above wherein the step of ablating uses a diode pumped tripled Nd:YAG laser at 355 nm and wherein the square openings have electrical contacts and wherein the resistance measured between the square openings is dominated by the buried electrically conducting layer and on the order of about 1 kΩ. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/686548 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/40 (20130101) B23K 26/0057 (20130101) B23K 26/063 (20130101) B23K 26/362 (20130101) B23K 26/365 (20130101) B23K 26/407 (20130101) B23K 26/0622 (20151001) B23K 2201/38 (20130101) B23K 2201/40 (20130101) B23K 2203/50 (20151001) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 29/04 (20130101) C30B 33/02 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3732 (20130101) H01L 29/1602 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (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 1/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/0029 (20130101) H05K 3/4602 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/931 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/30 (20150115) Y10T 428/265 (20150115) |
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| US D751947 | Kiel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J. Kiel (Bernardsville, New Jersey); Allen T. Brokaw (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Kiel (Bernardsville, New Jersey); Allen T. Brokaw (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
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| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 29/502931 |
| ART UNIT | 2914 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Transportation D12/12 |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dhaval Ajit Bhandari (Clifton Park, New York); Patrick Joseph McCloskey (Watervliet, New York); Paul Edward Howson (Latham, New York); Kristi Jean Narang (Clarksville, New York); William Koros (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides improved hollow fiber membranes having at least two layers, and methods for forming the same. The methods include co-extruding a first composition, a second composition, and a third composition to form a dual layer hollow fiber membrane. The first composition includes a glassy polymer; the second composition includes a polysiloxane; and the third composition includes a bore fluid. The dual layer hollow fiber membranes include a first layer and a second layer, the first layer being a porous layer which includes the glassy polymer of the first composition, and the second layer being a polysiloxane layer which includes the polysiloxane of the second composition. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/945459 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 69/088 (20130101) B01D 69/148 (20130101) B01D 71/16 (20130101) B01D 71/024 (20130101) B01D 71/027 (20130101) B01D 71/44 (20130101) B01D 71/68 (20130101) B01D 71/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 23/00 (20130101) B29D 23/001 (20130101) |
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| US 09289741 | TeGrotenhuis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ward E. TeGrotenhuis (Kennewick, Washington); Karim M. Ayman (Richland, Washington); Paul H. Humble (Kennewick, Washington); Yong Wang (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ward E. TeGrotenhuis (Kennewick, Washington); Karim M. Ayman (Richland, Washington); Paul H. Humble (Kennewick, Washington); Yong Wang (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for generating a large volume of gas from a liquid stream is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first channel through which the liquid stream passes. The apparatus also includes a layer of catalyst particles suspended in a solid slurry for generating gas from the liquid stream. The apparatus further includes a second channel through which a mixture of converted liquid and generated gas passes. A heat exchange channel heats the liquid stream. A wicking structure located in the second channel separates the gas generated from the converted liquid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/753714 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 8/009 (20130101) B01J 10/007 (20130101) B01J 19/0053 (20130101) B01J 19/0093 (20130101) B01J 19/249 (20130101) B01J 19/2475 (20130101) B01J 23/42 (20130101) B01J 23/44 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/023 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/26 (20130101) C01B 2203/0277 (20130101) C01B 2203/1064 (20130101) C01B 2203/1082 (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 2/00 (20130101) C10G 2/342 (20130101) |
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| US 09289750 | Khosravi-Mardkhe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maryam Khosravi-Mardkhe (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Brian F. Woodfield (Provo, Utah); Calvin H. Bartholomew (Orem, Utah); Baiyu Huang (Orem, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for making high surface area and large pore volume thermally stable silica-doped alumina (aluminum oxide) catalyst support and ceramic materials. The ability of the silica-alumina to withstand high temperatures in presence or absence of water and prevent sintering allows it to maintain good activity over a long period of time in catalytic reactions. The method of preparing such materials includes adding organic silicon reagents to an organic aluminum salt such as an alkoxide in a controlled quantity as a doping agent in a solid state, solvent deficient reaction followed by calcination. Alternatively, the organic silicon compound may be added after calcination of the alumina, followed by another calcination step. This method is inexpensive and simple. The alumina catalyst support material prepared by the subject method maintains high pore volumes, pore diameters and surface areas at very high temperatures and in the presence of steam. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/201538 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/109 (20130101) B01J 35/1019 (20130101) B01J 35/1038 (20130101) B01J 35/1042 (20130101) B01J 35/1047 (20130101) B01J 35/1061 (20130101) B01J 37/03 (20130101) B01J 37/033 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 7/02 (20130101) C01F 7/36 (20130101) C01F 7/441 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/53 (20130101) C01P 2004/82 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09290104 | Gadh 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) | Rajit Gadh (Los Angeles, California); Ching-Yen Chung (Los Angeles, California); Chi-Cheng Chu (Laguna Beach, California); Li Qiu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electric vehicle (EV) charging apparatus and methods are described which allow the sharing of charge current between multiple vehicles connected to a single source of charging energy. In addition, this charge sharing can be performed in a grid-friendly manner by lowering current supplied to EVs when necessary in order to satisfy the needs of the grid, or building operator. The apparatus and methods can be integrated into charging stations or can be implemented with a middle-man approach in which a multiple EV charging box, which includes an EV emulator and multiple pilot signal generation circuits, is coupled to a single EV charge station. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975313 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/1838 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/121 (20130101) Y02T 90/128 (20130101) Y02T 90/163 (20130101) |
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| US 09290387 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuntian T. Zhu (Cary, North Carolina); Paul Arendt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Qingwen Li (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Xiefie Zhang (Chattanooga, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuntian T. Zhu (Cary, North Carolina); Paul Arendt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Qingwen Li (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Xiefie Zhang (Chattanooga, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure for preparing an substantially aligned array of carbon nanotubes include a substrate having a first side and a second side, a buffer layer on the first side of the substrate, a catalyst on the buffer layer, and a plurality of channels through the structure for allowing a gaseous carbon source to enter the substrate at the second side and flow through the structure to the catalyst. After preparing the array, a fiber of carbon nanotubes may be spun from the array. Prior to spinning, the array can be immersed in a polymer solution. After spinning, the polymer can be cured. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/897072 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — 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 31/0233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2202/08 (20130101) C01B 2202/34 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/12 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2918 (20150115) |
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| US 09290442 | Unkefer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); New Mexico Highlands University (Las Vegas, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); New Mexico Highlands University (Las Vegas, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pat J. Unkefer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Rodolfo A. Martinez (Sante Fe, New Mexico); David R. Glass (Las Vegas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for synthesizing 4-amino-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid involves reacting diethyl oxalate with an alkoxide in ethanol to form a reaction mixture, and afterward adding ethyl cyanoacetate to the reaction mixture and allowing a reaction to proceed under conditions suitable to form a first reaction product of the formula diethyl 2-cyano-3-hydroxy-butenedioate, and then isolating the diethyl 2-cyano-3-hydroxy-butenedioate, and afterward reacting the diethyl-2-cyano-3-hydroxy-butenedioate with an aqueous hydroxide under conditions suitable to form 4-amino-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/486423 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 231/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 231/065 (20130101) C07C 235/80 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 255/23 (20130101) |
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| US 09290443 | Unkefer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); New Mexico Highlands University (Las Vegas, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); New Mexico Highlands University (Las Vegas, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pat J. Unkefer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Rodolfo A. Martinez (Santa Fe, New Mexico); David R. Glass (Las Vegas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for synthesizing 4-amino-2,4-dioxobutanoate involves reacting a dialkyl oxalate with an alkoxide in ethanol to form a reaction mixture, and afterward adding an alkyl cyano acetate to the reaction mixture and allowing a reaction to proceed under conditions suitable to form a first reaction product of the formula diethyl 2-cyano-3-hydroxy-butenedioate, and then isolating the diethyl 2-cyano-3-hydroxy-butenedioate, and afterward reacting the diethyl-2-cyano-3-hydroxy-butenedioate with an aqueous hydroxide under conditions suitable to form 4-amino-2,4-dioxobutanoate. The 4-amino-2,4-dioxobutanoate may be acidified into 4-amino-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/489329 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 231/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 231/065 (20130101) C07C 235/80 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 255/23 (20130101) |
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| US 09290495 | Stoddart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Jonathan C. Barnes (Waltham, Massachusetts); Michal Jurí{hacek over (c)}ek (Basel, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel tetracationic cyclophanes incorporating π-electron poor organic compounds into their ring structures, as well as methods of making the cyclophanes, are provided. The cyclophanes are able to form electron donor-acceptor complexes with a variety of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ranging in size, shape, and electron density. Also provided are methods of using the cyclophanes in the sequestration of PAHs in liquid or gaseous samples, the separation of PAHs from liquid or gaseous samples, the detection of PAHs in liquid samples, and the exfoliation of graphene via pseudopolyrotaxane formation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136870 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/38 (20130101) B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 2253/20 (20130101) B01D 2253/25 (20130101) B01D 2257/7027 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0469 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/02 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/683 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 25/003 (20130101) C10G 2300/1096 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/212 (20150115) |
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| US 09290768 | Ruegg 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) | Thomas Lawrence Ruegg (Berkeley, California); Michael P. Thelen (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a method of genetically modifying microorganisms to enhance resistance to ionic liquids, host cells genetically modified in accordance with the methods, and methods of using the host cells in a reaction comprising biomass that has been pretreated with ionic liquids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/935325 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/265 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/22 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09290784 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Thomas E. Ward (PA Furnace, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A genetically modified organism comprising: at least one nucleic acid sequence and/or at least one recombinant nucleic acid isolated from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and encoding a polypeptide involved in at least partially degrading, cleaving, transporting, metabolizing, or removing polysaccharides, cellulose, lignocellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, sugars, sugar oligomers, carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, chitin, heteroxylans, glycosides, xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups; and at least one nucleic acid sequence and/or at least one recombinant nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide involved in fermenting sugar molecules to a product. Additionally, enzymatic and/or proteinaceous extracts may be isolated from one or more genetically modified organisms. The extracts are utilized to convert biomass into a product. Further provided are methods of converting biomass into products comprising: placing the genetically modified organism and/or enzymatic extracts thereof in fluid contact with polysaccharides, cellulose, lignocellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, sugars, sugar oligomers, carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, chitin, heteroxylans, glycosides, and/or xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/185501 |
| 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 15/52 (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 7/065 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
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| US 09290810 | Farquar 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) | George R. Farquar (Livermore, California); Roald N. Leif (San Ramon, California); Elizabeth Wheeler (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a product includes a plurality of particles, each particle including: a carrier that includes a non-toxic material; and at least one DNA barcode coupled to the carrier, where the particles each have a diameter in a range from about 1 nanometer to about 100 microns. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/677840 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/10 (20150115) Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09290838 | Biallas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Herman Biallas (Yorktown, Virginia); James Reid Boyce (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Herman Biallas (Yorktown, Virginia); James Reid Boyce (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for inhibiting diffusion of gases and/or transmission of photons through elastomeric seals and a diffusion inhibiting elastomeric seal wherein at least a portion of the surface of a diffusion inhibiting elastomeric seal is coated with a compatibly-deformable, malleable metal coating. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/491865 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 14/564 (20130101) C23C 16/06 (20130101) C23C 16/4409 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/128 (20130101) |
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| US 09290855 | Worsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Joshua D. Kuntz (Livermore, California); Klint A. Rose (Alviso, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Joshua D. Kuntz (Livermore, California); Klint A. Rose (Alviso, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method for electrophoretic deposition of a three-dimensionally patterned green body includes suspending a first material in a gelling agent above a patterned electrode of an electrophoretic deposition (EPD) chamber, and gelling the suspension while applying a first electric field to the suspension to cause desired patterning of the first material in a resulting gelation. In another embodiment, a ceramic, metal, or cermet includes a plurality of layers, wherein each layer includes a gradient in composition, microstructure, and/or density in an x-y plane oriented parallel to a plane of deposition of the plurality of layers along a predetermined distance in a z-direction perpendicular to the plane of deposition. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453933 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 5/10 (20130101) C25D 13/02 (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 3/0612 (20130101) H01S 3/1685 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/12021 (20150115) Y10T 428/12458 (20150115) Y10T 428/24926 (20150115) |
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| US 09291056 | Bennett |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Bennett (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A reciprocating-piston uniflow engine includes a harmonic oscillator inlet valve capable of oscillating at a resonant frequency for controlling the flow of working fluid into the engine. In particular, the inlet valve includes an inlet valve head and a spring arranged together as a harmonic oscillator so that the inlet valve head is moveable from an unbiased equilibrium position to a biased closed position occluding an inlet. When released, the inlet valve head undergoes a single oscillation past the equilibrium position to a maximum open position and returns to a biased return position close to the closed position to choke the flow and produce a pressure drop across the inlet valve causing the inlet valve to close. In other embodiments, the harmonic oscillator arrangement of the inlet valve enables the uniflow engine to be reversibly operated as a uniflow compressor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/243729 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary-piston or Oscillating-piston Machines or Engines F01C 21/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cyclically Operating Valves for Machines or Engines F01L 23/00 (20130101) Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 49/22 (20130101) F04B 53/146 (20130101) Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 13/027 (20130101) |
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| US 09291063 | Little et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Little (Chuluota, Florida); Reinhard Schilp (Orlando, Florida); Christopher W. Ross (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Little (Chuluota, Florida); Reinhard Schilp (Orlando, Florida); Christopher W. Ross (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A midframe portion (313) of a gas turbine engine (310) is presented and includes a compressor section with a last stage blade to orient an air flow (311) at a first angle (372). The midframe portion (313) further includes a turbine section with a first stage blade to receive the air flow (311) oriented at a second angle (374). The midframe portion (313) further includes a manifold (314) to directly couple the air flow (311) from the compressor section to a combustor head (318) upstream of the turbine section. The combustor head (318) introduces an offset angle in the air flow (311) from the first angle (372) to the second angle (374) to discharge the air flow (311) from the combustor head (318) at the second angle (374). While introducing the offset angle, the combustor head (318) at least maintains or augments the first angle (372). |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408287 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 3/14 (20130101) F02C 3/145 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/425 (20130101) |
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| US 09291102 | Fox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy A. Fox (Hamilton, Canada); Reinhard Schilp (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy A. Fox (Hamilton, Canada); Reinhard Schilp (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine combustor assembly including a combustor liner and a plurality of fuel nozzle assemblies arranged in an annular array extending within the combustor liner. The fuel nozzle assemblies each include fuel nozzle body integral with a swirler assembly, and the swirler assemblies each include a bellmouth structure to turn air radially inwardly for passage into the swirler assemblies. A radially outer removed portion of each of the bellmouth structures defines a periphery diameter spaced from an inner surface of the combustor liner, and an interface ring is provided extending between the combustor liner and the removed portions of the bellmouth structures at the periphery diameter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/226529 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/32 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) |
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| US 09291103 | Belsom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Cletus Belsom (Laurens, South Carolina); Kevin Weston McMahan (Greer, South Carolina); Larry Lou Thomas (Flat Rock, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel nozzle for a gas turbine generally includes a main body having an upstream end axially separated from a downstream end. The main body at least partially defines a fuel supply passage that extends through the upstream end and at least partially through the main body. A fuel distribution manifold is disposed at the downstream end of the main body. The fuel distribution manifold includes a plurality of axially extending passages that extend through the fuel distribution manifold. A plurality of fuel injection ports defines a flow path between the fuel supply passage and each of the plurality of axially extending passages. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/705443 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/32 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) |
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| US 09291508 | Biedermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grant Biedermann (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Hayden James Evans McGuinness (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Akash Rakholia (Albuquerque, North Carolina); Yuan-Yu Jau (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Peter Schwindt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An atomic interferometric device useful, e.g., for measuring acceleration or rotation is provided. The device comprises at least one vapor cell containing a Raman-active chemical species, an optical system, and at least one detector. The optical system is conformed to implement a Raman pulse interferometer in which Raman transitions are stimulated in a warm vapor of the Raman-active chemical species. The detector is conformed to detect changes in the populations of different internal states of atoms that have been irradiated by the optical system. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/208259 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/58 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/093 (20130101) |
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| US 09291537 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weiju Ren (Knoxville, Tennessee); David E. Holcomb (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Govindarajan Muralidharan (Knoxville, Tennessee); Dane F. Wilson (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems, devices and methods for stress-rupture testing selected materials within a high-temperature liquid salt environment. Exemplary testing systems include a load train for holding a test specimen within a heated inert gas vessel. A thermal break included in the load train can thermally insulate a load cell positioned along the load train within the inert gas vessel. The test specimen can include a cylindrical gage portion having an internal void filled with a molten salt during stress-rupture testing. The gage portion can have an inner surface area to volume ratio of greater than 20 to maximize the corrosive effect of the molten salt on the specimen material during testing. Also disclosed are methods of making a salt ingot for placement within the test specimen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/277274 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/08 (20130101) G01N 3/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09291543 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex L. Robinson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Adrian L. Casias (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kent B. Pfeifer (Los Lunas, New Mexico); George R. Laguna (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to surface mount structures including a capacitive element or a resistive element, where the element has a property that is responsive to an environmental condition. In particular examples, the structure can be optionally coupled to a printed circuit board. Other apparatuses, surface mountable structures, and methods of use are described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/312472 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 17/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 31/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09291557 | James 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) | Jay James (Berkeley, California); Donald Lucas (Moraga, California); Jeffrey Scott Crosby (Berkeley, California); Catherine P. Koshland (Atherton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mercury detection system that includes a flow cell having a mercury sensor, a light source and a light detector is provided. The mercury sensor includes a transparent substrate and a submonolayer of mercury absorbing nanoparticles, e.g., gold nanoparticles, on a surface of the substrate. Methods of determining whether mercury is present in a sample using the mercury sensors are also provided. The subject mercury detection systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including mercury detecting applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/368499 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/42 (20130101) G01J 2003/425 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0045 (20130101) G01N 2201/088 (20130101) |
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| US 09291609 | Earl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Duncan Earl (Knoxville, Tennessee); Timothy J. McIntyre (Farragut, Tennessee); David L. West (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary sensor system for a fuel transport vehicle can comprise a fuel marker sensor positioned between a fuel storage chamber of the vehicle and an access valve for the fuel storage chamber of the vehicle. The fuel marker sensor can be configured to measure one or more characteristics of one or more fuel markers present in the fuel adjacent the sensor, such as when the marked fuel is unloaded at a retail station. The one or more characteristics can comprise concentration and/or identity of the one or more fuel markers in the fuel. Based on the measured characteristics of the one or more fuel markers, the sensor system can identify the fuel and/or can determine whether the fuel has been adulterated after the marked fuel was last measured, such as when the marked fuel was loaded into the vehicle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/787430 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/003 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/2882 (20130101) |
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| US 09291610 | Zelepouga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Serguei Zelepouga (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); John M. Pratapas (Naperville, Illinois); Alexei V. Saveliev (Cary, North Carolina); Vilas V. Jangale (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Serguei Zelepouga (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); John M. Pratapas (Naperville, Illinois); Alexei V. Saveliev (Cary, North Carolina); Vilas V. Jangale (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary embodiment can be an apparatus for real-time, in situ measurement of gas compositions and heating values. The apparatus includes a near infrared sensor for measuring concentrations of hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide, a mid infrared sensor for measuring concentrations of carbon monoxide and a semiconductor based sensor for measuring concentrations of hydrogen gas. A data processor having a computer program for reducing the effects of cross-sensitivities of the sensors to components other than target components of the sensors is also included. Also provided are corresponding or associated methods for real-time, in situ determination of a composition and heating value of a fuel gas. |
| FILED | Monday, May 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/887563 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/05 (20130101) G01N 21/85 (20130101) G01N 21/359 (20130101) G01N 21/3504 (20130101) G01N 33/225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/8578 (20130101) G01N 2201/129 (20130101) |
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| US 09291719 | Immel 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) | David M. Immel (Augusta, Georgia); John T. Bobbit, III (Evans, Georgia); Jean R. Plummer (Aiken, South Carolina); Matthew D. Folsom (Aiken, South Carolina); Michael G. Serrato (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation imaging system includes a casing and a camera disposed inside the casing. A first field of view through the casing exposes the camera to light from outside of the casing. An image plate is disposed inside the casing, and a second field of view through the casing to the image plate exposes the image plate to high-energy particles produced by a radioisotope outside of the casing. An optical reflector that is substantially transparent to the high-energy particles produced by the radioisotope is disposed with respect to the camera and the image plate to reflect light to the camera and to allow the high-energy particles produced by the radioisotope to pass through the optical reflector to the image plate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/559419 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09291723 | Coleman 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) | Jody Rustyn Coleman (Aiken, South Carolina); Eduardo B. Farfan (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An instrument for assaying radiation includes a flat panel detector having a first side opposed to a second side. A collimated aperture covers at least a portion of the first side of the flat panel detector. At least one of a display screen or a radiation shield may cover at least a portion of the second side of the flat panel detector. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/928855 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/169 (20130101) G01T 1/2018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09292378 | Wallner 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) | John Wallner (Camarillo, California); Michael Gorder (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An SEU protection circuit comprises first and second storage means for receiving primary and redundant versions, respectively, of an n-bit wide data value that is to be corrected in case of an SEU occurrence; the correction circuit requires that the data value be a 1-hot encoded value. A parity engine performs a parity operation on the n bits of the primary data value. A multiplexer receives the primary and redundant data values and the parity engine output at respective inputs, and is arranged to pass the primary data value to an output when the parity engine output indicates ‘odd’ parity, and to pass the redundant data value to the output when the parity engine output indicates ‘even’ parity. The primary and redundant data values are suitably state variables, and the parity engine is preferably an n-bit wide XOR or XNOR gate. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/290648 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09292418 | Sridharan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vilas Sridharan (Brookline, Massachusetts); Mark E. Wilkening (Westford, Massachusetts); Sudhanva Gurumurthi (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The described embodiments include a program code testing system that determines the vulnerability of multi-threaded program code to soft errors. For multi-threaded program code, two to more threads from the program code may access shared architectural structures while the program code is being executed. The program code testing system determines accesses of architectural structures made by the two or more threads of the multi-threaded program code and uses the determined accesses to determine a time for which the program code is exposed to soft errors. From this time, the program code testing system determines a vulnerability of the program code to soft errors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/266131 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/4843 (20130101) G06F 11/34 (20130101) G06F 11/3471 (20130101) G06F 11/3612 (20130101) G06F 11/3672 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09293266 | Chianelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Sandia Corporation (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell R. Chianelli (El Paso, Texas); Karina Castillo (Edinburg, Texas); Vipin Gupta (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Ali M. Qudah (El Paso, Texas); Brenda Torres (El Paso, Texas); Rajib E. Abujnah (El Paso, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Photovoltaic devices and methods of making the same, are disclosed herein. The cell comprises a photovoltaic device that comprises a first electrically conductive layer comprising a photo-sensitized electrode; at least one photoelectrochemical layer comprising metal-oxide particles, an electrolyte solution comprising at least one asphaltene fraction, wherein the metal-oxide particles are optionally dispersed in a surfactant; and a second electrically conductive layer comprising a counter-electrode, wherein the second electrically conductive layer comprises one or more conductive elements comprising carbon, graphite, soot, carbon allotropes or any combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/262519 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Construction Of, or Surfaces For, Roads, Sports Grounds, or the Like; Machines or Auxiliary Tools for Construction or Repair E01C 9/00 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2031 (20130101) H01G 9/2059 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0045 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/542 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09293538 | Palacios et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tomas Apostol Palacios (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Bin Lu (Boston, Massachusetts); Elison de Nazareth Matioli (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode structure is described in which conductive regions are recessed into a semiconductor region. Trenches may be formed in a semiconductor region, such that conductive regions can be formed in the trenches. The electrode structure may be used in semiconductor devices such as field effect transistors or diodes. Nitride-based power semiconductor devices are described including such an electrode structure, which can reduce leakage current and otherwise improve performance. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/082618 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/28264 (20130101) H01L 29/407 (20130101) H01L 29/417 (20130101) H01L 29/513 (20130101) H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/872 (20130101) H01L 29/1029 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/4236 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 29/8725 (20130101) H01L 29/42316 (20130101) |
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| US 09293615 | Wanlass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Wanlass (Golden, Colorado); Jeffrey J. Carapella (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Low bandgap, monolithic, multi-bandgap, optoelectronic devices (10), including PV converters, photodetectors, and LED's, have lattice-matched (LM), double-heterostructure (DH), low-bandgap GaInAs(P) subcells (22, 24) including those that are lattice-mismatched (LMM) to InP, grown on an InP substrate (26) by use of at least one graded lattice constant transition layer (20) of InAsP positioned somewhere between the InP substrate (26) and the LMM subcell(s) (22, 24). These devices are monofacial (10) or bifacial (80) and include monolithic, integrated, modules (MIMs) (190) with a plurality of voltage-matched subcell circuits (262, 264, 266, 270, 272) as well as other variations and embodiments. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/855776 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/046 (20141201) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/03046 (20130101) H01L 31/06875 (20130101) |
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| US 09293627 | Beechem, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Edwin Beechem, III (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen W. Howell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David W. Peters (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Taisuke Ohta (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The integration of bilayer graphene with an absorption enhancing sub-wavelength antenna provides an infrared photodetector capable of real-time spectral tuning without filters at nanosecond timescales. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/056023 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/66015 (20130101) H01L 29/66037 (20130101) H01L 29/66045 (20130101) H01L 31/0232 (20130101) H01L 31/1136 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/428 (20130101) |
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| US 09293680 | Poliquin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Poliquin (Arcadia, California); Douglas T. Crane (Altadena, California); Vladimir Jovovic (Pasadena, California); Joseph Dean (Upland, California); Dmitri Kossakovski (S. Pasadena, California); John Walter LaGrandeur (Fallbrook, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gentherm Incorporated (Northville, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Poliquin (Arcadia, California); Douglas T. Crane (Altadena, California); Vladimir Jovovic (Pasadena, California); Joseph Dean (Upland, California); Dmitri Kossakovski (S. Pasadena, California); John Walter LaGrandeur (Fallbrook, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Cartridge-based thermoelectric assemblies and systems are provided which include at least one shunt configured to extend around a conduit, a plurality of thermoelectric elements in thermal communication and in electrical communication with the at least one shunt with at least a portion of the at least one shunt sandwiched between the at least one first thermoelectric element and the at least one second thermoelectric element. The thermoelectric elements are electrically isolated from the conduit. The thermoelectric assemblies and systems further include at least one heat exchanger in thermal communication with the at least one shunt and configured to be in thermal communication with a second fluid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/489237 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 5/025 (20130101) Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 21/04 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 7/106 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 1/24 (20130101) F28F 2265/10 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/30 (20130101) H01L 35/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 14/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09293734 | Levermore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Levermore (Lambertville, New Jersey); Emory Krall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Silvernail (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Kamala Rajan (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Julia J. Brown (Yardley, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Levermore (Lambertville, New Jersey); Emory Krall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Silvernail (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Kamala Rajan (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Julia J. Brown (Yardley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Light extraction blocks, and OLED lighting panels using light extraction blocks, are described, in which the light extraction blocks include various curved shapes that provide improved light extraction properties compared to parallel emissive surface, and a thinner form factor and better light extraction than a hemisphere. Lighting systems described herein may include a light source with an OLED panel. A light extraction block with a three-dimensional light emitting surface may be optically coupled to the light source. The three-dimensional light emitting surface of the block may includes a substantially curved surface, with further characteristics related to the curvature of the surface at given points. A first radius of curvature corresponding to a maximum principal curvature k1 at a point p on the substantially curved surface may be greater than a maximum height of the light extraction block. A maximum height of the light extraction block may be less than 50% of a maximum width of the light extraction block. Surfaces with cross sections made up of line segments and inflection points may also be fit to approximated curves for calculating the radius of curvature. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/978213 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/3211 (20130101) H01L 51/5275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09293772 | Dudney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy J. Dudney (Knoxville, Tennessee); James W. Klett (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jagjit Nanda (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chaitanya Kumar Narula (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sreekanth Pannala (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A cathode for a metal air battery includes a cathode structure having pores. The cathode structure has a metal side and an air side. The porosity decreases from the air side to the metal side. A metal air battery and a method of making a cathode for a metal air battery are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/861159 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/861 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/921 (20130101) H01M 4/923 (20130101) H01M 4/8605 (20130101) H01M 4/8663 (20130101) H01M 4/8673 (20130101) H01M 4/9016 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09293789 | Weng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Weng (Woodridge, Illinois); Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolyte may include compounds of general Formula IVA or IVB. where, R8, R9, R10, and R11 are each independently selected from H, F, Cl, Br, CN, NO2, alkyl, haloalkyl, and alkoxy groups; X and Y are each independently O, S, N, or P; and Z′ is a linkage between X and Y, and at least one of R8, R9, R10, and R11 is other than H. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/519347 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/038 (20130101) H01G 11/64 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 10/4235 (20130101) H01M 2300/0025 (20130101) H01M 2300/0028 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09293790 | Doe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Ellis Doe (Norwood, Massachusetts); George Hamilton Lane (St. Helens, Australia); Robert E. Jilek (Belmont, Massachusetts); Jaehee Hwang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PELLION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Ellis Doe (Norwood, Massachusetts); George Hamilton Lane (St. Helens, Australia); Robert E. Jilek (Belmont, Massachusetts); Jaehee Hwang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A rechargable magnesium battery having an non-aqueous electrolyte is provided. The properties of the electrolyte include high conductivity, high Coulombic efficiency, and an electrochemical window that can exceed 3.5 V vs. Mg/Mg+2. The use of the electrolyte promotes the electrochemical deposition and dissolution of Mg without the use of any Grignard reagents, other organometallic materials, tetraphenyl borate, or tetrachloroaluminate derived anions. Other Mg-containing electrolyte systems that are expected to be suitable for use in secondary batteries are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/803321 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/056 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09294085 | Gruner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick R. Gruner (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick R. Gruner (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); William A. Stygar (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-inductance, air-insulated gas switch uses a de-enhanced annular trigger ring disposed between two opposing high voltage electrodes. The switch is DC chargeable to 200 kilovolts or more, triggerable, has low jitter (5 ns or less), has pre-fire and no-fire rates of no more than one in 10,000 shots, and has a lifetime of greater than 100,000 shots. Importantly, the switch also has a low inductance (less than 60 nH) and the ability to conduct currents with less than 100 ns rise times. The switch can be used with linear transformer drives or other pulsed-power systems. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099524 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 17/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09294098 | Shah 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) | Kedar G. Shah (San Francisco, California); Satinderpall S. Pannu (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit system having an integrated circuit (IC) component which is able to have its functionality destroyed upon receiving a command signal. The system may involve a substrate with the IC component being supported on the substrate. A module may be disposed in proximity to the IC component. The module may have a cavity and a dissolving compound in a solid form disposed in the cavity. A heater component may be configured to heat the dissolving compound to a point of sublimation where the dissolving compound changes from a solid to a gaseous dissolving compound. A triggering mechanism may be used for initiating a dissolution process whereby the gaseous dissolving compound is allowed to attack the IC component and destroy a functionality of the IC component. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/090004 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/17768 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09294263 | Buckler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Buckler (Acton, Massachusetts); Wayne P. Burleson (Shutesbury, Massachusetts); Srilatha Manne (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit includes a plurality of synchronizers to adapt a signal from a first clock domain to a second clock domain. Each synchronizer of the plurality of synchronizers includes a synchronizer input to receive the signal from the first clock domain and a synchronizer output to provide the signal as adapted to the second clock domain. The circuit also includes a multiplexer (mux) that includes a plurality of mux inputs and a mux output. Each mux input is coupled to the synchronizer output of a respective synchronizer of the plurality of synchronizers. The mux output provides the signal, as adapted to the second clock domain, from the synchronizer output of a selected synchronizer of the plurality of synchronizers. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/146654 |
| ART UNIT | 2466 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/12 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 3/0602 (20130101) H04J 3/0632 (20130101) H04J 3/0638 (20130101) H04J 3/0685 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 7/0331 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 56/001 (20130101) |
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| US 09294486 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ken Chiang (San Francisco, California); Levi Lloyd (Livermore, California); Jonathan Crussell (Pleasanton, California); Benjamin Sanders (Dublin, California); Jeremy Lee Erickson (Fremont, California); David Jakob Fritz (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention describe systems and methods for malicious software detection and analysis. A binary executable comprising obfuscated malware on a host device may be received, and incident data indicating a time when the binary executable was received and identifying processes operating on the host device may be recorded. The binary executable is analyzed via a scalable plurality of execution environments, including one or more non-virtual execution environments and one or more virtual execution environments, to generate runtime data and deobfuscation data attributable to the binary executable. At least some of the runtime data and deobfuscation data attributable to the binary executable is stored in a shared database, while at least some of the incident data is stored in a private, non-shared database. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198366 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09294504 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathaniel Evans (Orland Hills, Illinois); Michael Thompson (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for providing a multiple operating system rotation environment (“MORE”) moving target defense (“MTD”) computing system are described. The MORE-MTD system provides enhanced computer system security through a rotation of multiple operating systems. The MORE-MTD system increases attacker uncertainty, increases the cost of attacking the system, reduces the likelihood of an attacker locating a vulnerability, and reduces the exposure time of any located vulnerability. The MORE-MTD environment is effectuated by rotation of the operating systems at a given interval. The rotating operating systems create a consistently changing attack surface for remote attackers. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473031 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/441 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1466 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09295116 | Sanders 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) | Seth R. Sanders (Berkeley, California); Mitchell Kline (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A switched-capacitor voltage converter which is particularly well-suited for receiving a line voltage from which to drive current through a series of light emitting diodes (LEDs). Input voltage is rectified in a multi-level rectifier network having switched capacitors in an ascending-bank configuration for passing voltages in uniform steps between zero volts up to full received voltage VDC. A regulator section, operating on VDC, comprises switched-capacitor stages of H-bridge switching and flying capacitors. A current controlled oscillator drives the states of the switched-capacitor stages and changes its frequency to maintain a constant current to the load. Embodiments are described for isolating the load from the mains, utilizing an LC tank circuit or a multi-primary-winding transformer. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/293107 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/4208 (20130101) H02M 3/33507 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/0815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 20/347 (20130101) Y02B 20/348 (20130101) |
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| US 09289381 | Elliott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gloria Elliott (Midland, North Carolina); Douglas MacFarlane (Brighton, Australia); David M. Foureau (Charlotte, North Carolina); Iain McKillop (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina); The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority (Charlotte, North Carolina); Monash University (Clayton VIC, Australia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria Elliott (Midland, North Carolina); Douglas MacFarlane (Brighton, Australia); David M. Foureau (Charlotte, North Carolina); Iain McKillop (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, stabilization, and/or storage of active agents, particularly therapeutic proteins and polypeptides such as Interleukin-2. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/392784 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/47 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 47/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09289507 | Soliman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Extend Biosciences, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Extend Biosciences, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarik Soliman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Laura M. Hales (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Howard P. Sard (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mukkanti Amere (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides carriers that enhance the absorption, half-life or bioavailability of therapeutic compounds. The carriers comprise targeting groups that bind the Vitamin D Binding protein (DBP), conjugation groups for coupling the targeting groups to the therapeutic compounds, and optionally scaffolding moieties. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401519 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/22 (20130101) A61K 47/4813 (20130101) A61K 47/48107 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09289787 | Doak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Bruce Doak (Tempe, Arizona); John Spence (Tempe, Arizona); Uwe Weierstall (Phoenix, Arizona); Daniel P. DePonte (Hamburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle for producing a liquid jet or a single-file stream of droplets of a fluid, methods using the nozzle, and an injector comprising the nozzle of the invention for providing the liquid jet or single-file stream of a fluid to a vacuum system are described. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680255 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/0268 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2300/0838 (20130101) Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/00 (20130101) B05B 1/02 (20130101) B05B 7/04 (20130101) B05B 7/06 (20130101) B05B 7/0416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05B 7/0815 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/2204 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/165 (20130101) |
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| US 09290495 | Stoddart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Jonathan C. Barnes (Waltham, Massachusetts); Michal Jurí{hacek over (c)}ek (Basel, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel tetracationic cyclophanes incorporating π-electron poor organic compounds into their ring structures, as well as methods of making the cyclophanes, are provided. The cyclophanes are able to form electron donor-acceptor complexes with a variety of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ranging in size, shape, and electron density. Also provided are methods of using the cyclophanes in the sequestration of PAHs in liquid or gaseous samples, the separation of PAHs from liquid or gaseous samples, the detection of PAHs in liquid samples, and the exfoliation of graphene via pseudopolyrotaxane formation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136870 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/38 (20130101) B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 2253/20 (20130101) B01D 2253/25 (20130101) B01D 2257/7027 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0469 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/02 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/683 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 25/003 (20130101) C10G 2300/1096 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/212 (20150115) |
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| US 09290530 | Chen 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) | Xi Chen (Davis, California); Hai Yu (Woodland, California); Kam Lau (Parkwood, Australia); Lars Bode (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing UDP-sugars from simple sugar starting materials. The invention also provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing oligosaccharides from simple sugar starting materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/160451 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) C07H 3/04 (20130101) C07H 3/06 (20130101) C07H 3/08 (20130101) C07H 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07H 13/04 (20130101) C07H 19/10 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0075 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/00 (20130101) C12P 19/04 (20130101) C12P 19/12 (20130101) C12P 19/18 (20130101) C12P 19/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09290555 | Sarikaya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehmet Sarikaya (Seattle, Washington); Martha Somerman (Seattle, Washington); Candan Tamerler-Behar (Seattle, Washington); Hanson Fong (Seattle, Washington); Hai Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Mustafa Gungormus (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Sarikaya (Seattle, Washington); Martha Somerman (Seattle, Washington); Candan Tamerler-Behar (Seattle, Washington); Hanson Fong (Seattle, Washington); Hai Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Mustafa Gungormus (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Reagents and methods for treating dental disease are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/117595 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/64 (20130101) A61K 8/65 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 11/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/4705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/40 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (20130101) |
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| US 09290658 | Dorgan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Dorgan (Golden, Colorado); David A. Ruehle (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Dorgan (Golden, Colorado); David A. Ruehle (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention discloses a method to produce a blended polymer by mixing polyamide 11 and polyamide 6, 10. The method may be utilize melt mixing or may utilize blended solutions. The invention also includes a blended polymer, wherein the blended polymer is produced from polyamide 11 and polyamide 6,10. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/448903 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/005 (20130101) C08J 2377/02 (20130101) C08J 2377/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 77/02 (20130101) C08L 77/02 (20130101) C08L 77/02 (20130101) C08L 77/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08L 77/06 (20130101) C08L 77/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09290741 | Palecek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Paul Palecek (Verona, Wisconsin); Xiaojun Lian (Dongtai, China PRC); Xiaoping Bao (Dongtai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for generating human endothelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells under defined conditions in the absence of VEGF are described. Wnt/β-catenin signaling is activated in human pluripotent stem cells for a defined period, e.g., by inhibition of Gsk3, and then cultured without further exogenous activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling to obtain a cell population containing human endothelial cells. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/212125 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/415 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09291507 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weidong Wang (Oldsmar, Florida); John Bumgarner (Anniston, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weidong Wang (Oldsmar, Florida); John Bumgarner (Anniston, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An IR imaging system comprising microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) differential capacitive infrared sensors within a sensor array formed on a monolithic integrated circuit substrate, or flip chip bonded onto a signal processing chip fabricated separately, to include, a bimaterial deflectable element anchored to the substrate, a surface electrode fabricated on a top surface of the substrate and positioned below the deflectable element, the surface electrode and the deflectable element separated by a gap to form a first variable capacitor, a sealing ring surrounding the deflectable element and the surface electrode, an infrared transparent sealing cap electrode coupled to the sealing ring to form a vacuum cavity around the deflectable element and the surface electrode, the deflectable element and the sealing cap electrode separated by a gap to form a second variable capacitor and a micro-lens fabricated on the sealing cap electrode to focus the infrared radiation onto the bimaterial deflectable element. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/231052 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 2005/0077 (20130101) G01J 2005/345 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09291509 | Lipson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York); Alexander Gaeta (Ithaca, New York); Reza Salem (Columbia, Maryland); Mark Foster (Sparks Glencoe, Maryland); David Geraghty (Menlo Park, California); Amy Foster (Sparks Glencoe, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York); Alexander Gaeta (Ithaca, New York); Reza Salem (Columbia, Maryland); Mark Foster (Sparks Glencoe, Maryland); David Geraghty (Menlo Park, California); Amy Foster (Sparks Glencoe, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for ultrafast optical waveform sampling based on temporal stretching of an input signal waveform. Temporal stretching is performed using a time lens based on four-wave mixing in a nonlinear medium. The signal is passed through an input dispersive element. The dispersed signal is sent into the time lens, which comprises a chirped pump pulse and a nonlinear medium. The chirped pump pulse is combined with the signal. The four-wave mixing process occurs in the nonlinear device or medium, which results in the generation of a signal at a new optical frequency (idler). The idler is spectrally separated from the signal and pump pulse using a bandpass filter and sent into an output dispersive element. The output dispersive element is longer than the input dispersive element and the temporal stretching factor is given by the ratio between the dispersions of these two elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/147966 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09291758 | Cao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunwei Charles Cao (Gainesville, Florida); Tie Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Xirui Wang (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanorods assemblies that have lengths in excess of 50 microns to meters are formed from contacting rice-shaped colloidal superparticles that are aligned along the long axis of the colloidal superparticles. The rice-shaped colloidal superparticles are formed from a multiplicity of nanorods with a high degree of association that is end to end to form colloidal superparticles that are in excess of three microns in length and have a length to diameter ratio of about three or more. Methods of preparing the rice-shaped colloidal superparticles employ mixing with an additional ligand to the nanorods to bias the self assembly of the nanorods by solvophobic interactions. Methods of preparing the nanorods assemblies include the infusion of the rice-shaped colloidal superparticles into microchannels patterned on a substrate, wherein the rice-shaped colloidal superparticles' long axes align in the microchannels. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/107148 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/02 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/44 (20130101) H01L 33/50 (20130101) H01L 33/58 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/298 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09292967 | Black et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Black (Tuebingen, Germany); Oren Freifeld (Menlo Park, California); Alexander W. Weiss (Shirley, Massachusetts); Matthew M. Loper (Tuebingen, Germany); Peng Guan (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Black (Tuebingen, Germany); Oren Freifeld (Menlo Park, California); Alexander W. Weiss (Shirley, Massachusetts); Matthew M. Loper (Tuebingen, Germany); Peng Guan (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel “contour person” (CP) model of the human body is proposed that has the expressive power of a detailed 3D model and the computational benefits of a simple 20 part-based model. The CP model is learned from a 3D model of the human body that captures natural shape and pose variations. The CP model factors deformations of the body into three components: shape variation, viewpoint change and pose variation. The CP model can be “dressed” with a low-dimensional clothing model. The clothing is represented as a deformation from the underlying CP representation. This deformation is learned from training examples using principal component analysis to produce so-called eigen-clothing. The coefficients of the eigen-clothing can be used to recognize different categories of clothing on dressed people. The parameters of the estimated 20 body can be used to discriminatively predict 3D body shape using a learned mapping approach. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/696676 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0085 (20130101) G06T 7/0089 (20130101) G06T 17/00 (20130101) G06T 17/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/30196 (20130101) G06T 2210/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09293759 | Teeters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Teeters (Sand Springs, Arkansas); Paige Johnson (Collinsville, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional nanobattery formed by individually wiring nanostructured electrodes and combining them with an electrolyte. Short, capped nanotubes termed ‘nanobaskets’ are formed by sputtering coating onto nanoporous templates. Metallic nanowires are grown by electrochemical deposition from the nanobaskets and through the template, making electrical contact with each nanobasket electrode. The same procedure can be used to fabricate both a battery anode and a battery cathode. A thin layer of electrolyte is placed between the two nanobasket electrodes, and electrical contact is made through the nanowires. |
| FILED | Monday, November 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/071030 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/441 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 6/40 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/058 (20130101) H01M 10/0436 (20130101) H01M 10/0472 (20130101) H01M 2010/0495 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/743 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) |
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| US 09294014 | Near |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Genziko, Incorporated (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genziko Incorporated (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig D. Near (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical power generator has one or more serpentine elements that are made of a poled piezoelectric or electrostrictive ceramic, one or more electrically conductive shims or foils and at least two electrically conductive electrode coatings on the serpentine element. The conductive electrodes are further electrically connected to an electrical load or energy storage device or both, and the serpentine element is mechanically affixed to a source of compression or vibration or both. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763761 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/1134 (20130101) H01L 41/1136 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/186 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02N 2/188 (20130101) |
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| US 09294154 | Ghovanloo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maysam Ghovanloo (Atlanta, Georgia); Dukju Ahn (Atlanta, Georgia); Mehdi Kiani (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of wirelessly transmitting power or data is disclosed. The method may include the step of providing a transmitter including a driver coil and a first transmitter resonator coil. The driver coil may have a driver coil resonance frequency, and the first transmitter coil may have a first transmitter resonator coil resonance frequency. The method may further include the step of providing a receiver including a load coil having a load coil resonance frequency. Furthermore, the method may include tuning the first transmitter coil resonance frequency to be higher than both of the driver coil resonance frequency and the load coil resonance frequency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207199 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 5/0031 (20130101) H04B 5/0037 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 5/0075 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09289133 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard J. Cohen (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ramakrishna Mukkamala (Lansing, Michigan); Derin A. Sherman (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Cohen (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ramakrishna Mukkamala (Lansing, Michigan); Derin A. Sherman (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and apparatus for determining a dynamical property of the systemic or pulmonary arterial tree using long time scale information, i.e., information obtained from measurements over time scales greater than a single cardiac cycle. In one aspect, the invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac output (CO) from a single blood pressure signal measurement obtained at any site in the systemic or pulmonary arterial tree or from any related measurement including, for example, fingertip photoplethysmography. According to the method the time constant of the arterial tree, defined to be the product of the total peripheral resistance (TPR) and the nearly constant arterial compliance, is determined by analyzing the long time scale variations (greater than a single cardiac cycle) in any of these blood pressure signals. Then, according to Ohm's law, a value proportional to CO may be determined from the ratio of the blood pressure signal to the estimated time constant. The proportional CO values derived from this method may be calibrated to absolute CO, if desired, with a single, absolute measure of CO (e.g., thermodilution). The present invention may be applied to invasive radial arterial blood pressure or pulmonary arterial blood pressure signals which are routinely measured in intensive care units and surgical suites or to noninvasively measured peripheral arterial blood pressure signals or related noninvasively measured signals in order to facilitate the clinical monitoring of CO as well as TPR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/903915 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/029 (20130101) A61B 5/0456 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/02007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/02255 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09291101 | Florea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Razvan Virgil Florea (Mancheser, Connecticut); Claude G. Matalanis (Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Mark B. Stucky (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine has an inlet duct formed to have a shape with a first ellipse in one half and a second ellipse in a second half. The second half has an upstream most end which is smaller than the first ellipse. The inlet duct has a surface defining the second ellipse which curves away from the first ellipse, such that the second ellipse is larger at an intermediate location. The second ellipse is even larger at a downstream end of the inlet duct leading into a fan. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/185045 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 27/20 (20130101) B64D 33/02 (20130101) B64D 2033/0286 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/36 (20130101) F05D 2250/14 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0536 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09291774 | Adamovsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Grigory Adamovsky (Solon, Ohio); Susan Y. Wrbanek (Sheffield Village, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grigory Adamovsky (Solon, Ohio); Susan Y. Wrbanek (Sheffield Village, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable resonant system is provided and includes a microsphere that receives an incident portion of a light beam generated via a light source, the light beam having a fundamental mode, a waveguide medium that transmits the light beam from the light source to the microsphere, and a polarizer disposed in a path of the waveguide between the light source and the microsphere. The incident portion of the light beam creates a fundamental resonance inside the microsphere. A change in a normalized frequency of the wavelength creates a secondary mode in the waveguide and the secondary mode creates a secondary resonance inside the microsphere. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/476470 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/2706 (20130101) G02B 6/29341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293054 | Bruni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sylvain Bruni (Medford, Massachusetts); Andy Chang (Medford, Massachusetts); Alan Carlin (Sunderland, Massachusetts); Yale Marc (Winchester, Massachusetts); Leah Swanson (Beavercreek, Ohio); Stephanie Pratt (Springfield, Virginia); Gilbert Mizrahi (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvain Bruni (Medford, Massachusetts); Andy Chang (Medford, Massachusetts); Alan Carlin (Sunderland, Massachusetts); Yale Marc (Winchester, Massachusetts); Leah Swanson (Beavercreek, Ohio); Stephanie Pratt (Springfield, Virginia); Gilbert Mizrahi (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Computer implemented systems and methods of communicating a system reaction to environmental input comprising receiving environmental input, determining a hazard state and a user state from the environmental input, determining a system reaction from the hazard state and the user state and communicating the system reaction to a user interface. In some embodiments, the system reaction comprises a system reaction level and in some embodiments the system reaction level corresponds to a stage of automation. In some embodiments, the user interface is a multimodal interface and in some embodiments the user interface is a haptic interface. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/674429 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/18 (20130101) 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 28/066 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/93 (20130101) G01S 13/9303 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/16 (20130101) G08G 5/0021 (20130101) G08G 5/045 (20130101) G08G 5/0052 (20130101) G08G 5/0078 (20130101) G08G 5/0091 (20130101) G08G 5/0095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09293773 | Smart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); Ratnakumar V. Bugga (Arcadia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); Ratnakumar V. Bugga (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are electrolytes for lithium-ion electrochemical cells, electrochemical cells employing the electrolytes, methods of making the electrochemical cells and methods of using the electrochemical cells over a wide temperature range. Included are electrolyte compositions comprising a lithium salt, a cyclic carbonate, a non-cyclic carbonate, and a linear ester and optionally comprising one or more additives. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/161387 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/52 (20130101) H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 6/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 6/166 (20130101) H01M 6/168 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 2300/004 (20130101) H01M 2300/0042 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce R. Hancock (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and circuit for injecting charge into a circuit node, comprising (a) resetting a capacitor's voltage through a first transistor; (b) after the resetting, pre-charging the capacitor through the first transistor; and (c) after the pre-charging, further charging the capacitor through a second transistor, wherein the second transistor is connected between the capacitor and a circuit node, and the further charging draws charge through the second transistor from the circuit node, thereby injecting charge into the circuit node. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/949938 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/44 (20130101) G01J 1/46 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/146 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 3/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/30 (20130101) H04N 5/369 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09289435 | Prabhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kumble Sandeep Prabhu (State College, Pennsylvania); Robert Frank Paulson (State College, Pennsylvania); Shailaja Hegde (Union, Kentucky); Naveen Kaushal (Chandigarh, India); Ujjawal Hitendra Gandhi (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, kits and methods for treating leukemia in a subject (e.g., human) include a first anti-cancer drug consisting of: Δ12-prostaglandin J3 or a derivative thereof, or a prostaglandin D receptor (DP) agonist. The compositions may further include a second anti-cancer drug. Δ12-prostaglandin J3 is a stable metabolite of omega-3 fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and was discovered to have anti-leukemic properties. Δ12-prostaglandin J3 was shown to be highly effective in eradicating the leukemia stem cells (LSC) in two murine models of leukemia, thus increasing the survival of the mice. DP agonists were shown to induce apoptosis of human primary Acute Myelogenous Leukemia cells and may be used in compositions, kits and methods for treating leukemia in a subject. The compositions, kits and methods may be particularly useful for treating human subjects who are resistant to one or more anti-cancer drugs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/735231 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/5575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09290462 | Luebben |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Whet Ridge, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia DeVito Luebben (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the composition of matter of polythiols having a chemical structure in FIG. 1. In certain embodiments this invention provides a polythiol with low or no odor and which is a liquid, a waxy solid or a semi-solid at 22° C. In another embodiment the polythiols have a viscosity lower than 100,000 cP at 50° C. In other embodiments, the invention provides a mixture of thiol compounds or a mixture of thiol and amine compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/574385 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 323/34 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 251/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/66 (20130101) |
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| US PP26527 | Ramming et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W Ramming (Fresno, California); Ronald E Tarailo (Fresno, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of grapevine, Vitis vinifera L., which will be denominated varietally as the ‘Sunpreme’ grapevine. The new and distinct ‘Sunpreme’ grapevine variety is characterized by the production of medium-sized green-colored seedless berries that begin to wilt naturally during mid-July in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. The noted berry wilting is the first step in raisining, after which berries begin to brown naturally on the vine. The dried grapes (raisins) of this new variety are produced on strong woody canes that do not need to be cut from the mother vine to facilitate berry drying. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998571 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09291499 | Lehman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARD AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Lehman (Boulder, Colorado); Nathan Tomlin (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiometer includes a substrate; a radiation absorber disposed on the substrate to absorb radiation; a thermal member disposed on the substrate to change electrical resistance in response to a change in temperature of the radiometer; and a thermal link to connect the radiometer to a thermal reference, wherein the radiation absorber, the thermal member, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotubes being mutually aligned with respect to the substrate, and the radiometer being configured to detect optical power. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/297153 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| 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 1/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/20 (20130101) G01J 5/0853 (20130101) G01J 2005/0077 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/954 (20130101) |
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| US 09291566 | Bartel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Life Technologies Corporation (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Bartel (Carlsbad, California); Yongfen Chen (Eugene, Oregon); Eric Tulsky (Berkeley, California); Joseph Treadway (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanocrystals having an indium-based core and methods for making them and using them to construct core-shell nanocrystals are described. These core-shell nanocrystals are highly stable and provide higher quantum yields than known nanocrystals of similar composition, and they provide special advantages for certain applications because of their small size. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170349 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 25/082 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/02 (20130101) C09K 11/70 (20130101) C09K 11/565 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 29/40 (20130101) C30B 29/48 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/588 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02392 (20130101) H01L 21/02557 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09292576 | Biem et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alain E. Biem (Yorktown Heights, New York); Timothy R. Dinger (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Gang Luo (Yorktown Heights, New York); Daby M. Sow (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alain E. Biem (Yorktown Heights, New York); Timothy R. Dinger (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Gang Luo (Yorktown Heights, New York); Daby M. Sow (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Elmsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of analyzing physiological data streams. According to the method, physiological data is received into a computerized machine. The physiological data comprises numerical data and medical symptoms of a patient. Features are extracted from the physiological data based on development of the physiological data over a period of time. The features are converted into a textual representation using natural language generation. Input terms for an information retrieval system operating on the computerized machine are automatically generated based on the features. The input terms are input to the information retrieval system. A corpus of data is automatically searched to retrieve results to the input terms using the information retrieval system. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570680 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30516 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/345 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09294419 | Hasenplaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Hasenplaugh (Boston, Massachusetts); Tryggve Fossum (Northborough, Massachusetts); Judson S. Leonard (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Architectures, apparatus and systems employing scalable multi-layer 2D-mesh routers. A 2D router mesh comprises bi-direction pairs of linked paths coupled between pairs of IO interfaces and configured in a plurality of rows and columns forming a 2D mesh. Router nodes are located at the intersections of the rows and columns, and are configured to forward data units between IO inputs and outputs coupled to the mesh at its edges through use of shortest path routes defined by agents at the IO interfaces. Multiple instances of the 2D meshes may be employed to support bandwidth scaling of the router architecture. One implementation of a multi-layer 2D mesh is built using a standard tile that is tessellated to form a 2D array of standard tiles, with each 2D mesh layer offset and overlaid relative to the other 2D mesh layers. IO interfaces are then coupled to the multi-layer 2D mesh via muxes/demuxes and/or crossbar interconnects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/927523 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/12 (20130101) H04L 45/12 (20130101) H04L 45/122 (20130101) H04L 49/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 49/101 (20130101) |
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U.S. State Government
| US 09289787 | Doak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Bruce Doak (Tempe, Arizona); John Spence (Tempe, Arizona); Uwe Weierstall (Phoenix, Arizona); Daniel P. DePonte (Hamburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle for producing a liquid jet or a single-file stream of droplets of a fluid, methods using the nozzle, and an injector comprising the nozzle of the invention for providing the liquid jet or single-file stream of a fluid to a vacuum system are described. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680255 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/0268 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2300/0838 (20130101) Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/00 (20130101) B05B 1/02 (20130101) B05B 7/04 (20130101) B05B 7/06 (20130101) B05B 7/0416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05B 7/0815 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/2204 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/165 (20130101) |
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| US 09293591 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack C. Lee (Austin, Texas); Han Zhao (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack C. Lee (Austin, Texas); Han Zhao (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical-mode tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) is provided with an oxide region that may be laterally positioned relative to a source region. The oxide region operates to reduce a tunneling effect in a tunnel region underlying a drain region, during an OFF-state of the TFET. The reduction in tunneling effect results in a reduction or elimination of a flow of OFF-state leakage current between the source region and the drain region. The TFET may have components made from group III-V compound materials. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/274001 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/0653 (20130101) H01L 29/0895 (20130101) H01L 29/78609 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/78642 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 29/78696 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09291559 | Hussain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalid Hussain (Kansas City, Missouri); Marie Therese Dominguez (Arlington, Virginia); David E. Failor (Rockville, Maryland); William G. Ackerman (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of illuminating an item is disclosed. The method includes applying adhesive to the item, interspersing a taggant in the adhesive, illuminating the item with an excitation signal, sensing luminescence emitted by the taggant in response to illumination by the excitation signal, and determining the authenticity of the item based on the sensed emitted luminescence. The item can include any item benefited by authentication, and can include a postage stamp. A method of customizing an item is disclosed. This can include the steps of preparing a substrate, applying a security feature to the substrate, printing non-customized information on the substrate, receiving image information, and printing the image information on the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790559 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Stamps; Stamping or Numbering Apparatus or Devices B41K 3/00 (20130101) Books; Book Covers; Loose Leaves; Printed Matter Characterised by Identification or Security Features; Printed Matter of Special Format or Style Not Otherwise Provided For; Devices for Use Therewith and Not Otherwise Provided For; Movable-strip Writing or Reading Apparatus B42D 25/29 (20141001) B42D 25/382 (20141001) B42D 25/387 (20141001) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/643 (20130101) G01N 2021/6421 (20130101) G01N 2021/6423 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/14 (20130101) Handling of Coins or Valuable Papers, e.g Testing, Sorting by Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing or Depositing G07D 7/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09293030 | Mendonca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pat Mendonca (Damascus, Maryland); Jonathan C. Pruett (Arlington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes systems, methods, and software applications for centrally maintaining information and automatically distributing relevant portions of the information to remote users. In one embodiment, a central server stores the information, which is maintained on the central server. Periodically, or each time the server information is updated, the server identifies the portion of the information that is relevant to each user and downloads the relevant portion of information to each user, for example to a mobile device such as a Blackberry™. The invention may be used to maintain and timely distribute information related to emergency response procedures, sales or servicing schedules, and delivery schedules, among other things. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/069372 |
| ART UNIT | 2445 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/107 (20130101) G06Q 10/1095 (20130101) G06Q 40/04 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/58 (20130101) H04L 67/025 (20130101) H04L 67/34 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/02 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09289145 | Grenz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan A. Grenz (Shoreview, Minnesota); Brett Atwater (Durham, North Carolina); John F. Beshai (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for identifying abnormal cardiac substrate, e.g., scar substrate, may be implemented, as an example, during implantation of a left-ventricular (LV) lead, e.g., for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), which may enable placement of the LV lead to avoid the abnormal cardiac substrate. An example system for identifying abnormal cardiac substrate comprises at least one implantable LV lead comprising at least one bipolar electrode pair configured to sense a LV bipolar cardiac electrogram signal of LV tissue proximate the bipolar electrode pair. The system delivers cardiac pacing pulses to a left ventricle via at least one electrodes of the LV lead, which may be different then the electrodes of the bipolar pair, and which may be spaced at least a threshold distance from the bipolar pair of electrodes. The amplitude of paced depolarizations in the bipolar electrogram indicates whether tissue proximate the bipolar electrode pair comprises abnormal cardiac substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/098252 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/12 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/056 (20130101) A61N 1/371 (20130101) A61N 1/3684 (20130101) A61N 1/3686 (20130101) A61N 1/3702 (20130101) |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09290462 | Luebben |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Whet Ridge, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia DeVito Luebben (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the composition of matter of polythiols having a chemical structure in FIG. 1. In certain embodiments this invention provides a polythiol with low or no odor and which is a liquid, a waxy solid or a semi-solid at 22° C. In another embodiment the polythiols have a viscosity lower than 100,000 cP at 50° C. In other embodiments, the invention provides a mixture of thiol compounds or a mixture of thiol and amine compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/574385 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 323/34 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 251/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/66 (20130101) |
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National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 09291549 | Schwoebel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Schwoebel (Woburn, Massachusetts); James Harper (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Martha S. Petrovick (Barre, Massachusetts); Frances Nargi (Littleton, Massachusetts); Mark Hollis (Concord, Massachusetts); Bernadette Johnson (Hollis, New Hampshire); Joseph Lacirignola (Beverly, Massachusetts); Richard Mathews (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Kristine Hogan (Danvers, Massachusetts); Trina Vian (Groton, Massachusetts); Allan Heff (Newton, Massachusetts); Mark Hennessy (Falls Church, Virginia); Songeeta Palchaudhuri (Somerville, Massachusetts); Todd Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Schwoebel (Woburn, Massachusetts); James Harper (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Martha S. Petrovick (Barre, Massachusetts); Frances Nargi (Littleton, Massachusetts); Mark Hollis (Concord, Massachusetts); Bernadette Johnson (Hollis, New Hampshire); Joseph Lacirignola (Beverly, Massachusetts); Richard Mathews (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Kristine Hogan (Danvers, Massachusetts); Trina Vian (Groton, Massachusetts); Allan Heff (Newton, Massachusetts); Mark Hennessy (Falls Church, Virginia); Songeeta Palchaudhuri (Somerville, Massachusetts); Todd Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein provides methods for the detection of target particles, such as pathogens, soluble antigens, nucleic acids, toxins, chemicals, plant pathogens, blood borne pathogens, bacteria, viruses and the like. Also described is an emittor cell comprising a receptor, wherein the receptor can be an antibody or an Fc receptor, and an emittor molecule for the detection of a target particle in a sample wherein the target particle to be detected is bound by one or more receptors on the emittor cell. Also provided are optoelectronic sensor devices for detecting a target particle in a sample, including in a plurality of samples. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454604 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09291507 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weidong Wang (Oldsmar, Florida); John Bumgarner (Anniston, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weidong Wang (Oldsmar, Florida); John Bumgarner (Anniston, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An IR imaging system comprising microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) differential capacitive infrared sensors within a sensor array formed on a monolithic integrated circuit substrate, or flip chip bonded onto a signal processing chip fabricated separately, to include, a bimaterial deflectable element anchored to the substrate, a surface electrode fabricated on a top surface of the substrate and positioned below the deflectable element, the surface electrode and the deflectable element separated by a gap to form a first variable capacitor, a sealing ring surrounding the deflectable element and the surface electrode, an infrared transparent sealing cap electrode coupled to the sealing ring to form a vacuum cavity around the deflectable element and the surface electrode, the deflectable element and the sealing cap electrode separated by a gap to form a second variable capacitor and a micro-lens fabricated on the sealing cap electrode to focus the infrared radiation onto the bimaterial deflectable element. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/231052 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 2005/0077 (20130101) G01J 2005/345 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09289842 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-Chang Chen (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Corey Simone (Howell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A bonded structure of aluminum and copper is formed by bonding a copper workpiece and an aluminum workpiece together along a joint via an arc welding process. The copper workpiece has a first coating, having a lower melting point than copper, applied to at least a portion of it. The first coating allows the copper workpiece to be wetted and brazed, while the aluminum workpiece is melted and fused along the joint. The arc welding process involves the cyclic alternating of a first stage, in which an electric current is supplied to a welding wire as it is moved toward the workpieces, and a second stage, in which the electric current is reduced and the welding wire is moved away from the workpieces, to generate and detach a plurality of molten droplets along the joint. Each molten droplet is formed from the welding wire in the first stage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/741454 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 9/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 9/232 (20130101) B23K 9/235 (20130101) B23K 35/286 (20130101) B23K 35/302 (20130101) B23K 35/365 (20130101) B23K 2203/10 (20130101) B23K 2203/12 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/01 (20130101) B32B 15/017 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/12736 (20150115) |
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| US 09292344 | Ryshakov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cubic Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cubic Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Ryshakov (Mountain View, California); Georgi Danielyan (Yereven, Armenia); Anatoli Gostev (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of scheduling tasks for a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) in a low-power, wireless, mesh network may include receiving, at a scheduler for the RTOS, a plurality of tasks to schedule for execution by one or more processors. The plurality of tasks may include a first task; the first task may be associated with an expected execution interval; and the expected execution interval may indicate an expected length of time for the one or more processors to execute the first task. The method may also include scheduling the plurality of tasks for execution by the one or more processors. The first task may be scheduled using the expected execution time such that the first task is executed without being interrupted by others of the plurality of tasks. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/256346 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/48 (20130101) G06F 9/50 (20130101) G06F 9/4806 (20130101) G06F 9/4843 (20130101) G06F 9/4881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/4887 (20130101) G06F 9/5005 (20130101) G06F 9/5016 (20130101) G06F 9/5027 (20130101) G06F 9/5038 (20130101) G06F 9/5055 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/144 (20130101) |
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| US 09292975 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyusung Kim (Plymouth, Minnesota); Chris Hickenbottom (Phoenix, Arizona); David Daniel Lilly (Ramona, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for monitoring vibration data. A vehicle, for example, may include at least one engine component, a sensor coupled to the at least one engine component and configured to monitor a vibration of the at least one engine component, and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor, the processor configured to determine a plurality of envelope spectrums based upon vibration data from the sensor, determine fault frequencies for each of the at least one engine component based upon a rotating speed of each of the at least one components, and monitor each envelope spectrum for changes at the determined fault frequencies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/961549 |
| ART UNIT | 3668 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 1/003 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 15/12 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 19/08 (20130101) Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09293200 | Nickel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Janice H. Nickel (Sunnyvale, California); Gilberto Medeiros Ribeiro (Menlo Park, California); Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janice H. Nickel (Sunnyvale, California); Gilberto Medeiros Ribeiro (Menlo Park, California); Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayer crossbar memory array includes a number of layers. Each layer includes a top set of parallel lines, a bottom set of parallel lines intersecting the top set of parallel lines, and memory elements disposed at intersections between the top set of parallel lines and the bottom set of parallel lines. A top set of parallel lines from one of the layers is a bottom set of parallel lines for an adjacent one of the layers. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/811023 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 5/063 (20130101) G11C 13/0002 (20130101) G11C 13/02 (20130101) G11C 13/004 (20130101) G11C 13/0007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 13/0069 (20130101) G11C 2013/0073 (20130101) G11C 2213/71 (20130101) G11C 2213/77 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/24 (20130101) H01L 27/101 (20130101) H01L 27/1021 (20130101) H01L 27/2409 (20130101) H01L 27/2463 (20130101) H01L 27/2481 (20130101) H01L 45/08 (20130101) H01L 45/145 (20130101) H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/147 (20130101) H01L 45/1233 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) |
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| US 09293612 | De Lyon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terence J De Lyon (Newbury Park, California); Rajesh D Rajavel (Oak Park, California); Hasan Sharifi (Agoura Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Using a multiple layer, varied composition barrier layer in place of the typical single layer barrier layer of an infrared photodetector results in a device with increased sensitivity and reduced dark current. A first barrier is adjacent the semiconductor contact; a second barrier layer is between the first barrier layer and the absorber layer. The barrier layers may be doped N type or P type with Beryllium, Carbon, Silicon or Tellurium. The energy bandgap is designed to facilitate minority carrier current flow in the contact region and block minority current flow outside the contact region. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/453772 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/101 (20130101) H01L 31/109 (20130101) H01L 31/111 (20130101) H01L 31/0296 (20130101) H01L 31/0304 (20130101) H01L 31/1113 (20130101) H01L 31/1116 (20130101) H01L 31/03046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/035236 (20130101) H01L 31/035272 (20130101) |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, March 22, 2016.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2016/fedinvent-patents-20160322.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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