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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 05, 2016
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| US 09301721 | Dawson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RESCON LTD (Farnborough, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RESCON LTD (Farnborough, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Andrew Dawson (Aldershot, United Kingdom); Robert Basil (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-resistive contact sensor assembly includes an electric field sensor device, including a dielectric component for receiving an electrical signal from an object of interest and a signal processing component for processing the electrical signal, a voltage regulator for controlling voltage to the dielectric component and the signal processing component, and a common ground reference for the dielectric component and the signal processing component. |
| FILED | Monday, March 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/846347 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0408 (20130101) A61B 5/0478 (20130101) A61B 5/0492 (20130101) A61B 5/7225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2562/0214 (20130101) |
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| US 09301970 | Chaudry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Irshad H. Chaudry (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); William J. Hubbard (Hoover, Alabama); Zheng Feng Ba (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irshad H. Chaudry (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); William J. Hubbard (Hoover, Alabama); Zheng Feng Ba (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and materials for treating or preventing complications due to traumatic injuries using estrogen or derivatives thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/706584 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/565 (20130101) A61K 31/721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2501/392 (20130101) |
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| US 09302025 | Baker 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) | Sarah Baker (Santa Barbara, California); April Sawvel (Santa Barbara, California); Galen D. Stucky (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Hemostatic compositions comprising a wet layered clay (e.g., wet kaolin) and, optionally, a zeolite, as well as devices and methods of use to promote blood clotting, are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198395 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 15/32 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 15/425 (20130101) A61L 2400/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09302133 | Kluz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marotta Controls, Inc. (Montville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marotta Controls, Inc. (Montville, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Kluz (Saddle Brook, New Jersey); James LaGrotta (Boonton Township, New Jersey); Christopher Modin (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A fire extinguishing system is disclosed in which the system comprises a fire extinguisher having an opening, and a valve assembly covering the opening. The valve assembly includes a valve movable from a first position in which the valve seals the opening of the fire extinguisher to a second position in which the valve exposes the opening to allow expulsion of fire suppression material(s) from the fire extinguisher. A release mechanism, which may be in the form of a solenoid or a manual release mechanism, is provided for moving the valve to its open position. Methods of using the aforementioned fire extinguisher to suppress a fire are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, November 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/087337 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fire-fighting A62C 3/07 (20130101) A62C 13/64 (20130101) A62C 37/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62C 37/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09302233 | Lowell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Lowell (Goucester, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Lowell (Goucester, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A mixing vessel may include a container having a bottom with a removable plate fixed to the bottom. The removable plate may include one or more slots for inserting baffles therein. A flexible baffle insert may include a retaining band having inner and outer opposing surfaces. A plurality of baffles may extend inwardly from the inner surface of the retaining band. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/987410 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 7/1645 (20130101) B01F 7/1675 (20130101) B01F 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09302240 | Pine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Pine (New York, New York); Paul Michael Chaikin (New York, New York); Stefano Sacanna (New York, New York); William Irvine (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for assembling building blocks of colloidal particles and also for shaping of colloids for self-assembly for manufacturing, processing and formation of compositions of matter. A first type of particle is selected as a “key” particle constructed to mate with a “lock” particle, the binding arising from depletion forces. A variety of shapes can be used to carry out this method and system to create compositions of matter. Colloids can be shaped by controlled deformation of multiphase colloid particles. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/451160 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 25/06 (20130101) C08L 33/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09302995 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brett D. Martin (Washington, District of Columbia); Scott A. Trammell (Springfield, Virginia); Jeffrey R. Deschamps (Laurel, Maryland); Jawad Naciri (Arlington, Virginia); Jeffrey C. DePriest (Stanley, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett D. Martin (Washington, District of Columbia); Scott A. Trammell (Springfield, Virginia); Jeffrey R. Deschamps (Laurel, Maryland); Jawad Naciri (Arlington, Virginia); Jeffrey C. DePriest (Stanley, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure concerns two novel electrically conducting organic oligomers: oligo(3-amino-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile) or “oligo(AP-CN)” and oligo(4-nitro-1H-pyrazole-3-yl-amine) or “oligo(AP-NO2)”, and methods of making thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/280002 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303088 | Moonlee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sun-Young Moonlee (Busan, South Korea); Mina J. Bissell (Berkeley, California); Saori Furuta (Emeryville, California); Roland Meier (Geneva, Switzerland); Paraic A. Kenny (Yonkers, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sun-Young Moonlee (Busan, South Korea); Mina J. Bissell (Berkeley, California); Saori Furuta (Emeryville, California); Roland Meier (Geneva, Switzerland); Paraic A. Kenny (Yonkers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The application describes therapeutic compositions and methods for treating cancer. For example, therapeutic compositions and methods related to inhibition of FAM83A (family with sequence similarity 83) are provided. The application also describes methods for diagnosing cancer resistance to EGFR inhibitors. For example, a method of diagnosing cancer resistance to EGFR inhibitors by detecting increased FAM83A levels is described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/248690 |
| 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 16/3015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303126 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RERL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andre A. Williams (Havre de Grace, Maryland); Joshua A. Orlicki (Havre de Grace, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A hyperbranched polymer based on one or more repeating units of an ABx type monomer, wherein A and B are functional groups and x is greater than or equal to 2, wherein A reacts with, or substantially reacts with, B, wherein B is fractionally functionlized with a plurality of functional groups comprising a first functional group comprising a C6-C30 alkyl chain attached to the repeating unit through a carbonyl group (C═O) via an ester linkage, a second functional group comprising a partially fluorinated or perfluorinated C3-C20 alkyl chain attached to the repeating unit through a carbonyl group (C═O) via an ester linkage, and a third functional group comprising substantially one of a stabilized radical source attached to the repeating unit via a C0-C6 tether, or a 5 to 8 member chloroamide heterocycle of carbon and nitrogen that is attached to the repeating unit via a C2-C6 tether. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/589062 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/912 (20130101) C08G 83/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/16 (20130101) C12N 1/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09303134 | Stowe |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ECOsight, LLC (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ECOSIGHT, LLC (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren Stowe (Del Rio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for recycling rubber tires includes mixing the rubber tires and a hydrophobic ionic liquid in a vessel. The hydrophobic ionic liquid is heated to an elevated vapor temperature to produce dissolved components from the rubber tires. A precipitate is produced from at least some of the dissolved components. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/683443 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 11/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2319/00 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/482 (20130101) C09C 1/487 (20130101) Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 57/06 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 30/706 (20150501) |
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| US 09303166 | Walters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David N. Walters (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania); John R. Schneider (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Walters (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania); John R. Schneider (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/316860 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 283/006 (20130101) C08F 290/06 (20130101) C08F 299/06 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/672 (20130101) C08G 18/3206 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 23/26 (20130101) C08L 23/26 (20130101) C08L 27/00 (20130101) C08L 2666/04 (20130101) C08L 2666/20 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 4/06 (20130101) C09D 5/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 5/084 (20130101) C09D 123/26 (20130101) C09D 175/16 (20130101) C09D 175/16 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/258 (20150115) Y10T 428/31522 (20150401) Y10T 428/31529 (20150401) |
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| US 09303263 | Gilman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vivonics, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VIVONICS, INC. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Leo Gilman (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to aptamers that bind CD271. In certain aspects, the invention provides an isolated nucleic acid ligand that binds to CD271, in which the nucleic acid ligand includes the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/382681 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/711 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 2300/258 (20130101) A61L 2430/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09303279 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Benjamin J. Feldman (Oakland, California); Nicolas Mano (Austin, Texas); Yueh-Lin Loo (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer matrix that may coated on an electrode is created by co-crosslinking (1) an adduct of a polyaniline formed by templated oxidative polymerization on a polymer acid; (2) a water-soluble crosslinker; and (3) a redox enzyme. The polymer matrix may be hydrated, and the absorbed water may make it permeable to, for example, glucose. The polyaniline may be polyaniline itself or a substituted polyaniline; the water-soluble crosslinker may be poly(ethylene glycol)diglycidyl ether, and the redox enzyme may be glucose oxidase. The polymer matrix may be produced by co-crosslinking (1) an adduct of an electrically conductive polymer and a polymer acid; (2) a water-soluble crosslinker; and (3) a redox enzyme in a single step at an about neutral pH, curing by drying. After hydration, the crosslinked polymer matrix may form a 3-dimensional glucose-permeable bioelectrocatalyst, catalyzing the electrooxidation of glucose. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/248005 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — 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 1/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/005 (20130101) C12Q 1/006 (20130101) C12Q 1/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/327 (20130101) G01N 27/3271 (20130101) |
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| US 09303309 | Helvajian |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Under one aspect of the present invention, a method for enhancing mobility of an atomic or molecular species on a substrate may include exposing a first region of a substrate to an atomic or molecular species that forms a molecular bond with the substrate in the first region; directing a laser pulse to a second region of the substrate so as to generate an acoustic wave in the second region, the acoustic wave having spatial and temporal characteristics selected to alter the molecular bond; and transmitting the acoustic wave from the second region to the first region, the acoustic wave altering the molecular bond between the substrate and the atomic or molecular species to enhance mobility of the atomic or molecular species on the substrate in the first region. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/739879 |
| ART UNIT | 1718 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/48 (20130101) C23C 16/483 (20130101) C23C 16/4415 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31507 (20150401) Y10T 428/31786 (20150401) Y10T 428/31935 (20150401) Y10T 428/31938 (20150401) |
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| US 09303323 | DiMascio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Felice DiMascio (Rock Hill, Connecticut); Dennis R Hardy (California, Maryland); M. Kathleen Lewis (Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania); Heather D. Willauer (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Frederick Williams (Accokeek, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felice DiMascio (Rock Hill, Connecticut); Dennis R Hardy (California, Maryland); M. Kathleen Lewis (Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania); Heather D. Willauer (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Frederick Williams (Accokeek, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for seawater acidification including an ion exchange, cathode and anode electrode compartments and cation-permeable membranes that separate the electrode compartments from the ion exchange compartment. Means is provided for feeding seawater through the ion exchange compartment and for feeding a dissociable liquid media through the anode and cathode electrode compartments. A cathode is located in the cathode electrode compartment and an anode is located in the anode electrode compartment and a means for application of current to the cathode and anode is provided. A method for the acidification of seawater by subjecting the seawater to an ion exchange reaction to exchange H+ ions for Na+ ions. Carbon dioxide may be extracted from the acidified seawater. Optionally, the ion exchange reaction can be conducted under conditions which produce hydrogen as well as carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide and hydrogen may be used to produce hydrocarbons. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/838074 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 2/50 (20130101) C10G 2300/42 (20130101) C10G 2400/08 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 1/10 (20130101) C25B 9/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/366 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 10/37 (20150501) |
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| US 09303717 | Wetzel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric D. Wetzel (Baltimore, Maryland); Paul T. Nenno (Murrysville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Rate-dependent, elastically-deformable devices according to various embodiments can be stretched and recovered at low elongation rates. Yet they become stiff and resistive to stretching at high elongation rates. In one embodiment, a rate-dependent, elastically-deformable device includes an elastically-deformable confinement member; one or more filaments placed inside the elastically-deformable confinement member; and a fluid that substantially fills the remaining volume inside the elastically-deformable confinement member. The resistance force to extension of the device is designed to increase as the extension rate of the device increases. At low elongation rates the filaments can readily slide past each other. At high elongation rates, the fluid transforms to a less flowable material that greatly increases the force and energy required for elongation; or transforms to a non-flowable material that resists elongation. The devices thus can be stretched and recovered at low elongation rates, but become extremely stiff and resistive to stretching at high elongation rates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/927985 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| 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 5/0123 (20130101) Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 13/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16F 13/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09303826 | Schoenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Winston V. Schoenfeld (Oviedo, Florida); Huiyang Zhou (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Backlit video display systems where the backlights (for example, LED backlights) are controlled based at least in part on the content of the video signal of the video that is being displayed by the backlit video display system. The system can provide specific control of the three primary colors (for example, red, green and blue LEDs). The system can provide content-based control in a spatial mode. The system is a smart backlighting system with content-based controls at the following levels: (i) spectral, (ii) spatial, and (iii) temporal control. Also, some embodiments may provide a novel way of providing a backlit video display system with night vision (NV) capability through a unique four LED chip architecture. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/608562 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 23/003 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, Relating to the Form or the Kind of the Light Sources or of the Colour of the Light Emitted F21Y 2113/005 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/133603 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/3426 (20130101) G09G 2320/0233 (20130101) |
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| US 09303932 | Jackson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (U.S. Army) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul T. Jackson (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A firearm including a barrel, a bolt, a piston, a connecting arm, a rear gas port, a rear piston area, a forward gas port having a greater diameter than the rear gas port, a forward piston area, and an ammunition cartridge including a primer, powder and a bullet; the propellant gas from the explosion of the cartridge first exerting pressure from the rear piston area to keep the bolt in a forward position after firing of the bullet; when the bullet approaching the barrel exit, the forward gas port's larger diameter in comparison to the rear gas port allowing the propellant gas pressure from the forward piston area to overpower the propellant gas pressure from the rear piston area, forcing the piston and the bolt rearward, the bolt in its rearward movement functioning to extract and eject the empty cartridge from the firearm after barrel pressure returns to near ambient. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/534286 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09303961 | Frericks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lonnie Frericks (King George, Virginia); Thomas Higdon (LaPlata, Maryland); Michael D Lincoln (Litchfield, New Hampshire); Bob Brush (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Mitchell Hovenga (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie Frericks (King George, Virginia); Thomas Higdon (LaPlata, Maryland); Michael D Lincoln (Litchfield, New Hampshire); Bob Brush (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Mitchell Hovenga (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular charge system based on a standard module fitted with a flying plate or a liner and axially coupled to other modules to configure the size and type of charge. The explosive is enclosed in a casing, which has a cylindrical wall with a plurality of external longitudinal rails that run lengthwise. The rails are substantially parallel, and approximately equidistantly spaced around the perimeter of the casing. The space between a pair of rails defines a channel. The casing rails function as a cylindrical tamper. The explosive is partitioned into removable portions and permanent portions, where the removable portions are separated from the permanent portions and any retained removable portions, therein enabling the module to be fitted with a variety of flying plates, liners and other hardware. Modules may be coupled utilizing internal slides, positioned in the channels to join modules. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998208 |
| 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) F42B 1/028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 1/032 (20130101) F42B 3/02 (20130101) F42B 3/08 (20130101) F42B 12/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09303966 | Lanterman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Lanterman (College Park, Maryland); Mary Sherlock (Waldorf, Maryland); George Shane Rolfe (Hollywood, Maryland); Taylor Young (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Lanterman (College Park, Maryland); Mary Sherlock (Waldorf, Maryland); George Shane Rolfe (Hollywood, Maryland); Taylor Young (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An initiation distributor includes two plates coupled in a spaced-apart fashion. Each plate includes detonation transfer holes. A face of one plate has a depression and defined channels leading from the depression to the plate's detonation transfer holes, and has a detonation transfer port located in line with a plate's channels. The second plate has a detonation transfer port, and channels defined in its face that lead from the plate's detonation transfer port to its detonation transfer holes. Each of one plate's detonation transfer holes can be aligned with one of the second plate's detonation holes. A conduit couples the detonation transfer ports in the two plates with a pathway defined between the depression and each of the plates' detonation transfer holes. Explosive material fills the depression, all channels, all detonation transfer holes, all detonation transfer ports, and the conduit. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/544797 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 19/0838 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09304018 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew A. Davis (Christiansburg, Virginia); Eugene Malinowski (Christiansburg, Virginia); Jason L. Chevalier (Christiansburg, Virginia); Alaina M. McGregor (Blacksburg, Virginia); Matthew Reaves (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A measurement apparatus includes a body suit for a body that includes an appendage having a pivotable joint, the body suit comprising a sleeve to cover the appendage, wherein a first portion of the sleeve is configured to cover the pivotable joint. One or more multi-core optical fiber sensors is/are within or on the sleeve in a routing pattern that is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the sleeve except within the first portion and that is at least partially transverse to the longitudinal axis within the first portion. An optical shape sensing system coupled to the one or more multi-core optical fiber sensors sends light into the one or more multi-core optical fiber sensors and determines a position of each of the multiple appendages based on reflected optical signal measurements detected from one or more multi-core optical fiber sensors. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/531416 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1079 (20130101) A61B 5/1116 (20130101) A61B 5/6804 (20130101) A61B 2562/0266 (20130101) Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/3538 (20130101) G01D 5/35367 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09304040 | Yetzbacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael K. Yetzbacher (Burke, Virginia); Christopher W. Miller (Rockville, Maryland); Michael J. Deprenger (Chantilly, Virginia); Andrew J. Boudreau (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) | Michael K. Yetzbacher (Burke, Virginia); Christopher W. Miller (Rockville, Maryland); Michael J. Deprenger (Chantilly, Virginia); Andrew J. Boudreau (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of optical spectroscopy and a device for use in optical spectroscopy. The device includes a substrate, and a plurality of etalon cavities affixed to or coupled to the substrate. A signal is received from a Fabry-Perot interferometer. The signal is sampled using the device according to a generalized Nyquist-Shannon sampling criterion. The signal is sampled using the device according to a phase differential criterion for wave number resolution. An input spectrum for the signal is reconstructed based on the signal sampled according to the generalized Nyquist-Shannon sampling criterion and the signal sampled according to the phase differential criterion for wave number resolution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/282067 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — 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 3/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/41 (20130101) G01N 21/45 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09304071 | Reed 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) | Allen Hagerman Reed (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi); Guoping Zhang (Amherst, Massachusetts); Hang Yin (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); David C. Young (Long Beach, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for testing sediment submerged in liquid and manufacturing the apparatus. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/620515 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 3/068 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09304074 | Asher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford A. Asher (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alexander Tilchonov (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Luling Wang (Mesa, Arizona); Jian-Tao Zhang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanford A. Asher (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alexander Tilchonov (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Luling Wang (Mesa, Arizona); Jian-Tao Zhang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparation of a 2-D array of particles comprising: mixing the particles and a first liquid, the first liquid having the properties of being soluble in water and reducing surface tension of a water surface; adding the mixture to the water surface; and transferring the 2-D array onto a solid surface. A composition comprising: a 2-D array of particles; and a polymer substantially enveloping the 2-D array of particles. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/553555 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/4788 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09304124 | Medintz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Kimihiro Susumu (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael H. Stewart (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Kimihiro Susumu (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael H. Stewart (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A ligand design allows compact nanoparticle materials, such as quantum dots (QDs), with excellent colloidal stability over a wide range of pH and under high salt concentrations. Self-assembled biomolecular conjugates with QDs can be obtained which are stable in biological environments. Energy transfer with these ligands is maximized by minimizing distances between QDs/nanoparticles and donors/acceptors directly attached to the ligands or assembled on their surfaces. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/942983 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 251/70 (20130101) C07D 295/13 (20130101) C07D 339/04 (20130101) C07D 409/12 (20130101) Peptides C07K 17/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/788 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09304184 | Draganov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARGON ST, INC. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandr Draganov (Reston, Virginia); Franklin M. Haas, Jr. (Hamilton, Virginia); Marc A. Harlacher (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for increasing accuracy of geolocation based on timing measurements of RF signals. The method includes: (a) receiving at a user one or more RF signals transmitted over time, (b) correlating the received signals with a plurality of replica waveforms, (c) creating a first set of estimates of the time or arrivals of the signals at the user, (d) using the first set of estimates to create a plurality of models, wherein each model assumes that some of the measurements are affected by multipath or interference, (e) testing the models to estimate the likelihood of timing measurements for each model, and (f) determining the set of LOS measurements as one associated with a model having the largest likelihood. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/774961 |
| 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 5/0273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09304410 | Markle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Markle (Saratoga, California); Rudolf H. Hendel (Los Gatos, California); John S. Petersen (Austin, Texas); Hwan J. Jeong (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Periodic Structures Inc. (Los Gatos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Markle (Saratoga, California); Rudolf H. Hendel (Los Gatos, California); John S. Petersen (Austin, Texas); Hwan J. Jeong (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Direct-write lithography apparatus and methods are disclosed in which a transducer image and an image of crossed interference fringe patterns are superimposed on a photoresist layer supported by a substrate. The transducer image has an exposure wavelength and contains bright spots, each corresponding to an activated pixel. The interference image has an inhibition wavelength and contains dark spots where the null points in the crossed interference fringes coincide. The dark spots are aligned with and trim the peripheries of the corresponding bright spot to form sub-resolution photoresist pixels having a size smaller than would be formed in the absence of the dark spots. |
| FILED | Monday, December 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/143139 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/7045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/70191 (20130101) G03F 7/70383 (20130101) G03F 7/70408 (20130101) G03F 7/70466 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09304512 | Rowe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Rowe (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Nickerson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David E. Ekhaguere (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard E. Annati (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Rowe (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Nickerson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David E. Ekhaguere (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard E. Annati (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Propulsion prognostics apparatus and systems for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. One propulsion prognostics apparatus comprises a prognostics module configured to generate prognostics data and a power output sensor configured to be coupled to the engine system and configured to generate power output data representing an actual power output of the engine system. The propulsion prognostics apparatus further comprises a processor coupled to the prognostics module and the power output sensor. The processor is configured to receive the prognostics data and the power output data, compare the prognostics data and the power output data, and determine the airworthiness of the UAV based on the comparison. A propulsion prognostics system includes a UAV having an engine system and the above propulsion prognostics apparatus coupled to the UAV. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/268696 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 2201/141 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/80 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 15/05 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 23/02 (20130101) G05B 23/0205 (20130101) G05B 23/0259 (20130101) G05B 23/0283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/00 (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 5/0808 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09305116 | Agarwal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virat Agarwal (Yorktown Heights, New York); Davide Pasetto (Dublin, Ireland); Fabrizio Petrini (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Virat Agarwal (Yorktown Heights, New York); Davide Pasetto (Dublin, Ireland); Fabrizio Petrini (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a data processing system for matching a first input string with a first regular expression set. The data processing system includes a processor, a memory storing a computer program, a processor configured to execute the computer program. The computer program includes instructions for performing mapping at least two related symbols of the first regular expression set to a unique symbol, generating a second input string by replacing each instance of the at least two related symbols in the first input string with the unique symbol, and operating a first state machine on the input string and a second state machine on the second input string to determine whether the first input string matches with the first regular expression set. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/763510 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2775 (20130101) G06F 17/30985 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09305122 | Vurgaftman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor Vurgaftman (Severna Park, Maryland); Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Chaffra Affouda (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew P. Lumb (Alexandria, Virginia); Edward H. Aifer (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Vurgaftman (Severna Park, Maryland); Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Chaffra Affouda (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew P. Lumb (Alexandria, Virginia); Edward H. Aifer (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A computationally efficient method for building a superlattice structure that improves an optoelectronic device performance characteristic that depends on fundamental superlattice material properties such as absorption coefficient α( |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/615499 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5068 (20130101) G06F 2217/16 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/035236 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/3422 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09305185 | Pedersen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Altera Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Altera Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce B. Pedersen (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Circuitry and methods prevent unauthorized programming, or reprogramming, of a programmable device, by requiring a signature in the configuration data to match a signature previously stored in the programmable device. A programmable integrated circuit device includes an input for configuration data, and programming control circuitry operable to derive a current signature from the configuration data, examine a first bit stored in the programmable integrated circuit device, and when the first bit is in a first state, compare the current signature to a first predetermined signature stored in the programmable integrated circuit device and configure the programmable integrated circuit device according to the configuration data only when the current signature matches the first predetermined signature, and when the first bit is in a second state, configure the programmable integrated circuit device according to the configuration data without comparing the current signature to the first predetermined signature. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740791 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09305214 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gracie Bay Young (San Diego, California); Corey A. Lane (San Diego, California); Bryan D. Bagnall (San Diego, California); Shibin Parameswaran (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gracie Bay Young (San Diego, California); Corey A. Lane (San Diego, California); Bryan D. Bagnall (San Diego, California); Shibin Parameswaran (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for detecting a horizon in an image with a plurality of pixels can include the step of blurring the image with a noise filter, then dividing the image into an M×N matrix of sub-blocks S. For each sub-block S, horizon features can be coarse-extracted by defining an r-dimensional vector having P feature values for each sub-block S and clustering each r-dimensional vectors into two clusters using a k-means statistical analysis. The corresponding sub-blocks S corresponding to the two clusters can be masked with a binary mask. The methods can further include the step of fine-extracting the horizon features at a pixel level for each sub-block Si, j and sub-block Si−1, j when the binary mask changes value from sub-block Si−1 j to said sub-block Si, j, for i=1 to M and j=1 to N. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/065469 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00523 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6218 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09305237 | Kane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Kane (Needham Heights, Massachusetts); Ranganathan Shashidhar (Needham Heights, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polestar Technologies, Inc. (Needham Heights, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Kane (Needham Heights, Massachusetts); Ranganathan Shashidhar (Needham Heights, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for efficiently and accurately detecting and identifying concealed materials. The system includes an analysis subsystem configured to process a number of pixelated images, the number of pixelated images obtained by repeatedly illuminating regions with a electromagnetic radiation source from a number of electromagnetic radiation sources, each repetition performed with a different wavelength. The number of pixelated images, after processing, constitute a vector of processed data at each pixel from a number of pixels. At each pixel, the vector of processed data is compared to a predetermined vector corresponding to a predetermined material, presence of the predetermined material being determined by the comparison. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/741752 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 8/005 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/4661 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09305733 | Rand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lauren P. Rand (Waltham, Massachusetts); John D. Williams (Fort Collins, Colorado); Rafael A. Martinez (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of the electride form of 12CaO-7Al2O3, or C12A7, as a low work function electron emitter in a hollow cathode discharge apparatus is described. No heater is required to initiate operation of the present cathode, as is necessary for traditional hollow cathode devices. Because C12A7 has a fully oxidized lattice structure, exposure to oxygen does not degrade the electride. The electride was surrounded by a graphite liner since it was found that the C12A7 electride converts to it's eutectic (CA+C3A) form when heated (through natural hollow cathode operation) in a metal tube. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/263970 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/14 (20130101) H01J 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 27/08 (20130101) H01J 27/146 (20130101) |
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| US 09305807 | Whiting et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory L. Whiting (Menlo Park, California); Rene A. Lujan (Sunnyvale, California); Eugene M. Chow (Fremont, California); JengPing Lu (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Charge-encoded chiplets are produced using a sacrificial metal mask and associated fabrication techniques and materials that are compatible with typical semiconductor fabrication processes to provide each chiplet with two different (i.e., positive and negative) charge polarity regions generated by associated patterned charge-inducing material structures. A first charge-inducing material having a positive charge polarity is formed on a silicon wafer over previously-fabricated integrated circuits, then a sacrificial metal mask is patterned only over a portion of the charge-inducing material structure, and a second charge-inducing material structure (e.g., a self-assembling octadecyltrichlorosilane monolayer) is deposited having a negative charge polarity. The sacrificial metal mask is then removed to expose the masked portion of the first charge-inducing material structure, thereby providing the chiplet with both a positive charge polarity region and a negative charge polarity region. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/192456 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/78 (20130101) H01L 21/481 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/67132 (20130101) H01L 21/67271 (20130101) H01L 24/95 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/12041 (20130101) H01L 2924/12041 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09305858 | Hobart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia); Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Tatyana I. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia); Bradford B. Pate (Arlington, Virginia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia); Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Tatyana I. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia); Bradford B. Pate (Arlington, Virginia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of through-silicon vias (TSVs) are formed in a silicone substrate. The vias can be tapered such that the diameter of the via at the surface of the substrate is larger than the diameter of the via at its bottom, with the diameter varying continuously along its depth. After the via is formed, it is seeded with a thin layer of nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) particles, and a NCD film is grown on the bottom and along the sidewalls of the via. The presence of the diamond-filled vias provides improved thermal management to semiconductor devices formed on the silicon substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, August 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/820750 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) H01L 21/02645 (20130101) H01L 23/367 (20130101) H01L 23/481 (20130101) H01L 23/3677 (20130101) H01L 23/3732 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0657 (20130101) H01L 29/1602 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306004 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Craig Capell (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Craig Capell (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A negative bevel edge termination for a Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the negative bevel edge termination includes multiple steps that approximate a smooth negative bevel edge termination at a desired slope. More specifically, in one embodiment, the negative bevel edge termination includes at least five steps, at least ten steps, or at least 15 steps. The desired slope is, in one embodiment, less than or equal to fifteen degrees. In one embodiment, the negative bevel edge termination results in a blocking voltage for the semiconductor device of at least 10 kilovolts (kV) or at least 12 kV. The semiconductor device is preferably, but not necessarily, a thyristor such as a power thyristor, a Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), a U-channel Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (UMOSFET), or a PIN diode. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/108366 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/36 (20130101) H01L 29/74 (20130101) H01L 29/0615 (20130101) H01L 29/0661 (20130101) H01L 29/732 (20130101) H01L 29/861 (20130101) H01L 29/1004 (20130101) H01L 29/1016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1095 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7397 (20130101) H01L 29/7813 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306050 | Shealy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Shealy (Ithaca, New York); Richard Brown (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Shealy (Ithaca, New York); Richard Brown (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor layer that is passivated with an aluminum-silicon nitride layer. When the semiconductor layer in particular comprises a III-V semiconductor material such as a group III nitride semiconductor material or a gallium nitride semiconductor material, the aluminum-silicon nitride material provides a superior passivation in comparison with a silicon nitride material. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/380104 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/291 (20130101) H01L 23/3171 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/42316 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306255 | Rollin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuvotronics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUVOTRONICS, INC. (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Marc Rollin (Blacksburg, Virginia); J. Robert Reid (Billerica, Massachusetts); David Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); Will Stacy (Blacksburg, Virginia); Ken Vanhille (Blacksburg, Virginia); J. Marcus Oliver (Blacksburg, Virginia); Tim Smith (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Structures and methods for interconnects and associated alignment and assembly mechanisms for and between chips, components, and 3D systems. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211749 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 3/06 (20130101) H01P 5/00 (20130101) H01P 11/001 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306265 | Hossein-Zadeh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mani Hossein-Zadeh (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonically controlled microwave device having a photosensitive substrate having an interior region comprising a high radio frequency (“RF”) field for a resonant RF mode. An RF resonator is patterned on a surface of the substrate, the pattern includes an aperture in the resonator positioned to direct light received from a light source to the interior region. The light source may have a wavelength that enables illumination of the interior region to generate free carriers or other photo-induced changes in RF permittivity. An optical boundary may be provided that recirculates the unabsorbed optical power inside the high RF field region until it is fully absorbed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/083140 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 7/088 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306289 | Bermeo 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) | Dennis Bermeo (San Diego, California); Susan L. Morales (San Diego, California); Hale B. Simonds (Santee, California); David V. Arney (El Cajon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes first and second antenna elements each having a tapered width end, with the tapered width ends being separated by a gap. A portion of the edge of the tapered width end of the each antenna element has a thickness less than a thickness of the remainder of the respective antenna element. Such portion may be the portion of the edge of the antenna elements closest to a feed point of the antenna elements, and may be angled to a point or a flat edge. The thickness of the tapered width ends increases along the width and/or the height of the respective antenna element as the antenna element extends from the feed point. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/926725 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 13/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306360 | Grine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne R. Grine (Crownsville, Maryland); Michael A. Jacobsen (Millersville, Maryland); Garrett M. Jordan (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne R. Grine (Crownsville, Maryland); Michael A. Jacobsen (Millersville, Maryland); Garrett M. Jordan (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for eliminating torsion during the servicing of cable heads. The device is a tool with a handle portion and clamping members having an opening and gripping surfaces for receiving and gripping two different cable-heads for servicing, such as attachment or detachment. When the handle portion is squeezed and held, the tool provides a compression force substantially parallel to a common central axis of the cable heads. The arrangement of the tool prevents undesired load on the cable heads, optimizes the efficiency of servicing while preventing damage to the cable-heads. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/340167 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools or Bench Devices Not Otherwise Provided For, for Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging or Holding B25B 5/14 (20130101) Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 43/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306371 | Morel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yannick C Morel (Falls Church, Virginia); John E McGeehan (Washington, District of Columbia); Clint J Novotny (Washington, District of Columbia); Simon Y London (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Intergration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yannick C Morel (Falls Church, Virginia); John E McGeehan (Washington, District of Columbia); Clint J Novotny (Washington, District of Columbia); Simon Y London (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A Multi-Cycle Digital High Power Microwave (MCD-HPM) source includes a microwave transmission line (MTL) to which a plurality electrically charged thin film transmission lines (TFTL's) are connected by switches. The switches are activated in sequence to generate a square wave at a microwave output frequency. The activation signal is controlled by a free space time delay, which can vary the timing and/or routing of the activation signal by modifying at least one free space element, thereby adjusting the switch activation timing and varying the output frequency. In embodiments, the switches are photo-conducting switches, the activation signal is a laser beam, and the switch timing is varied by reorienting and/or repositioning mirrors and/or other elements in the free space time delay. The elements can be manually adjusted, or mounted on motorized stages and automatically controlled. Optical amplifiers can be included to compensate for losses in the time delay elements. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/451870 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 4/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 3/64 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen B. Kuznetsov (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromagnetic direct current (DC) power system includes a plurality of pulse forming networks (PFN) modules. Each pulse forming network (PFN) module includes a PFN circuit, a fault current limiting (FCL) circuit and a cooling system. The pulse PFN circuit is configured to generate a pulsed DC output power. The PFN circuit further includes at least one energy storage inductor with primary winding having a primary winding inductance that controls a primary impedance of the PFN circuit. The FCL circuit includes a secondary winding that electrically communicates with the primary winding. The FCL circuit is configured to receive fault energy existing in the PFN circuit during a fault event. The cooling system is configured to cool at least one of the primary winding and the secondary winding, and remove a portion of the fault energy. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026138 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements H02H 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 1/32 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James P. Kapinski (Redondo Beach, California); David J. Hall (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation (Cheswick, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Kapinski (Redondo Beach, California); David J. Hall (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for a harmonic neutralized frequency changer. The control system includes a processor, a narrow band harmonic controller and a fundamental current controller. The narrow band harmonic controller is communicably connected to the processor and is configured to reduce a positive sequence component, a negative sequence component and a zero sequence component of a harmonic generated by a cycloconverter of the harmonic neutralized frequency changer. The fundamental current controller is communicably connected to the processor and is configured to reduce a fundamental frequency component of current flowing in a neutralization inverter of the harmonic neutralized frequency changer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/132238 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — 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 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 5/27 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306596 | Satpathy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sudhir K. Satpathy (Hillsboro, Oregon); Sanu K. Mathew (Hillsboro, Oregon); Vinodh Gopal (Westborough, Massachusetts); Ram K. Krishnamurthy (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudhir K. Satpathy (Hillsboro, Oregon); Sanu K. Mathew (Hillsboro, Oregon); Vinodh Gopal (Westborough, Massachusetts); Ram K. Krishnamurthy (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an integrated circuit including a memory device including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is a first type of content addressable memory (CAM) with a first set of cells and the second portion is a second type of CAM with a second set of cells. The first set of cells is smaller than the second set of cells. The integrated circuit further includes a decompression accelerator coupled to the memory device, the decompression accelerator to generate a plurality of length codes. Each of the plurality of length codes include at least one bit. The plurality of length codes are generated using a symbol received from an encoded data stream that includes a plurality of symbols. The decompression accelerator further to store the plurality of length codes in the first portion of the memory device in an order according to their respective number of bits. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/317698 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0646 (20130101) G06F 2212/401 (20130101) G06F 2212/1021 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 15/00 (20130101) G11C 15/04 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 7/425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 7/3059 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Bradley (Loogootee, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Bradley (Loogootee, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is disclosed to identify authorized EO devices and unauthorized EO devices within a scene. The system hampers the operation of the unauthorized EO devices detected within the scene. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/922434 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 13/005 (20130101) F41H 13/0062 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/6209 (20130101) G06F 2221/2101 (20130101) G06F 2221/2141 (20130101) G06F 2221/2149 (20130101) Secret Communication; Jamming of Communication H04K 3/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Troupe (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Troupe (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication process is provided for sending a qubit message between Alice and Bob using a quantum channel for obviating a faked-state attack by Eve. The qubit message is composed of ensemble bits and transmitted as a plurality of photons into the quantum channel. Each photon has a corresponding bit value. The process includes: Alice preparing three uniformly random bit strings each of length 4N to produce strings R (raw key), P (bit basis) and U (unitary operation), and Bob preparing two uniformly random bit strings of the same length to produce strings M (bit basis) and V (unitary operation). Alice broadcasts P, applies her unitary operation and records a first weak measurement to the photons for transmission. Meanwhile Bob broadcasts M, applies his unitary operation and records both a second weak measurement and a strong measurement to the photons. Alice segregates her key and weak measurement strings to produce corresponding truncated strings from differing bases in P and M, and broadcasts the truncated key string. Bob segregates his weak and strong measurement strings from the differing bases to produce corresponding truncated strings, broadcasting the truncated strong measurement string. Bob then compares an average of his truncated weak measurement string to a security threshold as a first condition. Alice compares an average of her truncated weak measurement string to the security threshold as a second condition. If both conditions are satisfactory, Alice segregates a new truncated key string from R by selecting same bases in P and M for sending to Bob. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/548167 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0852 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Thomas Bowes (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Thomas Bowes (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods and apparatus for a quantum key distribution (QKD) telescope. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for receiving a quantum key distribution (QKD) signal. The method can include collecting one or more QKD signals and one or more primary signals with a single telescope. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046024 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0858 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashitosh Swarup (Burbank, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ashitosh Swarup (Burbank, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Example chaotic communication systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives a portion of a chaotic waveform that has a temporal length. The method also receives a data signal for communication to a destination. A chaotic data signal is generated based on the received data signal. The chaotic data signal includes the chaotic waveform inserted at periodic intervals based on the temporal length of the chaotic waveform. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/708822 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 5/0016 (20130101) H04L 27/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 27/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306966 | Eskin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eleazar Eskin (Santa Monica, California); Andrew Arnold (Los Angeles, California); Michael Prerau (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Leonid Portnoy (Brooklyn, New York); Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for unsupervised anomaly detection, which are algorithms that are designed to process unlabeled data. Data elements are mapped to a feature space which is typically a vector space |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/987690 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306969 | Dagon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Dagon (Tampa, Florida); Nick Feamster (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenke Lee (Atlanta, Georgia); Robert Edmonds (Woodstock, Georgia); Richard Lipton (Atlanta, Georgia); Anirudh Ramachandran (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Collect Domain Name System (DNS) data, the DNS data generated by a DNS server and/or similar device, wherein the DNS data comprises DNS queries, wherein the collected DNS data comprises DNS query rate information. Examine the collected DNS data relative to DNS data from known compromised and/or uncompromised computers. Determine an existence of the collection of compromised networks and/or computers, and/or an identity of compromised networks and/or computers, based on the examination. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/015661 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/12066 (20130101) H04L 29/12301 (20130101) H04L 61/1511 (20130101) H04L 61/2076 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) H04L 63/1441 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1491 (20130101) H04L 2463/144 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean Stevens (San Diego, California); Andrew J. Murphy (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Richard Flavell (Guilford, Connecticut); Elizabeth Eynon (New Haven, Connecticut); Jorge Galan (New Haven, Connecticut); Tim Willinger (New Haven, Connecticut); Markus Manz (Zurich, Switzerland); Anthony Rongvaux (New Haven, Connecticut); George D. Yancopoulos (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Tarrytown, New York); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) (Bellinzona, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Stevens (San Diego, California); Andrew J. Murphy (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Richard Flavell (Guilford, Connecticut); Elizabeth Eynon (New Haven, Connecticut); Jorge Galan (New Haven, Connecticut); Tim Willinger (New Haven, Connecticut); Markus Manz (Zurich, Switzerland); Anthony Rongvaux (New Haven, Connecticut); George D. Yancopoulos (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A mouse with a humanization of the mIL-3 gene and the mGM-CSF gene, a knockout of a mRAG gene, and a knockout of a mII2rg subunit gene; and optionally a humanization of the TPO gene is described. A RAG/II2rg KO/hTPO knock-in mouse is described. A mouse engrafted with human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that maintains a human immune cell (HIC) population derived from the HSCs and that is infectable by a human pathogen, e.g., S. typhi or M. tuberculosis is described. A mouse that models a human pathogen infection that is poorly modeled in mice is described, e.g., a mouse that models a human mycobacterial infection, wherein the mouse develops one or more granulomas comprising human immune cells. A mouse that comprises a human hematopoietic malignancy that originates from an early human hematopoietic cells is described, e.g., a myeloid leukemia or a myeloproliferative neoplasia. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/617448 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 67/0278 (20130101) A01K 2207/12 (20130101) A01K 2207/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/072 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0331 (20130101) A01K 2267/0337 (20130101) A01K 2267/0381 (20130101) A01K 2267/0387 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/524 (20130101) C07K 14/535 (20130101) C07K 14/5403 (20130101) C07K 14/7155 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09301724 | McKnight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas B. McKnight (Highland Heights, Ohio); Michael G. Ambrosia (Highland Heights, Ohio); Dennis K. Everett (Highland Heights, Ohio); Robert G. Henderson (Highland Heights, Ohio); Gustavo Francken (Milpitas, California); Mark Edwards (Milpitas, California); Alan Love (Highland Heights, Ohio); Marc Huber (Milpitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas B. McKnight (Highland Heights, Ohio); Michael G. Ambrosia (Highland Heights, Ohio); Dennis K. Everett (Highland Heights, Ohio); Robert G. Henderson (Highland Heights, Ohio); Gustavo Francken (Milpitas, California); Mark Edwards (Milpitas, California); Alan Love (Highland Heights, Ohio); Marc Huber (Milpitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolation system with imaging or radiation therapy capability is disclosed. At least one containment barrier (14, 15, 16, 17) defines an isolation region (10). An imaging or therapy system (20) is disposed outside of the isolation region. The containment barrier includes a substantially hollow tubular extension (24, 42, 44, 124, 224, 324) protruding away from the isolation region (10). The substantially hollow tubular extension surrounds an interior volume (26) that is in fluid communication with the isolation region and is in fluid isolation from the imaging or therapy system. The substantially hollow tubular extension is made at least partially of a material providing operative communication between the imaging or therapy system and the interior volume of the substantially hollow tubular extension. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/038832 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0555 (20130101) A61B 5/702 (20130101) A61B 6/00 (20130101) A61B 6/04 (20130101) A61B 6/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/037 (20130101) A61B 6/4423 (20130101) A61B 19/38 (20130101) A61B 19/081 (20130101) A61B 2019/083 (20130101) Transport, Personal Conveyances, or Accommodation Specially Adapted for Patients or Disabled Persons; Operating Tables or Chairs; Chairs for Dentistry; Funeral Devices A61G 10/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09301824 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GT UROLOGICAL, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GT Urological, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Anderson (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Bernard J. Esarey (Vermilion, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A totally implantable method for occluding the urethra or bladder neck utilizing an occlusive cuff connected to a control mechanism via a conduit tube. The occlusive cuff is reversibly changed from an activated (occlusive condition) to a de-activated (non-occlusive) condition by depressing a deactivation button contained within a resilient, elastomeric sheath surrounding the control mechanism. The occlusive condition is once again obtained by depressing an activation button also situated within the resilient sheath. In the occlusive condition, a preset tension is applied to a flexible diaphragm through a tensioning suture by a constant force spring contained within the control mechanism. This tension is translated into an occlusive pressure applied to the urethra or bladder neck sufficient to prevent urinary leakage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/863459 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| 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 2/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09301940 | Ausubel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick M. Ausubel (Newton, Massachusetts); Kim Lewis (Newton, Massachusetts); Terence I. Moy (Wayland, Massachusetts); Suresh Gopalan (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick M. Ausubel (Newton, Massachusetts); Kim Lewis (Newton, Massachusetts); Terence I. Moy (Wayland, Massachusetts); Suresh Gopalan (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features compounds that have antibacterial activity, their use for the treatment of bacterial infections, screening methods that use whole animals or plant seedlings to identify compounds that inhibit a pathogen in the animal or plant, and screening methods to identify compounds that increase the lifespan of an organism. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/304963 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/426 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09301949 | Byrd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chelsea M. Byrd (Corvallis, Oregon); Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Robert Jordan (Corvallis, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chelsea M. Byrd (Corvallis, Oregon); Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Robert Jordan (Corvallis, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain thienopyridine derivative compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by flavivirus is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Dengue virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/203351 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/04 (20130101) C07D 495/14 (20130101) C07D 495/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09301950 | DeGrado et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William F. DeGrado (San Francisco, California); Jun Wang (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. DeGrado (San Francisco, California); Jun Wang (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compounds that are capable of modulating the activity of the influenza A virus via interaction with the M2 transmembrane protein. Also provided are methods for treating an influenza A-affected disease state or infection comprising administering a composition comprising one or more compounds that have been identified as being capable of interaction with the M2 protein. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/391519 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/61 (20130101) C07D 339/08 (20130101) C07D 471/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09301952 | Iadonato et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn P. Iadonato (Seattle, Washington); Kristin Bedard (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kineta, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn P. Iadonato (Seattle, Washington); Kristin Bedard (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compounds and related compositions for the treatment of viral infection, including RNA viral infection, and compounds that can modulate the RIG-I pathway in vertebrate cells, including compounds that can activate the RIG-I pathway. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642812 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/85 (20130101) |
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| US 09301962 | Bradner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Elliott Bradner (Weston, Massachusetts); Martin Matzuk (Houston, Texas); Jun Qi (Sharon, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas); Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Elliott Bradner (Weston, Massachusetts); Martin Matzuk (Houston, Texas); Jun Qi (Sharon, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods for effecting male contraception. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/698006 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/551 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/5517 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09301991 | Shemshedini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lirim Shemshedini (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Shao-Yong Chen (Brookline, Massachusetts); Changmeng Cai (Newton, Massachusetts); Chen-Lin Hsieh (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides materials and methods useful to treat various sGCα1-expressing cancers. Materials include peptides which interfere with sGCα1's pro-survival functions, thereby resulting in apoptosis of sGCα1-expressing cells. In addition, the present invention provides screening assays, diagnostic assays, methods to prognose, methods to treat, and kits. |
| FILED | Friday, November 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/069790 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 38/07 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/081 (20130101) C07K 5/1013 (20130101) C07K 5/1016 (20130101) C07K 5/1019 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/88 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 406/01002 (20130101) |
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| US 09301994 | Croft et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Croft (San Diego, California); Taylor Doherty (San Diego, California); Shahram Salek-Ardakani (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Croft (San Diego, California); Taylor Doherty (San Diego, California); Shahram Salek-Ardakani (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating inflammatory conditions, disease and disorders are provided. Method include, for example, contacting or administering a sufficient amount of a LIGHT inhibitor to a subject to treat the inflammatory condition, disease or disorder. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/010670 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09301999 | Staats et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Herman F. Staats (Cedar Grove, North Carolina); Soman N. Abraham (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Salvatore Pizzo (Bahama, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herman F. Staats (Cedar Grove, North Carolina); Soman N. Abraham (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Salvatore Pizzo (Bahama, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are peptides that have activity as mast cell activating proteins (MCAP), as well as compositions, adjuvant compositions, vaccines, and pharmaceutical formulations that include the peptides. Also provided are methods of using the peptides, including methods for eliciting an immune response to an immunogen in a mammal upon administration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/498258 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/07 (20130101) A61K 39/08 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55527 (20130101) A61K 2039/55544 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24111 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) |
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| US 09302012 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame Du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin J. Miller (South Bend, Indiana); Cheng Ji (New York, New York); Patricia A. Miller (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An artificial tris-catecolate siderophore with a tripodal backbone and its conjugates with ampicillin and amoxicillin were synthesized. Both conjugates exhibited significantly enhanced in vitro antibacterial activities against Gram-negative species compared to the parent drugs, especially against P. aeruginosa. The conjugates appear to be assimilated by an induced bacterial iron transport process as their activities were inversely related to iron concentration. The easily synthesized tris-catecolate siderophores can be used with a variety of drugs as conjugates to target antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/865801 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/235 (20130101) A61K 47/48023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48076 (20130101) |
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| US 09302046 | Giuffrida et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P Giuffrida (Hinckley, Ohio); Dustin A Heldman (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Thomas O Mera (South Euclid, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P Giuffrida (Hinckley, Ohio); Dustin A Heldman (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Thomas O Mera (South Euclid, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a movement disorder monitor, and a method of measuring the severity of a subject's movement disorder. The present invention additionally relates to a treatment delivery system for treating a subject in response to changes in the severity of a subject's symptoms. The present invention further provides for a system and method, which can accurately quantify symptoms of movement disorders, utilizing continuously obtained kinetic information to be analyzed, accurately distinguishing between symptoms of movement disorders and activities of daily living, relating quantified symptoms to a standard clinical rating scale, and correlating a subject's symptoms with certain physiological and environmental factors. The present invention still further provides for home monitoring of symptoms in subjects with these movement disorders in order to capture the complex fluctuation patterns of the disease over the course of days, weeks, months, or years. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/192990 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/1723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36067 (20130101) |
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| US 09302103 | Nirenberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sheila Nirenberg (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheila Nirenberg (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method improving or restoring neural function in a mammalian subject in need thereof, the method including: using an input receiver to record an input signal generated by a first set of nerve cells; using an a encoder unit including a set of encoders to generate a set of coded outputs in response to the input signal; using the encoded outputs to drive an output generator; and using an output generator to activate a second set of nerve cells wherein the second set of nerve cells is separated from the first set of nerve cells by impaired set of signaling cells. In some embodiments, the second set of nerve cells produces a response that is substantially the same as the response in an unimpaired subject. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/230488 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| 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 9/08 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/36003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36046 (20130101) A61N 1/36067 (20130101) A61N 5/0622 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/049 (20130101) |
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| US 09302120 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaomeng Wang (Saline, Michigan); Yujun Zhao (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Wei Sun (Yunnan, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods in the field of medicinal chemistry. The compounds and compositions provided herein relate to spiro-oxindoles which function as antagonists of the interaction between p53 and MDM2, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170101 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09302124 | Konofagou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elisa E. Konofagou (New York, New York); James J. Choi (Englewood, New Jersey); Mark A. Borden (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elisa E. Konofagou (New York, New York); James J. Choi (Englewood, New Jersey); Mark A. Borden (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for opening a tissue to a target value are disclosed herein. In an exemplary method, a region of the tissue is targeted for opening, a size range of microbubbles corresponding to the target value is determined, microbubbles of the size range are positioned in proximity to the targeted region, and an ultrasound beam is applied to the targeted region such that the tissue is opened with the assistance of the microbubbles to the target value. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/045070 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/0808 (20130101) A61B 2019/5236 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 37/0092 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 2007/0039 (20130101) |
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| US 09302921 | Messersmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Haeshin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Haeshin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A bio-inspired method for detoxifying contaminated water is disclosed. In the method, polydopamine, a mussel-inspired adhesive catecholamine was used as an adsorbent to effectively remove from contaminated water three major classes of toxic agents: heavy metal ions (e.g., Cr, Hg, Pb, Cu, and Cd), toxic organic species (e.g., 4-aminopyridine), and radioisotopes (e.g., Lutetium-177). Furthermore, the polydopamine adsorbent was regenerated by treatment with acid or hydrogen peroxide. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/013247 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — 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 20/262 (20130101) B01J 20/345 (20130101) B01J 20/3204 (20130101) B01J 20/3206 (20130101) B01J 20/3272 (20130101) B01J 20/3293 (20130101) B01J 20/3475 (20130101) B01J 20/28019 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/285 (20130101) C02F 1/286 (20130101) C02F 1/288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 2101/006 (20130101) C02F 2101/20 (20130101) C02F 2101/22 (20130101) C02F 2101/30 (20130101) C02F 2101/38 (20130101) C02F 2303/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09302997 | Sharpless et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Barry Sharpless (La Jolla, California); Valery Fokin (Oceanside, California); Vsevold A. Rostovtsev (Wilmington, Delaware); Luke Green (Basel, Switzerland); Fahmi Himo (Solna, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A copper catalyzed click chemistry ligation process is employed to bind azides and terminal acetylenes to provide 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole triazoles. The process comprises contacting a solution of an organic azide and a terminal alkyne with a source of catalytic Cu(I) ion to form a 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole, wherein the source of Cu(I) ion comprises Cu(II) and a metal capable of reducing Cu(II) to Cu(I). In some embodiments, the metal capable of reducing Cu(II) to Cu(I) is selected from the group consisting of Al, Be, Co, Cr, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, and Zn. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/705527 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303009 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Joan Massague (New York, New York); Manuel Valiente Cortes (New York, New York); Thordur Oskarsson (Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland); Malcom Moore (New York, New York); Nicolas Lecomte (New York, New York); Ouathek Ouerfelli (New York, New York); Guangli Yang (Syosset, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Joan Massague (New York, New York); Manuel Valiente Cortes (New York, New York); Thordur Oskarsson (Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland); Malcom Moore (New York, New York); Nicolas Lecomte (New York, New York); Ouathek Ouerfelli (New York, New York); Guangli Yang (Syosset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/110115 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/335 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 313/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303017 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yingxian Xiao (Potomac, Maryland); Kenneth J. Kellar (Bethesda, Maryland); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Mikell A. Paige (Fairfax, Virginia); Yong Liu (Rockville, Maryland); Edward D. Levin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Amir H. Rezvani (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/357699 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303042 | Anderson 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) | Marc Anderson (San Francisco, California); Alan S. Verkman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are small molecule triazolothienopyrimidine compounds that inhibit urea transport activity of solute transporters, particularly the UT-B transporter. The compounds described herein are useful for increasing solute clearance in states of fluid overload and for treating refractory edema associated with cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic diseases, disorders, and conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/388645 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303044 | Coller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Office of Technology and Business Development (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia); THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY (New York, New York); ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry S. Coller (New York, New York); Craig Thomas (Rockville, Maryland); Marta Filizola (New York, New York); Joshua McCoy (Portland, Maine); Wenwei Huang (Rockville, Maryland); Min Shen (Boyds, Maryland); Jian-Kang Jiang (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds and compositions of Formula P useful for inhibiting and/or reducing platelet deposition, adhesion and/or aggregation. The definitions of variables A, B, R2, R3, R4, Ra, Ra′, Rb, Rb′, Rc, Rd, Rd′, Re, and Re′ are provided in the disclosure. The present invention further relates to methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of thrombotic disorders, including stroke, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, peripheral vascular disease, abrupt closure following angioplasty or stent placement and thrombosis as a result of vascular surgery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/372488 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/727 (20130101) A61K 31/727 (20130101) A61K 31/4353 (20130101) A61K 31/4353 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (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 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/022 (20130101) A61L 2300/42 (20130101) A61L 2300/45 (20130101) A61L 2300/416 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 513/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303051 | Ware et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chimerix, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chimerix Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy W. Ware (Raleigh, North Carolina); Merrick R. Almond (Apex, North Carolina); Bernhard M. Lampert (Rougemont, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure describes methods of synthesis of phosphonate ester derivatives. Preferred methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of phosphonate ester compounds having high purity. In some embodiments, preferred methods according to the disclosure also allow for the preparation of phosphonate ester derivatives without the use of chromatographic purification methods and in better yield than previously used methods for preparing such compounds. Also disclosed are morphic forms of phosphonate ester derivatives. |
| FILED | Friday, July 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/808388 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/675 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/3808 (20130101) C07F 9/4006 (20130101) C07F 9/4021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 9/65121 (20130101) C07F 9/657181 (20130101) |
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| US 09303053 | Liang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Serivces (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Liang (Avon, Connecticut); Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Phosphonate and phosphinate N-methanocarba derivatives of AMP including their prodrug analogs are described. MRS2339, a 2-chloro-AMP derivative containing a (N)-methanocarba(bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane) ring system in place of ribose, activates P2X receptors, ligand-gated ion channels. Phosphonate analogues of MRS2339 were synthesized using Michaelis-Arbuzov and Wittig reactions, based on the expectation of increased half-life in vivo due to the stability of the C—P bond. When administered to calsequestrin-overexpressing mice (a genetic model of heart failure) via a mini-osmotic pump (Alzet), some analogues significantly increased intact heart contractile function in vivo, as assessed by echocardiography-derived fractional shortening (FS) as compared to vehicle-infused mice. The range of carbocyclic nucleotide analogues for treatment of heart failure has been expanded. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/338987 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/675 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/65616 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303059 | Carlson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erin E. Carlson (Bloomington, Indiana); Darci Trader (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemoselective isolation of aliphatic hydroxyl group-containing and aromatic hydroxyl group-containing compounds is accomplished via formation of polymeric siloxyl ethers. Chemoselective release of aliphatic hydroxyl group-containing and aromatic hydroxyl group-containing compounds from polymeric siloxyl reagents is described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/103260 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 45/86 (20130101) C07C 213/10 (20130101) C07C 227/44 (20130101) C07C 231/24 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/08 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 17/075 (20130101) Steroids C07J 1/0011 (20130101) C07J 5/00 (20130101) C07J 9/00 (20130101) C07J 9/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/10 (20130101) C08F 8/10 (20130101) C08F 8/12 (20130101) C08F 8/42 (20130101) C08F 12/14 (20130101) C08F 12/18 (20130101) C08F 12/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09303068 | Bertozzi 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) | Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Mary Sloan Siegrist Palmore (Berkeley, California); John C. Jewett (Berkeley, California); Chelsea G. Gordon (Berkeley, California); Peyton Shieh (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides modified bacteria and modified peptidoglycan comprising modified D-amino acids; compositions comprising the modified bacteria or peptidoglycan; and methods of using the modified bacteria or peptidoglycan. The modified D-amino acids include a bioorthogonal functional group such as an azide, an alkyne or a norbornene group. Also provided are modified peptidoglycans conjugated to a molecule of interest via a linker. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/092262 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Peptides C07K 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 9/001 (20130101) C07K 14/4725 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/18 (20130101) C12Q 1/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09303072 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pin Wang (Arcadia, California); Lili Yang (Arcadia, California); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for delivery of a polynucleotide encoding a gene of interest, typically an antigen, to a dendritic cell (DC). The virus envelope comprises a DC-SIGN specific targeting molecule. The methods and related compositions can be used to treat patients suffering from a wide range of conditions, including infection, such as HIV/AIDS, and various types of cancers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/532371 |
| 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 31/70 (20130101) A61K 35/76 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/178 (20130101) A61K 38/178 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2740/13043 (20130101) C12N 2740/13045 (20130101) C12N 2740/15041 (20130101) C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) C12N 2740/15045 (20130101) C12N 2770/36122 (20130101) C12N 2770/36134 (20130101) C12N 2810/609 (20130101) C12N 2810/855 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara K. Felber (Rockville, Maryland); George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara K. Felber (Rockville, Maryland); George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for nucleic acids improved for the expression of interleukin-15 (IL-15) in mammalian cells. The invention further provides for methods of expressing IL-15 in mammalian cells by transfecting the cell with a nucleic acid sequence comprising a codon optimized IL-15 sequence. The present invention further provides expression vectors, and IL-15 and IL 15 receptor alpha combinations (nucleic acid and protein) that increase IL-15 stability and potency in vitro and in vivo. The present methods are useful for the increased bioavailability and biological effects of IL-15 after DNA, RNA or protein administration in a subject (e.g. a mammal, a human). |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/160263 |
| 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 | Peptides C07K 14/5443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/7155 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09303087 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-xing Ma (Edmond, Oklahoma); Kyungwon Lee (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Ying Chen (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Monoclonal antibodies against LRP6 and that block the Wnt signaling pathway are disclosed. Methods of production and use thereof are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/299570 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) |
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| US 09303088 | Moonlee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sun-Young Moonlee (Busan, South Korea); Mina J. Bissell (Berkeley, California); Saori Furuta (Emeryville, California); Roland Meier (Geneva, Switzerland); Paraic A. Kenny (Yonkers, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sun-Young Moonlee (Busan, South Korea); Mina J. Bissell (Berkeley, California); Saori Furuta (Emeryville, California); Roland Meier (Geneva, Switzerland); Paraic A. Kenny (Yonkers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The application describes therapeutic compositions and methods for treating cancer. For example, therapeutic compositions and methods related to inhibition of FAM83A (family with sequence similarity 83) are provided. The application also describes methods for diagnosing cancer resistance to EGFR inhibitors. For example, a method of diagnosing cancer resistance to EGFR inhibitors by detecting increased FAM83A levels is described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/248690 |
| 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 16/3015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303092 | Owens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel M. Owens (Little Rock, Arkansas); Frank Ivy Carroll (Durham, North Carolina); Philip Abraham (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel M. Owens (Little Rock, Arkansas); Frank Ivy Carroll (Durham, North Carolina); Philip Abraham (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to hapten compounds comprising either (+) methamphetamine or (+) amphetamine conjugated to a linker. Generally speaking, hapten compounds of the invention may be used to elicit an immune response to one or more of (+) methamphetamine, (+) amphetamine, or (+) MDMA. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606178 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — 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 31/13 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/07 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 217/60 (20130101) C07C 233/18 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/55 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/946 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/823 (20130101) Y10S 436/901 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/173845 (20150115) |
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| US 09303205 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew M. Smith (Atlanta, Georgia); Shuming Nie (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew M. Smith (Atlanta, Georgia); Shuming Nie (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to lattice-mismatched core-shell quantum dots (QDs). In certain embodiments, the lattice-mismatched core-shell QDs are used in methods for photovoltaic or photoconduction applications. They are also useful for multicolor molecular, cellular, and in vivo imaging. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/509730 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/02 (20130101) C09K 11/584 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 11/883 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09303258 | Gallo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard L. Gallo (San Diego, California); Jamie Bernard (Westfield, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Gallo (San Diego, California); Jamie Bernard (Westfield, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides methods and compositions for modulating inflammation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/007823 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/117 (20130101) C12N 2310/17 (20130101) C12N 2330/00 (20130101) C12N 2330/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09303289 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wing H. Wong (Stanford, California); Hong Yang (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods for determining phased nucleic acid sequence for a single chromosome of interest and/or a single chromosomal fragment of interest. The present disclosure also provides methods for determining phased nucleic acid sequence for a plurality of single chromosomes of interest and/or a plurality of single chromosomal fragments of interest. The plurality of single chromosomes of interest may be of one chromosome type or of two or more chromosome types. The present disclosure also provides a method for isolating a plurality of chromosomal fragments of a specified size range, where the chromosomal fragments are from one or more specified regions of the genome. The plurality of chromosomal fragments may be separated into single chromosomal fragments and sequenced to provide phased nucleic acid sequence for the single chromosomal fragments. Alternatively, the plurality of chromosomal fragments may be sequenced together to provide unphased nucleic acid sequence for the chromosomal fragments. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/330707 |
| 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 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2537/164 (20130101) C12Q 2565/626 (20130101) |
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| US 09303291 | Chinnaiyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Scott Tomlins (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Saravana Mohan Dhanasekaran (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Scott Tomlins (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Saravana Mohan Dhanasekaran (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods associated with recurrent MIPOL1-ETV1 genetic rearrangements that are useful for cancer diagnosis and therapy are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/667819 |
| 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) |
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| US 09304038 | Saxer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biotigen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Saxer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Peter Huening (Clayton, North Carolina); Bradley A. Bower (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Wavenumber linear spectrometers are provided including an input configured to receive electromagnetic radiation from an external source; collimating optics configured to collimate the received electromagnetic radiation; a dispersive assembly including first and second diffractive gratings, wherein the first diffraction grating is configured in a first dispersive stage to receive the collimated electromagnetic radiation and wherein the dispersive assembly includes at least two dispersive stages configured to disperse the collimated input; and an imaging lens assembly configured to image the electromagnetic radiation dispersed by the at least two dispersive stages onto a linear detection array such that the variation in frequency spacing along the linear detection array is no greater than about 10%. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/322986 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/1005 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/14 (20130101) G01J 3/28 (20130101) G01J 3/0208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/1804 (20130101) G01J 2003/1208 (20130101) |
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| US 09304094 | Myung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nosang Vincent Myung (Riverside, California); Syed Mubeen (Santa Barbara, California); Ashok Mulchandani (Riverside, California); Marc Arnold Deshusses (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nosang Vincent Myung (Riverside, California); Syed Mubeen (Santa Barbara, California); Ashok Mulchandani (Riverside, California); Marc Arnold Deshusses (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of co-functionalizing single-walled carbon nanotubes for gas sensors, which includes the steps of: fabricating single-walled carbon nanotube interconnects; synthesizing tin oxide onto the single-walled carbon nanotube interconnects; and synthesizing metal nanoparticles onto the tin oxide coated single-walled carbon nanotube interconnects. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111452 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09304117 | Rodes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Rodes (Cary, North Carolina); J. Randall Newsome (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas processing device such as an aerosol exposure monitor is configured for acquiring chronic data, acute data, or both simultaneously, and may include a pump and a noise dampening device. The noise dampening device may include an elastomeric membrane between an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber. In another aspect, an aerosol exposure monitor may include an impactor, a collection filter, and a nephelometer that includes a sample chamber integrated with an aerosol flow path associated with the impactor and collection filter. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/354426 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/2273 (20130101) G01N 15/0255 (20130101) G01N 21/51 (20130101) G01N 21/53 (20130101) G01N 33/0016 (20130101) G01N 33/0027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09304123 | Powers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Powers (Lincoln, Nebraska); Jay Reddy (Lincoln, Nebraska); Teklab Gebregiworgis (Lincoln, Nebraska); Chandirasegaran Massilamany (Lincoln, Nebraska); Arunakumar Gangaplara (Lincoln, Nebraska); Zsolt Illes (Odense SV, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | Biomarkers of neurological autoimmune diseases are described, and methods of using such biomarkers also are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962571 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/493 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/564 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) G01N 2800/285 (20130101) |
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| US 09304132 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongkun Park (Cambridge, Massachusetts); EunGyeong Yang (Seoul, South Korea); Alexander K. Shalek (Cambridge, Massachusetts); JinSeok Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Jacob Robinson (Somerville, Massachusetts); Amy Sutton (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Myung-Han Yoon (Gwangju, South Korea); Marsela Jorgolli (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongkun Park (Cambridge, Massachusetts); EunGyeong Yang (Seoul, South Korea); Alexander K. Shalek (Cambridge, Massachusetts); JinSeok Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Jacob Robinson (Somerville, Massachusetts); Amy Sutton (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Myung-Han Yoon (Gwangju, South Korea); Marsela Jorgolli (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecular delivery system including a plurality of nanowires (e.g., Si NWs), each of the nanowires having a surface layer formed of a silicon-containing material and a covalently bound linker (e.g., silane linker) attached to the surface layer, and optionally including a substrate to which the nanowires are adhered or a molecule to be delivered attached to the linker. Also disclosed is a method of delivering into a cell an exogenous molecule. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264587 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/54353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09304280 | Gulari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mayurachat Ning Gulari (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mostafa Ghannad-Rezaie (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anurag Tripathi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nikolaos Chronis (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact lens system for imaging a sample comprising a substrate having a well formed therein. Index matching material is disposed in the well and a lens member is further disposed in the well in optical contact with the index matching material disposed in the well. A spacer member extends from at least one of the substrate and the lower transparent member to define a spacing from a focal point of the lens member, wherein the lens member and index matching material cooperate to image a sample disposed below the lower transparent member. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207852 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1436 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0056 (20130101) G02B 7/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/365 (20130101) |
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| US 09304973 | Heine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Heine (New Port Richey, Florida); Thomas A. Sellers (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Heine (New Port Richey, Florida); Thomas A. Sellers (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Breast density is a significant breast cancer risk factor measured from mammograms. Evidence suggests that the spatial variation in mammograms may also be associated with risk. The variation in calibrated mammograms as a breast cancer risk factor was investigated and its relationship with other measures of breast density was explored using full field digital mammography (FFDM) as described herein. A matched case-control analysis was used to assess a spatial variation breast density measure in calibrated FFDM images, normalized for the image acquisition technique variation. The findings indicate the variation measure is a viable automated method for assessing breast density. Insights gained by this work may be used to develop a standard for measuring breast density. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/994969 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/4312 (20130101) A61B 6/502 (20130101) A61B 6/583 (20130101) A61B 6/5217 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/345 (20130101) G06F 19/3431 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00496 (20130101) G06K 9/623 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 2207/10116 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) G06T 2207/30068 (20130101) |
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| US 09305267 | Tatonetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Tatonetti (New York, New York); Russ B. Altman (Menlo Park, California); Guy Haskin Fernald (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An algorithm according to an embodiment of the present invention provides for latent signal detection of adverse events. Embodiments infer the presence of adverse drug events from large observational databases housed by the FDA, WHO, and other governmental organizations. The disclosed algorithms do not require the adverse event to be reported explicitly. Instead, the algorithms infer the presence of adverse events through more common secondary effects. In an embodiment, machine learning techniques are used for this purpose. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/738966 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/36 (20130101) G06F 19/3437 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09305760 | Barofsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State board of higher education on behalf of OSU (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas F. Barofsky (Bend, Oregon); Valery G. Voinov (Corvallis, Oregon); Joseph S. Beckman (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron source for electron-induced dissociation in an RF-free electromagnetostatic cell for use installation in a tandem mass spectrometer is provided. An electromagnetostatic electron-induced dissociation cell may include at least one magnet having an opening disposed therein and having a longitudinal axis extending through the opening, the magnet having magnetic flux lines associated therewith, and an electron emitter having an electron emissive surface comprising a sheet, the emitter disposed about the axis at a location relative to the magnet where the electron emissive surface is substantially perpendicular to the magnetic flux lines at the electron emissive surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/420545 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/08 (20130101) H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09302219 | Stern et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael C. Stern (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fritz Simeon (Quincy, Massachusetts); Trevor Alan Hatton (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Stern (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fritz Simeon (Quincy, Massachusetts); Trevor Alan Hatton (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to methods and systems for carrying out a pH-influenced chemical and/or biological reaction. In some embodiments, the pH-influenced reaction involves the conversion of CO2 to a dissolved species. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/598321 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/326 (20130101) B01D 53/1475 (20130101) B01D 2252/602 (20130101) B01D 2252/20421 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) B01D 2259/80 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 9/08 (20130101) C25B 11/04 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09302220 | Silvi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norberto Silvi (Clifton Park, New York); Robert James Perry (Niskayuna, New York); Surinder Prabhjot Singh (Schenectady, New York); Gary Stephen Balch (Ballston Spa, New York); Tiffany Elizabeth Pinard Westendorf (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for treatment of a gaseous medium, comprises an extruder having a barrel. The extruder further comprises a first inlet port, a second inlet port, and a plurality of outlet ports coupled to the barrel. The first inlet port is configured for feeding a lean sorbent, the second inlet port is configured for feeding a gaseous medium, and the plurality of outlet ports are configured for releasing a plurality of components removed from the gaseous medium. Further, the extruder comprises a plurality of helical elements coupled to a plurality of kneading elements, mounted on a shaft, and disposed within the barrel. The barrel and the plurality of helical and kneading elements together form an absorption unit and a desorption unit. The first and second inlet ports are formed in the absorption unit and the plurality of outlet ports are formed in the absorption and desorption units. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/078815 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/18 (20130101) B01D 53/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/78 (20130101) B01D 53/96 (20130101) B01D 53/1425 (20130101) B01D 2252/204 (20130101) B01D 2257/80 (20130101) B01D 2257/104 (20130101) B01D 2257/404 (20130101) B01D 2257/502 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2258/05 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) |
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| US 09302247 | Begag et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ASPEN AEROGELS, INC. (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Redouane Begag (Hudson, Massachusetts); Wendell E Rhine (Belmont, Massachusetts); Wenting Dong (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention describes methods and compositions of various sorbents based on aerogels of various silanes and their use as sorbent for carbon dioxide. Methods further provide for optimizing the compositions to increase the stability of the sorbents for prolonged use as carbon dioxide capture matrices. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871763 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/62 (20130101) B01D 2253/20 (20130101) B01D 2253/25 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/22 (20130101) B01J 20/103 (20130101) B01J 20/3085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/3248 (20130101) B01J 20/3272 (20130101) B01J 20/28011 (20130101) B01J 20/28047 (20130101) B01J 20/28059 (20130101) B01J 20/28061 (20130101) B01J 20/28071 (20130101) B01J 20/28073 (20130101) B01J 20/28076 (20130101) B01J 20/28083 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09302303 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keystone Tower Systems, Inc. (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Keystone Tower Systems, Inc. (Westminster, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric D. Smith (Boulder, Colorado); Rosalind K. Takata (Denver, Colorado); Alexander H. Slocum (Bow, New Hampshire); Samir A. Nayfeh (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Feeding stock used to form a tapered structure into a curving device such that each point on the stock undergoes rotational motion about a peak location of the tapered structure; and the stock meets a predecessor portion of stock along one or more adjacent edges. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623817 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Rolling of Metal B21B 39/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Manufacture of Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes or Profiles, Otherwise Than by Rolling; Auxiliary Operations Used in Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material B21C 37/124 (20130101) B21C 37/126 (20130101) B21C 37/185 (20130101) |
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09302954 — Aromatization or dehydrocyclization of N-alkanes using soluble transition metal complexes
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Goldman (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Ritu Ahuja (New Brunswick, New Jersey); William Schinski (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Goldman (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Ritu Ahuja (New Brunswick, New Jersey); William Schinski (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions useful for synthesizing alkylaromatics from an n-alkanes. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/657723 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 5/31 (20130101) C07C 5/31 (20130101) C07C 5/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 5/52 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 15/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09303073 | Crowe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAXALTA INCORPORATED (Bannockburn, Illinois); BAXALTA GMBH (Glattpark, Switzerland); RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Albany, New York); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAXALTA INCORPORATED (Bannockburn, Illinois); BAXALTA GMBH (Glattpark (Opfikon), Switzerland); Research Foundation of the State University of New York (Amherst, New York); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Crowe (Leobendorf, Austria); Ian Livey (Vienna, Austria); Maria O'Rourke (Wiener Neudorf, Austria); Michael Schwendinger (Neusiedl Am See, Austria); John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York); Benjamin J. Luft (Riverhead, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the development of chimeric OspA molecules for use in a new Lyme vaccine. More specifically, the chimeric OspA molecules comprise the proximal portion from one OspA serotype, together with the distal portion from another OspA serotype, while retaining antigenic properties of both of the parent polypeptides. The chimeric OspA molecules are delivered alone or in combination to provide protection against a variety of Borrelia genospecies. The invention also provides methods for administering the chimeric OspA molecules to a subject in the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease or borreliosis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/078390 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0225 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303074 | Schnorr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirk Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NOVOYZMES A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); NVOZYMES, INC. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/817754 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2434 (20130101) C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/8246 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/12 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09303088 | Moonlee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sun-Young Moonlee (Busan, South Korea); Mina J. Bissell (Berkeley, California); Saori Furuta (Emeryville, California); Roland Meier (Geneva, Switzerland); Paraic A. Kenny (Yonkers, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sun-Young Moonlee (Busan, South Korea); Mina J. Bissell (Berkeley, California); Saori Furuta (Emeryville, California); Roland Meier (Geneva, Switzerland); Paraic A. Kenny (Yonkers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The application describes therapeutic compositions and methods for treating cancer. For example, therapeutic compositions and methods related to inhibition of FAM83A (family with sequence similarity 83) are provided. The application also describes methods for diagnosing cancer resistance to EGFR inhibitors. For example, a method of diagnosing cancer resistance to EGFR inhibitors by detecting increased FAM83A levels is described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/248690 |
| 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 16/3015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303165 | Lindsey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael Krayer (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael Krayer (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compound of Formula I: are described, along with compositions containing the same and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/117212 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/0071 (20130101) A61K 49/0036 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/22 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 47/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09303264 | Curtiss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Curtiss (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Xinyao Liu (Jeddah-Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Curtiss (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Xinyao Liu (Jeddah-Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses a photosynthetic microorganism that produces biofuels and biofuel precursors. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/898241 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/06 (20130101) C12N 9/18 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (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 5/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09303273 | Hoeprich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Hoeprich (Pleasanton, California); Maureen Whalen (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are nanolipoprotein particles that comprise a biosynthetic enzyme more particularly an enzyme capable of catalyzing rubber or other rubbers polymerization, and related assemblies, devices, methods and systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/199973 |
| 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 9/96 (20130101) C12N 9/1085 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 1/00 (20130101) C12P 5/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 205/0102 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09303318 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tuoh-Bin Ng (San Jose, California); Yuriy Melnik (San Jose, California); Lily L Pang (Fremont, California); Eda Tuncel (Menlo Park, California); Lu Chen (Cupertino, California); Son T Nguyen (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first gas distribution assembly that includes a first gas passage for introducing a first process gas into a second gas passage that introduces the first process gas into a processing chamber and a second gas distribution assembly that includes a third gas passage for introducing a second process gas into a fourth gas passage that introduces the second process gas into the processing chamber. The first and second gas distribution assemblies are each adapted to be coupled to at least one chamber wall of the processing chamber. The first gas passage is shaped as a first ring positioned within the processing chamber above the second gas passage that is shaped as a second ring positioned within the processing chamber. The gas distribution assemblies may be designed to have complementary characteristic radial film growth rate profiles. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/649488 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/303 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/4488 (20130101) C23C 16/4558 (20130101) C23C 16/45574 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) Y10T 137/8593 (20150401) |
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| US 09303874 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Edward Johnson (Greenville, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Greenville, South Carolina); Christian Xavier Stevenson (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Edward Johnson (Greenville, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Greenville, South Carolina); Christian Xavier Stevenson (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present application include a combustor assembly. The combustor assembly may include a combustion chamber, a first plenum, a second plenum, and one or more elongate air/fuel premixing injection tubes. Each of the elongate air/fuel premixing injection tubes may include a first length at least partially disposed within the first plenum and configured to receive a first fluid from the first plenum. Moreover, each of the elongate air/fuel premixing injection tubes may include a second length disposed downstream of the first length and at least partially disposed within the second plenum. The second length may be formed of a porous wall configured to allow a second fluid from the second plenum to enter the second length and create a boundary layer about the porous wall. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/423854 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 2900/00002 (20130101) |
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| US 09304128 | Koh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung-Yan Koh (Dublin, California); Ulrich Y. Schaff (Livermore, California); Gregory Jon Sommer (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward devices, system and method for conducting toxin activity assay using sedimentation. The toxin activity assay may include generating complexes which bind to a plurality of beads in a fluid sample. The complexes may include a target toxin and a labeling agent, or may be generated due to presence of active target toxin and/or labeling agent designed to be incorporated into complexes responsive to the presence of target active toxin. The plurality of beads including the complexes may be transported through a density media, wherein the density media has a lower density than a density of the beads and higher than a density of the fluid sample, and wherein the transporting occurs, at least in part, by sedimentation. Signal may be detected from the labeling agents of the complexes. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/157278 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54306 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09304129 | Schaff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulrich Y. Schaff (Livermore, California); Chung-Yan Koh (Dublin, California); Gregory J. Sommer (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward devices, systems, and method for conducting assays using sedimentation. In one example, a method includes layering a mixture on a density medium, subjecting sedimentation particles in the mixture to sedimentation forces to cause the sedimentation particles to move to a detection area through a density medium, and detecting a target analyte in a detection region of the sedimentation channel. In some examples, the sedimentation particles and labeling agent may have like charges to reduce non-specific binding of labeling agent and sedimentation particles. In some examples, the density medium is provided with a separation layer for stabilizing the assay during storage and operation. In some examples, the sedimentation channel may be provided with a generally flat sedimentation chamber for dispersing the particle pellet over a larger surface area. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/597601 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50215 (20130101) B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/04 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/558 (20130101) G01N 33/54313 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09304198 | Doerry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Armin W. Doerry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brandeis Marquette (Escondido, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The various technologies presented herein relate to the determination of and correction of heading error of platform. Knowledge of at least one of a maximum Doppler frequency or a minimum Doppler bandwidth pertaining to a plurality of radar echoes can be utilized to facilitate correction of the heading error. Heading error can occur as a result of component drift. In an ideal situation, a boresight direction of an antenna or the front of an aircraft will have associated therewith at least one of a maximum Doppler frequency or a minimum Doppler bandwidth. As the boresight direction of the antenna strays from a direction of travel at least one of the maximum Doppler frequency or a minimum Doppler bandwidth will shift away, either left or right, from the ideal situation. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/046145 |
| 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 5/16 (20130101) G01S 13/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/88 (20130101) G01S 13/89 (20130101) G01S 13/90 (20130101) |
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| US 09304213 | Rabedeau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Rabedeau (San Jose, California); Douglas G. Van Campen (Milpitas, California); Peter M. Stefan (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An X-ray beam position and stability detector is provided having a first metal blade collinear with a second metal blade, where an edge of the first metal blade is opposite an edge of the second metal blade, where the first metal blade edge and the second metal blade edge are disposed along a centerline with respect to each other, where the metal blades are capable of photoelectron emission when exposed to an x-ray beam, a metal coating on the metal blades that is capable of enhancing the photoelectron emission, or suppressing energy-resonant contaminants, or enhancing the photoelectron emission and suppressing energy-resonant contaminants, a background shielding element having an electrode capable of suppressing photoelectron emission from spurious x-rays not contained in an x-ray beam of interest, and a photoelectron emission detector having an amplifier capable of detecting the photoelectron emission as a current signal. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/203294 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/29 (20130101) G01T 1/2907 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 31/49 (20130101) |
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| US 09304501 | Danko |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George L. Danko (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are an articulated hydraulic machine supporting, control system and control method for same. The articulated hydraulic machine has an end effector for performing useful work. The control system is capable of controlling the end effector for automated movement along a preselected trajectory. The control system has a position error correction system to correct discrepancies between an actual end effector trajectory and a desired end effector trajectory. The correction system can employ one or more absolute position signals provided by one or more acceleration sensors supported by one or more movable machine elements. Good trajectory positioning and repeatability can be obtained. A two joystick controller system is enabled, which can in some cases facilitate the operator's task and enhance their work quality and productivity. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/798254 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/1628 (20130101) Dredging; Soil-shifting E02F 9/2004 (20130101) E02F 9/2029 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 13/041 (20130101) G05B 2219/40495 (20130101) G05B 2219/41273 (20130101) G05B 2219/45012 (20130101) |
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| US 09305667 | Mariani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Dominick Mariani (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Douglas Lloyd Porter (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Dominick Mariani (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Douglas Lloyd Porter (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Nuclear fuel alloys or mixtures and methods of making nuclear fuel mixtures are provided. Pseudo-binary actinide-M fuel mixtures form alloys and exhibit: body-centered cubic solid phases at low temperatures; high solidus temperatures; and/or minimal or no reaction or inter-diffusion with steel and other cladding materials. Methods described herein through metallurgical and thermodynamics advancements guide the selection of amounts of fuel mixture components by use of phase diagrams. Weight percentages for components of a metallic additive to an actinide fuel are selected in a solid phase region of an isothermal phase diagram taken at a temperature below an upper temperature limit for the resulting fuel mixture in reactor use. Fuel mixtures include uranium-molybdenum-tungsten, uranium-molybdenum-tantalum, molybdenum-titanium-zirconium, and uranium-molybdenum-titanium systems. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/832261 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 3/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09305668 | Kielb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Kielb (Westfield, Massachusetts); Richard E. Schwirian (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Naugab E. Lee (Simsbury, Connecticut); David R. Forsyth (Cheswick, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Kielb (Westfield, Massachusetts); Richard E. Schwirian (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Naugab E. Lee (Simsbury, Connecticut); David R. Forsyth (Cheswick, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A pressurized water reactor vessel having a flow skirt formed from a perforated cylinder structure supported in the lower reactor vessel head at the outlet of the downcomer annulus, that channels the coolant flow through flow holes in the wall of the cylinder structure. The flow skirt is supported at a plurality of circumferentially spaced locations on the lower reactor vessel head that are not equally spaced or vertically aligned with the core barrel attachment points, and the flow skirt employs a unique arrangement of hole patterns that assure a substantially balanced pressure and flow of the coolant over the entire underside of the lower core support plate. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/027341 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 15/243 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09305672 | Wagh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun S. Wagh (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of immobilizing a radioisotope and vitrified chemically bonded phosphate ceramic (CBPC) articles formed by the method are described. The method comprises combining a radioisotope-containing material, MgO, a source of phosphate, and optionally, a reducing agent, in water at a temperature of less than 100° C. to form a slurry; curing the slurry to form a solid intermediate CBPC article comprising the radioisotope therefrom; comminuting the intermediate CBPC article, mixing the comminuted material with glass frits, and heating the mixture at a temperature in the range of about 900 to about 1500° C. to form a vitrified CBPC article comprising the radioisotope immobilized therein. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/291980 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 4/0042 (20130101) C03C 14/008 (20130101) C03C 2214/14 (20130101) C03C 2214/20 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/447 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 9/162 (20130101) G21F 9/305 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09305673 | Heinold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Heinold (San Jose, California); Yogeshwar Dayal (San Jose, California); Martin W. Brittingham (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems produce desired isotopes through irradiation in nuclear reactor instrumentation tubes and deposit the same in a robust facility for immediate shipping, handling, and/or consumption. Irradiation targets are inserted and removed through inaccessible areas without plant shutdown and placed in the harvesting facility, such as a plurality of sealable and shipping-safe casks and/or canisters. Systems may connect various structures in a sealed manner to avoid release of dangerous or unwanted matter throughout the nuclear plant, and/or systems may also automatically decontaminate materials to be released. Useable casks or canisters can include plural barriers for containment that are temporarily and selectively removable with specially-configured paths inserted therein. Penetrations in the facilities may limit waste or pneumatic gas escape and allow the same to be removed from the systems without over-pressurization or leakage. Methods include processing irradiation targets through such systems and securely delivering them in such harvesting facilities. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/709725 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 21/0233 (20130101) Nuclear Reactors G21C 19/32 (20130101) G21C 23/00 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 5/14 (20130101) G21F 5/015 (20130101) Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09305674 | Wertsching et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Kevin Wertsching (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Troy Joseph Trantor (Mena, Arkansas); Rhonda Tranter (Mena, Arkansas); Matthias Anthony Ebner (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brad Curtis Norby (Iona, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Kevin Wertsching (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Troy Joseph Trantor (Mena, Arkansas); Matthias Anthony Ebner (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brad Curtis Norby (Iona, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for producing secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon. A substrate comprising carbon is provided. A precursor is intercalated between carbon in the substrate. The precursor intercalated in the substrate is irradiated until at least a portion of the precursor, preferably a majority of the precursor, is transmutated into tritium and bonds with carbon of the substrate forming bonded tritium. The resulting bonded tritium, tritium bonded with carbon, produces electrons via beta decay. The substrate is preferably a substrate from the list of substrates consisting of highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite, carbon fibers, carbon nanotunes, buckministerfullerenes, and combinations thereof. The precursor is preferably boron-10, more preferably lithium-6. Preferably, thermal neutrons are used to irradiate the precursor. The resulting bonded tritium is preferably used to generate electricity either directly or indirectly. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427165 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Obtaining Energy From Radioactive Sources; Applications of Radiation From Radioactive Sources, Not Otherwise Provided For; Utilising Cosmic Radiation G21H 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0406 (20130101) |
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| US 09305677 | Rousseas 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) | Michael Rousseas (Burlingame, California); William Mickelson (Albany, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to boron nitride converted carbon fiber. In one aspect, a method may include the operations of providing boron oxide and carbon fiber, heating the boron oxide to melt the boron oxide and heating the carbon fiber, mixing a nitrogen-containing gas with boron oxide vapor from molten boron oxide, and converting at least a portion of the carbon fiber to boron nitride. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/148508 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 8/18 (20130101) D01F 11/124 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09306145 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Shuo Chen (Newton, Massachusetts); Wei-Shu Liu (Brighton, Massachusetts); Hengzhi Wang (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Hui Wang (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bo Yu (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Shuo Chen (Newton, Massachusetts); Wei-Shu Liu (Brighton, Massachusetts); Hengzhi Wang (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Hui Wang (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bo Yu (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for synthesis of thermoelectric materials are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of fabricating a thermoelectric material includes generating a plurality of nanoparticles from a starting material comprising one or more chalcogens and one or more transition metals; and consolidating the nanoparticles under elevated pressure and temperature, wherein the nanoparticles are heated and cooled at a controlled rate. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/788932 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/007 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/547 (20130101) C04B 35/645 (20130101) C04B 35/62615 (20130101) C04B 2235/40 (20130101) C04B 2235/77 (20130101) C04B 2235/79 (20130101) C04B 2235/404 (20130101) C04B 2235/405 (20130101) C04B 2235/407 (20130101) C04B 2235/656 (20130101) C04B 2235/786 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (20130101) C04B 2235/6565 (20130101) C04B 2235/9607 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/26 (20130101) H01L 35/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09306184 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard R. Lunt (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An ordered multilayer crystalline organic thin film structure is formed by depositing at least two layers of thin film crystalline organic materials successively wherein the at least two thin film layers are selected to have their surface energies within ±50% of each other, and preferably within ±15% of each other, whereby every thin film layer within the multilayer crystalline organic thin film structure exhibit a quasi-epitaxial relationship with the adjacent crystalline organic thin film. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/578522 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 23/02 (20130101) C30B 29/54 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0008 (20130101) H01L 51/0012 (20130101) H01L 51/0052 (20130101) H01L 51/0053 (20130101) H01L 51/0054 (20130101) H01L 51/56 (20130101) H01L 51/4246 (20130101) H01L 51/5004 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/5056 (20130101) H01L 51/5072 (20130101) H01L 51/5096 (20130101) H01L 2227/326 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09306210 | Thackeray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium-metal-oxide positive electrode having a layered or spinel structure for a non-aqueous lithium electrochemical cell and battery is disclosed comprising electrode particles that are protected at the surface from undesirable effects, such as electrolyte oxidation, oxygen loss or dissolution by one or more lithium-metal-polyanionic compounds, such as a lithium-metal-phosphate or a lithium-metal-silicate material that can act as a solid electrolyte at or above the operating potential of the lithium-metal-oxide electrode. The surface protection significantly enhances the surface stability, rate capability and cycling stability of the lithium-metal-oxide electrodes, particularly when charged to high potentials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/326845 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 09306340 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qin Chen (Schenectady, New York); Weijun Yin (Niskayuna, New York); Lili Zhang (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical connector includes a first cable termination chamber configured to receive a first power cable having at least a first conductor sheathed at least in part by a first insulating layer and a first insulation screen layer. Also, the electrical connector includes a first non-linear resistive layer configured to be coupled to a portion of the first conductor unsheathed by at least the first insulation screen layer and configured to control a direct current electric field generated in the first cable termination chamber. In addition, the electrical connector includes a first deflector configured to be coupled to the first power cable and control an alternating current electric field generated in the first cable termination chamber. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/105205 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 33/0385 (20130101) Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 13/523 (20130101) H01R 13/665 (20130101) H01R 13/6581 (20130101) H01R 13/6592 (20130101) H01R 13/6616 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Installation of Electric Cables or Lines, or of Combined Optical and Electric Cables or Lines H02G 15/103 (20130101) |
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| US 09306391 | Chaudhuri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri (Niskayuna, New York); Ranjan Kumar Gupta (Schenectady, New York); Rajib Datta (Niskayuna, New York); Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A direct current (DC) transmission and distribution (T&D) system includes a plurality of DC-to-DC converter devices defining a plurality of isolatable portions of the DC T&D system. The DC T&D system also includes a DC T&D control system coupled to the DC-to-DC converter devices. The DC T&D control system includes a plurality of current sensors. At least one of the current sensors is positioned at one of the DC-to-DC converter devices. The current sensor is configured to transmit signals representative of a value of DC electric current transmission through the DC-to-DC converter device. The DC T&D control system also includes a plurality of processors. At least one processor is coupled to the current sensor and the DC-to-DC converter device. The processor is configured to regulate DC current transmission through the DC-to-DC converter device as a function of the value of DC current transmission through the DC-to-DC converter device. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/842844 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 3/36 (20130101) H02J 3/386 (20130101) H02J 13/0086 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/763 (20130101) Y02E 40/72 (20130101) Y02E 60/60 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 10/123 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 307/549 (20150401) |
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| US 09307674 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); David P. Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Vinod Kamath (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, North Carolina); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark E. Steinke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); David P. Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Vinod Kamath (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, North Carolina); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark E. Steinke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic component. The apparatus includes a liquid-cooled cold plate and a thermal spreader associated with the cold plate. The cold plate includes multiple coolant-carrying channel sections extending within the cold plate, and a thermal conduction surface with a larger surface area than a surface area of the component to be cooled. The thermal spreader includes one or more heat pipes including multiple heat pipe sections. One or more heat pipe sections are partially aligned to a first region of the cold plate, that is, where aligned to the surface to be cooled, and partially aligned to a second region of the cold plate, which is outside the first region. The one or more heat pipes facilitate distribution of heat from the electronic component to coolant-carrying channel sections of the cold plate located in the second region of the cold plate. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102200 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/02 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20336 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 7/20509 (20130101) H05K 7/20772 (20130101) H05K 7/20936 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Cooling Therapy, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Cooling Therapy, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Kulstad (Chicago, Illinois); Hugh Patrick Caherty (Canton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768752 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 2017/00084 (20130101) A61B 2019/464 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 7/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2007/0054 (20130101) A61F 2007/126 (20130101) |
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| US 09302124 | Konofagou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elisa E. Konofagou (New York, New York); James J. Choi (Englewood, New Jersey); Mark A. Borden (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elisa E. Konofagou (New York, New York); James J. Choi (Englewood, New Jersey); Mark A. Borden (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for opening a tissue to a target value are disclosed herein. In an exemplary method, a region of the tissue is targeted for opening, a size range of microbubbles corresponding to the target value is determined, microbubbles of the size range are positioned in proximity to the targeted region, and an ultrasound beam is applied to the targeted region such that the tissue is opened with the assistance of the microbubbles to the target value. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/045070 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/0808 (20130101) A61B 2019/5236 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 37/0092 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 2007/0039 (20130101) |
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| US 09302240 | Pine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Pine (New York, New York); Paul Michael Chaikin (New York, New York); Stefano Sacanna (New York, New York); William Irvine (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for assembling building blocks of colloidal particles and also for shaping of colloids for self-assembly for manufacturing, processing and formation of compositions of matter. A first type of particle is selected as a “key” particle constructed to mate with a “lock” particle, the binding arising from depletion forces. A variety of shapes can be used to carry out this method and system to create compositions of matter. Colloids can be shaped by controlled deformation of multiphase colloid particles. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/451160 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 25/06 (20130101) C08L 33/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09302242 | Cai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chi Ming Yam (Dallas, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chi Ming Yam (Dallas, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to nanometric biomolecular arrays and to a novel approaches for the preparation of such nanoarrays, based on binding of biomolecules, such as avidin, to templates generated by lithographically-anodizing biocompatible ultrathin films on silicon substrates using AFM anodization lithography. The present invention is also directed to methods of using such arrays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/587232 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00351 (20130101) B01J 2219/00436 (20130101) B01J 2219/00527 (20130101) B01J 2219/00605 (20130101) B01J 2219/00612 (20130101) B01J 2219/00617 (20130101) B01J 2219/00621 (20130101) B01J 2219/00626 (20130101) B01J 2219/00637 (20130101) B01J 2219/00659 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/552 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 80/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09302922 | Diallo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mamadou S. Diallo (Pasadena, California); Madhusudhana Rao Kotte (South Korea, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are filtration membranes and related, compositions, methods and systems and in particular filtration membranes with polymeric micro/nanoparticles embedded in a polymer matrix formed by a porous polymeric aggregate, a bicomposite membrane including a plurality of nanofibers and/or microfibers attached to a polymer matrix formed by a porous polymeric aggregate comprising polymeric nanoparticles, and related compositions, methods, and systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/754883 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 67/0079 (20130101) B01D 69/10 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 69/141 (20130101) B01D 71/022 (20130101) B01D 71/34 (20130101) B01D 71/40 (20130101) B01D 71/60 (20130101) B01D 2323/39 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/441 (20130101) C02F 1/444 (20130101) C02F 2103/08 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 1/10 (20130101) |
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09302954 — Aromatization or dehydrocyclization of N-alkanes using soluble transition metal complexes
| US 09302954 | Goldman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Goldman (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Ritu Ahuja (New Brunswick, New Jersey); William Schinski (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Goldman (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Ritu Ahuja (New Brunswick, New Jersey); William Schinski (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions useful for synthesizing alkylaromatics from an n-alkanes. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/657723 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 5/31 (20130101) C07C 5/31 (20130101) C07C 5/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 5/52 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 15/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09302990 | DiMagno |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Gregory DiMagno (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Gregory DiMagno (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to reagents and methods useful in the synthesis of aryl fluorides, for example, in the preparation of 18F labeled radiotracers. The reagents and methods provided herein may be used to access a broad range of compounds, including aromatic compounds, heteroaromatic compounds, amino acids, nucleotides, and synthetic compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/172953 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 41/18 (20130101) C07C 41/18 (20130101) C07C 43/225 (20130101) C07C 227/16 (20130101) C07C 227/16 (20130101) C07C 229/36 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 255/50 (20130101) C07C 269/06 (20130101) C07C 269/06 (20130101) C07C 271/66 (20130101) C07C 271/66 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 233/06 (20130101) C07D 277/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09302997 | Sharpless et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Barry Sharpless (La Jolla, California); Valery Fokin (Oceanside, California); Vsevold A. Rostovtsev (Wilmington, Delaware); Luke Green (Basel, Switzerland); Fahmi Himo (Solna, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A copper catalyzed click chemistry ligation process is employed to bind azides and terminal acetylenes to provide 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole triazoles. The process comprises contacting a solution of an organic azide and a terminal alkyne with a source of catalytic Cu(I) ion to form a 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole, wherein the source of Cu(I) ion comprises Cu(II) and a metal capable of reducing Cu(II) to Cu(I). In some embodiments, the metal capable of reducing Cu(II) to Cu(I) is selected from the group consisting of Al, Be, Co, Cr, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, and Zn. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/705527 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303059 | Carlson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erin E. Carlson (Bloomington, Indiana); Darci Trader (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemoselective isolation of aliphatic hydroxyl group-containing and aromatic hydroxyl group-containing compounds is accomplished via formation of polymeric siloxyl ethers. Chemoselective release of aliphatic hydroxyl group-containing and aromatic hydroxyl group-containing compounds from polymeric siloxyl reagents is described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/103260 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 45/86 (20130101) C07C 213/10 (20130101) C07C 227/44 (20130101) C07C 231/24 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/08 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 17/075 (20130101) Steroids C07J 1/0011 (20130101) C07J 5/00 (20130101) C07J 9/00 (20130101) C07J 9/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/10 (20130101) C08F 8/10 (20130101) C08F 8/12 (20130101) C08F 8/42 (20130101) C08F 12/14 (20130101) C08F 12/18 (20130101) C08F 12/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09303118 | Gokturk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainseville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ersen Gokturk (Gainesville, Florida); Alexander G. Pemba (Gainesville, Florida); Stephen A. Miller (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing a poly(glycolic acid) (PGA) from the C1 feedstocks carbon monoxide and formaldehyde or its equivalent. By controlling the comonomer feed ratios and the polymerization temperatures, high quality PGA can be prepared. The method is extended to copolymers of PGA where alkylene oxides or cyclic ether comonomers are included into the polymerization mixture with the C1 monomers to yield polyester-ether thermoplastics. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/383681 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/06 (20130101) C08G 63/66 (20130101) C08G 63/78 (20130101) C08G 63/81 (20130101) C08G 63/87 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 63/664 (20130101) C08G 67/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09303404 | Naito et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clay Naito (Coopersburg, Pennsylvania); Patrick Trasborg (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An insulated composite structural panel comprises a first concrete layer, a second concrete layer, and an insulation layer disposed therebetween. One or more shear ties are embedded in the panel. The shear ties include a base portion and a plurality of elongated anchor elements extending from the base portion. A portion of each anchor element extends through the first and second concrete layers and insulation layer. The tie is formed of a material exhibiting ductile elastic-plastic behavior under an applied shear load. In a non-limiting example, the tie may be formed of a fiber reinforced polymer. The tie is constructed and acts to form stable flexural hinges at the interface between the insulation layer and each concrete layer. During a shear load event, portions of the anchor elements within the insulation laterally deform in a ductile manner to keep the structural panel relatively intact. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/794990 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/76 (20130101) E04B 2103/02 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 2/044 (20130101) E04C 2/46 (20130101) E04C 2/2885 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E04C 2002/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09305760 | Barofsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State board of higher education on behalf of OSU (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas F. Barofsky (Bend, Oregon); Valery G. Voinov (Corvallis, Oregon); Joseph S. Beckman (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron source for electron-induced dissociation in an RF-free electromagnetostatic cell for use installation in a tandem mass spectrometer is provided. An electromagnetostatic electron-induced dissociation cell may include at least one magnet having an opening disposed therein and having a longitudinal axis extending through the opening, the magnet having magnetic flux lines associated therewith, and an electron emitter having an electron emissive surface comprising a sheet, the emitter disposed about the axis at a location relative to the magnet where the electron emissive surface is substantially perpendicular to the magnetic flux lines at the electron emissive surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/420545 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/08 (20130101) H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09306110 | Onicha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | US Nano LLC (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | US Nano LLC (Sarasota, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony C. Onicha (Lansing, Illinois); Louise E. Sinks (South Bend, Indiana); Stefanie L. Weber (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and methods for synthesizing nanoscale materials are provided, including semiconductor nanowires. Precursor solutions include mixed reagent precursor solutions of metal and chalcogenide precursors and a catalyst, where such solutions are liquid at room temperature. The precursor solutions are mixed by dividing a solution flow into multiple paths and converging the paths to form a uniform solution. A thermally controlled reactor receives the uniform solution to form semiconductor nanowires. Various electronic, optical, and sensory devices may employ the semiconductor nanowires described herein, for example. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/446285 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05C 3/10 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/1828 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/035209 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09306363 | Braga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexandre B. Braga (Salvador, Brazil); Jean-Claude Diels (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronald R. Kay (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandre B. Braga (Salvador, Brazil); Jean-Claude Diels (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronald R. Kay (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, systems and methods can be structured to provide efficient active bidirectional mode-locked lasers, which can be used as intracavity phase interferometer (IPI) sensors. Stable bidirectional mode-locking can be achieved by a combination of a passive mechanism, a passively driven active mechanism, and a beat note detection system. Such systems can be used in guidance, navigation, and control systems, where attitude control of a vehicle relies on accurate measurements of its position and motion. In various embodiments, a detection system can be based on an all fiber intracavity phase interferometer (IPI) active laser capable of delivering accurate simultaneous measurements of all three degrees of rotation and position in a single, compact, cost effective unit. A variation of the same system can include a linear cavity laser for accurate measurements of acceleration without the use of any inertial masses. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/253386 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/003 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/06712 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09306497 | Scott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Associated Universities, Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Associated Universities, Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. Scott (Socorro, New Mexico); Walter F. Brisken (St. Paul, Minnesota); Robert E. Long (Castle Rock, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable frequency synthesizer and method of outputting the variable frequency is disclosed. The synthesizer comprises a first reference frequency, a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) receiving the first reference frequency and outputting a tuned frequency, a variable frequency comb generator receiving the tuned frequency and outputting a variable frequency comb comprised of a plurality of comb lines, a mixer receiving the variable frequency comb and a signal from an oscillator and outputting an intermediate frequency, a phase lock loop (PLL) receiving a second reference frequency and the intermediate frequency and outputting a phase lock signal, and the oscillator receiving the phase lock signal and outputting a variable synthesized frequency. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/323278 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 21/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03B 2200/0054 (20130101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/16 (20130101) H03L 2207/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09306698 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuhua Chen (Houston, Texas); Wenjing Tang (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuhua Chen (Houston, Texas); Wenjing Tang (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-mode configuration module for managing switching for an EPS, OCS, and OCS mode is provided. The multi-mode configuration module may include a multi-mode configuration processor, wherein said multi-mode configuration processor receives configuration information for an EPS, OCS, or OBS mode. The module may also provide an optical configuration processor coupled to said multi-mode configuration processor, wherein said optical configuration processor manages wavelength routing of an optical switching fabric; and an electronic configuration processor coupled to said multi-mode configuration processor, wherein said electronic configuration processor manages routing of an electronic switching fabric. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/599912 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0212 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04J 14/0256 (20130101) H04J 14/0257 (20130101) Selecting H04Q 11/0005 (20130101) H04Q 2011/002 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0016 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0039 (20130101) |
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| US 09306969 | Dagon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Dagon (Tampa, Florida); Nick Feamster (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenke Lee (Atlanta, Georgia); Robert Edmonds (Woodstock, Georgia); Richard Lipton (Atlanta, Georgia); Anirudh Ramachandran (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Collect Domain Name System (DNS) data, the DNS data generated by a DNS server and/or similar device, wherein the DNS data comprises DNS queries, wherein the collected DNS data comprises DNS query rate information. Examine the collected DNS data relative to DNS data from known compromised and/or uncompromised computers. Determine an existence of the collection of compromised networks and/or computers, and/or an identity of compromised networks and/or computers, based on the examination. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/015661 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/12066 (20130101) H04L 29/12301 (20130101) H04L 61/1511 (20130101) H04L 61/2076 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) H04L 63/1441 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1491 (20130101) H04L 2463/144 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09301979 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yufang Shi (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Liying Zhang (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Guangwen Ren (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a composition and methods of treatment for inflammation comprising of adult stem cells and inflammatory cytokines. The invention further relates to the treatment of inflammation associated with autoimmune disorders, allergies, sepsis, cancer as well as to preventing, reducing or treating transplant rejection and/or graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/174557 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/217 (20130101) A61K 38/217 (20130101) A61K 38/2006 (20130101) A61K 38/2006 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/57 (20130101) C07K 14/525 (20130101) C07K 14/545 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0663 (20130101) C12N 2501/23 (20130101) C12N 2501/24 (20130101) C12N 2501/25 (20130101) C12N 2502/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09302324 | Martinez-Inesta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maria M Martinez-Inesta (Mayaguezq, Puerto Rico); Jennie Feliciano (Aguada, Puerto Rico); Leonel Quiñones-Fontalvo (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria M Martinez-Inesta (Mayaguezq, Puerto Rico); Jennie Feliciano (Aguada, Puerto Rico); Leonel Quiñones-Fontalvo (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention proposes a novel method for the fabrication of regular arrays of MNWs using solid-state reduction (SSR). Using this method copper (Cu), silver (Ag), and palladium (Pd) nanowire (NWs) arrays were synthesized using anodic alumina membranes (AAMs) as templates. Depending on the metal loading used the NWs reached different diameters. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170444 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 9/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 2009/245 (20130101) Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 11/04 (20130101) C22B 15/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09302793 | Ghofranian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Siamak Ghofranian (Yorba Linda, California); Li-Ping Christopher Chuang (Laguna Niguel, California); Pejmun Motaghedi (Cerritos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for docking a spacecraft. The apparatus comprises elongate members, movement systems, and force management systems. The elongate members are associated with a docking structure for a spacecraft. The movement systems are configured to move the elongate members axially such that the docking structure for the spacecraft moves. Each of the elongate members is configured to move independently. The force management systems connect the movement systems to the elongate members and are configured to limit a force applied by the each of the elongate members to a desired threshold during movement of the elongate members. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/221357 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/222 (20130101) B64G 1/646 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303743 | Wingett 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) | Paul T. Wingett (Mesa, Arizona); Steven Talbert Forrest (Phoenix, Arizona); Steve Abel (Chandler, Arizona); George Woessner (Phoenix, Arizona); Casey Hanlon (Queen Creek, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An actuator includes an actuator housing, a ball screw, and an axial soft stop assembly. The ball screw extends through the actuator housing and has a first end and a second end. The ball screw is coupled to receive a drive force and is configured, upon receipt of the drive force, to selectively move in a retract direction and an extend direction. The axial soft stop assembly is disposed within the actuator housing. The axial soft stop assembly is configured to be selectively engaged by the ball screw and, upon being engaged thereby, to translate, with compliance, a predetermined distance in the extend direction, and to prevent further movement of the ball screw upon translating the predetermined distance. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/107410 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Gearing F16H 25/2015 (20130101) F16H 25/2204 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/18688 (20150115) |
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| US 09305252 | Fink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Adminstrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick W. Fink (Missouri City, Texas); Gregory Y. Lin (Friendswood, Texas); Timothy F. Kennedy (Sugar Land, Texas); Phong H. Ngo (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses and systems for radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled information collection are disclosed, including an enclosure, a collector coupled to the enclosure, an interrogator, a processor, and one or more RFID field sensors, each having an individual identification, disposed within the enclosure. In operation, the interrogator transmits an incident signal to the collector, causing the collector to generate an electromagnetic field within the enclosure. The electromagnetic field is affected by one or more influences. RFID sensors respond to the electromagnetic field by transmitting reflected signals containing the individual identifications of the responding RFID sensors to the interrogator. The interrogator receives the reflected signals, measures one or more returned signal strength indications (“RSSI”) of the reflected signals and sends the RSSI measurements and identification of the responding RFID sensors to the processor to determine one or more facts about the influences. Other embodiments are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790927 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0231 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/0723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09305733 | Rand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lauren P. Rand (Waltham, Massachusetts); John D. Williams (Fort Collins, Colorado); Rafael A. Martinez (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of the electride form of 12CaO-7Al2O3, or C12A7, as a low work function electron emitter in a hollow cathode discharge apparatus is described. No heater is required to initiate operation of the present cathode, as is necessary for traditional hollow cathode devices. Because C12A7 has a fully oxidized lattice structure, exposure to oxygen does not degrade the electride. The electride was surrounded by a graphite liner since it was found that the C12A7 electride converts to it's eutectic (CA+C3A) form when heated (through natural hollow cathode operation) in a metal tube. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/263970 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/14 (20130101) H01J 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 27/08 (20130101) H01J 27/146 (20130101) |
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| US 09306255 | Rollin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuvotronics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUVOTRONICS, INC. (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Marc Rollin (Blacksburg, Virginia); J. Robert Reid (Billerica, Massachusetts); David Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); Will Stacy (Blacksburg, Virginia); Ken Vanhille (Blacksburg, Virginia); J. Marcus Oliver (Blacksburg, Virginia); Tim Smith (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Structures and methods for interconnects and associated alignment and assembly mechanisms for and between chips, components, and 3D systems. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211749 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 3/06 (20130101) H01P 5/00 (20130101) H01P 11/001 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09301440 | Moore, Jr. |
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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) | Philip A. Moore, Jr. (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are manure amendment compositions containing a dry or liquid mixture of (1) alum mud and at least one member selected from the group consisting of acid (e.g., sulfuric), bauxite, and mixtures thereof, or (2) bauxite and at least one member selected from the group consisting of acid (e.g., sulfuric), alum mud, and mixtures thereof, which when added to animal manure will form a treated manure product having improved environmental, health and/or animal performance. Also disclosed are various methods of using the manure amendment composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/331869 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Planting; Sowing; Fertilising A01C 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 29/00 (20130101) Organic Fertilisers Not Covered by Subclasses C05B, C05C, e.g Fertilisers From Waste or Refuse C05F 3/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09301521 | Pitts Singer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); AgPollen LLC (Ceres, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theresa Pitts Singer (Logan, Utah); William P. Kemp (Fargo, North Dakota); David Moreland (St. Helena, California); Steve Peterson (Visalia, California); James S. Buckner (Brunswick, Maine); Marcia M. Hagen (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemical attractants to Osmia lignaria and other bees are provided herein along with methods of using the attractants. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/200599 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/18 (20130101) A01N 37/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 37/02 (20130101) A01N 37/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09303273 | Hoeprich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Hoeprich (Pleasanton, California); Maureen Whalen (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are nanolipoprotein particles that comprise a biosynthetic enzyme more particularly an enzyme capable of catalyzing rubber or other rubbers polymerization, and related assemblies, devices, methods and systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/199973 |
| 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 9/96 (20130101) C12N 9/1085 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 1/00 (20130101) C12P 5/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 205/0102 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US PP26591 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhanao Deng (Riverview, Florida); Brent K. Harbaugh (Bradenton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Sizzle’, characterized by its mounding growth habit, heart-shaped leaves that have a large red center, dark red to purple mid and primary veins, netted greyed-purple secondary veins, and mottled undulate margins, and plants that are attractive in containers or in sunny or shady landscapes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756217 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/373 |
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| US PP26592 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhanao Deng (Riverview, Florida); Brent K. Harbaugh (Bradenton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Passionista’, characterized by its mounding growth habit, elongated leaves that have a large pink center, pink primary veins, netted pink secondary veins, and mottled margins, and plants that are attractive in containers and shady landscapes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756219 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/373 |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09301824 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GT UROLOGICAL, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GT Urological, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Anderson (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Bernard J. Esarey (Vermilion, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A totally implantable method for occluding the urethra or bladder neck utilizing an occlusive cuff connected to a control mechanism via a conduit tube. The occlusive cuff is reversibly changed from an activated (occlusive condition) to a de-activated (non-occlusive) condition by depressing a deactivation button contained within a resilient, elastomeric sheath surrounding the control mechanism. The occlusive condition is once again obtained by depressing an activation button also situated within the resilient sheath. In the occlusive condition, a preset tension is applied to a flexible diaphragm through a tensioning suture by a constant force spring contained within the control mechanism. This tension is translated into an occlusive pressure applied to the urethra or bladder neck sufficient to prevent urinary leakage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/863459 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| 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 2/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09303826 | Schoenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Winston V. Schoenfeld (Oviedo, Florida); Huiyang Zhou (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Backlit video display systems where the backlights (for example, LED backlights) are controlled based at least in part on the content of the video signal of the video that is being displayed by the backlit video display system. The system can provide specific control of the three primary colors (for example, red, green and blue LEDs). The system can provide content-based control in a spatial mode. The system is a smart backlighting system with content-based controls at the following levels: (i) spectral, (ii) spatial, and (iii) temporal control. Also, some embodiments may provide a novel way of providing a backlit video display system with night vision (NV) capability through a unique four LED chip architecture. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/608562 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 23/003 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, Relating to the Form or the Kind of the Light Sources or of the Colour of the Light Emitted F21Y 2113/005 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/133603 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/3426 (20130101) G09G 2320/0233 (20130101) |
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| US 09306110 | Onicha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | US Nano LLC (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | US Nano LLC (Sarasota, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony C. Onicha (Lansing, Illinois); Louise E. Sinks (South Bend, Indiana); Stefanie L. Weber (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and methods for synthesizing nanoscale materials are provided, including semiconductor nanowires. Precursor solutions include mixed reagent precursor solutions of metal and chalcogenide precursors and a catalyst, where such solutions are liquid at room temperature. The precursor solutions are mixed by dividing a solution flow into multiple paths and converging the paths to form a uniform solution. A thermally controlled reactor receives the uniform solution to form semiconductor nanowires. Various electronic, optical, and sensory devices may employ the semiconductor nanowires described herein, for example. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/446285 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05C 3/10 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/1828 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/035209 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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U.S. State Government
09303575 — Automatic set point adjustment system and method for engine air-fuel ratio control system
| US 09303575 | Fisher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Continental Controls Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CONTINENTAL CONTROLS CORPORATION (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Gordon Fisher (Carlsbad, California); Richard Ross Fisher (San Marcos, California); Galina Laur (San Diego, California); Hillary H. Grimes, III (San Diego, California); Kristian W. Yates (Valley Center, California); John A. Zahir (San Diego, California); John C. Vronay (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for continuous automatic adjustment of a control set point of an air-fuel ratio controller of a rich burn engine so as to maintain emissions within a desired range. In an embodiment, a NOx sensor is placed in the exhaust outlet from an exhaust catalyst and the NOx exhaust sensor output is continuously monitored while adjusting the control set point between rich and lean in order to minimize the output from the NOx sensor. Corrections may be continuously made to the set point during operation of the engine to compensate for changes in environmental conditions, engine loads, and other factors. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/629329 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 2560/026 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 19/023 (20130101) F02D 41/0027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 41/266 (20130101) F02D 41/1441 (20130101) F02D 41/1454 (20130101) F02D 41/1463 (20130101) F02D 41/1465 (20130101) F02D 41/1482 (20130101) F02D 41/1483 (20130101) Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 21/0215 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09305760 | Barofsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State board of higher education on behalf of OSU (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas F. Barofsky (Bend, Oregon); Valery G. Voinov (Corvallis, Oregon); Joseph S. Beckman (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron source for electron-induced dissociation in an RF-free electromagnetostatic cell for use installation in a tandem mass spectrometer is provided. An electromagnetostatic electron-induced dissociation cell may include at least one magnet having an opening disposed therein and having a longitudinal axis extending through the opening, the magnet having magnetic flux lines associated therewith, and an electron emitter having an electron emissive surface comprising a sheet, the emitter disposed about the axis at a location relative to the magnet where the electron emissive surface is substantially perpendicular to the magnetic flux lines at the electron emissive surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/420545 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/08 (20130101) H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09306151 | Vrudhula 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) | Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Arizona); Nishant S. Nukala (Tempe, Arizona); Niranjan Kulkarni (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Threshold gates and related circuitry are disclosed. In one embodiment, a threshold gate includes a threshold realization element and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element. The MTJ element is switchable from a first resistive state to a second resistive state. To realize a threshold function with the MTJ element, the threshold realization element is configured to switch the magnetic tunnel junction element from the first resistive state to the second resistive state in accordance with the threshold function. In this manner, the threshold gate may implement a threshold function that provides an output just like a complex Boolean function requiring several Boolean gates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/903490 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 19/18 (20130101) H03K 19/20 (20130101) H03K 19/23 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 09303153 | Nick |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Nick (Pepperell, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | QD VISION, INC. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Nick (Pepperell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a formulation comprising a medium, one or more stabilizers, and one or more particles comprising nanoparticles included within a host material. In certain embodiments, a stabilizer comprises a HALS stabilizer. In certain embodiments, a stabilizer comprises a UVA stabilizer. In certain embodiments, the formulation includes a HALS stabilizer and a UVA stabilizer. In certain embodiments, nanoparticles have light-emissive properties. Other embodiments relate to a powder obtainable from a formulation of the invention, a composition including a powder of the invention, a coating comprising a formulation of the invention, and products and applications including a particle of the invention. In preferred embodiments, a nanoparticle comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal. In certain embodiments, a host material comprises a polymer. In certain embodiments, a host material comprises an inorganic material. A raw batch formulation and particle obtainable therefrom is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/414463 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08K 13/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09306255 | Rollin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuvotronics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUVOTRONICS, INC. (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Marc Rollin (Blacksburg, Virginia); J. Robert Reid (Billerica, Massachusetts); David Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); Will Stacy (Blacksburg, Virginia); Ken Vanhille (Blacksburg, Virginia); J. Marcus Oliver (Blacksburg, Virginia); Tim Smith (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Structures and methods for interconnects and associated alignment and assembly mechanisms for and between chips, components, and 3D systems. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211749 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 3/06 (20130101) H01P 5/00 (20130101) H01P 11/001 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09305246 | Remer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Remer (Atlantic City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for measuring the effectiveness of pigment transfer in a tamper evident tape. A test area can be established on a substrate upon which a residual image is formed by pulling a tamper-evident tape. The test area is divided into a predefined number of units. Then, the number of units in which a residual is left behind on a surface of the substrate can be counted and compared to the number of units within an area of un-applied tamper-evident tape of identical application design such that a percentage of units remaining on the substrate after removal of the tamper-evident tape with the residual comprises a criterion for evaluating a relative effectiveness of the tamper-evident tape. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/965280 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/02 (20130101) G01N 2001/007 (20130101) G01N 2001/028 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/34 (20130101) G06K 9/64 (20130101) G06K 9/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09301688 | Goldish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States Government, as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Regents of University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary D. Goldish (Plymouth, Minnesota); Andrew Hansen (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Eric Nickel (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a novel approach means of screening foot skin condition of patients at risk for foot tissue breakdown, such as persons with diabetes, through the provision of a remote screening device that can be used in telemedicine or home self-monitoring approaches. The invention would record high resolution images of the bottom of the patient's feet, without artifacts or other distortions that might arise from images taken of feet that have been compressed through standing and the like. These images could immediately be viewed by the patient and/or electronically submitted to a medical facility where clinicians could screen the images for signs of tissue breakdown. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/644045 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/70 (20130101) A61B 5/0077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0082 (20130101) A61B 5/447 (20130101) A61B 5/6829 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09305116 | Agarwal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virat Agarwal (Yorktown Heights, New York); Davide Pasetto (Dublin, Ireland); Fabrizio Petrini (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Virat Agarwal (Yorktown Heights, New York); Davide Pasetto (Dublin, Ireland); Fabrizio Petrini (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a data processing system for matching a first input string with a first regular expression set. The data processing system includes a processor, a memory storing a computer program, a processor configured to execute the computer program. The computer program includes instructions for performing mapping at least two related symbols of the first regular expression set to a unique symbol, generating a second input string by replacing each instance of the at least two related symbols in the first input string with the unique symbol, and operating a first state machine on the input string and a second state machine on the second input string to determine whether the first input string matches with the first regular expression set. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/763510 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2775 (20130101) G06F 17/30985 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 09302242 | Cai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chi Ming Yam (Dallas, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chi Ming Yam (Dallas, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to nanometric biomolecular arrays and to a novel approaches for the preparation of such nanoarrays, based on binding of biomolecules, such as avidin, to templates generated by lithographically-anodizing biocompatible ultrathin films on silicon substrates using AFM anodization lithography. The present invention is also directed to methods of using such arrays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/587232 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00351 (20130101) B01J 2219/00436 (20130101) B01J 2219/00527 (20130101) B01J 2219/00605 (20130101) B01J 2219/00612 (20130101) B01J 2219/00617 (20130101) B01J 2219/00621 (20130101) B01J 2219/00626 (20130101) B01J 2219/00637 (20130101) B01J 2219/00659 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/552 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 80/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09302459 | 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); David C. Faulkner (Saltford Bristol, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, apparatus, and method for removing pressure adhesive indicia, such as labels or stamps, from their backing and affixing the same to a target substrate is provided. The automated process affixes stamps, for example, to the target substrate with both speed and precision of placement. Desired stamps can be selectively removed from a backing, for example, can be placed on variable locations upon the target substrate, and can be affixed in the desired orientation with precise spacing between stamps. The precision of affixation afforded by this system is commensurate with philatelic standards and is suitable for all pressure adhesive indicia where rapid and precise placement is desired for aesthetic or other reasons. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/781384 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 38/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Ticket-issuing Apparatus; Fare-registering Apparatus; Franking Apparatus G07B 17/00508 (20130101) G07B 2017/0062 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1132 (20150115) Y10T 156/1705 (20150115) Y10T 156/1793 (20150115) Y10T 156/1944 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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