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| US 09326523 | van der Donk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wilfred A. van der Donk (Champaign, Illinois); Neha Garg (Urbana, Illinois); Yuki Goto (Tokyo, Japan); Weixin Tang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides lantibiotics geobacillin I and geobacillin II from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans, compositions comprising the lantibiotics, and methods of use of the lantibiotics. Further disclosed are the sequences of lantibiotics geobacillin I and geobacillin I, and alternative structures of geobacillin I and geobacillin II comprising amino acid substitutions. Antimicrobial compositions comprising one or more isolated geobacillins and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and methods of reducing reproduction of bacteria comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of the antimicrobial composition are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/377310 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — 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 43/90 (20130101) A01N 63/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 3/34635 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/164 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) |
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| US 09326666 | Frangioni |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A medical imaging system provides simultaneous rendering of visible light and fluorescent images. The system may employ dyes in a small-molecule form that remain in a subject's blood stream for several minutes, allowing real-time imaging of the subject's circulatory system superimposed upon a conventional, visible light image of the subject. The system may provide an excitation light source to excite the fluorescent substance and a visible light source for general illumination within the same optical guide used to capture images. The system may be configured for use in open surgical procedures by providing an operating area that is closed to ambient light. The systems described herein provide two or more diagnostic imaging channels for capture of multiple, concurrent diagnostic images and may be used where a visible light image may be usefully supplemented by two or more images that are independently marked for functional interest. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/082899 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/0005 (20130101) A61B 1/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 1/00186 (20130101) A61B 1/0638 (20130101) A61B 1/0684 (20130101) A61B 1/3132 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 5/0086 (20130101) A61B 5/0261 (20130101) A61B 19/5212 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/006 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 10/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09326682 | Tearney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); John A. Evans (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Software systems, arrangements and processes for evaluating an image associated with at least one portion of an anatomical structure are provided. For example, first information associated with the at least one portion of the anatomical structure second information associated with the at least one portion of the anatomical structure can be received. Third information can be generated by determining a relationship between the first information and the second information. Further, the image can be evaluated using a predetermined pathological scoring criteria and the third information. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735580 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0033 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 10/02 (20130101) A61B 2010/0003 (20130101) A61B 2017/00827 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/321 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0014 (20130101) G06T 11/003 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30004 (20130101) |
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| US 09326698 | Blanco et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin Blanco (Annapolis, Maryland); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin Blanco (Annapolis, Maryland); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Oscillatory signals may be used to determine a region of a patient's body that is associated with a medical condition. As described herein, oscillatory signals may be detected using a high sensitivity, low specificity detector. The oscillatory signals may be representative of discrete events in a patient's body. The detected signals may be tested in the context of surrounding background activity to identify anomalous discrete physiologic events that are sufficiently different from the surrounding background activity. The anomalous discrete physiologic events having correlative morphological, time, or location characteristics may be automatically clustered and clusters of anomalous physiologic events may be determined that are indicative of at least one region of the patient's body that is associated with a medical condition. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385413 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0476 (20130101) A61B 5/4094 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7264 (20130101) A61B 5/7267 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) |
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09326719 — Measurement of neural functionality using phase sensitive optical coherence reflectometry
| US 09326719 | Akkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Taner Akkin (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Thomas E. Milner (Austin, Texas); Digant P. Dave (Arlington, Texas); H. Grady Rylander, III (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical methods, devices, and systems for noninvasively detecting transient surface displacements in a neuron are disclosed. Methods, devices, and systems provided may employ a phase-sensitive optical low coherence reflectometer. In addition, surface displacements due to action potential propagation in neural tissues may be detected in some embodiments using back-reflected light. According to some embodiments, exogenous chemicals or reflect ion coatings are not required. Transient neural surface displacement of less then 1 nm in amplitude and 1 ms in duration may be detected and may be generally coincident with action potential arrival to the optical measurement site. The systems and methods may be used for noninvasive detection of various neuropathies such as retinal neuropathies. They may also be useful in detecting the effects of various pharmacological agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/720563 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0082 (20130101) A61B 5/4029 (20130101) A61B 5/6821 (20130101) A61B 5/7225 (20130101) A61B 5/7282 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/00 (20130101) A61N 1/3605 (20130101) A61N 5/0622 (20130101) |
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| US 09326823 | McMillan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland); University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland); University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan B. McMillan (Madison, Wisconsin); Rao Gullapalli (Ellicott City, Maryland); Howard M. Richard, III (Clarksville, Maryland); Steven Roys (Finksburg, Maryland); Jaydev P. Desai (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Telemetrical control of a robotic interventional device for minimally invasive surgical procedure is based on an operative interaction between a tracking sub-system, MRI sub-system, navigation sub-system and the robotic interventional device. The tracking sensor sub-system is integrated with the interventional device to produce tracking information corresponding to the robotic interventional device location in the operative site. The navigation sub-system integrates the tracking information with the real-time images of the operative site produced by the MRI sub-system, and displays the integrated information to a user, to enable the telemetrical control of the interventional device for performing an intended procedure (biopsy, tissue resection, etc.). The navigation sub-system, based on the integrated real-time tracking information and real-time images, calculates and dynamically updates coordinates of subsequent imaging slices. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/875849 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 8/0841 (20130101) A61B 10/02 (20130101) A61B 17/00234 (20130101) A61B 18/042 (20130101) A61B 18/201 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 19/2203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 19/5244 (20130101) A61B 2017/00477 (20130101) A61B 2018/00446 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2019/2238 (20130101) A61B 2019/2246 (20130101) A61B 2019/5251 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 7/022 (20130101) |
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| US 09326939 | Paulson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James C. Paulson (Del Mar, California); Weihsu Claire Chen (Toronto, Canada); Norihito Kawasaki (San Diego, California); Corwin Nycholat (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Paulson (Del Mar, California); Weihsu Claire Chen (Toronto, Canada); Norihito Kawasaki (San Diego, California); Corwin Nycholat (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides liposome targeting compounds for targeting cells expressing sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin (Siglec). The liposome compounds typically comprise a binding moiety that is a glycan ligand of the Siglec on the target cell. The liposome compounds also incorporate or encapsulate a biological agent (e.g., an antigen or a therapeutic agent) that can be delivered to the target cell to modulate or kill the target cell. The invention also provides methods of using the liposome targeting compounds for targeted delivery of antigen and for modulating immune cells or immune responses. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/261581 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 49/0084 (20130101) |
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| US 09326950 | Tarasova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nadya I. Tarasova (Frederick, Maryland); Sergey G. Tarasov (Frederick, Maryland); Christopher J. Michejda (North Potomac, Maryland); Maria J. Michejda (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nadya I. Tarasova (Frederick, Maryland); Sergey G. Tarasov (Frederick, Maryland); Christopher J. Michejda (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of handling a hydrophobic agent, which method comprises (a) combining in an aqueous solution (i) a hydrophobic agent and (ii) an isolated peptide that is a structural analog of a transmembrane domain of an integral membrane protein, wherein one terminus of the peptide has one or more negatively charged residues, and (b) allowing the peptide to self-assemble into nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles comprise the hydrophobic agent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/513950 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5169 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09326951 | Breuer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher K. Breuer (New Albany, Ohio); Tarek Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher K. Breuer (New Albany, Ohio); Tarek Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition containing a macrophage inhibitor may be administered in an effective amount to prevent, inhibit or reduce restenosis, thrombus or aneurysm formation in implanted polymeric vascular grafts. The composition may be administered prior to vascular graft implantation, at the same time as vascular graft implantation, following vascular graft implantation, or any combination thereof. Exemplary macrophage inhibitors include bisphosphonates, anti-folate drugs and antibodies, preferably in a controlled release or liposomal formulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/130292 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/7023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/663 (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 27/58 (20130101) A61L 27/507 (20130101) A61L 2300/62 (20130101) A61L 2300/602 (20130101) A61L 2300/622 (20130101) A61L 2300/624 (20130101) |
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| US 09326974 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd A. Thompson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Debra Mackenzie (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tudor I. Oprea (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Larry A. Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bruce S. Edwards (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark Haynes (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treatment and/or prevention of cancer comprises administering agents which cause increased intracellular granularity in cancer cells, at least in an amount sufficient to inhibit proliferation of such cells and preferably in an amount sufficient to lead to cancer cell death. The method is particularly directed to refractory cancer, particularly hormone refractory prostate cancer. The agents identified cause increased intracellular granularity in the cancer cells, and also convert adherent cancer cells to non-adherent cancer cells, leading to cancer cell death. Using the present invention, cancer cells undergo increased intracellular granularity at relatively low agent concentrations, while also inhibiting cell proliferation. Increased concentrations lead to conversion of adherent cancer cells to non-adherent cancer cells, then to cell death. While the exact mechanism of cancer cell degradation and death is not completely understood, the treated cancer cells, including refractory prostate cancer cells, give indications of cell death through an autophagic mechanism. Pharmaceutical compositions related to the presently disclosed methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/449957 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09326978 | Göblyös et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anikó Göblyös (Ujszasz, Hungary); Johannes Brussee (Rijnsburg, Netherlands); Adriaan P. Ijzerman (Haarlem, Netherlands); Zhan-Guo Gao (Rockville, Maryland); Kenneth Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, Represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Universiteit Leiden (Leiden, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anikó Göblyös (Ujszasz, Hungary); Johannes Brussee (Rijnsburg, Netherlands); Adriaan P. Ijzerman (Haarlem, Netherlands); Zhan-Guo Gao (Rockville, Maryland); Kenneth Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The claimed subject matter relates to allosteric modulation of A3 adenosine receptor (A3AR) and provides for the use of an A3 adenosine receptor modulator (A3RM), for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for modulating the A3AR in a subject, as well as pharmaceutical compositions including the same and therapeutic methods including administering to a subject an amount of an A3RM, the amount being effective to modulate A3AR activity. The A3RM according to claimed subject matter are 1H-Imidazo-[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine derivatives. Also provided are 1H-Imidazo-[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine derivatives. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/800560 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09326992 | Kole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryszard Kole (Corvallis, Oregon); Francis S. Collins (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Michael R. Erdos (Severna Park, Maryland); Kan Cao (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of treatment in subjects having progeroid diseases and related conditions which rely upon LMNA-targeted antisense oligonucleotides for reducing expression of one or more aberrantly spliced LMNA mRNA isoforms that encode progerin. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/708709 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/314 (20130101) C12N 2310/3233 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) C12N 2320/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09327008 | Panitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alyssa Panitch (West Lafayette, Indiana); Brandon Seal (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alyssa Panitch (West Lafayette, Indiana); Brandon Seal (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The described invention provides kinase inhibiting compositions containing a therapeutic amount of a therapeutic inhibitor peptide that inhibits at least one kinase enzyme, methods for treating an inflammatory disorder whose pathophysiology comprises inflammatory cytokine expression, and methods for treating an inflammatory disorder whose pathophysiology comprises inflammatory cytokine expression using the kinase inhibiting compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/634476 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09327010 | Ellis-Behnke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutledge Ellis-Behnke (Canton, Massachusetts); Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Gerald Schneider (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kwok-Fai So (Pokfulam, China Hong Kong); David Tay (Pokfulam, China Hong Kong); Yu-Xiang Liang (Pokfulam, China Hong Kong) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Versitech Limited (Hong Kong, China Hong Kong) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rutledge Ellis-Behnke (Canton, Massachusetts); Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Gerald Schneider (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kwok-Fai So (Pokfulam, China Hong Kong); David Tay (Pokfulam, China Hong Kong); Yu-Xiang Liang (Pokfulam, China Hong Kong) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions that include nanoscale structured materials or precursors thereof (e.g., self-assembling peptides) are described. The compositions can include other substances (e.g., a vasoconstrictor). Also described are methods for using the compositions to promote hemostasis, to protect the skin or wounds from contamination, to decontaminate a site upon removal of previously applied compositions that provided a protective coating, and to inhibit the movement of bodily substances other than blood. The compositions are also useful in isolating tissue, removing tissue, preserving tissue (for, e.g., subsequent transplantation or reattachment), and as bulking, stabilizing or hydrating agents. Medical devices that include the compositions (e.g., a stent or catheter), bandages or other wound dressings, sutures, and kits that include the compositions are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/411745 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09327017 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kwang-Poo Chang (Kenilworth, Illinois); Sujoy Dutta (North Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (North Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwang-Poo Chang (Kenilworth, Illinois); Sujoy Dutta (North Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a composition for delivering a protein vaccination candidate to a mammalian subject having a Leishmania transfected for expressing a cDNA sequence for encoding the protein vaccination candidate, and the Leishmania containing a photosensitizer. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468930 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 41/0019 (20130101) A61K 2039/521 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09327019 | Boedeker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edgar C. Boedeker (Placitas, New Mexico); Isaac Wyatt Byrd (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edgar C. Boedeker (Placitas, New Mexico); Isaac Wyatt Byrd (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An attenuated enterohemorrhagic E. coli-based vaccine vector is disclosed. Enterotoxigenic E. coli colonization factor antigen 1 and the B subunit of E. coli heat labile toxin have been expressed in the attenuated enterohemorrhagic E. coli vector strain. Immunized animals are further protected against lethal and non lethal challenges with the enterotoxigenic E. coli strain. Immunization of mice with the vaccine construct induces mucosal antibody against both antigens, establishing the attenuated E. coli vector strain as a generally useful vector for presenting one or more antigens to a subject in a vaccine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/378116 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) |
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| US 09327023 | Wicha 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) | Max S. Wicha (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hasan Korkaya (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions, methods, and kits for treating cancers with HER2 targeting agents and preventing resistance thereto. In particular embodiments, non-HER2-amplified cancers are treated with HER2 targeting agents, wherein the cancer stem cells in the cancer express HER2 and/or HER2 indicator marker. The present invention also relates to compositions, methods, and kits for detecting expression of HER2 and/or a HER2 indicator marker in non-HER2-amplified cancer samples from a subject, and identifying the subject as responsive to treatment with a HER2 targeting agent and/or treating the subject with a HER2 targeting agent. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/660333 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/685 (20130101) A61K 31/685 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/2866 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) 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) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09327036 | Hsiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shih-Chia Hsiao (Oakland, California); Matthew B. Francis (Berkeley, California); Carolyn Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Richard Mathies (Moraga, California); Ravi Chandra (Ellicot City, Maryland); Erik Douglas (Oakland, California); Amy Twite (Berkeley, California); Nicholas Toriello (Redwood City, California); Hiroaki Onoe (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Chia Hsiao (Oakland, California); Matthew B. Francis (Berkeley, California); Carolyn Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Richard Mathies (Moraga, California); Ravi Chandra (Ellicot City, Maryland); Erik Douglas (Oakland, California); Amy Twite (Berkeley, California); Nicholas Toriello (Redwood City, California); Hiroaki Onoe (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides conjugates of DNA and cells by linking the DNA to a native functional group on the cell surface. The cells can be without cell walls or can have cell walls. The modified cells can be linked to a substrate surface and used in assay or bioreactors. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/263129 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48776 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0006 (20130101) |
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| US 09327037 | Suk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jung Soo Suk (Baltimore, Maryland); Justin Scot Hanes (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung Soo Suk (Baltimore, Maryland); Justin Scot Hanes (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoparticles gene carriers, particularly nanoparticle gene carriers which exhibit increased rates of diffusion through cystic fibrosis (CF) mucus, as well as methods of making and using thereof, are described herein. The nanoparticle gene carriers are formed from a nucleic acid complexed to one or more biocompatible, polycationic polymers. The nanoparticle gene carriers also contain one or more mucus resistant polymers. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the nanoparticle gene carrier is a nanoparticle formed from one or more nucleic acids, PEI, and a mucus-resistant/diffusive graft copolymer composed of a PEI backbone functionalized by one or more PEG side chains. The nanoparticle gene carriers can efficiently diffuse through CF mucus, and can effectively serve as a vehicle to administer one or more nucleic acids to a patient suffering from CF. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/984386 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101) |
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| US 09327108 | Yao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingfang Yao (Valencia, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); James S Little (Newhall, California); Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible circuit electrode array device comprising: a polymer layer; wherein the polymer layer includes one or more metal traces, an electrode array; one or more bond pads; and the electrode array is located on the opposite side of the polymer layer. A method for backside processing of a flexible circuit electrode device, comprising: applying polymer film on a substrate; processing the front side; releasing the polymer film from substrate; flipping over the polymer film and fixing it onto the substrate; processing the backside; and final releasing of the polymer film from the substrate. Another aspect of the method involves backside processing of a flexible circuit electrode device, comprising: processing the front side without releasing the polymer; processing the backside by sacrificial substrate method, or by laser drilling method; and releasing the polymer film from the substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/253203 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0541 (20130101) A61N 1/0543 (20130101) Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/365 (20130101) |
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| US 09327120 | Richter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claus-Peter Richter (Skokie, Illinois); Petrina LaFaire (Chicago, Illinois); Xiaodong Tan (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention include system and method for transmitting neural data extracted from an electrical signal of a non-human mammal to a human. The system includes an electrode implantable into the animal auditory nerve, brainstem, or midbrain of the non-human mammal, configured to record the electrical signal of the non-human mammal, the electrical signal being in the form of sequences of pulses or pulse trains encoding frequency information of the non-human mammal, a processing device electrically coupled with the electrode, configured to process the electrical signal and convert the processed electrical signal into a digital signal, a transmitting device electrically coupled with the processing device, configured to transmit the digital signal, and a receiving device electrically coupled with the transmitting device, configured to receive the transmitted digital signal, convert the received digital signal into a sensory output perceptible to the human, and apply the sensory output to the human. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/477403 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0541 (20130101) A61N 1/36032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09328061 | Hoveyda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir H. Hoveyda (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Daniel L. Silverio (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Tatiana Pilyugina (Waltham, Massachusetts); Sebastian Torker (Brighton, Massachusetts); Daniel Robbins (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides organic molecules and methods thereof for reactions between organoboron reagents and double bonds, such as imines or carbonyls, to stereoselectively provide chiral products including amines and alcohols, entities useful for the preparation of biologically active molecules. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/382053 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/07 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/38 (20130101) C07C 29/38 (20130101) C07C 29/38 (20130101) C07C 29/38 (20130101) C07C 33/28 (20130101) C07C 33/30 (20130101) C07C 33/483 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 43/23 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 69/76 (20130101) C07C 227/10 (20130101) C07C 227/10 (20130101) C07C 229/04 (20130101) C07C 229/08 (20130101) C07C 229/14 (20130101) C07C 229/30 (20130101) C07C 237/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 251/24 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/06 (20130101) C07D 295/185 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/0812 (20130101) C07F 7/0818 (20130101) C07F 9/36 (20130101) C07F 9/5022 (20130101) C07F 9/6539 (20130101) |
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| US 09328073 | Cushman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark S. Cushman (West Lafayette, Indiana); Yves George Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Cushman (West Lafayette, Indiana); Yves George Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein pertains to substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds as described herein, wherein RA, RD, W, X and Y are defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising the indenoisoquinoline compounds, their synthesis, and methods for their use in the treatment and/or prevention of cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/119673 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 221/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 311/94 (20130101) |
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| US 09328102 | Burke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin D. Burke (Champaign, Illinois); David M. Knapp (Boonville, Indiana); Eric P. Gillis (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of performing a chemical reaction includes reacting a compound selected from the group consisting of an organohalide and an organo-pseudohalide, and a protected organoboronic acid represented by formula (I) in a reaction mixture: R1—B-T (I); where R1 represents an organic group, T represents a conformationally rigid protecting group, and B represents boron having sp3 hybridization. When unprotected, the corresponding organoboronic acid is unstable by the boronic acid neat stability test. The reaction mixture further includes a base having a pKB of at least 1 and a palladium catalyst. The method further includes forming a cross-coupled product in the reaction mixture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/686502 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 61/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 13/28 (20130101) C07C 15/46 (20130101) C07C 15/58 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 43/2055 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/24 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/325 (20130101) C07D 207/333 (20130101) C07D 209/12 (20130101) C07D 213/73 (20130101) C07D 241/42 (20130101) C07D 263/56 (20130101) C07D 307/36 (20130101) C07D 307/42 (20130101) C07D 307/80 (20130101) C07D 333/16 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) C07D 413/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/55 (20151101) |
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| US 09328125 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jia Zhou (League City, Texas); Haijun Chen (Galveston, Texas); Kenneth M Johnson (Galveston, Texas); Cheng Z Wang (Galveston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia Zhou (League City, Texas); Haijun Chen (Galveston, Texas); Kenneth M Johnson (Galveston, Texas); Cheng Z Wang (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention are directed to compounds that are positive allosteric modulators of AMPA receptors. |
| FILED | Monday, September 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/474258 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/03 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/27 (20130101) C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/14 (20130101) C07D 213/82 (20130101) C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09328129 | Berkman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clifford E. Berkman (Woodenville, Washington); Henry F. Vanbrocklin (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clifford E. Berkman (Woodenville, Washington); Henry F. Vanbrocklin (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the formulae, (I), wherein each variable is as defined herein are provided which are useful in (i) diagnostic methods for detecting and/or identifying cells presenting PSMA; (2) compositions comprising a compound of the invention together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient, and/or diluent; (3) methods for inhibiting or treating prostrate cancer; and (4) methods for blocking or destabilizing neovasculature of a tumor. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/884394 |
| 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 31/664 (20130101) A61K 51/0489 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 9/2408 (20130101) C07F 9/2458 (20130101) C07F 13/005 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57492 (20130101) |
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| US 09328139 | McInnes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Campbell McInnes (Irmo, South Carolina); Shu Liu (Belmont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Campbell McInnes (Irmo, South Carolina); Shu Liu (Belmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Structural and functional analysis of peptide inhibitor binding to the cyclin D1 groove has been investigated and used to design peptides that provide the basis for structure-activity relationships, have improved binding and have potential for development as chemical biology probes, as potential diagnostics and as therapeutics in the treatment of proliferative diseases including cancer and inflammation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017988 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2500/02 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) G06F 19/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09328140 | Ganz 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) | Tomas Ganz (Los Angeles, California); Elizabeta Nemeth (Sherman Oaks, California); Piotr P. Ruchala (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are peptides which exhibit hepcidin activity and methods of making and using thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/363012 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/575 (20130101) |
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| US 09328142 | Tarasova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nadya I. Tarasova (Frederick, Maryland); Sergey G. Tarasov (Frederick, Maryland); Vadim Gaponenko (Naperville, Illinois); Joseph Kates (Kirkland, Washington); Alla Ivanova (Madison, Connecticut); Michael C. Dean (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph Robert Kates (Kirkland, Washington); Yin Hwee Tan (Vancouver, Canada); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nadya I. Tarasova (Frederick, Maryland); Sergey G. Tarasov (Frederick, Maryland); Vadim Gaponenko (Naperville, Illinois); Joseph Kates (Kirkland, Washington); Alla Ivanova (Madison, Connecticut); Michael C. Dean (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a peptide or peptidomimetic that is derived from or based upon the amino acid sequence of the C-terminal α-helix or hypervariable region (HVR) or a Ras protein, a nucleic acid encoding the peptide or peptidomimetic, and methods employing the same. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/119596 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/82 (20130101) |
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| US 09328144 | Koelle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) (CE Rotterdam, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington); Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) (CE Rotterdam, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Koelle (Seattle, Washington); George M. G. M. Verjans (Doetinchem, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides HSV antigens and epitopes that are useful for the prevention and treatment of HSV infection. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes, and in many cases, against cells infected with HSV. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing antigens or polynucleotides encoding antigens of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of HSV infection. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/892185 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/245 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2710/16034 (20130101) C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) |
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| US 09328149 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Catholic University of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Catholic University of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venigalla B. Rao (Silver Spring, Maryland); Pan Tao (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques from two basic approaches, structure-based immunogen design and phage T4 nanoparticle delivery, are developed to construct new plague vaccines. The NH2-terminal β-strand of F1 of Yersinia pestis is transplanted to the COOH-terminus of F1 of Yersinia pestis and the NH2-terminus sequence flanking the β-strand of F1 of Yersinia pestis is duplicated to eliminate polymerization but to retain the T cell epitopes. The mutated F1 is fused to the V antigen of Yersinia pestis to thereby form a fusion protein F1mut-V mutant, which produces a completely soluble monomer. The fusion protein F1mut-V is then arrayed on phage T4 nanoparticles via a small outer capsid protein, Soc, from a T4 phage or a T4-related phage. Both the soluble and T4 decorated F1mut-V provided approximately 100% protection to mice and rats against pneumonic plague evoked by high doses of Yersinia pestis CO92. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320731 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0291 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) C07K 2319/735 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2795/10123 (20130101) |
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| US 09328154 | Chilkoti |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides therapeutic agents and compositions comprising elastic peptides and therapeutic proteins. Such peptides exhibit a flexible, extended conformation. In some embodiments, the therapeutic protein is a GLP-1 receptor agonist (e.g., GLP-1, exendin), insulin, or Factor VII/VIIa, including functional analogs. The present invention further provides encoding polynucleotides, as well as methods of making and using the therapeutic agents. The therapeutic agents have improvements in relation to their use as therapeutics, including, inter alia, one or more of half-life, clearance and/or persistance in the body, solubility, and bioavailability. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/254660 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/28 (20130101) A61K 38/2278 (20130101) A61K 38/2278 (20130101) A61K 38/4846 (20130101) A61K 38/4846 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48292 (20130101) A61K 47/48315 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/52 (20130101) C07K 14/61 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/62 (20130101) C07K 14/71 (20130101) C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/605 (20130101) C07K 14/745 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09328156 | June et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl H. June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Bruce L. Levine (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); David L. Porter (Springfield, Pennsylvania); Michael D. Kalos (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael C. Milone (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention includes relates to administering a genetically modified T cell to express a CAR wherein the CAR comprises an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/107302 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/70517 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/70596 (20130101) C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 2317/80 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09328159 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Altor BioScience Corporation (Miramar, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Altor Bioscience Corporation (Miramar, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hing C. Wong (Weston, Florida); Peter Rhode (Miami, Florida); Bai Liu (Cooper City, Florida); Xiaoyun Zhu (Miami, Florida); Kai-ping Han (Miramar, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features compositions and methods featuring ALT-803, a complex of an interleukin-15 (IL-15) superagonist mutant and a dimeric IL-15 receptor α/Fc fusion protein useful for enhancing an immune response against a neoplasia (e.g., multiple myeloma, melanoma, lymphoma) or a viral infection (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus). |
| FILED | Monday, April 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/854903 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/5443 (20130101) C07K 14/7155 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09328162 | Dana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Reza Dana (Boston, Massachusetts); Sunil Chauhan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reza Dana (Boston, Massachusetts); Sunil Chauhan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are materials and methods of treating dry eye disease in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/579170 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 38/179 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09328328 | Gamm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Matthew Gamm (Madison, Wisconsin); Jason Steven Meyer (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Matthew Gamm (Madison, Wisconsin); Jason Steven Meyer (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing substantially pure cultures of human neural retinal progenitor cells, forebrain progenitor cells, and retinal pigment epithelial cells are disclosed. In addition, the successful differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells through the major developmental stages of human retinogenesis is disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806907 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0602 (20130101) C12N 5/0621 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/11 (20130101) C12N 2501/91 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) |
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| US 09328331 | Bonner-Weir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan Bonner-Weir (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Arun Sharma (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato (Mexico City, Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan Bonner-Weir (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Arun Sharma (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato (Mexico City, Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for providing an enriched population of mature, glucose-responsive insulin secreting cells, and for modulating insulin expression, activity and secretion in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321538 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/62 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0676 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/395 (20130101) |
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| US 09328341 | Haas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur L. Haas (New Orleans, Louisiana); Virginia P. Ronchi (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur L. Haas (New Orleans, Louisiana); Virginia P. Ronchi (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for modulating the activity of multimeric ubiquitin-protein E3 ligases including, but not limited to, E6AP ligase activities. The methods reduce the level of oligomer formation such as homotrimeric E6AP ligase to reduce the enzyme activity. Alternatively, agents are provided that can promote the association of the ligase monomers, thereby increasing the ligase activity. Accordingly, novel therapeutic strategies are provided that are useful for the treatment of pathologies resulting from mutations in the genes encoding the ligases and which adversely increase or decrease a ubiquitination reaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/685865 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/165 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/99 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 603/02019 (20130101) |
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| US 09328343 | Dressman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Devin Dressman (Baltimore, Maryland); Hai Yan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth W Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Devin Dressman (Baltimore, Maryland); Hai Yan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth W Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Many areas of biomedical research depend on the analysis of uncommon variations in individual genes or transcripts. Here we describe a method that can quantify such variation at a scale and ease heretofore unattainable. Each DNA molecule in a collection of such molecules is converted into a single particle to which thousands of copies of DNA identical in sequence to the original are bound. This population of beads then corresponds to a one-to-one representation of the starting DNA molecules. Variation within the original population of DNA molecules can then be simply assessed by counting fluorescently-labeled particles via flow cytometry. Millions of individual DNA molecules can be assessed in this fashion with standard laboratory equipment. Moreover, specific variants can be isolated by flow sorting and employed for further experimentation. This approach can be used for the identification and quantification of rare mutations as well as to study variations in gene sequences or transcripts in specific populations or tissues. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/311120 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 2563/143 (20130101) C12Q 2563/149 (20130101) C12Q 2565/537 (20130101) |
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| US 09328346 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeannie T. Lee (Boston, Massachusetts); Jing Zhao (San Diego, California); Kavitha Sarma (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mark Borowsky (Needham, Massachusetts); Toshiro Kendrick Ohsumi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeannie T. Lee (Boston, Massachusetts); Jing Zhao (San Diego, California); Kavitha Sarma (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mark Borowsky (Needham, Massachusetts); Toshiro Kendrick Ohsumi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), libraries of those ncRNAs that bind chromatin modifiers, such as Polycomb Repressive Complex 2, inhibitory nucleic acids and methods and compositions for targeting lncRNAs. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/884670 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) |
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| US 09328368 | Montelione 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) | Gaetano T. Montelione (Highland Park, New Jersey); Masayori Inouye (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Yuefeng Tang (Highland Park, New Jersey); Monica Roth (New York, New York); William Schneider (Hamilton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a set of E. coli single-protein production (SPP) technologies with protein NMR (SPP-NMR) for (i) using isotope-enriched membrane proteins produced with the SPP system in screening detergent conditions suitable for purification and/or three-dimensional structure analysis without the requirement for protein purification, (ii) producing 2H, 13C, 15N enriched proteins suitable for high throughput and membrane protein NMR studies, and (iii) labeling with 13C-15N specific peptide bonds in proteins (referred to herein as SPP-PBL). |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/486225 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) C12N 15/635 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 21/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/087 (20130101) G01N 33/60 (20130101) G01N 33/534 (20130101) G01N 2333/922 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09328379 | Guerrero-Preston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafael Enrique Guerrero-Preston (Baltimore, Maryland); David Sidransky (Baltimore, Maryland); Ethan Soudry (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Enrique Guerrero-Preston (Baltimore, Maryland); David Sidransky (Baltimore, Maryland); Ethan Soudry (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Differentially methylated oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) biomarkers, identified in-vitro and validated in well-characterized surgical specimens, have shown poor clinical correlation in cohorts with different risk profiles. To overcome this lack of relevance we used the HumanMethylation27 BeadChip, publicly available methylation and expression array data, and Quantitative Methylation Specific PCR to uncover differential methylation in OSCC clinical samples with heterogeneous risk profiles. A two stage-design consisting of Discovery and Prevalence screens was used to identify differential promoter methylation and deregulated pathways in patients diagnosed with OSCC and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. This Phase I Biomarker Development Trial identified a panel of differentially methylated genes in normal and OSCC clinical samples from patients with heterogeneous risk profiles. This panel may be useful for early detection and cancer prevention studies. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/634321 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09328391 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nancy T. Chang (Houston, Texas); Robert C. Gallo (Bethesda, Maryland); Flossie Wong-Staal (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy T. Chang (Houston, Texas); Robert C. Gallo (Bethesda, Maryland); Flossie Wong-Staal (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The determination of the nucleotide sequence of HIV-1 DNA; identification, isolation and expression of HIV-1 DNA sequences which encode immunoreactive polypeptides by recombinant DNA methods and production of viral RNA are disclosed. Such polypeptides can be employed in immunoassays to detect HIV-1. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 1985 |
| APPL NO | 06/693866 |
| 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 1/703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6813 (20130101) |
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| US 09329141 | Stutman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Stutman (Cockeysville, Maryland); Michael Finkenthal (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method of the present disclosure provides large field-of-view Talbot-Lau phase contrast CT systems up to very high X-ray energy. The device includes microperiodic gratings tilted at glancing incidence and tiled on a single substrate to provide the large field-of-view phase contrast CT system. The present disclosure is a simple, economical, and accurate method for combining multiple GAIs into a larger FOV system, capable of performing phase-contrast tomography (PC-CT) on large objects. The device and method can be applied to medical X-ray imaging, industrial non-destructive testing, and security screening. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/176655 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 23/207 (20130101) G01N 23/20075 (20130101) G01N 2223/419 (20130101) |
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| US 09329152 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thad Gilbert Walker (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian Robert Lancor (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert Wyllie (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thad Gilbert Walker (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian Robert Lancor (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert Wyllie (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Measurement of a precessional rate of a gas, such as an alkali gas, in a magnetic field is made by promoting a non-uniform precession of the gas in which substantially no net magnetic field affects the gas during a majority of the precession cycle. This allows sensitive gases that would be subject to spin-exchange collision de-phasing to be effectively used for extremely sensitive measurements in the presence of an environmental magnetic field such as the Earth's magnetic field. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436183 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09329169 | Wells et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Lance Wells (Athens, Georgia); Ronald C. Orlando (Athens, Georgia); Stephen Dalton (Athens, Georgia); Kelley W. Moremen (Bishop, Georgia); James Michael Pierce (Athens, Georgia); James A. Atwood, III (Washington, Georgia); Michael Tiemeyer (Watkinsville, Georgia); William S. York (Watkinsville, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Lance Wells (Athens, Georgia); Ronald C. Orlando (Athens, Georgia); Stephen Dalton (Athens, Georgia); Kelley W. Moremen (Bishop, Georgia); James Michael Pierce (Athens, Georgia); James A. Atwood, III (Washington, Georgia); Michael Tiemeyer (Watkinsville, Georgia); William S. York (Watkinsville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of isotopically labeling glycans and in facilitating high throughput quantitative/comparative analysis of glycomic compositions of biological cells. The method is applicable inter alia for identifying differentiated cells and their glycomic characteristics, differentiation conditions, disease and/or therapeutic progression, diagnosing disease states, determining drug activity, establishing manufacturing efficiencies and for determining the half-life of glycans in cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/734102 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/502 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6848 (20130101) G01N 2400/00 (20130101) G01N 2400/12 (20130101) G01N 2400/38 (20130101) G01N 2458/15 (20130101) |
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| US 09329170 | Clarke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael F. Clarke (Palo Alto, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Piero D. Dalerba (Palo Alto, California); Huiping Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Anne Leyrat (San Carlos, California); Tomer Kalisky (Palo Alto, California); Maximilian Diehn (Stanford, California); Jianbin Wang (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Clarke (Palo Alto, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Piero D. Dalerba (Palo Alto, California); Huiping Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Anne Leyrat (San Carlos, California); Tomer Kalisky (Palo Alto, California); Maximilian Diehn (Stanford, California); Jianbin Wang (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for diagnosis and prognosis of disease by analyzing expression of a set of genes obtained from single cell analysis. Classification allows optimization of treatment, and determination of whether on whether to proceed with a specific therapy, and how to optimize dose, choice of treatment, and the like. Single cell analysis also provides for the identification and development of therapies which target mutations and/or pathways in disease-state cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/657457 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09329185 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen C. Miller (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Steven M. Pauff (Worcester, Massachusetts); Adam Choi (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to compounds containing a fluorophore covalently bonded to at least one protected sulfonate group of formula (I): in which X and R2-R5 are defined in the specification. This disclosure also relates to use of these compounds as dyes in an imaging methods, as well as intermediates that can be used to prepare these compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/202211 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329188 | D'Souza-Schorey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey (Granger, Indiana); James W. Clancy (South Bend, Indiana); Vandhana Muralidharan-Chari (Granger, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to the isolation and analysis of populations of microvesicles and the identification of invasive microvesicles in the populations such as populations of microvesicles that are shed by tumor cells. Invasive microvesicles from tumor cells contain a variety of specific proteins, such as ARF6. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/753295 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/5076 (20130101) G01N 33/5432 (20130101) G01N 33/6872 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329190 | Thadhani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi Thadhani (Boston, Massachusetts); S. Ananth Karumanchi (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Anders Hayden Berg (Dedham, Massachusetts); Ishir Bhan (West Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi Thadhani (Boston, Massachusetts); S. Ananth Karumanchi (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Anders Hayden Berg (Dedham, Massachusetts); Ishir Bhan (West Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are assays directed to determining the level of bioavailable or free vitamin D in a blood sample in a subject. The values determined for bioavailable or free vitamin D indicate whether the subject suffers from insufficient levels of vitamin D. Also described herein are methods of treatment for vitamin D insufficiency. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/978193 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329250 | Taviani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Resesarch Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valentina Taviani (Madison, Wisconsin); Diego Hernando (Madison, Wisconsin); Scott Brian Reeder (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Described here is a system and method for estimating apparent transverse relaxation rate, R2*, while simultaneously performing chemical species separation (e.g., water-fat separation) using magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”). A homodyne reconstruction of k-space datasets acquired using a partial k-space acquisition is used and the chemical species separation of the resultant images takes into account the spectral complexity of the chemical species in addition to magnetic resonance signal decay associated with transverse relaxation. Full resolution maps of R2* are thus capable of being produced while also allowing for the production of images depicting the separated chemical species that are corrected for transverse relaxation associated signal decays. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/803360 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/50 (20130101) G01R 33/561 (20130101) G01R 33/4828 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329252 | Bammer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roland Bammer (Stanford, California); Anh Tu Van (San Francisco, California); Rafael O'Halloran (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland Bammer (Stanford, California); Anh Tu Van (San Francisco, California); Rafael O'Halloran (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Phase error in MR imaging is corrected in real time by providing adaptive RF pulses and corresponding adaptive magnetic field gradients to mitigate the effect of phase error in the imaging subject. A real time phase error map is obtained, and then adaptive RF pulses and corresponding field gradients are applied that remove the problematic effects of the phase error. Depending on details of the MR imaging mode being employed, there are several ways this removal can be done. Phase error can be cancelled by providing RF pulses that make the phase in the imaging subject uniform. Another approach is to make the adaptive RF pulses insensitive to the phase errors that are present. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/600146 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5614 (20130101) G01R 33/5676 (20130101) G01R 33/56341 (20130101) G01R 33/56509 (20130101) |
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| US 09326754 | Polster |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua M. Polster (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua M. Polster (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A tissue sampling device includes a sheath having an inner surface having a proximal end and a distal end, and an inner surface defining a passage. An inner tube is disposed within the passage. The inner tube has an inner surface defining a passage, and an outer surface radially spaced outward from the inner surface. A cutting needle is pivotally mounted to the inner tube and pivots between a first position radially inward of the inner surface of the sheath and a second position substantially radially outward of the outer surface of the inner tube. Relative movement between the inner tube and the sheath causes the cutting needle to move between the first position and the second position. Rotation of the inner tube relative to the sheath when the cutting needle is in the second position causes the cutting needle to remove tissue in a helical path. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/743427 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/0266 (20130101) A61B 10/0275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 10/0283 (20130101) A61B 17/32053 (20130101) A61B 2010/0208 (20130101) A61B 2017/3409 (20130101) A61B 2017/32004 (20130101) A61B 2017/320791 (20130101) A61B 2019/305 (20130101) A61B 2019/462 (20130101) |
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| US 09326995 | Stucky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Galen D. Stucky (Santa Barbara, California); Todd A. Ostomel (Davis, California); Qihui Shi (Goleta, California); April Sawvel (Santa Barbara, California); Sarah Baker (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Galen D. Stucky (Santa Barbara, California); Todd A. Ostomel (Davis, California); Qihui Shi (Goleta, California); April Sawvel (Santa Barbara, California); Sarah Baker (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a homogeneous composition comprising a hemostatically effective amount of a charged oxide, wherein the composition has an isoelectric point, as measured in calcium chloride, below 7.3 or above 7.4. Typically, the charged oxide is selected from the group consisting of silaceous oxides, titanium oxides, aluminum oxides, calcium oxides, zinc oxides, nickel oxides and iron oxides. In some embodiments, the composition further comprises a second oxide selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide, sodium oxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, phosphorus oxide and alumina. In a typical embodiment of the invention, the charged oxide is silaceous oxide, the second oxide comprises calcium oxide and the ratio, by molar ratio, of silaceous oxide to calcium oxide is 0.25 to 15. Optionally, the composition further comprises phosphorous oxide. Also described are methods of making and using such compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/464825 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 33/06 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 33/26 (20130101) A61K 33/30 (20130101) A61K 33/42 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (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 24/02 (20130101) A61L 26/0004 (20130101) |
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| US 09327056 | Bandyopadhyay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are devices for bone tissue engineering, comprising a metal or metal-based composite member comprising an interior macroporous structure with porosity varying from 0-90% (v), the member comprising a surface region having a surface pore size, porosity, and composition designed to encourage cell growth and adhesion thereon, to provide a device engineered for a particular recipient subject. Engineered devices may further comprises a gradient of pore size, porosity, and material composition extending from the surface region throughout the interior of the device, wherein the gradient transition is continuous, discontinuous or seamless to promote cell in-growth. Additional aspects provide methods for bone tissue engineering, comprising use of a metal or metal-based composite member comprising an interior porous structure, wherein the pore size, porosity and material composition is selected to provide a device having an optimal density and/or elastic modulus and/or compression strength for a specific recipient. Fabrication methods are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/675006 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/28 (20130101) A61F 2/36 (20130101) A61F 2/367 (20130101) A61F 2/3094 (20130101) A61F 2/3676 (20130101) A61F 2/30942 (20130101) A61F 2002/2817 (20130101) A61F 2002/3093 (20130101) A61F 2002/3097 (20130101) A61F 2002/3692 (20130101) A61F 2002/30004 (20130101) A61F 2002/30006 (20130101) A61F 2002/30011 (20130101) A61F 2002/30013 (20130101) A61F 2002/30028 (20130101) A61F 2002/30029 (20130101) A61F 2002/30115 (20130101) A61F 2002/30118 (20130101) A61F 2002/30179 (20130101) A61F 2002/30224 (20130101) A61F 2002/30235 (20130101) A61F 2002/30322 (20130101) A61F 2002/30593 (20130101) A61F 2002/30616 (20130101) A61F 2002/30677 (20130101) A61F 2002/30838 (20130101) A61F 2002/30909 (20130101) A61F 2230/0006 (20130101) A61F 2230/0058 (20130101) A61F 2230/0069 (20130101) A61F 2250/0014 (20130101) A61F 2250/0023 (20130101) A61F 2250/0026 (20130101) A61F 2310/00017 (20130101) A61F 2310/00023 (20130101) A61F 2310/00029 (20130101) A61F 2310/00047 (20130101) A61F 2310/00053 (20130101) A61F 2310/00113 (20130101) A61F 2310/00155 (20130101) A61F 2310/00179 (20130101) A61F 2310/00185 (20130101) A61F 2310/00227 (20130101) A61F 2310/00293 (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 27/42 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 2430/02 (20130101) Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/105 (20130101) B22F 3/1109 (20130101) B22F 3/1125 (20130101) B22F 3/1146 (20130101) B22F 2207/17 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy P. Burgin (King George, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. Burgin (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A reinforced absorbent polymer is provided for improving mechanical properties without degrading their absorption performance. The reinforced polymer includes an absorbent polymer; and at least one fiber for reinforcement disposed in the polymer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/331258 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/261 (20130101) B01J 20/262 (20130101) B01J 20/28014 (20130101) |
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| US 09327279 | Harvey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Heather A. Meylemans (Ridgecrest, California); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Heather A. Meylemans (Ridgecrest, California); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly efficient method for the conversion of a natural product into the high density fuel RJ-4 with concomitant evolution of isobutylene for conversion to fuels and polymers, more specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to efficient methods for the conversion of the renewable, linear terpene alcohol, linalool into a drop-in, high density fuel suitable for ramjet or missile propulsion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/604115 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — 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 31/143 (20130101) B01J 31/189 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 31/2273 (20130101) B01J 31/2278 (20130101) B01J 31/2295 (20130101) B01J 2531/48 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/42 (20130101) C10G 45/00 (20130101) C10G 45/32 (20130101) C10G 45/58 (20130101) C10G 50/00 (20130101) C10G 65/06 (20130101) C10G 65/043 (20130101) C10G 69/126 (20130101) C10G 2300/44 (20130101) C10G 2300/302 (20130101) C10G 2300/308 (20130101) C10G 2300/703 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) C10G 2300/1092 (20130101) C10G 2400/02 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (20130101) C10G 2400/08 (20130101) C10G 2400/22 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (20130101) C10L 1/06 (20130101) C10L 1/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09327412 | Claffee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Claffee (Methuen, Massachusetts); Nicholas Roy Corson (Hollis, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A compliant underactuated grasper includes a palm base and two fingers. Each of the fingers comprises: a proximal phalanx; a distal phalanx; a compliant flexure joint connecting the distal phalanx to the proximal phalanx; and a pin joint connecting the proximal phalanx to the palm base, the pin joint constraining angular movement of the proximal phalanx relative to the palm base to rotation about a pin pivot axis. The grasper further includes at least one actuator to move the fingers. The grasper has fewer actuators than degrees of freedom. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/643410 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/0015 (20130101) B25J 9/104 (20130101) B25J 15/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 15/0009 (20130101) B25J 15/10 (20130101) B25J 15/0475 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 294/907 (20130101) Y10S 901/31 (20130101) Y10S 901/36 (20130101) Y10S 901/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09327458 | Rugtvedt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Rugtvedt (Covington, Washington); Mark S. Wilenski (Mercer Island, Washington); Michael P. Kozar (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing a composite article may include attaching a polymer element to a tool. The polymer element may be pre-stretched prior to attachment to the tool. The method may further include annealing the polymer element at a predetermined temperature while constraining a length of the polymer element using the tool. In addition, the method may include curing or solidifying resin associated with the polymer element. The annealing step may be performed prior to the curing or solidifying step. Alternatively, the annealing step may be performed concurrently with the curing or solidifying step. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/502384 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 55/005 (20130101) B29C 70/28 (20130101) B29C 71/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 2071/022 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2101/12 (20130101) B29K 2105/0809 (20130101) |
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| US 09327804 | Spargo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barry J Spargo (Washington, District of Columbia); Justin C Biffinger (Woodbridge, Virginia); Bradley R Ringeisen (Lorton, Virginia); Erinn C. Howard (Alexandria, Virginia); Lisa A. Fitzgerald (Alexandria, Virginia); Peter K Wu (Ashland, Oregon); Michael P. Malito (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) | Barry J Spargo (Washington, District of Columbia); Justin C Biffinger (Woodbridge, Virginia); Bradley R Ringeisen (Lorton, Virginia); Erinn C. Howard (Alexandria, Virginia); Lisa A. Fitzgerald (Alexandria, Virginia); Peter K Wu (Ashland, Oregon); Michael P. Malito (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an apparatus having: a pressure chamber and a gas-producing microorganism within the chamber. The pressure chamber is capable of maintaining a gas pressure of at least 0.5 psi above atmospheric pressure. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112368 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 22/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 8/08 (20130101) B63G 2008/002 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/04 (20130101) C12M 23/36 (20130101) C12M 29/20 (20130101) C12M 41/40 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 3/00 (20130101) C12P 5/00 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/343 (20130101) |
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| US 09327982 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Boris N. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Boris N. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming a graphene material on a surface are presented. A metal material is disposed on a material substrate or material layer and is infused with carbon, for example, by exposing the metal to a carbon-containing vapor. The carbon-containing metal material is annealed to cause graphene to precipitate onto the bottom of the metal material to form a graphene layer between the metal material and the material substrate/material layer and also onto the top and/or sides of the metal material. Graphene material is removed from the top and sides of the metal material and then the metal material is removed, leaving only the graphene layer that was formed on the bottom of the metal material. In some cases graphene material that formed on one or more side of the sides of the metal material is not removed so that a vertical graphene material layer is formed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785081 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0332 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) H01L 21/02612 (20130101) H01L 23/53276 (20130101) H01L 29/475 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/4908 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/42316 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) H01L 29/78642 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09328150 | Savarino |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Savarino (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Savarino (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventive subject matter relates to a recombinant polypeptide construct comprising enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli fimbrial subunits. The recombinant polypeptide constructs comprise multiple subunits to the same or different ETEC fimbrial types. The constructs are useful for inclusion in immunogenic formulations for the inductin of immunity against entertoxigenic Escherichia coli. The inventive subject matter also relates to the use of the recombinant polypeptide constructs in induce anti-enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/048264 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0258 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/627 (20130101) A61K 2039/55544 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09328202 | Davis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew C Davis (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cured polycyanurate, thermoset resins, and methods of producing the same that will have both high thermal resistance as well as high hydrophobicity. Naturally occurring 5-alkylresorcinols and synthetic analogs can be made into cyanate ester. Composites made from these products will have greater durability against atmospheric water exposure. Applications include use in fiber-reinforced composite materials for lightweight, strong, and water-resistant aerospace components. |
| FILED | Friday, August 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/832005 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0655 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09328310 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuguang Deng (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Harvind K. Reddy (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Tanner Schaub (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Francisco Omar Holguin (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of lipid extraction from biomass, in particular wet algae, through conventionally heated subcritical water, and microwave-assisted subcritical water. In one embodiment, fatty acid methyl esters from solids in a polar phase are further extracted to increase biofuel production. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/936874 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing, e.g by Pressing Raw Materials or by Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining or Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g Lanolin, Fatty Oils or Waxes; Essential Oils; Perfumes C11B 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09328389 | Poly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Federic Poly (Silver Spring, Maryland); Patricia Guerry (Silver Spring, Maryland); Craig Parker (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Federic Poly (Silver Spring, Maryland); Patricia Guerry (Silver Spring, Maryland); Craig Parker (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventive method and associated reagents relate to a molecular approach to determining Campylobacter jejuni capsule/Penner types. The invention also relates to a method of identifying Campylobacter jejuni types using primers in a multiplex PCR assay. |
| FILED | Friday, August 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/963146 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09328617 | Gautschi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Bruce Gautschi (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, Connecticut); San Quach (East Hartford, Connecticut); Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr. (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Bruce Gautschi (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, Connecticut); San Quach (East Hartford, Connecticut); Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr. (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil includes a leading edge, a trailing edge region, a suction surface, a pressure surface, a cooling passageway, and a column of flow separators. The suction surface and the pressure surface both extend axially between the leading edge and the trailing edge region, as well as radially from a root section of the airfoil to a tip section of the airfoil to define a central cavity of the airfoil. The cooling passageway is located within the central cavity at the trailing edge region. The column of flow separators is located in the cooling passageway adjacent the trailing edge and includes a first flow separator having a first longitudinal axis and a second flow separator having a second longitudinal axis. The first longitudinal axis is offset at an angle with respect to the first longitudinal axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/424765 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/304 (20130101) F05D 2250/314 (20130101) F05D 2260/22141 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09328764 | Plickys |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Plickys (Unionville, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fastening system includes a removable stud and a retaining plate. The removable stud includes a threaded portion configured to be removably threaded into a threaded bore of a housing, a shank portion arranged coaxially with the threaded portion and configured to be inserted through a bore of a housing of a line replaceable component, and an anti-rotation portion disposed between the threaded portion and the shank portion. The retaining plate is configured to be mounted between the housing and the line replaceable component. The retaining plate includes a mating hole configured to mate with the anti-rotation portion of the removable stud. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/932462 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 5/0275 (20130101) F16B 33/002 (20130101) F16B 39/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329008 | Gilbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Gilbert (Ledgewood, New Jersey); Ahmed Hassan (Summit, New Jersey); Yin Chen (West Milford, New Jersey); Anthony Vella (East Hanover, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Gilbert (Ledgewood, New Jersey); Ahmed Hassan (Summit, New Jersey); Yin Chen (West Milford, New Jersey); Anthony Vella (East Hanover, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A low collateral damage, kinetic energy penetrator has multiple segments that are mechanically locked together by centrifugal force generated by penetrator spin. When the penetrator spin decreases below a minimum value, the segments separate and fall to the ground with non-lethal kinetic energy. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/444301 |
| 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 12/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 12/74 (20130101) F42B 14/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09329010 | Moy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leon Moy (Montclair, New Jersey); Daniel Ruland (Waldwick, New Jersey); Edward Yang (Stanhope, New Jersey); Jacek Foltynski (Bayonne, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon Moy (Montclair, New Jersey); Daniel Ruland (Waldwick, New Jersey); Edward Yang (Stanhope, New Jersey); Jacek Foltynski (Bayonne, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A storage apparatus for a munition that contains energetic material uses a water-filled liner to absorb heat applied from the exterior of the storage apparatus. The liner is disposed between the munition and a metal storage container. The liner has segregated compartments which release water into either the storage container or the liner itself. The released water boils and forms steam. A spiral-shaped steam conduit is formed in either the wall of the storage container or in the liner itself. The steam conduit directs the steam away from the munition. The metal storage container includes a pressure relief valve to release the steam pressure. The storage apparatus delays the detonation of the energetic material in the munition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/078890 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — 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 25/14 (20130101) B65D 81/382 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 39/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329081 | Barchers |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey D Barchers (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nutronics, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D Barchers (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An Integrated Laser Phase Compensation System (ILPCS) for end-to-end compensation of high-energy laser for propagation through turbulence with non-cooperative target. ILPCS using interferometric slaving technique and stand-alone adaptive optical systems to effect pre-compensation of phase aberrations in turbulent medium, providing pre-compensation for aberrations in a laser amplifier with a minimal number of phase correction devices is presented. ILPCS enables integration with a short pulse mode locked laser for use in Target Feature Adaptive Optics (TFAO) or with a mode locked ultra short pulse laser with carrier envelope phase stabilization for use in Broadband Coherent Adaptive Optics (BCAO). |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/068993 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02 (20130101) G01B 11/02 (20130101) G01B 11/24 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 9/00 (20130101) G01J 9/02 (20130101) G01J 9/0246 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09329126 | Blick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); University of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany); The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); University of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany); The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Blick (Hamburg, Germany); Jonathan Rodriguez (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Hyunseok Kim (Madison, Wisconsin); Zlatan Aksamija (Hadley, Massachusetts); Wolfgang Hansen (Hamburg, Germany); Christian Heyn (Lueneburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A detector suitable for mass spectroscopy uses a thin membrane that converts the kinetic energy of impinging molecules into corresponding photons, the latter detected with a suitable photosensor. The arrival of molecules at the membrane is detected by detection of the corresponding photons. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/467722 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/025 (20130101) H01J 49/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09329179 | Quake et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Sebastian J. Maerkl (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Sebastian J. Maerkl (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides devices and methods for surface patterning the substrate of a microfluidic device, and for detection and analysis of interactions between molecules by mechanically trapping a molecular complex while substantially expelling solvent and unbound solute molecules. Examples of molecular complexes include protein-protein complexes and protein-nucleic acid complexes. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317063 |
| 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 Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/0043 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 2300/123 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5302 (20130101) G01N 33/54393 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329201 | Randall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zyvex Labs, LLC (Richardson, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zyvex Labs LLC (Richardson, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Neal Randall (Richardson, Texas); James R. Von Ehr (Richardson, Texas); James H. G. Owen (Garland, Texas); Joshua B. Ballard (Richardson, Texas); Ehud Fuchs (Plano, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, devices, and systems for forming atomically precise structures are provided. In some embodiments, the methods, devices, and systems of the present disclosure utilize a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to remove portions of a monolayer of atoms or molecules from a crystalline surface to form atomically precise structures. The STM is utilized to both image the sample and remove the desired portions of the monolayer of atoms or molecules. In some instances, the lattice structure of the crystalline surface is utilized as a coordinate system by a control system of the STM to facilitate the automated removal of specific atoms or molecules from the crystalline surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/209659 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 3/0038 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 10/00 (20130101) G01Q 20/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01Q 60/10 (20130101) G01Q 80/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 2237/31759 (20130101) |
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| US 09329203 | Ptasinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joanna Ptasinski (La Jolla, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna Ptasinski (La Jolla, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabricating ultra-sharp nanoprobes can include the steps of providing a wafer, and patterning a silicon layer on the wafer with a plurality of geometric structures. The geometric structures can be patterned using electron-beam lithography or photolithography, and can have circular, triangular or other geometric shapes when viewed in top plan. The methods can further include the step of depositing a non-uniform cladding on the geometric structures using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) techniques, and then wet-etching the wafer. The non-uniform nature of the cladding can result in more complete etching in the areas where the cladding has lower density and incomplete etching in the areas of higher density of the non-uniform cladding. The different etching rates in the proximity of at least adjacent two geometric structures can result in the formation of ultra-sharp nanoprobes. |
| FILED | Monday, April 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/697129 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329223 | Montenegro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel E. Montenegro (Scotia, New York); Jason B. Rothenberger (Colonie, New York); Mark A. Prelas (Columbia, Missouri); Robert V Tompson, Jr. (Columbia, Missouri); Annie Tipton (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Montenegro (Scotia, New York); Jason B. Rothenberger (Colonie, New York); Mark A. Prelas (Columbia, Missouri); Robert V Tompson, Jr. (Columbia, Missouri); Annie Tipton (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting surface and bulk deep states in semiconductor materials is provided. In various embodiments, the method comprises configuring a detection circuit of charge based deep level transient spectrometer in one of a parallel mode and a series mode by controlling the configuration of a switching circuit of the detection circuit. The method additionally comprises generating digitized voltage charge outputs of a device under test utilizing the detection circuit as controlled via execution of an analog-to-digital conversion and timing program by a control system of the charge based deep level transient spectrometer. Furthermore, the method comprises obtaining desired information about deep level transients of the device under test based on the digitized voltage charge outputs via execution of a control system operable to execute a Q-DLTS data analysis program by the control system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/540151 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2648 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329255 | Larussi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amedeo Larussi (Oxnard, California); Michael A. Gritz (Santa Barbara, California); Jonathan P. Comeau (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements. The antenna elements include layers of dielectric material; an antenna inlaid in a top layer of the dielectric material so a surface of the antenna is substantially parallel to an outer surface of the top layer of dielectric material; and a conductive balun, coupled to the antenna, and embedded in one or more layers of the dielectric material. The antenna array is operative to receive signals from V to W frequency band transmissions generated by a heat source. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/925109 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| 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 1/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 5/10 (20130101) H01P 9/006 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/285 (20130101) H01Q 11/105 (20130101) H01Q 21/062 (20130101) |
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| US 09329257 | Wymeersch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henk Wymeersch (Boston, Massachusetts); Moe Z. Win (Framingham, Massachusetts); Jaime Lien (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henk Wymeersch (Boston, Massachusetts); Moe Z. Win (Framingham, Massachusetts); Jaime Lien (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and corresponding method using a cooperative localization technique for self identifying a location of a wireless device in a wireless network is presented. The system may estimate an arbitrary signal metric as a function of a signal received by the wireless device from the at least one other wireless device in the wireless network. The system may also convert at least one belief representing a distribution of at least one possible location of the at least one other wireless device to generate at least one converted belief. The system may further determine a self-belief as a function of the at least one converted belief and identify a self location, as a function of the self-belief, within the wireless network. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/977754 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| 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 5/0284 (20130101) G01S 5/0289 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09329263 | Haynes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Spencer Haynes (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Mahta Moghaddam (La Canada, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Spencer Haynes (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Mahta Moghaddam (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging system and method in which the system carries out the method which includes the steps of: (a) determining an incident field, (b) using the incident field and a volume integral equation (VIE) to determine a total field, (c) predicting voltage ratio measurement at a receiving antenna by using the volume integral equation (VIE), wherein the VIE includes a vector Green's function, (d) collecting voltage ratio measurements from one or more receiving antennas, and (e) comparing the predicted voltage ratio measurements to the collected voltage ratio measurements to determine one or more properties of the object being evaluated. An S-parameter based inverse scattering method using the vector Green's function and VIE as its core is also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479120 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/412 (20130101) G01S 13/88 (20130101) G01S 13/89 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 2007/4082 (20130101) |
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| US 09329310 | DeLacy |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan G. DeLacy (Havre de Grace, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Multilayered nanoparticles and methods of producing same are provided for controlling plasmon-exciton distance. The nanoparticles include a silver core, a polyelectrolyte spacer layer exterior to the silver core, and a J-aggregate cyanine dye outer shell. This multilayer architecture served as a framework for manipulating the dual coupling of localized surface plasmon resonance exhibited by the silver core with the molecular exciton exhibited by the J-aggregate outer shell. The polyelectrolyte spacer layer promotes the formation of an excitonic J-aggregate while serving as a means of controlling the plasmon-exciton coupling strength through changing the distance between the core and the shell. An analytical expression based on Mie Theory and the Transfer Matrix Method is provided for describing the optical response of these multilayered nanoparticles. Computational and experimental results illustrate that the absorption wavelength of the J-aggregate form of the dye is dependent on both the distance of the dye layer from the silver core and the degree of dye aggregation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/337847 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09329484 | Markle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Periodic Structures, Inc. (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Periodic Structures, Inc. (Los Gatos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Markle (Pleasanton, California); John S. Petersen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of and apparatus for performing direct-write lithography in a two-color photoresist layer are disclosed. The method includes exposing the two-color photoresist layer with transducer and inhibition images that respectively define bright spots and dark spots. The transducer image generates excited-state photo-molecules while the inhibition image converts the exited-state photo-molecules to an unexcited state that is not susceptible to conversion to an irreversible exposed state. The dark spots and bright spots are aligned, with the dark spots being smaller than the bright spots so that a portion of the excited-state photo-molecules adjacent the periphery of the bright spots absorb the inhibition radiation and transition to the unexcited state while a portion of the excited photo-molecules at the center of bright spots are not exposed to the inhibition light and transition to an irreversible exposed state. This forms in the two-color photoresist layer a pattern of sub-resolution photoresist pixels. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/866877 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/7015 (20130101) |
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| US 09329918 | Kulkarni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jaydeep P. Kulkarni (Hillsboro, Oregon); Keith A. Bowman (Hillsboro, Oregon); James W. Tschanz (Portland, Oregon); Vivek K. De (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jaydeep P. Kulkarni (Hillsboro, Oregon); Keith A. Bowman (Hillsboro, Oregon); James W. Tschanz (Portland, Oregon); Vivek K. De (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed system and method detect and correct register file read path errors that may occur as a result of reducing or eliminating supply voltage guardbands and/or frequency guardbands for a CPU, thereby increasing overall energy efficiency of the system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/976859 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/30141 (20130101) G06F 11/0751 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/1008 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 7/18 (20130101) G11C 29/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09330214 | Valdes-Garcia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alberto Valdes-Garcia (Hartsdale, New York); Bodhisatwa Sadhu (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), a method of designing a voltage controlled oscillator, and a design structure comprising a semiconductor substrate including a voltage controlled oscillator are disclosed. In one embodiment, the VCO comprises an LC tank circuit for generating an oscillator output at an oscillator frequency, and an oscillator core including cross-coupled semiconductor devices to provide feedback to the tank circuit. The VCO further comprises a supply node, a tail node, and a noise by-pass circuit connected to the supply and tail nodes, in parallel with the tank circuit and the oscillator core. The by-pass circuit forms a low-impedance path at a frequency approximately twice the oscillator frequency to at least partially immunize the oscillator core from external noise and to reduce noise contribution from the cross-coupled semiconductor devices. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/152330 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5063 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 1/00 (20130101) H03B 5/1215 (20130101) H03B 5/1228 (20130101) H03B 5/1243 (20130101) H03B 5/1281 (20130101) H03B 2200/009 (20130101) H03B 2200/0038 (20130101) |
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| US 09330358 | Rubin |
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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) | Stuart H. Rubin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method include comparing a context to cases stored in a case base, where the cases include Boolean and non-Boolean independent weight variables and a domain-specific dependency variable. The case and context independent weight variables are normalized and a normalized weight vector is determined for the case base. A match between the received context and each case of the case base is determined using the normalized context and case variables and the normalized weight vector. A skew value is determined for each category of domain specific dependency variables and the category of domain specific dependency variables having the minimal skew value is selected. The dependency variable associated with the selected category is then displayed to a user. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/037640 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09330500 | Karsch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Karsch (Urbana, Illinois); Varsha Chandrashekhar Hedau (Sunnyvale, California); David A. Forsyth (Urbana, Illinois); Derek Hoiem (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Karsch (Urbana, Illinois); Varsha Chandrashekhar Hedau (Sunnyvale, California); David A. Forsyth (Urbana, Illinois); Derek Hoiem (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An image into which one or more objects are to be inserted is obtained. Based on the image, both a 3-dimensional (3D) representation and a light model of the scene in the image are generated. One or more objects are added to the 3D representation of the scene. The 3D representation of the scene is rendered, based on the light model, to generate a modified image that is the obtained image modified to include the one or more objects. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/314723 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09330829 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Wen Huang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolled-up transformer structure comprises a multilayer sheet having a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis. The multilayer sheet comprises more than one conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer, including a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a thickness direction. The first conductive film comprises an even number of primary conductive strips, where each primary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction, and the second conductive film comprises an even number of secondary conductive strips, where each secondary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, turns of the primary conductive strips and turns of the secondary conductive strips wrap around the longitudinal axis. The primary conductive strips serve as a primary winding and the secondary conductive strips serve as a secondary winding of the rolled-up transformer structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/565944 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/00 (20130101) H01F 5/02 (20130101) H01F 17/0013 (20130101) H01F 27/2804 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 41/02 (20130101) H01F 41/041 (20130101) H01F 41/0604 (20130101) H01F 2017/006 (20130101) H01F 2027/2809 (20130101) H01F 2027/2857 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4814 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 23/5227 (20130101) H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2223/6677 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49071 (20150115) |
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| US 09330877 | Eden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Paul A. Tchertchian (Mission Viejo, California); Clark J. Wagner (Rowland Heights, California); Dane J. Sievers (Fisher, Illinois); Thomas J. Houlahan (Urbana, Illinois); Benben Li (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Logic devices are provided in multiple sub-collector and sub-emitter microplasma devices formed in thin and flexible, or inflexible, semiconductor materials. Logic operations are provided with one of a plurality of microplasmas forming sub-collectors with a common emitter, or a common collector plasma with a plurality of sub-emitter regions in a solid state semi-conductor pn-junction, and generating a logic output from an electrode, based upon electrode inputs to two other electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, June 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/727156 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 17/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 17/49 (20130101) H01J 17/066 (20130101) H01J 17/497 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/73 (20130101) H01L 29/66234 (20130101) H01L 33/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09330882 | Chignola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Chignola (Upton, Massachusetts); Timothy M. Norcott (Plaistow, New Hampshire); Brandon W. Blackburn (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Paul F. Martin (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Kenneth A. Levenson (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle beam detector is disclosed. The particle beam detector can include a particle beam receiving portion configured to convert particle beam energy to heat, and a plurality of temperature measuring devices disposed about the particle beam receiving portion. A location of a particle beam on the particle beam receiving portion can be determined by a temperature difference between at least two of the plurality of temperature measuring devices. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/451289 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/224 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 37/244 (20130101) H01J 37/261 (20130101) H01J 2237/04 (20130101) H01J 2237/2446 (20130101) H01J 2237/24585 (20130101) |
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| US 09331020 | Yazdani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Yazdani (Princeton, New Jersey); N. Phuan Ong (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Robert J. Cava (Princeton, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Yazdani (Princeton, New Jersey); N. Phuan Ong (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Robert J. Cava (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An interconnect is disclosed with enhanced immunity of electrical conductivity to defects. The interconnect includes a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating such interconnects. Also disclosed is an integrated circuit including such interconnects. Also disclosed is a gated electronic device including a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039762 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 28/00 (20130101) C22C 30/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/76838 (20130101) H01L 23/53209 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/53271 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49204 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09331163 | Koehler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew D. Koehler (Alexandria, Virginia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Tatyana I. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia); Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew D. Koehler (Alexandria, Virginia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Tatyana I. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia); Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A field effect transistor having a diamond gate electrode and a process for forming the same. In some embodiments, the device is an AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT). The diamond gate electrode is formed so that it directly contacts the barrier layer. In some embodiments, the diamond gate electrode is formed from boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond (NCD), while in other embodiments, the diamond gate electrode is formed from single crystal diamond. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/471310 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/267 (20130101) H01L 29/432 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1066 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam William Saxler (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam William Saxler (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Group III nitride semiconductor device structures are provided that include a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate and a Group III nitride epitaxial layer above the SiC substrate. The Group III nitride epitaxial layer has a dislocation density of less than about 4×108 cm−2 and/or an isolation voltage of at least about 50V. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/169471 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09331240 | Khan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | M. Asif Khan (Irmo, South Carolina); Qhalid Fareed (Columbia, South Carolina); Vinod Adivarahan (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Asif Khan (Irmo, South Carolina); Qhalid Fareed (Columbia, South Carolina); Vinod Adivarahan (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultraviolet light emitting semiconductor chip, its use in a LED, and methods of its fabrication are disclosed. The semiconductor chip can include a buffer layer of AlxGa1-xN, where 0<x≦1 having a thickness from about 10 μm to about 3 mm and defining apertures in the thickness of the buffer layer formed due to lateral overgrowth of the buffer layer over a grooved basal substrate. A n-junction LED layer overlying the buffer layer, a multiple quantum well LED layer overlying the n-junction LED layer, and a p-junction LED layer overlying the multiple quantum well LED layer are also included in the chip, where all of the LED layers comprise AlxGa1-xN, where 0<x≦1. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/480304 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0242 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02647 (20130101) H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09331264 | Ayazi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Ashwin Samarao (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectromechanical resonator includes a resonator body having a semiconductor region therein that may be degenerately doped with boron. This high level of doping facilitates the formation of a eutectic alloy within the resonator body in response to resistive heating. The formation of a lattice-strained eutectic alloy within the resonator body supports reductions in the temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) of the resonator over a relatively large temperature range. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/712533 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/84 (20130101) H01L 41/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09331266 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joon Yeon Chang (Seoul, South Korea); Jin Ki Hong (Seoul, South Korea); Jin Dong Song (Seoul, South Korea); Mark Johnson (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-volatile reconfigurable logic device executing logical operations and a memory function and controlled by a magnetic field is provided. The reconfigurable logic device includes i) at least one semiconductor device; and ii) a pair of magnetic field controlled devices respectively spaced apart from both sides of the semiconductor device and that are adapted to generate magnetic field leakage to control the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes i) a first semiconductor layer; and ii) a second semiconductor layer located on the first semiconductor layer. One of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is a p-type semiconductor layer and the other is an n-type semiconductor layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/132492 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/161 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/22 (20130101) H01L 43/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 43/08 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/16 (20130101) H03K 19/017581 (20130101) |
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| US 09331331 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fei Wang (Fremont, California); Subramanya P. Herle (Mountain View, California); Joseph G. Gordon (San Jose, California); GirishKumar Gopalakrishnan Nair (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to using water-based binders for high voltage cathode materials, such as LMNO (spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4), in Li-ion batteries. An example of a water compatible polymer binder according to some embodiments of the present invention is a combination of CMC (carboxymethylcellulose) and a second water compatible polymer that produce coatings of adequate thickness and loading (mAh/cm2). A method of forming a cathode for a Li-ion battery may include: preparing an aqueous solution of CMC; mixing together LMNO and carbon black; combining the LMNO and carbon black mixture with the CMC solution, an aqueous polyacrylic solution and distilled water, and mixing to form a slurry; coating a conductive substrate with the slurry; and drying the coated substrate, forming a cathode layer on the substrate. Furthermore, this invention describes a cathode for Li-ion batteries and tools for carrying out the above method. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/766558 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/364 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0419 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09331392 | Bermeo |
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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 G. Bermeo (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes an antenna element and a curved ground plane positioned beneath the antenna element. The antenna element has a height h and a first end with a tapered width, where h is approximately equal to the distance of a width-wise cross-sectional curve of the curved ground plane. The width of the curved ground plane is less than or equal to ½ h. A load may be positioned on top of a second end of the antenna element. The second end of the antenna element has a thickness greater than the first end and less than a thickness of the load. The curved ground plane may be substantially hemispherical in shape or may have a tapered height and increase in width from a first end to a second end. |
| FILED | Friday, October 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/063001 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 13/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 13/085 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09331455 | Leisher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Leisher (Terre Haute, Indiana); Steve Patterson (Vail, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | nLIGHT Photonics Corporation (Vancouver, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Leisher (Terre Haute, Indiana); Steve Patterson (Vail, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser diode apparatus including a diode laser, optics efficiently collimate the diode laser beam, and a narrow band reflector to provide optical feedback for wavelength stabilization of the diode laser in an extended cavity configuration. The extended cavity laser diode assembly has a low reflectivity coating applied to the front facet, and a narrow-band reflectivity engineered to optimize the output power from the diode laser, leading to power penalty-free operation of the extended cavity laser diode assembly as compared to a free-running diode laser. The extended cavity laser diode assembly can equally applied to a plurality of laser diodes, with either a single or a plurality of optical feedback devices forming the extended cavity configuration. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/355677 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/005 (20130101) H01S 3/1055 (20130101) H01S 3/08009 (20130101) H01S 3/10023 (20130101) H01S 5/005 (20130101) H01S 5/10 (20130101) H01S 5/14 (20130101) H01S 5/141 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09331773 | Bordetsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alex Bordetsky (Carmel, California); Oleg Yakimenko (Seaside, California); Eugene Bourakov (Carmel, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Bordetsky (Carmel, California); Oleg Yakimenko (Seaside, California); Eugene Bourakov (Carmel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described that involves establishing a wireless network between a wireless access node of an existing network and a remote location by wirelessly linking a plurality of electronic processing circuits each transported by a respective parafoil. The wirelessly linked processing circuits are to route packets from the wireless access node to the remote location. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/224855 |
| ART UNIT | 2461 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 1/08 (20130101) B64D 17/00 (20130101) B64D 17/025 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/105 (20130101) G05D 1/0684 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/18504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 48/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09332191 | McCloskey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jan Jelinek (Plymouth, Minnesota); Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jan Jelinek (Plymouth, Minnesota); Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer-usable medium for determining shutter fluttering sequence. The disclosed approach is based on the use of shutter flutter technology, which means that an image can be acquired in such a manner as to encode all information about the moving subject. The disclosed approach involves determining a shutter's fluttering pattern that optimally encodes information at all frequencies. The disclosed approach involves an optimization method for finding a shutter fluttering pattern that has several desired properties. These properties can be expressed in the context of a fitness function: given a fluttering pattern and the target subject's velocity, it produces the equivalent Modulation Transfer Function (MTF), measures three attributes, and produces a fitness score. These attributes are the minimum contrast, the variance in contrast across spatial frequencies, and the mean contrast. The objective of the disclosed approach is to determine the fluttering pattern that maximizes the fitness score. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421296 |
| ART UNIT | 2447 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23229 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09332399 | Tetteh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Nii Tetteh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christophe Jean-Claude Merlin (Malden, Massachusetts); Keith William Manning (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a network node configured to communicate with other network nodes via a communication network. The network node includes a plurality of transceivers and a controller. The controller includes a packet management module that identifies a link profile solution set that includes a set of link profiles corresponding to communication links for multicasting the message packet. The link profile solution set maximizes coverage of network target nodes of the multicast message packet. The packet management module places a first message clone of the message packet in a transceiver queue for transmission to one or more of the network target nodes, updates the link profile solution set when the first message clone reaches the end of the transceiver queue, and initiates transmission of the first message clone or drop the first message clone according to the updated link profile solution set. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/744149 |
| ART UNIT | 2479 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A medical imaging system provides simultaneous rendering of visible light and fluorescent images. The system may employ dyes in a small-molecule form that remain in a subject's blood stream for several minutes, allowing real-time imaging of the subject's circulatory system superimposed upon a conventional, visible light image of the subject. The system may provide an excitation light source to excite the fluorescent substance and a visible light source for general illumination within the same optical guide used to capture images. The system may be configured for use in open surgical procedures by providing an operating area that is closed to ambient light. The systems described herein provide two or more diagnostic imaging channels for capture of multiple, concurrent diagnostic images and may be used where a visible light image may be usefully supplemented by two or more images that are independently marked for functional interest. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/082899 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/0005 (20130101) A61B 1/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 1/00186 (20130101) A61B 1/0638 (20130101) A61B 1/0684 (20130101) A61B 1/3132 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 5/0086 (20130101) A61B 5/0261 (20130101) A61B 19/5212 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/006 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 10/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09327036 | Hsiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shih-Chia Hsiao (Oakland, California); Matthew B. Francis (Berkeley, California); Carolyn Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Richard Mathies (Moraga, California); Ravi Chandra (Ellicot City, Maryland); Erik Douglas (Oakland, California); Amy Twite (Berkeley, California); Nicholas Toriello (Redwood City, California); Hiroaki Onoe (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Chia Hsiao (Oakland, California); Matthew B. Francis (Berkeley, California); Carolyn Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Richard Mathies (Moraga, California); Ravi Chandra (Ellicot City, Maryland); Erik Douglas (Oakland, California); Amy Twite (Berkeley, California); Nicholas Toriello (Redwood City, California); Hiroaki Onoe (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides conjugates of DNA and cells by linking the DNA to a native functional group on the cell surface. The cells can be without cell walls or can have cell walls. The modified cells can be linked to a substrate surface and used in assay or bioreactors. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/263129 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48776 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0006 (20130101) |
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| US 09327231 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Y. S. Lin (Scottsdale, Arizona); Jose Ortiz-Landeros (Tempe, Arizona); Xue-Liang Dong (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments for a tubular ceramic-carbonate dual-phase membrane and methods for manufacturing the tubular ceramic-carbonate dual-phase membrane are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/478763 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/22 (20130101) B01D 53/228 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/229 (20130101) B01D 69/04 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 71/024 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09327264 | Benmore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris J. Benmore (Naperville, Illinois); Johann R. Weber (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris J. Benmore (Naperville, Illinois); Johann R. Weber (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for producing a mixture of amorphous compounds, the method comprising supplying a solution containing the compounds; and allowing at least a portion of the solvent of the solution to evaporate while preventing the solute of the solution from contacting a nucleation point. Also provided is a method for transforming solids to amorphous material, the method comprising heating the solids in an environment to form a melt, wherein the environment contains no nucleation points; and cooling the melt in the environment. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/361164 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09327267 | Janke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Janke (Oliver Springs, Tennessee); Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Yatsandra Oyola (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A powder-based adsorbent and a related method of manufacture are provided. The powder-based adsorbent includes polymer powder with grafted side chains and an increased surface area per unit weight to increase the adsorption of dissolved metals, for example uranium, from aqueous solutions. A method for forming the powder-based adsorbent includes irradiating polymer powder, grafting with polymerizable reactive monomers, reacting with hydroxylamine, and conditioning with an alkaline solution. Powder-based adsorbents formed according to the present method demonstrated a significantly improved uranium adsorption capacity per unit weight over existing adsorbents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/697711 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/265 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/3085 (20130101) B01J 20/28016 (20130101) Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 60/0265 (20130101) |
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| US 09328310 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuguang Deng (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Harvind K. Reddy (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Tanner Schaub (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Francisco Omar Holguin (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of lipid extraction from biomass, in particular wet algae, through conventionally heated subcritical water, and microwave-assisted subcritical water. In one embodiment, fatty acid methyl esters from solids in a polar phase are further extracted to increase biofuel production. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/936874 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing, e.g by Pressing Raw Materials or by Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining or Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g Lanolin, Fatty Oils or Waxes; Essential Oils; Perfumes C11B 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09328335 | Durrett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Durrett (Manhattan, Kansas); John Ohlrogge (Okemos, Michigan); Michael Pollard (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Durrett (Manhattan, Kansas); John Ohlrogge (Okemos, Michigan); Michael Pollard (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes and proteins, and methods of their use. In particular, the invention describes genes encoding proteins having diacylglycerol acetyltransferase activity, specifically for transferring an acetyl group to a diacylglycerol substrate to form acetyl-Triacylglycerols (ac-TAGS), for example, a 3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol. The present invention encompasses both native and recombinant wild-type forms of the transferase, as well as mutants and variant forms. The present invention also relates to methods of using novel diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes and proteins, including their expression in transgenic organisms at commercially viable levels, for increasing production of 3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols in plant oils and altering the composition of oils produced by microorganisms, such as yeast, by increasing ac-TAG production. Additionally, oils produced by methods of the present inventions comprising genes and proteins are contemplated for use as biodiesel fuel, in polymer production and as naturally produced food oils with reduced calories. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/519660 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8247 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/6463 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/678 (20130101) |
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| US 09328404 | Saw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cheng Kiong Saw (Livermore, California); William A. Bauer (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jor-Shan Choi (El Cerrito, California); Dan Day (Danville, California); Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng Kiong Saw (Livermore, California); William A. Bauer (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jor-Shan Choi (El Cerrito, California); Dan Day (Danville, California); Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method according to one embodiment includes combining an amorphous iron-based alloy and at least one metal selected from a group consisting of molybdenum, chromium, tungsten, boron, gadolinium, nickel phosphorous, yttrium, and alloys thereof to form a mixture, wherein the at least one metal is present in the mixture from about 5 atomic percent (at %) to about 55 at %; and ball milling the mixture at least until an amorphous alloy of the iron-based alloy and the at least one metal is formed. Several amorphous iron-based metal alloys are also presented, including corrosion-resistant amorphous iron-based metal alloys and radiation-shielding amorphous iron-based metal alloys. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/426769 |
| 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 9/002 (20130101) B22F 9/005 (20130101) B22F 2009/041 (20130101) B22F 2009/043 (20130101) Alloys C22C 33/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C22C 45/02 (20130101) C22C 45/006 (20130101) C22C 2200/02 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 1/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09328421 | Forrest |
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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) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic vapor jet printing system includes a pump for increasing the pressure of an organic flux. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/621918 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — 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 14/04 (20130101) C23C 14/12 (20130101) C23C 14/228 (20130101) C23C 16/463 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0004 (20130101) H01L 51/0005 (20130101) |
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| US 09328512 | Francis, IV et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William H. Francis, IV (Boulder, Colorado); Gregg E. Freebury (Louisville, Colorado); Neal J. Beidleman (Aspen, Colorado); Michael Hulse (Erie, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EverSealed Windows, Inc. (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Francis, IV (Boulder, Colorado); Gregg E. Freebury (Louisville, Colorado); Neal J. Beidleman (Aspen, Colorado); Michael Hulse (Erie, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A Vacuum Insulating Glazing Unit (VIGU) comprises two or more glass lites (panes) spaced apart from one another and hermetically bonded to an edge seal assembly therebetween. The resulting cavity between the lites is evacuated to create at least one insulating vacuum cavity within which are disposed a plurality of stand-off members to maintain separation between the lites. The edge seal assembly is preferably compliant in the longitudinal (i.e., edgewise) direction to allow longitudinal relative motion between the two lites (e.g., from thermal expansion). The longitudinal compliance may be obtained by imprinting a three-dimensional pattern into the edge seal material. The edge seal assembly is preferably bonded to the lites with a first bond portion that is hermetic and a second bond portion that is load-resistant. Methods for producing VIGUs and/or compliant edge seal assemblies and VIGU and edge seal apparatus are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/464951 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 2/34 (20130101) E04C 2/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fixed or Movable Closures for Openings in Buildings, Vehicles, Fences or Like Enclosures in General, e.g Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates E06B 3/6612 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 80/24 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09328622 | Garcia-Crespo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andres Jose Garcia-Crespo (Greenville, South Carolina); John McConnell Delvaux (Fountain Inn, South Carolina); Diane Patricia Miller (Irmo, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andres Jose Garcia-Crespo (Greenville, South Carolina); John McConnell Delvaux (Fountain Inn, South Carolina); Diane Patricia Miller (Irmo, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly and method for affixing a turbomachine rotor blade to a rotor wheel are disclosed. In an embodiment, an adaptor member is provided disposed between the blade and the rotor wheel, the adaptor member including an adaptor attachment slot that is complementary to the blade attachment member, and an adaptor attachment member that is complementary to the rotor wheel attachment slot. A coverplate is provided, having a coverplate attachment member that is complementary to the rotor wheel attachment slot, and a hook for engaging the adaptor member. When assembled, the coverplate member matingly engages with the adaptor member, and retains the blade in the adaptor member, and the assembly in the rotor wheel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/494261 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/147 (20130101) F01D 5/303 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/3007 (20130101) F01D 5/3015 (20130101) F01D 5/3084 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/6033 (20130101) |
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| US 09328623 | McMahan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Weston McMahan (Greer, South Carolina); Daniel Jackson Dillard (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Weston McMahan (Greer, South Carolina); Daniel Jackson Dillard (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine system is disclosed. The turbine system includes a transition duct having an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet and defining a longitudinal axis, a radial axis, and a tangential axis. The outlet of the transition duct is offset from the inlet along the longitudinal axis and the tangential axis. The turbine system further includes a turbine section connected to the transition duct. The turbine section includes a plurality of shroud blocks at least partially defining a hot gas path, a plurality of buckets at least partially disposed in the hot gas path, and a plurality of nozzles at least partially disposed in the hot gas path. At least one of a shroud block, a bucket, or a nozzle includes means for withstanding high temperatures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/253298 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/186 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) F01D 9/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/6033 (20130101) |
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| US 09328962 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pharyx, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pharyx, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry Lee (Malden, Massachusetts); Kevin Shao-Kwan Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides apparatus and methods to operate microreactor devices through the controlled delivery of pressurized fluids. A heated reservoir, a heated manifold, and a heater for the microreactor device provides for the delivery of a pressurized gas while minimizing evaporation and condensation; and a fluid interface and pressure interlock provides for the delivery of aseptic fluids while minimizing contamination and fluid loss. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750982 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) B01J 2219/0095 (20130101) B01J 2219/0097 (20130101) B01J 2219/00813 (20130101) B01J 2219/00817 (20130101) B01J 2219/00873 (20130101) B01J 2219/00961 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 7/00 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/043 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/1805 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 29/14 (20130101) C12M 41/22 (20130101) Details or Accessories of Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens, or Retorts, in so Far as They Are of Kinds Occurring in More Than One Kind of Furnace F27D 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/53 (20150115) Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09329152 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thad Gilbert Walker (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian Robert Lancor (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert Wyllie (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thad Gilbert Walker (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian Robert Lancor (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert Wyllie (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Measurement of a precessional rate of a gas, such as an alkali gas, in a magnetic field is made by promoting a non-uniform precession of the gas in which substantially no net magnetic field affects the gas during a majority of the precession cycle. This allows sensitive gases that would be subject to spin-exchange collision de-phasing to be effectively used for extremely sensitive measurements in the presence of an environmental magnetic field such as the Earth's magnetic field. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436183 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09329154 | Allendorf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Allendorf (Pleasanton, California); Alex Robinson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensing devices based on a surface acoustic wave (“SAW”) device coated with an absorbent crystalline or amorphous layer for detecting at least one chemical analyte in a gaseous carrier. Methods for detecting the presence of a chemical analyte in a gaseous carrier using such devices are also disclosed. The sensing devices and methods for their use may be configured for sensing chemical analytes selected from the group consisting of water vapor, carbon dioxide, methanol, ethanol, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, organic amines, organic compounds containing NO2 groups, halogenated hydrocarbons, acetone, hexane, toluene, isopropanol, alcohols, alkanes, alkenes, benzene, functionalized aromatics, ammonia (NH3), phosgene (COCl2), sulfur mustard, nerve agents, sulfur dioxide, tetrahydrofuran (THF) and methyltertbutyl ether (MTBE) and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/633772 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/022 (20130101) G01N 29/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329223 | Montenegro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel E. Montenegro (Scotia, New York); Jason B. Rothenberger (Colonie, New York); Mark A. Prelas (Columbia, Missouri); Robert V Tompson, Jr. (Columbia, Missouri); Annie Tipton (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Montenegro (Scotia, New York); Jason B. Rothenberger (Colonie, New York); Mark A. Prelas (Columbia, Missouri); Robert V Tompson, Jr. (Columbia, Missouri); Annie Tipton (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting surface and bulk deep states in semiconductor materials is provided. In various embodiments, the method comprises configuring a detection circuit of charge based deep level transient spectrometer in one of a parallel mode and a series mode by controlling the configuration of a switching circuit of the detection circuit. The method additionally comprises generating digitized voltage charge outputs of a device under test utilizing the detection circuit as controlled via execution of an analog-to-digital conversion and timing program by a control system of the charge based deep level transient spectrometer. Furthermore, the method comprises obtaining desired information about deep level transients of the device under test based on the digitized voltage charge outputs via execution of a control system operable to execute a Q-DLTS data analysis program by the control system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/540151 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2648 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09329413 | DeRose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher DeRose (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a new optical intensity modulator, a nonlinear change in refractive index is used to balance the nonlinearities in the optical transfer function in a way that leads to highly linear optical intensity modulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/282904 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/015 (20130101) G02F 1/025 (20130101) G02F 1/0123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/2257 (20130101) G02F 2001/0151 (20130101) G02F 2001/212 (20130101) |
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| US 09329487 | Bitter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Manfred Bitter (Princeton, New Jersey); Kenneth W. Hill (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Philip Efthimion (Bedminster, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Manfred Bitter (Princeton, New Jersey); Kenneth W. Hill (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Philip Efthimion (Bedminster, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an imaging apparatus for EUV spectroscopy, EUV microscopy, EUV lithography, and x-ray imaging. This new imaging apparatus could, in particular, make significant contributions to EUV lithography at wavelengths in the range from 10 to 15 nm, which is presently being developed for the manufacturing of the next-generation integrated circuits. The disclosure provides a novel adjustable imaging apparatus that allows for the production of stigmatic images in x-ray imaging, EUV imaging, and EUVL. The imaging apparatus of the present invention incorporates additional properties compared to previously described objectives. The use of a pair of spherical reflectors containing a concave and convex arrangement has been applied to a EUV imaging system to allow for the image and optics to all be placed on the same side of a vacuum chamber. Additionally, the two spherical reflector segments previously described have been replaced by two full spheres or, more precisely, two spherical annuli, so that the total photon throughput is largely increased. Finally, the range of permissible Bragg angles and possible magnifications of the objective has been largely increased. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/465404 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/04 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 1/84 (20130101) G03F 7/70033 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/70233 (20130101) |
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| US 09330059 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristan D. Davis (Rochester, Minnesota); Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In a parallel computer, a plurality of logical planes formed of compute nodes of a subcommunicator may be identified by: for each compute node of the subcommunicator and for a number of dimensions beginning with a first dimension: establishing, by a plane building node, in a positive direction of the first dimension, all logical planes that include the plane building node and compute nodes of the subcommunicator in a positive direction of a second dimension, where the second dimension is orthogonal to the first dimension; and establishing, by the plane building node, in a negative direction of the first dimension, all logical planes that include the plane building node and compute nodes of the subcommunicator in the positive direction of the second dimension. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/800226 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/80 (20130101) G06F 15/8023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09330798 | Dayal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yogeshwar Dayal (San Jose, California); Earl F. Saito (Wilmington, North Carolina); John F. Berger (Wilmington, North Carolina); Martin W. Brittingham (Wilmington, North Carolina); Stephen K. Morales (Wilmington, North Carolina); Jeffrey M. Hare (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yogeshwar Dayal (San Jose, California); Earl F. Saito (Wilmington, North Carolina); John F. Berger (Wilmington, North Carolina); Martin W. Brittingham (Wilmington, North Carolina); Stephen K. Morales (Wilmington, North Carolina); Jeffrey M. Hare (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and methods produce radioisotopes in instrumentation tubes of operating commercial nuclear reactors. Irradiation targets may be inserted and removed from instrumentation tubes during operation and converted to radioisotopes otherwise unavailable during operation of commercial nuclear reactors. Example apparatuses may continuously insert, remove, and store irradiation targets to be converted to useable radioisotopes or other desired materials at several different origin and termination points accessible outside an access barrier such as a containment building, drywell wall, or other access restriction preventing access to instrumentation tubes during operation of the nuclear plant. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/339345 |
| 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 23/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09330800 | Mackie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Rockwell Mackie (Verona, Wisconsin); Thad Alexander Heltemes (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for generating medical isotopes provides for the irradiation of dry-phase, granular uranium compounds which are then dissolved in a solvent for separation of the medical isotope from the irradiated compound. Once the medical isotope is removed, the dissolved compound may be reconstituted in dry granular form for repeated irradiation. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/692212 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21G 1/06 (20130101) G21G 2001/0036 (20130101) |
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| US 09330829 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Wen Huang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolled-up transformer structure comprises a multilayer sheet having a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis. The multilayer sheet comprises more than one conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer, including a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a thickness direction. The first conductive film comprises an even number of primary conductive strips, where each primary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction, and the second conductive film comprises an even number of secondary conductive strips, where each secondary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, turns of the primary conductive strips and turns of the secondary conductive strips wrap around the longitudinal axis. The primary conductive strips serve as a primary winding and the secondary conductive strips serve as a secondary winding of the rolled-up transformer structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/565944 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/00 (20130101) H01F 5/02 (20130101) H01F 17/0013 (20130101) H01F 27/2804 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 41/02 (20130101) H01F 41/041 (20130101) H01F 41/0604 (20130101) H01F 2017/006 (20130101) H01F 2027/2809 (20130101) H01F 2027/2857 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4814 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 23/5227 (20130101) H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2223/6677 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49071 (20150115) |
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| US 09330876 | Stautner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernst Wolfgang Stautner (Niskayuna, New York); Joseph Darryl Michael (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for regulating a pressure of a filled-in gas is presented. The system includes a reservoir that stores a reservoir gas adsorbed in a sorbent material at a storage temperature, a gas-filled tube containing the filled-in gas, a controller configured to determine a pressure change required in the filled-in gas based upon signals representative of a pressure of the filled-in gas inside the gas-filled tube and a required pressure threshold, determine an updated temperature of the sorbent material based upon the pressure change required in the filled-in gas, and regulate the pressure of the filled-in gas by controlling the reservoir to change the storage temperature of the sorbent material to reach the updated temperature of the sorbent material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/072889 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 7/16 (20130101) H01J 7/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 7/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09330878 | Watson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC. (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott A Watson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); David Platts (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Eric B Sorensen (Los Alamos, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-mechanical x-ray generator configured to obtain high-energy operation with favorable energy-weight scaling. The electro-mechanical x-ray generator may include a pair of capacitor plates. The capacitor plates may be charged to a predefined voltage and may be separated to generate higher voltages on the order of hundreds of kV in the AK gap. The high voltage may be generated in a vacuum tube. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/736973 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Weighing G01G 1/06 (20130101) G01G 1/10 (20130101) G01G 1/20 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 5/14 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 19/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 21/36 (20130101) H01J 27/022 (20130101) H01J 35/065 (20130101) X-ray Technique H05G 1/06 (20130101) H05G 1/10 (20130101) H05G 1/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09331020 | Yazdani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Yazdani (Princeton, New Jersey); N. Phuan Ong (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Robert J. Cava (Princeton, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Yazdani (Princeton, New Jersey); N. Phuan Ong (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Robert J. Cava (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An interconnect is disclosed with enhanced immunity of electrical conductivity to defects. The interconnect includes a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating such interconnects. Also disclosed is an integrated circuit including such interconnects. Also disclosed is a gated electronic device including a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039762 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 28/00 (20130101) C22C 30/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/76838 (20130101) H01L 23/53209 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/53271 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49204 (20150115) |
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| US 09331258 | Toberer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric S. Toberer (Golden, Colorado); Lauryn L. Baranowski (Golden, Colorado); Emily L. Warren (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) are solid state heat engines that generate electricity from concentrated sunlight. A novel detailed balance model for STEGs is provided and applied to both state-of-the-art and idealized materials. STEGs can produce electricity by using sunlight to heat one side of a thermoelectric generator. While concentrated sunlight can be used to achieve extremely high temperatures (and thus improved generator efficiency), the solar absorber also emits a significant amount of black body radiation. This emitted light is the dominant loss mechanism in these generators. In this invention, we propose a solution to this problem that eliminates virtually all of the emitted black body radiation. This enables solar thermoelectric generators to operate at higher efficiency and achieve said efficient with lower levels of optical concentration. The solution is suitable for both single and dual axis solar thermoelectric generators. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/190064 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/07 (20130101) F24J 2/055 (20130101) F24J 2/507 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/00 (20130101) H01L 35/02 (20130101) H01L 35/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/32 (20130101) H01L 35/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09331452 | Bayramian |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew James Bayramian (Manteca, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew James Bayramian (Manteca, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical amplifier system includes a diode pump array including a plurality of semiconductor diode laser bars disposed in an array configuration and characterized by a periodic distance between adjacent semiconductor diode laser bars. The periodic distance is measured in a first direction perpendicular to each of the plurality of semiconductor diode laser bars. The diode pump array provides a pump output propagating along an optical path and characterized by a first intensity profile measured as a function of the first direction and having a variation greater than 10%. The optical amplifier system also includes a diffractive optic disposed along the optical path. The diffractive optic includes a photo-thermo-refractive glass member. The optical amplifier system further includes an amplifier slab having an input face and position along the optical path and separated from the diffractive optic by a predetermined distance. A second intensity profile measured at the input face of the amplifier slab as a function of the first direction has a variation less than 10%. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/911787 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/0922 (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 3/0606 (20130101) H01S 3/094049 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/094053 (20130101) H01S 5/405 (20130101) H01S 5/02476 (20130101) H01S 5/4012 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49 (20150115) |
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| US 09331468 | Traeholt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NKT Cables Ultera A/S (Asnaes, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NKT CABLES ULTERA A/S (Asnaes, Dominica) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chresten Traeholt (Frederiksberg, Denmark); Dag Willen (Klagshamn, Sweden); Mark Roden (Newnan, Georgia); Jerry C. Tolbert (Carrollton, Georgia); David Lindsay (Carrollton, Georgia); Paul W. Fisher (Heiskell, Tennessee); Carsten Thidemann Nielsen (Jaegerspris, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | Cable end section comprises end-parts of N electrical phases/neutral, and a thermally-insulation envelope comprising cooling fluid. The end-parts each comprises a conductor and are arranged with phase 1 innermost, N outermost surrounded by the neutral, electrical insulation being between phases and N and neutral. The end-parts comprise contacting surfaces located sequentially along the longitudinal extension of the end-section. A termination unit has an insulating envelope connected to a cryostat, special parts at both ends comprising an adapter piece at the cable interface and a closing end-piece terminating the envelope in the end-section. The special parts houses an inlet and/or outlet for cooling fluid. The space between an inner wall of the envelope and a central opening of the cable is filled with cooling fluid. The special part at the end connecting to the cryostat houses an inlet or outlet, splitting cooling flow into cable annular flow and termination annular flow. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/090080 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Installation of Electric Cables or Lines, or of Combined Optical and Electric Cables or Lines H02G 15/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09331483 | Hammerstrom |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald J. Hammerstrom (West Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald J. Hammerstrom (West Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermal energy storage apparatus, controllers and thermal energy storage control methods are described. According to one aspect, a thermal energy storage apparatus controller includes processing circuitry configured to access first information which is indicative of surpluses and deficiencies of electrical energy upon an electrical power system at a plurality of moments in time, access second information which is indicative of temperature of a thermal energy storage medium at a plurality of moments in time, and use the first and second information to control an amount of electrical energy which is utilized by a heating element to heat the thermal energy storage medium at a plurality of moments in time. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/895658 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 1/0227 (20130101) |
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| US 09326695 | Kryzpow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Kryzpow (University Heights, Ohio); James Elliott (Streetsboro, Ohio); Aaron Rood (Rocky River, Ohio); Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Kryzpow (University Heights, Ohio); James Elliott (Streetsboro, Ohio); Aaron Rood (Rocky River, Ohio); Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an electrode harness and more particularly to an electrode harness with various features, which enhance the use and performance of the electrode harness. The present invention further relates to a method of taking biopotential measurements. The electrode harness and methods of the present invention allow for use with most applications where biopotential measurements are taken. The electrode harness can be used in ECG (or EKG), EEG, EMG, and other such biopotential measurement applications. Because of the versatility of various embodiments of the present invention, preferably the electrode harness can be adjusted for different applications or for application to various sized and shaped subjects. The electrode harness is further preferably part of a system, which includes either wireless or tethered bridges between the electrode harness and a monitor, and preferably includes various forms of processors for analyzing the biopotential signal. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/988358 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0408 (20130101) A61B 5/04085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09326890 | Kulstad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erik Kulstad (Chicago, Illinois); Hugh Patrick Caherty (Canton, Michigan) |
| 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 | Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/609624 |
| 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) 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 7/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2007/0054 (20130101) A61F 2007/126 (20130101) |
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| US 09327130 | Marculescu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radu Marculescu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Paul Bogdan (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for non-linear modeling of physiological behavior, such as R-R intervals, in implantable devices, such as a rate responsive pacemakers, comprising a comprehensive modeling and optimization methodology based on fractional calculus and constrained finite horizon optimal control theory that allows for allows for fine-grain optimization of pacemaker response to heart rate variations; and the theoretical basis on which a hardware implementation of the fractional optimal controller that can respond to changes in the heart rate dynamics. Present invention describes a fractal approach to pacemaker control based on the constrained finite horizon optimal control problem. This is achieved by modeling the heart rate dynamics via fractional differential equations. Also, by using calculus of variations, the invention describes how the constrained finite horizon optimal control problem can be reduced to solving a linear system of equations. Finally, the invention describes the theoretical basis on which a hardware implementation become possible. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/252265 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/686 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36592 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3437 (20130101) |
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| US 09327314 | Zhong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Foundation of State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuan-Jian Zhong (Endwell, New York); Hye-Young Park (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward core-shell nanoparticles, each comprising a ligand-capped metal shell surrounding a plurality of discrete, nonconcentric, metal-containing cores. Methods of making and using these nanoparticles are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680749 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/02 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/30 (20130101) Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) |
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| US 09327979 | Gopalan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Padma Gopalan (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael Scott Arnold (Middleton, Wisconsin); Yongho Joo (Madison, Wisconsin); Gerald Joseph Brady (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew Shea (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for removing polymer coatings from the surfaces of single-walled carbon nanotubes are provided. The methods remove polymer coatings that are used to selectively wrap and sort semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes from metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes. The methods are based on a process of detaching a polymer coatings by binding transition metal complexes to bi-pyridine repeat units within the polymer backbone. |
| FILED | Friday, January 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/588513 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2202/02 (20130101) C01B 2202/22 (20130101) C01B 2202/36 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/751 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) |
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| US 09328102 | Burke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin D. Burke (Champaign, Illinois); David M. Knapp (Boonville, Indiana); Eric P. Gillis (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of performing a chemical reaction includes reacting a compound selected from the group consisting of an organohalide and an organo-pseudohalide, and a protected organoboronic acid represented by formula (I) in a reaction mixture: R1—B-T (I); where R1 represents an organic group, T represents a conformationally rigid protecting group, and B represents boron having sp3 hybridization. When unprotected, the corresponding organoboronic acid is unstable by the boronic acid neat stability test. The reaction mixture further includes a base having a pKB of at least 1 and a palladium catalyst. The method further includes forming a cross-coupled product in the reaction mixture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/686502 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 61/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 13/28 (20130101) C07C 15/46 (20130101) C07C 15/58 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 43/2055 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/24 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/325 (20130101) C07D 207/333 (20130101) C07D 209/12 (20130101) C07D 213/73 (20130101) C07D 241/42 (20130101) C07D 263/56 (20130101) C07D 307/36 (20130101) C07D 307/42 (20130101) C07D 307/80 (20130101) C07D 333/16 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) C07D 413/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/55 (20151101) |
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| US 09328310 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuguang Deng (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Harvind K. Reddy (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Tanner Schaub (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Francisco Omar Holguin (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of lipid extraction from biomass, in particular wet algae, through conventionally heated subcritical water, and microwave-assisted subcritical water. In one embodiment, fatty acid methyl esters from solids in a polar phase are further extracted to increase biofuel production. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/936874 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing, e.g by Pressing Raw Materials or by Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining or Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g Lanolin, Fatty Oils or Waxes; Essential Oils; Perfumes C11B 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09328432 | Gonen Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/310003 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/10 (20130101) C30B 7/14 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/32 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/14 (20130101) H01B 1/20 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02565 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) H01L 51/005 (20130101) H01L 51/0094 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
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| US 09329257 | Wymeersch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henk Wymeersch (Boston, Massachusetts); Moe Z. Win (Framingham, Massachusetts); Jaime Lien (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henk Wymeersch (Boston, Massachusetts); Moe Z. Win (Framingham, Massachusetts); Jaime Lien (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and corresponding method using a cooperative localization technique for self identifying a location of a wireless device in a wireless network is presented. The system may estimate an arbitrary signal metric as a function of a signal received by the wireless device from the at least one other wireless device in the wireless network. The system may also convert at least one belief representing a distribution of at least one possible location of the at least one other wireless device to generate at least one converted belief. The system may further determine a self-belief as a function of the at least one converted belief and identify a self location, as a function of the self-belief, within the wireless network. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/977754 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| 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 5/0284 (20130101) G01S 5/0289 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09329263 | Haynes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Spencer Haynes (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Mahta Moghaddam (La Canada, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Spencer Haynes (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Mahta Moghaddam (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging system and method in which the system carries out the method which includes the steps of: (a) determining an incident field, (b) using the incident field and a volume integral equation (VIE) to determine a total field, (c) predicting voltage ratio measurement at a receiving antenna by using the volume integral equation (VIE), wherein the VIE includes a vector Green's function, (d) collecting voltage ratio measurements from one or more receiving antennas, and (e) comparing the predicted voltage ratio measurements to the collected voltage ratio measurements to determine one or more properties of the object being evaluated. An S-parameter based inverse scattering method using the vector Green's function and VIE as its core is also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479120 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/412 (20130101) G01S 13/88 (20130101) G01S 13/89 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 2007/4082 (20130101) |
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| US 09330500 | Karsch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Karsch (Urbana, Illinois); Varsha Chandrashekhar Hedau (Sunnyvale, California); David A. Forsyth (Urbana, Illinois); Derek Hoiem (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Karsch (Urbana, Illinois); Varsha Chandrashekhar Hedau (Sunnyvale, California); David A. Forsyth (Urbana, Illinois); Derek Hoiem (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An image into which one or more objects are to be inserted is obtained. Based on the image, both a 3-dimensional (3D) representation and a light model of the scene in the image are generated. One or more objects are added to the 3D representation of the scene. The 3D representation of the scene is rendered, based on the light model, to generate a modified image that is the obtained image modified to include the one or more objects. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/314723 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09330722 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shih-Fu Chang (New York, New York); Horace J. Meng (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Fu Chang (New York, New York); Horace J. Meng (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is provided for editing and parsing compressed digital information. The compressed digital information may include visual information which is edited and parsed in the compressed domain. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a method for detecting moving objects in a compressed digital bitstream which represents a sequence of fields or frames of video information for one or more captured scenes of video. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/078626 |
| ART UNIT | 2486 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 27/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11B 27/034 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09330829 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Wen Huang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolled-up transformer structure comprises a multilayer sheet having a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis. The multilayer sheet comprises more than one conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer, including a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a thickness direction. The first conductive film comprises an even number of primary conductive strips, where each primary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction, and the second conductive film comprises an even number of secondary conductive strips, where each secondary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, turns of the primary conductive strips and turns of the secondary conductive strips wrap around the longitudinal axis. The primary conductive strips serve as a primary winding and the secondary conductive strips serve as a secondary winding of the rolled-up transformer structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/565944 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/00 (20130101) H01F 5/02 (20130101) H01F 17/0013 (20130101) H01F 27/2804 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 41/02 (20130101) H01F 41/041 (20130101) H01F 41/0604 (20130101) H01F 2017/006 (20130101) H01F 2027/2809 (20130101) H01F 2027/2857 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4814 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 23/5227 (20130101) H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2223/6677 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49071 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09330910 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Chen (Champaign, Illinois); G. Logan Liu (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Chen (Champaign, Illinois); G. Logan Liu (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming an array of nanostructures includes forming a plurality of seed points on a surface of a substrate, and growing masks from the seed points to create masked regions of the substrate underlying the masks. A remainder of the substrate comprises an unmasked region. Each mask and masked region increase in size with growth time while the unmasked region of the substrate decreases in size. During the growing, the unmasked region is etched to remove material from the substrate in a depth direction, and, simultaneously, unetched structures are formed from the masked regions of the substrate underlying the masks. Each of the unetched structures has a lateral size that increases with depth. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/882631 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02612 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/02363 (20130101) H01L 31/035209 (20130101) H01L 31/035227 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/547 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09331020 | Yazdani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Yazdani (Princeton, New Jersey); N. Phuan Ong (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Robert J. Cava (Princeton, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Yazdani (Princeton, New Jersey); N. Phuan Ong (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Robert J. Cava (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An interconnect is disclosed with enhanced immunity of electrical conductivity to defects. The interconnect includes a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating such interconnects. Also disclosed is an integrated circuit including such interconnects. Also disclosed is a gated electronic device including a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039762 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 28/00 (20130101) C22C 30/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/76838 (20130101) H01L 23/53209 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/53271 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49204 (20150115) |
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| US 09331189 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Koo Kim (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Siwapon Srisonphan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device including a first conducting layer, a second conducting layer, and an insulating layer provided between the conducting layers. At least one side wall extends from the first conducting layer to the second conducting layer and includes at least a portion of the first conducting layer, the second conducting layer and the insulating layer. A bias voltage is applied between the first and second conducting layers, wherein responsive to the bias voltage, a two dimensional electron system is induced at least in one of the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer, and wherein electrons from the two dimensional electron system are emitted from the side wall side wall as a result of Coulombic repulsion and travel in air from the one of the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer to the other of the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/888493 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/3042 (20130101) H01J 3/022 (20130101) H01J 2201/30423 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1446 (20130101) H01L 29/94 (20130101) H01L 29/7613 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66181 (20130101) H01L 29/66439 (20130101) H01L 31/06 (20130101) H01L 31/08 (20130101) H01L 31/062 (20130101) H01L 31/113 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09331216 | Hardin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PLANT PV, Inc. (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PLANT PV, Inc. (Belmont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian E. Hardin (Berkeley, California); Stephen T. Connor (San Francisco, California); James Randy Groves (Sunnyvale, California); Craig H. Peters (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods for fabrication of rear tabbing, front busbar, and fine grid line layers for silicon based photovoltaic cells are disclosed. Materials include conductive metallization pastes that contain core-shell nickel based particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/493346 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/20 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0512 (20130101) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09331217 | Rinzler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Gabriel Rinzler (St. Newberry, Florida); Pooja Wadhwa (Chandler, Arizona); Jing Guo (Gainesville, Florida); Gyungseon Seol (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Gabriel Rinzler (St. Newberry, Florida); Pooja Wadhwa (Chandler, Arizona); Jing Guo (Gainesville, Florida); Gyungseon Seol (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Various systems and methods are provided for Schottky junction solar cells. In one embodiment, a solar cell includes a mesh layer formed on a semiconductor layer and an ionic layer formed on the mesh layer. The ionic layer seeps through the mesh layer and directly contacts the semiconductor layer. In another embodiment, a solar cell includes a first mesh layer formed on a semiconductor layer, a first metallization layer coupled to the first mesh layer, a second high surface area electrically conducting electrode coupled to the first metallization layer by a gate voltage, and an ionic layer in electrical communication with the first mesh layer and the second high surface area electrically conducting electrode. In another embodiment, a solar cell includes a grid layer formed on a semiconductor layer and an ionic layer in electrical communication with the grid layer and the semiconductor layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/580205 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/07 (20130101) H01L 31/022433 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shantanu Chakrabartty (Williamston, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A linear hot-electron injection technique is provided for a non-volatile memory arrangement. The non-volatile memory is comprised of: a floating gate transistor; a capacitor with a first terminal electrically coupled to the gate node of the floating gate transistor; a current reference circuit electrically coupled to the source node of the floating gate transistor; and a feedback circuit electrically coupled between the source node of the floating gate transistor and a second terminal of the capacitor. The feedback circuit operates to adjust a voltage at the gate node of the floating gate transistor in accordance with a source-to-drain voltage across the floating gate transistor. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/380122 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/4509 (20130101) A61B 5/4519 (20130101) A61B 5/4533 (20130101) A61B 5/6847 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/18 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 16/3468 (20130101) G11C 16/3481 (20130101) G11C 16/3486 (20130101) G11C 27/005 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/20 (20130101) H01L 29/7884 (20130101) H01L 41/1132 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09331721 | Martinez Nuevo 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) | Pablo Martinez Nuevo (New York, New York); Yannis Tsividis (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure shows new mechanisms for sampling an input signal. In particular, some embodiments of the present disclosure include a new type of a level-crossing sampling mechanism called a derivative level-crossing sampling (D-LCS). At a high level, D-LCS involves quantizing the derivative of an input signal when the derivative of the input signal crosses one of the quantization thresholds. For certain class of signals, the derivative of the input signal can vary at a slower speed compared to the amplitude of the input signal. Therefore, by sampling the derivative of the input signal, instead of the input signal itself, the number of samples per unit time can be reduced. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/874215 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/127 (20130101) H03M 7/00 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/0475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Melton (Hollister, California); Michael R. Dudley (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an aircraft having variable airframe geometry for accommodating efficient flight. The aircraft includes an elongated fuselage, an oblique wing pivotally connected with said fuselage, a wing pivoting mechanism connected with said oblique wing and said fuselage, and a brace operably connected between said oblique wing and said fuselage. The present invention also provides an aircraft having an elongated fuselage, an oblique wing pivotally connected with said fuselage, a wing pivoting mechanism connected with said oblique wing and said fuselage, a propulsion system pivotally connected with said oblique wing, and a brace operably connected between said propulsion system and said fuselage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179401 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 3/385 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09328000 | Arndt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. Dickey Arndt (Friendswood, Texas); Diane Byerly (Seabrook, Texas); Marguerite Sognier (Houston, Texas); John Dusl (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for decontaminating a medium. The system can include a medium having one or more contaminants disposed therein. The contaminants can be or include bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses, and combinations thereof. A microwave energy radiation device can be positioned proximate the medium. The microwave energy radiation device can be adapted to generate a signal having a frequency from about 10 GHz to about 100 GHz. The signal can be adapted to kill one or more of the contaminants disposed within the medium while increasing a temperature of the medium by less than about 10° C. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/972807 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/36 (20130101) C02F 1/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/302 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09328813 | Hofmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Hofmann (Altadena, California); Brian Wilcox (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Bulk metallic glass-based strain wave gears and strain wave gear components. In one embodiment, a strain wave gear includes: a wave generator; a flexspline that itself includes a first set of gear teeth; and a circular spline that itself includes a second set of gear teeth; where at least one of the wave generator, the flexspline, and the circular spline, includes a bulk metallic glass-based material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/177608 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Gearing F16H 49/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49467 (20150115) Y10T 74/19642 (20150115) |
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| US 09329149 | Woodard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley E. Woodard (Hampton, Virginia); Donald M. Oglesby (Hertford, Virginia); Bryant D. Taylor (Smithfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless chemical sensor includes an electrical conductor and a material separated therefrom by an electric insulator. The electrical conductor is an unconnected open-circuit shaped for storage of an electric field and a magnetic field. In the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, the first electrical conductor resonates to generate harmonic electric and magnetic field responses. The material is positioned at a location lying within at least one of the electric and magnetic field responses so-generated. The material changes in electrical conductivity in the presence of a chemical-of-interest. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/215793 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/021 (20130101) G01N 27/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09329153 | Woodard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S.A. as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia); Marie Woodard (, None) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley E. Woodard (Hampton, Virginia); Bryant D. Taylor (Smithfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical conductor and antenna are positioned in a fixed relationship to one another. Relative lateral movement is generated between the electrical conductor and a homogenous material while maintaining the electrical conductor at a fixed distance from the homogenous material. The antenna supplies a time-varying magnetic field that causes the electrical conductor to resonate and generate harmonic electric and magnetic field responses. Disruptions in at least one of the electric and magnetic field responses during this lateral movement are indicative of a lateral location of a subsurface anomaly. Next, relative out-of-plane movement is generated between the electrical conductor and the homogenous material in the vicinity of the anomaly's lateral location. Disruptions in at least one of the electric and magnetic field responses during this out-of-plane movement are indicative of a depth location of the subsurface anomaly. A recording of the disruptions provides a mapping of the anomaly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/796626 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Norman, Jr. (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for generating fluid flow parameter data for use in aerodynamic heating analysis. Computational fluid dynamics data is generated for a number of points in an area on a surface to be analyzed. Sub-areas corresponding to areas of the surface for which an aerodynamic heating analysis is to be performed are identified. A computer system automatically determines a sub-set of the number of points corresponding to each of the number of sub-areas and determines a value for each of the number of sub-areas using the data for the sub-set of points corresponding to each of the number of sub-areas. The value is determined as an average of the data for the sub-set of points corresponding to each of the number of sub-areas. The resulting parameter values then may be used to perform an aerodynamic heating analysis. |
| FILED | Sunday, June 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/924599 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5095 (20130101) G06F 2217/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09331607 | Yoonessi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitra Yoonessi (Avon, Ohio); Michael A Meador (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A large strain polymer nanocomposite actuator is provided that upon subjected to an external stimulus, such as a magnetic field (static or electromagnetic field), an electric field, thermal energy, light, etc., will deform to thereby enable mechanical manipulations of structural components in a remote and wireless manner. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/686000 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 6/00 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/42 (20130101) H01F 41/00 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 99/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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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) | Matthew D Madsen (Hines, Oregon); Anthony J Svejcar (West Hines, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides compositions and methods to improve seeding success. In an exemplary embodiment the compositions and methods disclosed herein are used to improve seeding success in rangeland areas. However, the compositions and methods are useful to improve seeding success in any environment where seeding is difficult. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention provides a “seed pillow”, a multifunctional seed treatment that mitigates the limiting factors controlling seedling establishment. In one embodiment, the seed pillow comprises a pillow-shaped agglomeration of absorbent earth materials and other additives, with seeds attached within a concave well on the underneath side of the pillow. To increase the probability that the seeds will be covered by the pillow, soil and tackifier are placed with the seeds for increased weight on the seed side of the pillow, and to glue the pillow to the soil. The shape of the pillow is also designed to improve coverage by having a flat bottom and convex top. Upon wetting, the pillow material melts over the seeds, thus providing seed coverage and enhanced conditions for seed germination and growth. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/039873 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Horticulture; Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops or Seaweed; Forestry; Watering A01G 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09328148 | Joens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynn A. Joens (Tucson, Arizona); Bibiana Law (Tucson, Arizona); Alexandra Armstrong (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides immunogenic compositions against Campylobacter and methods for using the immunogenic composition to generate an immune response against Campylobacter and/or reduce intestinal colonization by Campylobacter. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/375365 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/105 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/74 (20130101) |
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| US 09328305 | Bredsguard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BIOSYNTHETIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jakob Bredsguard (Lake Forest, California); Jeremy Forest (Honolulu, Hawaii); Travis Thompson (Anaheim, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are processes for preparing estolides and estolide base oils from fatty acid reactants utilizing catalysts. Further provided herein are processes for preparing carboxylic esters from at least one carboxylic acid reactant and at least one olefin. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/602752 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 57/02 (20130101) C07C 67/48 (20130101) C07C 67/54 (20130101) C07C 67/465 (20130101) C07C 69/34 (20130101) C07C 69/604 (20130101) C07C 69/675 (20130101) Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 105/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10M 105/36 (20130101) C10M 107/32 (20130101) C10M 2207/286 (20130101) C10M 2207/2825 (20130101) C10M 2209/1023 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2220/10 (20130101) C10N 2220/022 (20130101) C10N 2220/023 (20130101) C10N 2220/027 (20130101) C10N 2220/028 (20130101) C10N 2230/02 (20130101) C10N 2230/64 (20130101) Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils or Waxes; Candles; Fats, Oils or Fatty Acids by Chemical Modification of Fats, Oils, or Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom C11C 3/00 (20130101) C11C 3/003 (20130101) C11C 3/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09328335 | Durrett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Durrett (Manhattan, Kansas); John Ohlrogge (Okemos, Michigan); Michael Pollard (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Durrett (Manhattan, Kansas); John Ohlrogge (Okemos, Michigan); Michael Pollard (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes and proteins, and methods of their use. In particular, the invention describes genes encoding proteins having diacylglycerol acetyltransferase activity, specifically for transferring an acetyl group to a diacylglycerol substrate to form acetyl-Triacylglycerols (ac-TAGS), for example, a 3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol. The present invention encompasses both native and recombinant wild-type forms of the transferase, as well as mutants and variant forms. The present invention also relates to methods of using novel diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes and proteins, including their expression in transgenic organisms at commercially viable levels, for increasing production of 3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols in plant oils and altering the composition of oils produced by microorganisms, such as yeast, by increasing ac-TAG production. Additionally, oils produced by methods of the present inventions comprising genes and proteins are contemplated for use as biodiesel fuel, in polymer production and as naturally produced food oils with reduced calories. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/519660 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8247 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/6463 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/678 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09327342 | Oppenheimer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Oppenheimer (Charlotte, North Carolina); Robin M. Forbes Jones (Charlotte, North Carolina); John V. Mantione (Indian Trail, North Carolina); Ramesh S. Minisandram (Charlotte, North Carolina); Jean-Philippe Thomas (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ATI PROPERTIES, INC. (Albany, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Oppenheimer (Charlotte, North Carolina); Robin M. Forbes Jones (Charlotte, North Carolina); John V. Mantione (Indian Trail, North Carolina); Ramesh S. Minisandram (Charlotte, North Carolina); Jean-Philippe Thomas (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Forge lubrication processes are disclosed. A solid lubricant sheet is placed between a workpiece and a die in a forging apparatus. Force is applied to the workpiece with the die to plastically deform the workpiece. The solid lubricant sheet decreases the shear friction factor for the forging system and reduces the incidence of die-locking. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027327 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Forging; Hammering; Pressing Metal; Riveting; Forge Furnaces B21J 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 103/02 (20130101) C10M 103/06 (20130101) C10M 2201/041 (20130101) C10M 2201/0413 (20130101) C10M 2201/0613 (20130101) C10M 2201/0653 (20130101) C10M 2201/0663 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2210/04 (20130101) C10N 2230/06 (20130101) C10N 2240/402 (20130101) C10N 2240/406 (20130101) C10N 2250/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09328024 | Kao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei H. Kao (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Larry Carlson (Santa Clarita, California); Jenn-Ming Yang (Encino, California); Jiann-Wen Woody Ju (Calabasas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei H. Kao (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Larry Carlson (Santa Clarita, California); Jenn-Ming Yang (Encino, California); Jiann-Wen Woody Ju (Calabasas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of improving the durability of concrete by the infusion of the concrete with a low-viscosity oligomeric solution, and subsequent curing of the oligomeric solution to form a high toughness polymer. Also described herein are compositions containing concrete and high toughness polymers, and formed articles made from concrete and high toughness polymers. The methods and compositions are useful for improving the durability of concrete roads and structures, as well as the durability of repairs to concrete roads. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/096750 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 14/28 (20130101) C04B 14/106 (20130101) C04B 18/101 (20130101) C04B 18/141 (20130101) C04B 18/146 (20130101) C04B 24/2611 (20130101) C04B 26/26 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 28/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 28/08 (20130101) C04B 28/14 (20130101) C04B 28/24 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/63 (20130101) C04B 41/4857 (20130101) C04B 41/4857 (20130101) C04B 41/4861 (20130101) C04B 2103/10 (20130101) C04B 2103/0048 (20130101) C04B 2103/0048 (20130101) C04B 2103/0088 (20130101) C04B 2111/70 (20130101) C04B 2111/72 (20130101) C04B 2111/0075 (20130101) Construction Of, or Surfaces For, Roads, Sports Grounds, or the Like; Machines or Auxiliary Tools for Construction or Repair E01C 7/18 (20130101) E01C 7/35 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 30/92 (20150501) Y02W 30/94 (20150501) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31667 (20150401) |
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| US 09328432 | Gonen Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/310003 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/10 (20130101) C30B 7/14 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/32 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/14 (20130101) H01B 1/20 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02565 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) H01L 51/005 (20130101) H01L 51/0094 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
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Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 09331375 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | West Fork Environmental, Inc. (Olympia, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Fork Environmental, Inc. (Olympia, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | N. Phil Peterson (Olympia, Washington); Kyle B. Meier (Olympia, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater antenna assembly (or array thereof) suitable for subsurface RFID tag interrogation in flowing water such as a river. In preferred embodiments, the antenna interrogates RFID tags implanted in aquatic species. The antenna resides in an elongate antenna housing whose cross-sectional shape is preferably a hydrodynamic teardrop shape. A first end of the housing is linked to a pivoting mechanism such that when the pivoting mechanism is held substantially stationary with respect to the water flow, the second end of the housing is free to rotate generally about the first end in a substantially vertical plane parallel to the water flow direction. The length of the antenna housing is advantageously selected to enable the antenna to monitor for signals across substantially the entire water depth. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/925597 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 11/006 (20130101) A01K 61/001 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/10316 (20130101) G06K 7/10356 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/42 (20130101) H01Q 1/2216 (20130101) |
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| US 09331376 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | West Fork Environmental, Inc. (Olympia, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Fork Environmental, Inc. (Olympia, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | N. Phil Peterson (Olympia, Washington); Kyle B. Meier (Olympia, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater basal-pivoting antenna assembly (or array thereof) suitable for subsurface RFID tag interrogation in flowing water such as a river. In preferred embodiments, the antenna interrogates RFID tags implanted in aquatic species. The antenna resides in an elongate antenna housing whose cross-sectional shape is preferably a hydrodynamic teardrop shape. When the assembly is deployed in water with a lower end thereof anchored below an upper end, the lower end of the housing is linked to a pivot/swivel mechanism such that when the pivot/swivel mechanism is held substantially stationary with respect to the water flow, the upper end of the housing is free to rotate generally about the first end, including in a substantially vertical plane parallel to the water flow direction. The length of the antenna housing is advantageously selected to enable the antenna to monitor for signals across substantially the entire water depth. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/925614 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 11/006 (20130101) A01K 61/001 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/10316 (20130101) G06K 7/10356 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/42 (20130101) H01Q 1/2216 (20130101) |
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| US 09331377 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | West Fork Environmental, Inc. (Olympia, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Fork Environmental, Inc. (Olympia, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | N. Phil Peterson (Olympia, Washington); Kyle B. Meier (Olympia, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater top-pivoting antenna assembly (or array thereof) suitable for subsurface RFID tag interrogation in flowing water such as a river. In preferred embodiments, the antenna interrogates RFID tags implanted in aquatic species. The antenna resides in an elongate antenna housing whose cross-sectional shape is preferably a symmetric hydrodynamic teardrop shape. When the assembly is deployed in water with an upper end thereof suspended above a lower end, the upper end of the housing is linked to a pivot/swivel mechanism such that when the pivot/swivel mechanism is held substantially stationary with respect to the water flow, the lower end of the housing is free to rotate generally about the first end, including in a substantially vertical plane parallel to the water flow direction. The length of the antenna housing is advantageously selected to enable the antenna to monitor for signals across substantially the entire water depth. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/925634 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/2216 (20130101) |
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National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 09329453 | Hsieh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Han Chi Hsieh (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Analog front-end circuits and methods for configuring analog front-end circuits to improve accuracy of optical pulse energy digitizers are disclosed. More specifically, an analog front-end circuit in accordance with the inventive concepts disclosed herein may be configured to reduce a pulse repetition rate as early in the front-end circuit as possible. It is contemplated that reducing the repetition rate in this manner provides more process time that may be allocated for data acquisition, hold, dump, or time guard bands, all of which may help to improve the measurement accuracy of the analog front-end circuit. |
| FILED | Monday, August 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/817006 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/00 (20130101) H03M 1/12 (20130101) H03M 1/1245 (20130101) |
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| US 09331227 | Law et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel C. Law (Arcadia, California); Richard R. King (Thousand Oaks, California); Dimitri Daniel Krut (Encino, California); Dhananjay Bhusari (Santa Clarita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device may include a first subassembly and a second subassembly. The first subassembly may include a first bonding layer. The second subassembly may include a second substrate and a second bonding layer directly bonded to the first bonding layer. The first bonding layer and the second bonding layer may be lattice-mismatched to one another. At least one of the following may be selected: the first bonding layer is lattice-mismatched to the first substrate, and the second bonding layer is lattice-mismatched to the second substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/152464 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/187 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/0725 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Education (ED)
| US 09329223 | Montenegro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel E. Montenegro (Scotia, New York); Jason B. Rothenberger (Colonie, New York); Mark A. Prelas (Columbia, Missouri); Robert V Tompson, Jr. (Columbia, Missouri); Annie Tipton (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Montenegro (Scotia, New York); Jason B. Rothenberger (Colonie, New York); Mark A. Prelas (Columbia, Missouri); Robert V Tompson, Jr. (Columbia, Missouri); Annie Tipton (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting surface and bulk deep states in semiconductor materials is provided. In various embodiments, the method comprises configuring a detection circuit of charge based deep level transient spectrometer in one of a parallel mode and a series mode by controlling the configuration of a switching circuit of the detection circuit. The method additionally comprises generating digitized voltage charge outputs of a device under test utilizing the detection circuit as controlled via execution of an analog-to-digital conversion and timing program by a control system of the charge based deep level transient spectrometer. Furthermore, the method comprises obtaining desired information about deep level transients of the device under test based on the digitized voltage charge outputs via execution of a control system operable to execute a Q-DLTS data analysis program by the control system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/540151 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2648 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09330163 | Fan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Fan (Hawthorne, New York); Jing Gao (Urbana, Illinois); Srinivasan Parthasarathy (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak Turaga (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A horizontal anomaly detection method includes receiving at plurality of objects described in a plurality of information sources, wherein each individual information source captures a plurality of similarity relationships between the objects, combining the information sources to determine a similarity matrix whose entries represent quantitative scores of similarity between pairs of the objects, and identifying at least one horizontal anomaly of the objects within the similarity matrix, wherein the horizontal anomalies are anomalous relationships across the plurality of information sources. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/011175 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30598 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 27/32 (20130101) |
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
| US 09329223 | Montenegro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel E. Montenegro (Scotia, New York); Jason B. Rothenberger (Colonie, New York); Mark A. Prelas (Columbia, Missouri); Robert V Tompson, Jr. (Columbia, Missouri); Annie Tipton (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Montenegro (Scotia, New York); Jason B. Rothenberger (Colonie, New York); Mark A. Prelas (Columbia, Missouri); Robert V Tompson, Jr. (Columbia, Missouri); Annie Tipton (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting surface and bulk deep states in semiconductor materials is provided. In various embodiments, the method comprises configuring a detection circuit of charge based deep level transient spectrometer in one of a parallel mode and a series mode by controlling the configuration of a switching circuit of the detection circuit. The method additionally comprises generating digitized voltage charge outputs of a device under test utilizing the detection circuit as controlled via execution of an analog-to-digital conversion and timing program by a control system of the charge based deep level transient spectrometer. Furthermore, the method comprises obtaining desired information about deep level transients of the device under test based on the digitized voltage charge outputs via execution of a control system operable to execute a Q-DLTS data analysis program by the control system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/540151 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2648 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 09330332 | Natarajan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pradeep Natarajan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shuang Wu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rohit Prasad (Acton, Massachusetts); Premkumar Natarajan (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An approach to computation of kernel descriptors is accelerated using precomputed tables. In one aspect, a fast algorithm for kernel descriptor computation that takes O(1) operations per pixel in each patch, based on pre-computed kernel values. This speeds up the kernel descriptor features under consideration, to levels that are comparable with D-SIFT and color SIFT, and two orders of magnitude faster than STIP and HoG3D. In some examples, kernel descriptors are applied to extract gradient, flow and texture based features for video analysis. In tests of the approach on a large database of internet videos used in the TRECVID MED 2011 evaluations, the flow based kernel descriptors are up to two orders of magnitude faster than STIP and HoG3D, and also produce significant performance improvements. Further, using features from multiple color planes produces small but consistent gains. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/046194 |
| 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 9/4633 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6247 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09331216 | Hardin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PLANT PV, Inc. (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PLANT PV, Inc. (Belmont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian E. Hardin (Berkeley, California); Stephen T. Connor (San Francisco, California); James Randy Groves (Sunnyvale, California); Craig H. Peters (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods for fabrication of rear tabbing, front busbar, and fine grid line layers for silicon based photovoltaic cells are disclosed. Materials include conductive metallization pastes that contain core-shell nickel based particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/493346 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/20 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0512 (20130101) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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U.S. State Government
| US 09330336 | Tajbakhsh 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) | Nima Tajbakhsh (Tempe, Arizona); Hong Wu (Tempe, Arizona); Wenzhe Xue (Phoenix, Arizona); Jianming Liang (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and media for on-line boosting of a classifier are provided, comprising: receiving a training sample; for each of a plurality of features, determining a feature value for the training sample and the feature, using the feature value to update a histogram, and determining a threshold for a classifier of the feature; for each of the plurality of features, classifying the training sample using the threshold for the classifier of the feature and calculating an error associated with the classifier; selecting a plurality of best classifiers from the classifiers; and, for each of the plurality of best classifiers, assigning a voting weight to the one of the plurality of best classifiers. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/621837 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — 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 9/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09326505 | Sisler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward C. Sisler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Varvara Grichko (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of applying dicyclopropene compounds and compositions thereof to block ethylene receptors in plants are disclosed. Methods include applying to the plant an effective ethylene response-inhibiting amount of a dicyclopropene compound or composition thereof. Dicyclopropene compounds, enantiomers, stereoisomers or salts thereof are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/068497 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — 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 3/00 (20130101) A01N 3/02 (20130101) A01N 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Preserving, e.g by Canning, Meat, Fish, Eggs, Fruit, Vegetables, Edible Seeds; Chemical Ripening of Fruit or Vegetables; the Preserved, Ripened, or Canned Products A23B 7/144 (20130101) A23B 7/154 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 13/28 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09327838 | Nguyen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Nguyen (Greenwich, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A heater mat for a rotor blade includes a plurality of electrically conductive heater wires extending in a path along a span of the rotor blade and a plurality of yarn thread knitted to the plurality of heater wires, each of the yarn threads looping around at least one of the plurality of heater wires. A warp thread is positioned between adjacent heater wires and knitted to adjacent pairs of the yarn threads without looping around the plurality of heater wires, to maintain spacing between adjacent heater wires of the plurality of heater wires. An electrical current flowed through the plurality of heater wires inhibits ice accumulation on the rotor blade assembly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/893995 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/473 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 15/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 3/345 (20130101) H05B 2203/002 (20130101) H05B 2203/011 (20130101) H05B 2203/014 (20130101) H05B 2214/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09331357 | Amatucci et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glenn G. Amatucci (Peapack, New Jersey); Irene Plitz (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Fadwa Badway (Old Bridge, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn G. Amatucci (Peapack, New Jersey); Irene Plitz (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Fadwa Badway (Old Bridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to in situ formation of a single-layered electrochemical cell comprising a full tri-layer battery structure containing a discrete positive electrode, solid state electrolyte, and negative electrode from self-assembled nanocomposites. The single layered cell makes it possible to fabricate cells in three dimensions resulting in a very high energy density power source within very small and/or complex dimensions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/813309 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/122 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/022 (20130101) H01M 4/582 (20130101) H01M 6/18 (20130101) H01M 6/22 (20130101) H01M 10/0422 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0472 (20130101) H01M 10/0565 (20130101) H01M 2300/002 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) H01M 2300/0085 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, May 03, 2016.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
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FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
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ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
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