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| US 09357764 | Tempelman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Linda A. Tempelman (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Simon G. Stone (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GINER, INC. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda A. Tempelman (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Simon G. Stone (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | System for fluid perfusion of biological matter that includes tissue. According to one embodiment, the system may include a storage container for storing the biological matter, a thermal control device for cooling the contents of the storage container, a gas generator for generating a preserving gas, a fluid conduit coupled to the gas generator and insertable into tissue for delivering the preserving gas to the biological matter, and a process controller for controlling the operation of the gas generator and the thermal control device. The gas generator, in turn, may include an electrochemical oxygen concentrator and/or a water electrolyzer for generating the preserving gas. The system may further include a liquid perfusion system that includes a reservoir of liquid perfusate, a fluid delivery conduit for delivering liquid perfusate from the reservoir to the biological matter, and a fluid draining conduit for draining liquid perfusate from the biological matter. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/341565 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| 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 1/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 1/0247 (20130101) |
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| US 09357924 | Pertsov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arkady M. Pertsov (Manlius, New York); Arvydas Matiukas (Syracuse, New York); Leslie M. Loew (West Hartford, Connecticut); Joseph P. Wuskell (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York); University of Conneticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arkady M. Pertsov (Manlius, New York); Arvydas Matiukas (Syracuse, New York); Leslie M. Loew (West Hartford, Connecticut); Joseph P. Wuskell (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of optical electrophysiological probing, including: providing a fluorescing chemical probe; contacting a thick portion of tissue with the fluorescing chemical probe to create a thick portion of treated tissue; applying a first range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation to the treated portion of tissue; and detecting a plurality of depth-specific emission wavelengths emitted from the thick portion of treated tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/442407 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/04 (20130101) A61B 5/0059 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2503/40 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0019 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 23/0075 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) |
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| US 09357928 | Cheng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ji-Xin Cheng (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of noninvasively imaging tissue within a body includes irradiating the tissue using an imaging laser including a Raman-based laser tuner, the radiation including a plurality of laser pulses, each having energy greater than 100 mJ; receiving an acoustic signal generated by vibrational energy in the tissue, wherein the vibrational energy is a result of selective overtone excitation of molecules in the tissue by the radiation; and automatically converting the acoustic signal to an image representative of the tissue using a processor. An imaging system includes an imaging laser configured to irradiate tissue with a plurality of laser pulses using a Raman-based laser tuner. An ultrasonic transducer receives an acoustic signal generated by vibrational energy in the tissue due to overtone excitation by the radiation. A processor is configured to automatically produce an image representative of the tissue using the received acoustic signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/156946 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09358023 | Konofagou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elisa E. Konofagou (New York, New York); James J. Choi (Englewood, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elisa E. Konofagou (New York, New York); James J. Choi (Englewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for opening a tissue to a target value using microbubbles are disclosed herein. In an embodiment of a method for opening a tissue to a target value using microbubbles, a region of the tissue is targeted for opening, an acoustic parameter corresponding to the target value is determined, and an ultrasound beam is applied to the target region at the acoustic parameter such that the tissue at the target region is opened to the target value with the microbubbles. The acoustic parameter can be selected to control an acoustic cavitation event and, in some embodiments, controlling an acoustic cavitation event can include controlling a location, number and/or magnitude of acoustic cavitation events. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/426400 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/0808 (20130101) A61B 8/0816 (20130101) A61B 17/225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09358211 | Akala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Howard University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emmanuel Oyekanmi Akala (Mitchellville, Maryland); Oluyomi Modupe Okunola (Beltsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a crosslinked or non-crosslinked polymer particle, wherein the crosslinked polymer particle comprises a copolymer of poly(alkylene glycol-graft-acrylate) that is crosslinked by at least one hydrolysable monomer or crosslinking agent. The present invention is also directed to a polymer particle comprising a crosslinked polymer particle that is a product of starting materials comprising (a) a hydrophilic monomer, (b) a hydrophobic monomer, and (c) a hydrolysable crosslinking agent (the crosslinking agent may be absent in the case of non-crosslinked particles). The present invention is still further directed to a polymer particle comprising a crosslinked copolymer, where the crosslinked copolymer includes structures represented by Formulas (I), (II), and (III), as defined in the specification. Other embodiments of the present invention also include methods of manufacturing polymer particles. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/292314 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1641 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/30 (20130101) C08F 8/30 (20130101) C08F 120/14 (20130101) C08F 120/14 (20130101) C08F 220/18 (20130101) C08F 220/68 (20130101) C08F 222/00 (20130101) C08F 290/062 (20130101) C08F 290/062 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09358226 | Arbiser |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. The compounds are triphenyl methane analogs. The compounds and compositions can be used to treat and/or prevent a wide variety of cancers, including drug resistant cancers, inflammatory, degenerative and vascular diseases, including various ocular diseases, and parasitic infections. Representative triphenyl methane analogs include triphenyl methane analogs of various dyes, hormones, sugars, peptides, oligonucleotides, amino acids, nucleotides, nucleosides, and polyols. The compounds are believed to function by inhibiting tNOX expression, the effects of ROS, and/or the production of HIF2. Thus, the compounds are novel therapeutic agents for a variety of cancers and other diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/412895 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/14 (20130101) A61K 31/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/54 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/136 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/553 (20130101) A61K 31/662 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 223/26 (20130101) C07D 223/28 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/4056 (20130101) C07F 9/4059 (20130101) |
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| US 09358249 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jing Huang (Los Angeles, California); Rui Hao (Durham, North Carolina); Brett Eugene Lomenick (Los Angeles, California); Nao Jonai (Kanagawa, Japan); Simon Diep (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jing Huang (Los Angeles, California); Rui Hao (Durham, North Carolina); Brett Eugene Lomenick (Los Angeles, California); Nao Jonai (Kanagawa, Japan); Simon Diep (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain embodiments this invention pertains to the discovery that inhibition of the expression and/or activity of eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) inhibits the aging process. Accordingly, in certain embodiments, methods are provided for inhibiting/slowing aging. The methods typically involve administering to a mammal an agent that inhibits the expression and/or activity of eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) in an amount sufficient to inhibit expression or activity of EIF4A, where the agent is not resveratrol. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/129539 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/4706 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09358266 | Lambris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Lambris (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Fletcher B. Taylor (Pinetops, North Carolina); Florea Lupu (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Gary Kinasewitz (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lambris (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Fletcher B. Taylor (Pinetops, North Carolina); Florea Lupu (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Gary Kinasewitz (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the treatment of sepsis with complement inhibitors are disclosed. In particular, C3 inhibitors, such as Compstatin and Compstatin analogs, are administered at various times following the onset of sepsis to alleviate tissue damage and organ failure, which are hallmarks of the second, extravascular stage of sepsis. Combination therapies for comprehensive treatment of sepsis are also disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits for use in the methods are disclosed as well. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/580821 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09358276 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry C. Lin (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark Pimentel (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject. SIBO-caused conditions include irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, impaired mentation, impaired memory, halitosis, tinnitus, sugar craving, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, drug sensitivity, an autoimmune disease, and Crohn's disease. Also disclosed are a method of screening for the abnormally likely presence of SIBO in a human subject and a method of detecting SIBO in a human subject. A method of determining the relative severity of SIBO or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject, in whom small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been detected, is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/572037 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/296 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/412 (20130101) A61B 5/415 (20130101) A61B 5/418 (20130101) A61B 5/0836 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0087 (20130101) A61K 31/43 (20130101) A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/7036 (20130101) A61K 38/22 (20130101) A61K 38/22 (20130101) A61K 38/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/225 (20130101) A61K 38/225 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 49/0004 (20130101) A61K 51/1206 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/497 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2033/4977 (20130101) G01N 2333/70571 (20130101) G01N 2800/06 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 426/80 (20130101) Y10S 426/801 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/18 (20150115) Y10T 436/22 (20150115) Y10T 436/214 (20150115) Y10T 436/145555 (20150115) Y10T 436/147777 (20150115) |
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| US 09358281 | Littman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan Littman (New York, New York); Nicolas Manel (Paris, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Littman (New York, New York); Nicolas Manel (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to enhancing, modulating or stimulating the innate immune response to HIV-1 and other viral pathogens and to the modulation and application of immune modulators and peptides for HIV-1 or other pathogen vaccines. The invention provides methods and means to activate an innate response to HIV-1 utilizing or via the HIV capsid protein or peptide, including modulating the binding of cyclophilin A to HIV capsid protein and modulating the ability of HIV to activate the major innate transcription factor IRF3 and interferon. Methods and assays are provided for screening for compounds, agents, or peptides capable of enhancing or activating innate immune response, particularly to HIV-1. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/925068 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/6031 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16011 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (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 1/70 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2333/16 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09358285 | Krensky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Krensky (Chicago, Illinois); Carol Clayberger (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of stimulating or enhancing an immune response in a host are disclosed. The methods include contacting a monocyte with 15 kD granulysin thereby producing a monocyte-derived dendritic cell. In one example, the method further includes contacting the monocyte or monocyte-derived dendritic cell with a target antigen, such as a tumor antigen or an autoimmune antigen. In another embodiment, the method includes contacting the monocyte with an additional agent that enhances maturation of dendritic cells or induces immunological tolerance. The methods are of use in vivo, in vitro and ex vivo. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of tumors. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/341317 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 31/727 (20130101) A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 38/19 (20130101) A61K 38/19 (20130101) A61K 38/1729 (20130101) A61K 38/1729 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55527 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/064 (20130101) C12N 5/0639 (20130101) C12N 2501/23 (20130101) C12N 2501/052 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2506/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09358288 | Sela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Sela (Rehovot, Israel); Yosef Yarden (Rehovot, Israel); Bilha Schechter (Rehovot, Israel); Tsipi Ben-Kasus (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying a combination of antibodies with a combined improved anti-tumor activity is provided. The method comprising: (a) identifying binding epitopes of anti ErbB-2 antibodies; and (b) selecting a combination of at least two antibodies of the anti ErbB-2 antibodies exhibiting binding to different epitopes on the ErbB-2, at least one of the different epitopes being localized to a dimerization site of the ErbB-2, the combination of antibodies being with the combined improved anti-tumor activity. Also provided are novel antibody combinations uncovered according to the present teachings. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/536754 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) |
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| US 09358301 | Friberg 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) | Thomas Richard Friberg (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Daewon Park (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yadong Wang (Bradford Woods, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Biodegradable triblock copolymer compositions are provided which are useful in tissue engineering and drug delivery. The copolymers are reverse thermal gels in that when heated from a lower temperature to a higher temperature, they gel. These gels are useful in drug delivery when complexed with an active agent. For example the compositions can be used for intraocular injection of active agents, such as anti-angiogenic agents for treatment of a maculopathy or retinitis. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/831142 |
| 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 35/12 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48784 (20130101) |
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| US 09358306 | Kobayashi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hisataka Kobayashi (Laurel, Maryland); Peter Choyke (Rockville, Maryland); Marcelino Bernardo (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as rep. by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hisataka Kobayashi (Laurel, Maryland); Peter Choyke (Rockville, Maryland); Marcelino Bernardo (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of killing cells. In particular examples, the method includes contacting a cell having a cell surface protein with a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody-IR700 molecule, wherein the antibody specifically binds to the cell surface protein, such as a tumor-specific antigen on the surface of a tumor cell. The cell is subsequently irradiated, such as at a wavelength of 660 to 740 nm at a dose of at least 1 J cm−2. The cell is also contacted with one or more therapeutic agents (such as an anti-cancer agent), for example about 0 to 8 hours after irradiating the cell, thereby killing the cell. Also provided are methods of imaging cell killing in real time, using fluorescence lifetime imaging. Also provided are wearable devices that include an article of clothing, jewelry, or covering; and an NIR LED incorporated into the article, which can be used with the disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/126060 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 13/0002 (20130101) A41D 2400/32 (20130101) Personal Adornments, e.g Jewellery; Coins A44C 15/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 41/00 (20130101) A61K 41/0071 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48384 (20130101) A61K 47/48638 (20130101) A61K 47/48646 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 16/3069 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) |
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| US 09358310 | Katti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kattesh V. Katti (Columbia, Missouri); Raghuraman Kannan (Columbia, Missouri); Kativa K. Katti (Columbia, Missouri); Satish Kumar Nune (Lawrence, Kansas); Cathy S. Cutler (Columbia, Missouri); Charles Caldwell (Columbia, Missouri); Ravi Shukla (Columbia, Missouri); Nripen Chanda (Columbia, Missouri); Ajit Zambre (Columbia, Missouri); Anandhi Upendran (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides stabilized, biocompatible gold nanoparticles that are stabilized with material from epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCg), which is a polyphenols- or flavonoids-rich plant material that can be obtained from green tea. The EGCg is an antioxidant reducing agent derived from green tea. The gold nanoparticles of the invention can be radioactive or non radioactive and are formed via a simple room temperature fabrication method. In preferred embodiment method of making, an aqueous solution containing gold salts is provided. The aqueous solution is mixed with EGCg in a buffer, such as deionized water. The gold salts react to form biocompatible gold nanoparticles that are stabilized with a coating of EGCg. The thermodynamically feasible redox couple of AuCl4-/EGCg leading to the reduction of AuCl4- by EGCg to form gold nanoparticles. In another embodiment, pre-cooled gold salt and EGCg solutions form multi-layered EGCg coated particles. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/668916 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/148 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 41/00 (20130101) A61K 51/1251 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09358551 | Thwar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prasanna Thwar (Los Altos, California); Vamsee K. Pamula (Cary, North Carolina); Arjun Sudarsan (Carlsbad, California); Ramakrishna Sista (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of redistributing magnetically responsive beads in a droplet. The method may include conducting on a droplet operations surface one or more droplet operations using the droplet without removing the magnetically responsive beads from the region of the magnetic field. The droplet operations may in some cases be electrode-mediated. The droplet operations may redistribute and/or circulate the magnetically responsive beads within the droplet. In some cases, the droplet may include a sample droplet may include a target analyte. The redistributing of the magnetically responsive beads may cause target analyte to bind to the magnetically responsive beads. In some cases, the droplet may include unbound substances in a wash buffer. The redistributing of the magnetically responsive beads causes unbound substances to be freed from interstices of an aggregated set or subset of the magnetically responsive beads. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/928096 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/01 (20130101) B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 5/00 (20130101) B03C 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 5/026 (20130101) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54326 (20130101) |
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| US 09359275 | Watnick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paula I. Watnick (Waban, Massachusetts); Patrick Ymele-Leki (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jon Clardy (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Shugeng Cao (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are pure and isolated natural products and analogs thereof of Formula (I), (II), (III), and (IV), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use, for example, for treating a bacterial infection. Further provided are methods useful in identifying an inhibitor of bacterial sugar fermentation in a bacterial strain, such as a compound (inhibitor) of Formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/776144 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 39/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 39/11 (20130101) C07C 50/38 (20130101) C07C 2103/24 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/79 (20130101) C07D 309/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09359284 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beibei Chen (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Rama K. Mallampalli (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein X is a divalent linking moiety; and R1-R10 are each individually H, optionally-substituted alkyl, optionally-substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, halogen, amino, or hydroxy, provided that at least one of R3 or R8 is an optionally-substituted alkyl, a substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, or halogen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/406189 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/402 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 211/53 (20130101) C07C 229/38 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/06 (20130101) C07D 211/14 (20130101) C07D 213/06 (20130101) C07D 213/36 (20130101) C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 231/12 (20130101) C07D 233/61 (20130101) C07D 239/26 (20130101) C07D 265/30 (20130101) C07D 277/28 (20130101) C07D 295/135 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09359293 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hening Lin (Ithaca, New York); Bin He (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant application describes novel compounds that modulate (in particular, inhibit) Sirt2 , with structures according to Formulas (1) and (2) provided herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of treatment (i.e., cancer and neurodegenerative disease) by administration of the modulating compounds, assay methods for finding modulators of Sirt2 , and kits for practicing the assay method. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/349140 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/16 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 327/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09359299 | Dakshanamurthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Hernon, Virginia); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Robert Clarke (Rockville, Maryland); Ayesha N. Shajahan-Haq (Haymarket, Virginia); Jacqueline Smith (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Hernon, Virginia); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Robert Clarke (Rockville, Maryland); Ayesha N. Shajahan-Haq (Haymarket, Virginia); Jacqueline Smith (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Small molecule inhibitors of XBP1 splicing by IRE1 are provided, as well as methods for their use in treating or preventing cancer (e.g., endocrine resistant breast cancer), diabetes, and obesity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009969 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09359303 | Nichols et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Nichols (West Lafayette, Indiana); Val J. Watts (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Nichols (West Lafayette, Indiana); Val J. Watts (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Octahydrobenzoisoquinoline modulators of dopamine receptors are described herein. Methods for using octahydrobenzoisoquinoline modulators of dopamine receptors in the treatment of dopamine dysfunction are also described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/265454 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 221/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09359317 | Ghosh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for treating HIV and related diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/157042 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/341 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/48 (20130101) C07D 307/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 493/04 (20130101) C07D 493/08 (20130101) C07D 493/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09359322 | Clagett-Dame et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margaret Clagett-Dame (Deerfield, Wisconsin); Robert W. Curley, Jr. (Dublin, Ohio); Joel R. Walker (Tucson, Arizona); Hussein Abou-Issa (Columbus, Ohio); Galal A. Alshafie (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret Clagett-Dame (Deerfield, Wisconsin); Robert W. Curley, Jr. (Dublin, Ohio); Joel R. Walker (Tucson, Arizona); Hussein Abou-Issa (Columbus, Ohio); Galal A. Alshafie (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the formula: are described, along with pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods of using the compounds to prevent and to treat cancer in mammals, including humans. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/106537 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 309/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/04 (20130101) C07H 15/203 (20130101) |
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| US 09359347 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Mei Sun (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Mei Sun (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns materials and methods for inhibiting the Akt/PKB pathway. In one embodiment, a compound of the invention inhibits kinase activity and/or phosphorylation levels of Akt proteins. The subject invention also concerns methods for inhibiting or killing a cancer cell or other cell in which expression of an Akt protein is elevated or constitutively active, comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of a compound of formula I. The subject invention also concerns methods for treating cancer or a tumor in a person or animal comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of formula I to the person or animal. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/476098 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/23 (20130101) |
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| US 09359360 | Carson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suzanne Grimshaw (Poway, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Carson (La Jolla, California); Kenji Takabayashi (Poway, California); Howard B. Cottam (Escondido, California); Michael Chan (San Diego, California); Christina C. N. Wu (Escondido, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for TLR agonist conjugates (compounds) and compositions, as well as methods of using them. The compounds of the invention are broad-spectrum, long-lasting, and non-toxic combination of synthetic immunostimulatory agents, which are useful for activating the immune system of a mammal, preferably a human and can help direct the pharmacophore to the receptor within the endosomes of target cells and enhance the signal transduction induced by the pharmacophore. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/682208 |
| 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 | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 473/18 (20130101) C07D 473/24 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09359363 | Wolozin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Wolozin (Newton, Massachusetts); Marcie Glicksman (Winchester, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Houston, Texas); Justin Boyd (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AQUINNAH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Newton, Massachusetts); THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Wolozin (Newton, Massachusetts); Marcie Glicksman (Winchester, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Houston, Texas); Justin Boyd (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein, methods of modulating inclusion formation and stress granules in cells are described. The methods comprise contacting a cell with an inclusion inhibitor. Methods for screening for modulators of TDP-43 aggregation are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/118628 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4025 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/36 (20130101) C07D 211/34 (20130101) C07D 211/52 (20130101) C07D 215/36 (20130101) C07D 215/227 (20130101) C07D 239/52 (20130101) C07D 239/94 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5058 (20130101) |
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| US 09359389 | Bittman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Bittman (Roslyn Heights, New York); Antonio Gomez Munoz (Leioa, Spain) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Bittman (Roslyn Heights, New York); Antonio Gomez Munoz (Leioa, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel caged ceramide 1-phosphate (C1P), caged ceramide 1-phosphate derivatives(C1P), and the method of using them for delivering C1P intracellularly in vitro and in vivo, for research and therapeutic purposes. Therapeutic purposes include treatment of diseases associated with cell death, such as neurodegerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. The disclosed compositions may also be used for wound healing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/504206 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/661 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/091 (20130101) C07F 9/094 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 9/653 (20130101) C07F 9/2408 (20130101) C07F 9/2429 (20130101) C07F 9/65522 (20130101) |
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| US 09359402 | Storkus 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) | Walter J. Storkus (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania); Michael S. Kinch (Laytonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | EphA2 T-cell epitope are provided herein. The epitopes include peptides corresponding to specific fragments of human EphA2 protein containing one or more T-cell epitopes, and conservative derivatives thereof. The EphA2 T-cell epitopes are useful in an assay, such as an ELISPOT assay, that may be used to determine and/or quantify a patient's immune responsiveness to EphA2. The epitopes also are useful in methods of modulating a patient's immune reactivity to EphA2, which has substantial utility as a treatment for cancers that overexpress EphA2, such as renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The EphA2 epitopes also can be used to vaccinate a patient against EphA2, by in vivo or ex vivo methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/069208 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1793 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/4748 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/505 (20130101) G01N 33/5091 (20130101) G01N 33/56966 (20130101) G01N 2333/57 (20130101) G01N 2333/5409 (20130101) |
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| US 09359407 | Rikihisa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yasuko Rikihisa (Worthington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The novel omp-1 gene cluster encoding twenty one Ehrlichia ewingii (EE) proteins was isolated and sequenced completely. This invention relates to isolated E. ewingii (EE) polypeptides, isolated polynucleotides encoding EE polypeptides, probes, primers, isolated antibodies and methods of their production, immunogenic compositions and vaccines, as well as methods of using the EE polypeptides, antibodies, probes, and primers for the purpose of diagnosis, therapy and production of vaccines against E. ewingii. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/301931 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/29 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/29 (20130101) |
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| US 09359418 | Ashwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan D. Ashwell (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Muhammad S. Alam (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In T lymphocytes, p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) can be activated through an alternative pathway that involves phosphorylation at tyrosine 323. Disclosed herein is the identification of a minimal region of the growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible alpha (Gadd45α) protein that is required for binding to and inhibition of tyrosine 323-phosphorylated p38 in T cells. The disclosed Gadd45α polypeptides inhibit proliferation of T cells in response to T cell receptor stimulation, inhibit differentiation of T cells into Th1 or Th17 cells, inhibit the production of proinflammatory cytokines, and reduce tumor formation and growth of inflammatory cancers, such as pancreatic cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/443278 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09359425 | Vandenbark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur A. Vandenbark (Portland, Oregon); Gregory G. Burrows (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the treatment of subjects with cognitive or neuropsychiatric impairment induced by substance addiction and for increasing cognitive function in a subject with substance addiction. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule including covalently linked first, second, and third domains; wherein the first domain is an MHC class II β1 domain and the second domain is an MHC class II α1 domain; or wherein the first domain is an MHC class I α1 domain and the second domain is an MHC class I α2 domain; and wherein the third domain is covalently linked to the first domain and comprises an antigen of the central or peripheral nervous system. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/518876 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0007 (20130101) A61K 39/0007 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/605 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/70539 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09359428 | Sass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Morphotek, Inc. (Exton, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morphotek, Inc. (Exton, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip M. Sass (Audubon, Pennsylvania); Nicholas C. Nicolaides (Boothwyn, Pennsylvania); Luigi Grasso (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Marc Berger (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Tao Sai (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. In addition, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, and cells that express such antibodies are provided. Also provided are methods for treating diseases mediated by, and for neutralizing Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/515146 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/12 (20130101) C07K 16/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/567 (20130101) |
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| US 09359445 | Finkbeiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The J. David Gladstone Institutes (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The J. David Gladstone Institutes (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Finkbeiner (Corte Madera, California); Vikram Ramnath Rao (San Francisco, California); Sarah Rosemary Carter (Arlington, Virginia); Eva Suzanne LaDow (San Francisco, California); Hong Joo Kim (Memphis, Tennessee); Matthew Campioni (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods for treating neurological disorders, generally involving modulating protein kinase D1 (PKD1) activity levels in a neuron or glial cell in an individual in need thereof. The present disclosure provides antibodies specific for PKD1. The present disclosure provides a genetically modified non-human mammal deficient in PKD1 activity. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/625597 |
| 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 31/7088 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/77 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) |
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| US 09359447 | Feldman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Feldman (Washington, District of Columbia); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) (a) an antigen binding domain of HN1 or SS, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular T cell signaling domain, or (b) an antigen binding domain of SS1, a transmembrane domain, an intracellular T cell signaling domain, and a granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) receptor 2 leader. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the CARs are disclosed. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/384282 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48569 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/7051 (20130101) C07K 14/7153 (20130101) C07K 14/70517 (20130101) C07K 14/70521 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/60 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/57407 (20130101) G01N 33/57423 (20130101) G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 33/57446 (20130101) G01N 33/57449 (20130101) |
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| US 09359593 | Hematti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peiman Hematti (Middleton, Wisconsin); Jaehyup Kim (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peiman Hematti (Middleton, Wisconsin); Jaehyup Kim (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to purified, tissue-specific progenitors, methods of making and using such tissue-specific progenitors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/231753 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0647 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0676 (20130101) C12N 5/0693 (20130101) C12N 2502/1157 (20130101) C12N 2502/1358 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09359599 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); John Paul Guilinger (Ridgway, Colorado); Vikram Pattanayak (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Engineered transcriptional activator-like effectors (TALEs) are versatile tools for genome manipulation with applications in research and clinical contexts. One current drawback of TALEs is their tendency to bind and cleave off-target sequence, which hampers their clinical application and renders applications requiring high-fidelity binding unfeasible. This disclosure provides engineered TALE domains and TALEs comprising such engineered domains, e.g., TALE nucleases (TALENs), TALE transcriptional activators, TALE transcriptional repressors, and TALE epigenetic modification enzymes, with improved specificity and methods for generating and using such TALEs. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320519 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/80 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) C12N 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09359603 | Lutz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon J. Lutz (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania); Melanie K. Tallent (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania); Nicole Michele Lykens (Woodbury, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses a class of compounds known as splice modulating oligonucleotides (SMOs) that modulate pre-mRNA splicing, thereby affecting expression and functionality of a specific protein in a cell. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for modulating pre-mRNA splicing using a SMO of the invention to abrogate disease-causing mutations in a protein. Accordingly, the present invention provides compositions and methods of treating a subject at risk of, susceptible to, or having a disease, disorder, or condition associated with aberrant or unwanted target pre-mRNA expression or activity. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/188168 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2320/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09359616 | Mauro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent P. Mauro (La Jolla, California); Luke Burman (La Jolla, California); Gerald M. Edelman (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a synthetic or isolated polynucleotide encoding a mammalian 18S rRNA that is resistant to pactamycin. The pactamycin-resistance is conferred by one or more single residue substitutions in the 18S rRNA sequence; a fragment thereof harboring said substitutions; a complementary sequence thereto; or a substantially identical sequence of the foregoing. Related systems, methods and kits are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899284 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09359624 | Ajikumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); National University of Singapore (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); National University of Singapore (Singapore, Singapore) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parayil K. Ajikumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Heng Phon Too (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to recombinant expression of a taxadiene synthase enzyme and a geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) enzyme in cells and the production of terpenoids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944239 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 17/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09359636 | Tuschl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Tuschl (Brooklyn, New York); Pavol Cekan (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Neil Renwick (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Tuschl (Brooklyn, New York); Pavol Cekan (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Neil Renwick (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for fixing an RNA molecule in a biological sample. The method comprises contacting the biological sample with an aldehyde-containing fixative, and subsequently contacting the sample with a solution comprising a carbodiimide and a heterocyclic derivative selected from the group consisting of an imidazole, pyrazole, triazole or tetrazole or a combination thereof. A method for differentiating cells in a biological sample is also provided. A method for quantification of RNA retention in a biological sample is also provided. A kit for fixing RNA in a sample is provided as well. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/235147 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (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 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09359644 | Chance et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip F. Chance (Seattle, Washington); Valerie A. Street (Seattle, Washington); Jeff D. Goldy (Seattle, Washington); Thomas D. Bird (Lake Forest Park, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip F. Chance (Seattle, Washington); Valerie A. Street (Seattle, Washington); Jeff D. Goldy (Seattle, Washington); Thomas D. Bird (Lake Forest Park, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention provides methods of identifying genetic mutations that are associated with peripheral neurological disease. The methods comprise identifying a difference between a nucleic acid sequence of a small integral protein of the lysosome/late endosome (“SIMPLE”) gene from a mammalian subject exhibiting peripheral neuropathy and a nucleic acid sequence of a SIMPLE gene from a subject which is not exhibiting peripheral neuropathy, wherein the difference is a genetic mutation associated with peripheral neurological disease. In another aspect, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding SIMPLE missense mutations are provided. In another aspect, a method of screening a subject to determine if the subject has a genetic predisposition to develop Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1C neuropathy is provided. In another aspect, the invention provides kits for determining susceptibility or presence of Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1C neuropathy in a mammalian subject. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/245591 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2800/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09359694 | Khandaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Morshed Khandaker (Edmond, Oklahoma); William Paul Snow (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separating out nano-scale fiber threads from many fiber branches and controlling alignment and deposition of the fiber threads on a substrate, comprising: electrospinning at least synthetic polymer fiber streams from an electrically charged syringe needle; controlling the fiber using at least one electrically charged metallic disk rotating about an axis positioned below the needle; capturing the fiber using electrically grounded collector; extracting a single or plurality of fiber branch threads from the fiber streams, wherein the single or plurality of fiber branch threads is attracted to and intercepted by the collector shape, and depositing the single or plurality of fiber branch threads as substantially aligned fiber on the collector. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/825493 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0069 (20130101) D01D 5/0076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D01D 5/0084 (20130101) D01D 5/0092 (20130101) |
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| US 09360403 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jongyoon Han (Bedford, Massachusetts); Sung Jae Kim (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jongyoon Han (Bedford, Massachusetts); Sung Jae Kim (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a device and methods of use thereof in concentrating a species of interest and/or controlling liquid flow in a device. The methods make use of a device comprising a fluidic chip comprising a planar array of channels through which a liquid comprising a species of interest can be made to pass with at least one rigid substrate connected thereto such that at least a portion of a surface of the substrate bounds the channels, and a high aspect ratio ion-selective membrane is embedded within the chip, attached to at least a portion of the channels. The device comprises a unit to induce an electric field in the channel and a unit to induce an electrokinetic or pressure driven flow in the channel. |
| FILED | Friday, April 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/861904 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0631 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/4005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1002 (20150115) |
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| US 09360408 | Demokritou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Demokritou (Brookline, Massachusetts); Glen Deloid (Natick, Massachusetts); Joel Cohen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a method of determining the effective density of nanomaterial agglomerates in liquids, such as but not limited to physiological fluids, using volumetric centrifugation. The method of the invention allows for the development of reliable and efficient in vitro dosimetry and methods for toxicological testing of engineered nanomaterials. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/407649 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 9/30 (20130101) G01N 9/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09360414 | Myerburg |
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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) | Michael Myerburg (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to measure the volume of fluid present that relies on the pattern of light refraction as it passes though an airway surface liquid (ASL) meniscus. The method comprises allowing epithelial cells to grow on a membrane in a well so as to form a fluid meniscus about the perimeter of the well. The well is then illuminated by a light source. The illuminated cells in the well are then optically imaged by a scanner, a flat bed optical scanner, a camera, or any device capable of imaging. Microscopy may be used but is not needed, and high powered microscopy is certainly not needed. Then the imaging information from the cells in the well is used to determine a property of the meniscus in the well. Specifically, the imaging information can be analyzed to determine the dimensions, shape, and/or volume of the meniscus and the fluid in the well. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/650198 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/41 (20130101) G01N 21/253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09360433 | Rowlen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | InDevR, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | InDevR, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathy Lou Rowlen (Boulder, Colorado); Jean-Luc Fraikin (Boulder, Colorado); John William Birks (Boulder, Colorado); Craig J. Williford (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for the indirect detection of agglutination in an agglutination assay using optical density measurement and a reaction vessel. Light emitted by light source is transmitted through reaction vessel containing components of an agglutination reaction that is detected by light detector. As particles in the reaction vessel settle in the absence of agglutination they are concentrated in a reaction vessel lower volume and increase the optical density of the light path through the reaction vessel. Light detector generates an output signal related to said optical density. Said output signal is read and interpreted by an instrument to detect a presence or absence of agglutination. Other embodiments are described and shown. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/279821 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/80 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2021/825 (20130101) |
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| US 09360472 | Deisseroth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Deisseroth (Stanford, California); Feng Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Viviana Gradinaru (Menlo Park, California); M. Bret Schneider (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A variety of applications, systems, methods and constructs are implemented for use in connection with screening of ion-channel modulators. Consistent with one such system, drug candidates are screened to identify their effects on cell membrane ion channels and pumps. The system includes screening cells having light responsive membrane ion switches, voltage-gated ion switches and fluorescence producing voltage sensors. A chemical delivery device introduces the drug candidates to be screened. An optical delivery device activates the light responsive ion switches. An optical sensor monitors fluorescence produced by the voltage sensors. A processor processes data received from the optical sensor. A memory stores the data received from the optical sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/850436 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/0622 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00315 (20130101) B01J 2219/00495 (20130101) B01J 2219/00702 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 60/12 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6872 (20130101) |
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| US 09360483 | Lai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan R. Lai (Bronx, New York); Alex Stewart (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc. (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan R. Lai (Bronx, New York); Alex Stewart (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid constructs for expressing an antibody on the surface of bacteriophage are disclosed, as are methods for using the constructs to identify antibodies that target glycans. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/885203 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/1063 (20130101) C07K 2317/54 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1037 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09360509 | Naughton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Naughton (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Dong Cai (West Newton, Massachusetts); Binod Rizal (Brighton, Massachusetts); Thomas Chiles (Norfolk, Massachusetts); Huaizhou Zhao (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Naughton (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Dong Cai (West Newton, Massachusetts); Binod Rizal (Brighton, Massachusetts); Thomas Chiles (Norfolk, Massachusetts); Huaizhou Zhao (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocoaxial sensor includes an outer conductor, an inner conductor, a nanoporous dielectric material disposed between the outer and inner conductors, a nanocavity sized to allow target species to enter the nanocavity between the outer and inner conductors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/005205 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/3278 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/26 (20130101) G01R 27/2605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/00 (20130101) H01L 2221/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49124 (20150115) |
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| US 09360539 | Carroll et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J Carroll (Chicago, Illinois); Yong Jeong (Cary, Illinois); Sumeeth Vijay Jonathan (Manalapan, New Jersey); Parmede Vakil (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. Of Health and Human Services (DHHS), U.S. Government (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J Carroll (Chicago, Illinois); Yong Jeong (Cary, Illinois); Sumeeth Vijay Jonathan (Manalapan, New Jersey); Parmede Vakil (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for perfusion and diffusion MR imaging of a portion of patient anatomy includes an RF (Radio Frequency) signal generator for generating RF excitation pulses in anatomy and enabling subsequent acquisition of associated RF echo data. A magnetic field gradient generator generates anatomical volume select magnetic field gradients for phase encoding and readout RF data acquisition in a three dimensional (3D) anatomical volume. The RF signal generator and the gradient generator acquire within a single MR imaging scan, perfusion image data of the 3D volume, at least partially in the presence of contrast agent, and diffusion image data of the 3D volume. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/711660 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/54 (20130101) G01R 33/4826 (20130101) G01R 33/56341 (20130101) G01R 33/56366 (20130101) |
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| US 09360542 | Reeder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Brian Reeder (Middleton, Wisconsin); Nathan Samuel Artz (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Brian Reeder (Middleton, Wisconsin); Nathan Samuel Artz (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for acquiring spectrally-resolved three-dimensional data with a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system without frequency-encoding gradients are provided. An MRI system is directed to produce a radio frequency (“RF”) pulse that rotates net magnetization about an axis, after which a first phase-encoding gradient is established along a first direction, a second phase-encoding gradient is established along a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and a third phase-encoding gradient is established along a third direction that is orthogonal to the first and second directions. Spectrally-resolved data are acquired at a point in k-space that is defined by the first, second, and third phase-encoding gradients, and is acquired by sampling a magnetic resonance signal at a plurality of time points during a period of time in which no magnetic field gradients are established by the MRI system. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/451773 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4822 (20130101) G01R 33/4826 (20130101) G01R 33/56563 (20130101) |
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| US 09360543 | Gopinath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anand Gopinath (Wayzata, Minnesota); Emad S. Ebbini (Edina, Minnesota); John Thomas Vaughan (Stillwater, Minnesota); Lance DelaBarre (St. Anthony, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anand Gopinath (Wayzata, Minnesota); Emad S. Ebbini (Edina, Minnesota); John Thomas Vaughan (Stillwater, Minnesota); Lance DelaBarre (St. Anthony, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for beamforming algorithms for transmit-receive parallel magnetic resonance imaging (“pMRI”) applications are described. For any transmit configuration (e.g., using a single or multiple transmit elements) a weighted sum of the complex image data from each receiver is formed with a spatially-varying weighting. The weighting factor is obtained by solving an optimal refocusing problem at a set of points in the image space, which can include all the pixels in the image. The optimal refocusing of the transmit-receive configuration accounts for the spatially-varying SNR in deriving the coefficients of the weighted sum at every image pixel. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/866735 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/3415 (20130101) G01R 33/5608 (20130101) |
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| US 09360611 | Barbastathis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Barbastathis (Boston, Massachusetts); Yuan Luo (Taipei, Taiwan); Se Baek Oh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jennifer K. Barton (Tucson, Arizona); Raymond K. Kostuk (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Barbastathis (Boston, Massachusetts); Yuan Luo (Taipei, Taiwan); Se Baek Oh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jennifer K. Barton (Tucson, Arizona); Raymond K. Kostuk (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A volume holographic imaging system, apparatus and/or method enables the projection of a two-dimensional (2D) slice of a four-dimensional (4D) probing object A 4D probing source object is illuminated to emit or scatter an optical field. A holographic element having one or more recorded holograms receives and diffracts the optical field into a diffracted plane beam having spectral information. A 4-ftelecentric relay system includes a pupil filter on the relayed conjugate plane of the volume hologram and images the pupil of the volume hologram onto the front focal plane of the collector lens. A collector lens focuses the diffracted plane beam to a 2D slice of the 4D probing source object. The focused 2D slice is projected onto a 2D imaging plane. The holographic element may have multiple multiplexed holograms that are arranged to diffract light from the corresponding slice of the 4D probing source object. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/500461 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/28 (20130101) G03H 1/0248 (20130101) |
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| US 09360660 | Yi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ji Yi (Chicago, Illinois); Vadim Backman (Chicago, Illinois); Qing Wei (Evanston, Illinois); Hao F. Zhang (Deerfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain examples provide a structured illumination microscopy system. The example system includes a laser source to generate excitation illumination directed toward a target. The example system includes a modulator to modulate the excitation illumination temporally in a controllable spatial pattern to be constructed on the target object to provide sub-diffractional resolution in a lateral direction with respect to the target. The example system includes two synchronized laser scanning mirror units in confocal arrangement, the laser scanning units to be synchronized and controlled by a computing device, a first of the scanning mirror units to receive the modulated excitation illumination and project the modulated excitation illumination on the target object and a second of the scanning mirror units to receive emission fluorescence from the target and project the emission fluorescence. The example system includes a detector to collect emission fluorescence from the target via the second of the scanning mirror units. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/902288 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02014 (20130101) G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02069 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/45 (20130101) G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/4795 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 2021/456 (20130101) G01N 2021/1787 (20130101) G01N 2201/067 (20130101) G01N 2201/0691 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09361562 | Hanina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ai Cure Technologies, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ai Cure Technologies, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Hanina (New York, New York); Yaniv Ganor (Brookline, Massachusetts); Maurice Lepouttre (Brooklyn, New York); Christian Wolf (New Rochelle, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for authenticating medication. The method includes the steps of printing a first recoverable key on a medication pill, printing a second recoverable key on a medication packaging for the medication pill, employing at least a portion of the first recoverable key to extract information from the second recoverable key, and providing medication authentication in accordance with information extracted from the second recoverable key. The first recoverable key and the second recoverable key may include one or more fractal properties. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/837687 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/00 (20130101) G06F 19/321 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/1408 (20130101) G06K 9/6203 (20130101) G06K 19/06037 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/0014 (20130101) |
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| US 09361769 | Traughber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan James Traughber (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Lance S. Patak (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thomas Morphopoulos (Orinda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ELOQUENCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Dover, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan James Traughber (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Lance S. Patak (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thomas Morphopoulos (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for advanced patient communication have been disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises providing a patient communication device through which a patient communicates a first message from a hospital bed. The first message is received at a central processing server. The first message is processed to identify an urgency level of the message. One or more additional messages are generated based on the first message. The one or more additional messages are transmitted to specific health care provider devices of specific health care providers who are expected to respond to the patient. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460175 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0002 (20130101) A61B 5/0022 (20130101) A61B 5/7282 (20130101) A61B 5/7475 (20130101) A61B 2560/045 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3487 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 5/222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08B 21/0211 (20130101) G08B 21/0277 (20130101) G08B 25/10 (20130101) G08B 25/016 (20130101) |
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| US 09362102 | Dovichi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman Dovichi (South Bend, Indiana); Liangliang Sun (South Bend, Indiana); Guijie Zhu (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a sheath-flow interface for producing electrospray from a capillary. The electrospray generated by the interface can be used as the source of ions for mass spectrometry. Electrokinetic flow in the interface can move a sheath liquid past the end of a capillary so as to mix with an analyte effluent discharged from the capillary. The sheath liquid and analyte mixture can be directed to an electrospray emitter to generate an electrospray. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/793566 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4473 (20130101) G01N 27/4473 (20130101) G01N 27/44743 (20130101) G01N 30/7266 (20130101) G01N 30/7266 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/004 (20130101) H01J 49/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0404 (20130101) H01J 49/0445 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Synaptic Research, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Synaptic Research, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynette B. Corbeil (San Diego, California); Mark Hildebrand (La Jolla, California); Roshan Shrestha (San Diego, California); Aubrey Davis (Lakeside, California); Rachel Schrier (Del Mar, California); George A. Oyler (Lincoln, Nebraska); Julian N. Rosenberg (Naugatuck, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides diatom-based vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/353721 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 36/06 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/102 (20130101) A61K 39/107 (20130101) A61K 39/295 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/51 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/517 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/541 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/12 (20130101) C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/79 (20130101) C12N 2760/18534 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09358556 | Velásquez-García et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis Fernando Velásquez-García (Newton, Massachusetts); Philip James Ponce De Leon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Frances Ann Hill (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods in which the flow of fluid is electrically driven, including electrospinning and electrospraying systems and methods, are generally described. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918759 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/14 (20130101) B05B 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05B 5/0255 (20130101) B05B 5/0536 (20130101) Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/007 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0069 (20130101) |
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| US 09358756 | Sodano |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry Sodano (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Sodano (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment of the invention, a laminar composite has at least one interlaminar reinforced interface comprising a dispersion of binding-agent-treated low-dimensional nanoparticles with a large aspect ratio fixed between adjacent lamina by residues of the binding agents. In another embodiment of the invention, a method to prepare a laminar composite having reinforced interfaces involves the deposition of binding-agent-treated low-dimensional nanoparticles from a solution or suspension onto the surface or a prepreg sheet, where, optionally, after removal of the liquid that comprises the solution or suspension, sheets of the prepreg are layed-up and cured to form the laminar composite. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/197985 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/025 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/162 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 7/04 (20130101) B32B 37/0038 (20130101) B32B 2250/20 (20130101) B32B 2260/046 (20130101) B32B 2305/076 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 428/25 (20150115) Y10T 428/252 (20150115) |
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| US 09359198 | Fucetola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Corey Patrick Fucetola (Somerville, Massachusetts); Henry Ignatius Smith (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Jay J. Fucetola (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for creating three-dimensional nanostructures is disclosed. The system includes a substrate bonded to a carrier using a bonding agent. The bonding agent may be vaporizable or sublimable. The carrier may be a glass or glass-like substance. In some embodiments, the carrier may be permeable having one or a plurality of pores through which the bonding agent may escape when converted to a gaseous state with heat, pressure, light or other methods. A substrate is bonded to the carrier using the bonding agent. The substrate is then processed to form a membrane. This processing may include grinding, polishing, etching, patterning, or other steps. The processed membrane is then aligned and affixed to a receiving substrate, or a previously deposited membrane. Once properly attached, the bonding agent is then heated, depressurized or otherwise caused to sublime or vaporize, thereby releasing the processed membrane from the carrier. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/459879 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 2457/00 (20130101) B32B 2551/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/6835 (20130101) H01L 2221/68327 (20130101) H01L 2221/68368 (20130101) H01L 2221/68381 (20130101) |
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| US 09359299 | Dakshanamurthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Hernon, Virginia); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Robert Clarke (Rockville, Maryland); Ayesha N. Shajahan-Haq (Haymarket, Virginia); Jacqueline Smith (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Hernon, Virginia); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Robert Clarke (Rockville, Maryland); Ayesha N. Shajahan-Haq (Haymarket, Virginia); Jacqueline Smith (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Small molecule inhibitors of XBP1 splicing by IRE1 are provided, as well as methods for their use in treating or preventing cancer (e.g., endocrine resistant breast cancer), diabetes, and obesity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009969 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09359347 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Mei Sun (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Mei Sun (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns materials and methods for inhibiting the Akt/PKB pathway. In one embodiment, a compound of the invention inhibits kinase activity and/or phosphorylation levels of Akt proteins. The subject invention also concerns methods for inhibiting or killing a cancer cell or other cell in which expression of an Akt protein is elevated or constitutively active, comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of a compound of formula I. The subject invention also concerns methods for treating cancer or a tumor in a person or animal comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of formula I to the person or animal. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/476098 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/23 (20130101) |
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| US 09359410 | Vedvick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TAKEDA VACCINES, INC. (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TAKEDA VACCINES INC. (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Vedvick (Bozeman, Montana); Bryan Steadman (Bozeman, Montana); Charles Richardson (Bozeman, Montana); Thomas R. Foubert (Bozeman, Montana); Charles R. Petrie (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for purifying human Calciviruses are disclosed, including Noroviruses and Sapoviruses. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/914331 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 1/18 (20130101) C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/16023 (20130101) |
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| US 09359451 | Chaudry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irshad H. Chaudry (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); William J. Hubbard (Hoover, Alabama); Zheng Feng Ba (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and materials for treating or preventing complications due to traumatic injuries using estrogen or derivatives thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401371 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 31/57 (20130101) A61K 31/565 (20130101) A61K 31/567 (20130101) A61K 47/48969 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09359581 | Ness et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SyntheZyme, LLC (Rensselaer, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synthezyme LLC (Rensselaer, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon E. Ness (Redwood City, California); Jeremy Minshull (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A substantially pure Candida host cell is provided for the biotransformation of a substrate to a product wherein the host cell is characterized by a first genetic modification class that comprises one or more genetic modifications that collectively or individually disrupt at least one alcohol dehydrogenase gene in the substantially pure Candida host cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/084230 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 3/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 15/815 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/649 (20130101) C12P 7/6409 (20130101) C12P 7/6427 (20130101) C12P 7/6436 (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 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09359599 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); John Paul Guilinger (Ridgway, Colorado); Vikram Pattanayak (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Engineered transcriptional activator-like effectors (TALEs) are versatile tools for genome manipulation with applications in research and clinical contexts. One current drawback of TALEs is their tendency to bind and cleave off-target sequence, which hampers their clinical application and renders applications requiring high-fidelity binding unfeasible. This disclosure provides engineered TALE domains and TALEs comprising such engineered domains, e.g., TALE nucleases (TALENs), TALE transcriptional activators, TALE transcriptional repressors, and TALE epigenetic modification enzymes, with improved specificity and methods for generating and using such TALEs. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320519 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/80 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) C12N 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09359972 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven D. Roberts (Moodus, Connecticut); Paul R. Senofonte (Portland, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Roberts (Moodus, Connecticut); Paul R. Senofonte (Portland, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi axis slide carriage system includes a channeled track, a slide, a shaft and a slide carriage bracket. The channeled track extends along a first axis. The slider slides along the first axis within the channeled track, and includes a slider segment aperture extending therein along a second axis. The shaft includes a slider segment connected to a carriage bracket segment. The slider segment slides along the second axis within the slider segment aperture. The slide carriage bracket is positioned adjacent to the channeled track, and is connected to the carriage bracket segment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/222789 |
| ART UNIT | 3631 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 29/06 (20130101) B64D 33/04 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/08 (20130101) F02K 1/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02K 1/12 (20130101) F02K 1/72 (20130101) F02K 1/763 (20130101) |
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| US 09360285 | Motes, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doyle Tunnie Motes, III (Austin, Texas); Alexander Edward Zielinski (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A projectile cartridge for a hybrid capillary variable velocity electric launcher comprising a launcher and breech/barrel assembly as well as a projectile and a pulsed power supply for supplying adjustable amounts of electric energy to permit variable projectile velocity. The projectile cartridge also includes at least an anode and cathode section, a fuse wire, a capillary liner, and the projectile, which may include both a slug and a sabot jacket. A hybridization medium is included with restraining mechanisms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320946 |
| 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 6/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 14/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09360316 | Ellis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EXELIS, INC. (McLean, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exelis, Inc. (Herndon, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth K. Ellis (Columbia City, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A line scanner scans in a cross track direction and moves forward on a platform in an along track direction. The line scanner includes a plurality of detectors forming a left array and a plurality of detectors forming a right array. The left array and the right array are tilted away from a line formed in the along track direction. The left array is configured to detect scene radiance from a surface of an object when the line scanner is scanning the surface on the right side of the line formed in the along track direction. The right array is configured to detect scene radiance from the surface of the object when the line scanner is scanning the surface to the left side of the line formed in the along track direction. The detectors in each respective array are configured to simultaneously detect the scene radiance. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/936638 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 11/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09360597 | Dal Negro |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luca Dal Negro (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical devices including deterministic aperiodic patterning using spiral arrays exhibit circular symmetry in continuous Fourier space via polarization-insensitive planar diffraction. Far-field diffractive coupling in these structures leads to the formation of scattering resonances with circular symmetry and characteristic vortex behavior carrying orbital angular momentum. Plasmonic nanoparticle arrays with aperiodic spiral geometry can be used in fabrication of optical devices that benefit from polarization insensitive, enhanced light-matter coupling on planar surfaces, such as thin-film solar cells (enhanced light absorption and efficiency), photodetectors (enhanced light emission and efficiency), optical biosensors, and polarization devices. |
| FILED | Friday, July 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/951571 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/0407 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09360601 | Na et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yun-Chung Na (Palo Alto, California); John Heck (Berkeley, California); Haisheng Rong (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming microelectronic structures are described. Embodiments of those methods may include forming a photomask on a (110) silicon wafer substrate, wherein the photomask comprises a periodic array of parallelogram openings, and then performing a timed wet etch on the (110) silicon wafer substrate to form a diffraction grating structure that is etched into the (110) silicon wafer substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, March 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/635912 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/1842 (20130101) G02B 5/1857 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/1861 (20130101) G02B 6/02009 (20130101) |
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| US 09360604 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Youngjong Kang (Anyang, South Korea); Joseph Walish (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edwin L. Thomas (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youngjong Kang (Anyang, South Korea); Joseph Walish (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edwin L. Thomas (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides polymeric materials arranged as photonic crystals, or portions of photonic crystals, having properties which can be easily tuned over a large range of wavelengths upon exposure to an external stimulus. In some embodiments, the photonic crystals comprise at least one portion which can undergo a change in a physical, chemical, dielectric, or other property upon exposure to an altering stimulus, resulting in a change in a diffracted wavelength of electromagnetic radiation (e.g, light) by the photonic crystal. Embodiments of the invention may advantageously exhibit large stop band tunability and rapid response times. Photonic crystals of the invention may be useful in a wide variety of applications, such as colorimetric sensors, active components of simple display devices, electrically controlled tunable optically pumped laser, photonic switches, multiband filters, and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495684 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/005 (20130101) G02B 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/15 (20130101) G02F 1/061 (20130101) G02F 1/0121 (20130101) G02F 2001/1519 (20130101) G02F 2202/022 (20130101) G02F 2202/32 (20130101) G02F 2202/36 (20130101) G02F 2203/023 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09360623 | Bowers 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) | John E. Bowers (Santa Barbara, California); Jock Bovington (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a heterogeneous semiconductor wafer includes depositing a III-V type semiconductor epitaxial layer on a first wafer having a semiconductor substrate. The first wafer is then bonded to a second wafer having a patterned silicon layer formed on a semiconductor substrate, wherein the III-V type semiconductor epitaxial layer is bonded to the patterned silicon layer of the second wafer. The semiconductor substrate associated with the first wafer is removed to expose the III-V type semiconductor epitaxial layer. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/577938 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/12002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09360626 | Savchenkov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anatoliy Savchenkov (Glendale, California); David Seidel (Alta Loma, California); Vladimir Ilchenko (Arcadia, California); Andrey B. Matsko (Pasadena, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Anatoliy Savchenkov (Glendale, California); David Seidel (Alta Loma, California); Vladimir Ilchenko (Arcadia, California); Andrey B. Matsko (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical filters comprising one or more optically-coupled Fabry-Perot resonators are disclosed. In some embodiments, the one or more optically coupled Fabry-Perot resonators include a graded index fiber. In some embodiments, the one or more optically coupled Fabry-Perot resonators are coupled end-to-end, whereas in other embodiments the one or more optically coupled Fabry-Perot resonators are side-coupled through evanescence. One or more implementations of an optical filter allow a spectral response of an input light beam to be controlled, through various approaches, e.g., by exposing a component fiber to ultra-violet radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/270777 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/29317 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/29359 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361066 | Rooks |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Rooks (Rome, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for a ring oscillator based random number generator with intentional startup delays timed for each ring to provide a uniform initial spreading of the ring oscillator transition edges. This invention adds a controlled incremental delay in the startup of each individual ring within the ring oscillator random number generator. Typically the delay units used in the ring oscillators themselves can be used to get a course delay between the start times of each ring. A subset of the rings start up with a particular course delay and different fine delays such that the transition edges of all the rings are spread out over the oscillation period. This spreading of the transition edges ensures the output of the random number generator are not a predictable sequence of ones and zeros based on a simultaneous startup of all rings at the same time. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/150870 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/588 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 3/84 (20130101) H03K 3/0315 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361175 | Bose 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) | Pradip Bose (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alper Buyuktosunoglu (White Plains, New York); Augusto J. Vega (Dobbs Ferry, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | According to an aspect, dynamic detection of resource management anomalies in a processing system includes collecting data from a plurality of on-line data sources on the processing system. The collected data includes performance data and power consumption data. Anomalous operation of a resource manager of the processing system is identified based on the collected data from the on-line data sources. The identification of the anomalous operation is conducted absent a baseline of reference performance data. A corresponding palliative action is initiated based on identifying the anomalous operation. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/960585 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/079 (20130101) G06F 11/0751 (20130101) G06F 11/0787 (20130101) G06F 11/0793 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/3055 (20130101) G06F 11/3062 (20130101) G06F 11/3409 (20130101) |
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| US 09361184 | Carey 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) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for selecting during a system shutdown procedure, a restart incident checkpoint of an incident analyzer in a distributed processing system. Embodiments include the incident analyzer determining whether at least one incident is in a queue. If at least one incident is in the queue, the incident analyzer selects as the restart incident checkpoint, a last incident completed checkpoint. If at least one incident is not in the queue, the incident analyzer determines whether the last incident completed checkpoint matches a last incident analysis pool selection checkpoint. If the last incident completed checkpoint matches a last incident analysis pool selection checkpoint, the incident analyzer selects as the restart incident checkpoint, a monitor checkpoint. If the last incident completed checkpoint does not match the last incident analysis pool selection checkpoint, the incident analyzer selects as the restart incident checkpoint, the last incident completed checkpoint. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/890469 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/542 (20130101) G06F 11/1441 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2201/86 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361202 | Yim 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) | Keun Soo Yim (Sunnyvale, California); Seetharami R. Seelam (Yorktown Heights, New York); Liana L. Fong (Irvington, New York); Arun Iyengar (Yorktown Heights, New York); John Lewars (New Paltz, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments monitor system noise in a parallel computing system. In one embodiment, at least one set of system noise data is stored in a shared buffer during a first computation interval. The set of system noise data is detected during the first computation interval and is associated with at least one parallel thread in a plurality of parallel threads. Each thread in the plurality of parallel threads is a thread of a program. The set of system noise data is filtered during a second computation interval based on at least one filtering condition creating a filtered set of system noise data. The filtered set of system noise data is then stored. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/945559 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3072 (20130101) G06F 11/3404 (20130101) G06F 11/3409 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/3419 (20130101) G06F 11/3476 (20130101) G06F 2201/88 (20130101) G06F 2201/815 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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 Sates of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey J. Hilde (Onyx, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for simulating sensor range data includes providing a pulse model configured to generate a sequence of discrete energy pulses. A sequences of flashes associated with the pulse model are electronically generated. Each flash in the sequence of flashes has at least one range value. A sequence of scans is electronically generated from the sequence of flashes. Each scan in the sequence of scans has at least one flash. The sequences of scans is a simulation of sensor range data. The simulation of sensor range data is output in a tangible medium. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886060 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361523 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California); Swarup Medasani (Thousand Oaks, California); Qin Jiang (Oak Park, California); David L. Allen (Thousand Oaks, California); Tsai-Ching Lu (Simi Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California); Swarup Medasani (Thousand Oaks, California); Qin Jiang (Oak Park, California); David L. Allen (Thousand Oaks, California); Tsai-Ching Lu (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for video-content based retrieval is described. A query video depicting an activity is processed using interest point selection to find locations in the video that are relevant to that activity. A set of spatio-temporal descriptors such as self-similarity and 3-D SIFT are calculated within a local neighborhood of the set of interest points. An indexed video database containing videos similar to the query video is searched using the set of descriptors to obtain a set of candidate videos. The videos in the video database are indexed hierarchically using a vocabulary tree or other hierarchical indexing mechanism. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/841078 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00711 (20130101) G06K 9/00758 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2210/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361533 | Serrels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DCG Systems, Inc. (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DCG SYSTEMS, INC. (Fremont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Serrels (Fremont, California); Prasad Sabbineni (San Ramon, California); James S. Vickers (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of obtaining two orthogonally polarized super-resolution images is provided. A first diffraction-limited image is obtained using horizontally polarized light; a second diffraction-limited image is obtained using vertically polarized light; and, the first and second images are processed so as to yield a convoluted image having super diffraction-limited performance in both dimensions. Enhanced alignment of CAD image to acquired image is facilitated using the horizontally and vertically polarized images. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679938 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/002 (20130101) G02B 21/0092 (20130101) G02B 27/58 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/3233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361936 | Medard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ulric J. Ferner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Data blocks to be stored on a disk-based data storage device (e.g., a hard disk drive, etc.) are coded together to form a plurality of linearly independent network coded blocks. The network coded blocks are then stored on the data storage device. Coded seeking may then be used to retrieve the original data blocks from the data storage device in a time-efficient manner. A read request may be sent to the data storage device requesting an innovative coded packet associated with the original data blocks. In response to the read request, the data storage device may read an innovative coded packet from the disk that is closest to current position of a read element of the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/668185 |
| ART UNIT | 2688 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 20/10 (20130101) G11B 20/1217 (20130101) G11B 20/10481 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11B 27/105 (20130101) G11B 2020/10916 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09362097 | Lozano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paulo C. Lozano (Arlington, Massachusetts); Steven Mark Arestie (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionic liquid ion source can include a microfabricated body including a base and a tip. The body can be formed of a porous material compatible with at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt. The body can have a pore size gradient that decreases from the base of the body to the tip of the body, such that the at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt is capable of being transported through capillarity from the base to the tip. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/975374 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09362227 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shoucheng Zhang (Stanford, California); Jing Wang (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A topological insulator is grown on an IC wafer in a vacuum chamber as a thin film interconnect between two circuits in the IC communicating with each other. As the TI is being grown, magnetic doping of the various TI sub-layers is varied to create different edge states in the stack of sub-layers. The sub-edges conduct in parallel with virtually zero power dissipation. Conventional metal electrodes are formed on the IC wafer that electrically contact the four corners of the TI layer (including the side edges) to electrically connect a first circuit to a second circuit via the TI interconnect. The TI interconnect thus forms two independent conducting paths between the two circuits, with each path being formed of a plurality of sub-edges. This allows bi-direction communications without collisions. Since each electrode contacts many sub-edges in parallel, the overall contact resistance is extremely low. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/447499 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/528 (20130101) H01L 23/5329 (20130101) H01L 23/53204 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09362364 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jiwoong Park (Ithaca, New York); Carlos Ruiz-Vargas (Ithaca, New York); Mark Philip Levendorf (Chesterland, Ohio); Lola Brown (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiwoong Park (Ithaca, New York); Carlos Ruiz-Vargas (Ithaca, New York); Mark Philip Levendorf (Chesterland, Ohio); Lola Brown (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing one or more graphene devices is disclosed. A thin film growth substrate is formed directly on a device substrate. Graphene is formed on the thin film growth substrate. A transistor is also disclosed, having a device substrate and a source supported by the device substrate. The transistor also has a drain separated from the source and supported by the device substrate. The transistor further has a single layer graphene (SLG) channel grown partially on and coupling the source and the drain. The transistor also has a gate aligned with the SLG channel, and a gate insulator between the gate and the SLG channel. Integrated circuits and other apparati having a device substrate, a thin film growth substrate formed directly on at least a portion of the device substrate, and graphene formed directly on at least a portion of the thin film growth substrate are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/384663 |
| ART UNIT | 2899 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/8258 (20130101) H01L 27/1207 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/7781 (20130101) H01L 29/41733 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 29/78645 (20130101) H01L 29/78648 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) |
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| US 09362367 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Williams (Opelika, Alabama); Ayayi C. Ahyi (Auburn, Alabama); Tamara F Isaacs-Smith (Auburn, Alabama); Yogesh K. Sharma (Kenilworth, United Kingdom); Leonard C. Feldman (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Illustrative embodiments of semiconductor devices including a polar insulation layer capped by a non-polar insulation layer, and methods of fabrication of such semiconductor devices, are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a semiconductor device may comprise a semiconductor substrate, a polar insulation layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate and comprising a Group V element configured to increase a carrier mobility in at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate, and a non-polar insulation layer disposed above the polar insulation layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/800694 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/045 (20130101) H01L 21/049 (20130101) H01L 21/02129 (20130101) H01L 21/02164 (20130101) H01L 21/02236 (20130101) H01L 21/02255 (20130101) H01L 21/02321 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/513 (20130101) H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/42364 (20130101) |
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| US 09362481 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Yu (Timonium, Maryland); Kailiang Ren (Lutherville, Maryland); James E. West (Plainfield, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Yu (Timonium, Maryland); Kailiang Ren (Lutherville, Maryland); James E. West (Plainfield, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuous piezoelectric film can include a plurality of fibers, each fiber including a polypeptide, wherein molecules of the polypeptide have electric dipole moments that are aligned such that the piezoelectric fiber provides a piezoelectric effect. The continuous piezoelectric film has at least one piezoelectric constant d31 or d33 that is at least 1 pC/N. The continuous piezoelectric film can be prepared hot pressing a mat of aligned piezoelectric fibers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785767 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/193 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/333 (20130101) H01L 41/1132 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09362568 | Dai |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjie Dai (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to electrodes and implementations such as batteries. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a nanocarbon substrate having at least one of graphene and carbon nanotubes, and a hybrid electrode including a cobalt oxide/carbon nanotube (CoO/CNT) catalyst and a Ni—Fe-layered double hydride (LDH) catalyst. The catalysts and substrate facilitate transfer of charge carriers. Various aspects are directed to a battery type device having an anode and a single or split cathode with the respective catalysts on the cathode to facilitate oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions for discharging and charging the battery type device. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/336854 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal 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) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/122 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/9016 (20130101) H01M 4/9083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 12/005 (20130101) H01M 12/06 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/748 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
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| US 09362602 | Darwish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali M. Darwish (Overland Park, Kansas); Hingloi Alfred Hung (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Power-dividing and/or power-combining circuits have inputs, outputs, and at least three electrical pathways, with substantially equal input and output reflection coefficients. An electronic device may be provided in each of the pathways. Additionally, isolation circuits or devices can be inserted between signal lines to provide isolation between inputs, in the case of combining, or outputs, in the case of dividing. In one embodiment, multiple phase shift components are electrically connected to electronic devices in the electrical pathways. These phase shift components are selected so that a vector sum of the reflected signals from the inputs in combining and/or to the outputs in dividing is substantially minimized. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/487821 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/182 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 1/184 (20130101) H01P 9/00 (20130101) Amplifiers H03F 3/68 (20130101) H03F 3/189 (20130101) H03F 3/211 (20130101) H03F 3/602 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 7/185 (20130101) H03H 7/422 (20130101) |
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| US 09362614 | Neel |
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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 Government of the United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Neel (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A minimum depth spiral antenna includes a fiberglass circuit board with two spiraling conductive radiator arms that are etched on the fiberglass circuit board. A metallic ring is formed around the two spiraling conductive radiator arms and is mounted on the outward edge of the fiberglass circuit board. An antenna cavity cone and antenna cavity cone cap are mounted inside the antenna cavity. A tapered microstrip balun circuit is electrically-connected to the two spiraling conductive radiator arms on its proximal end and to a connector cap on its distal end. The connector cap is mounted on the lower side of a bottom plate, which forms the base of the antenna. The antenna cavity cone has a bottom lip. A wall ring is positioned between the bottom plate and the metallic ring. The wall ring connects the bottom plate to the metallic ring. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/249588 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09362712 | Sheik-Bahae et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mansoor Sheik-Bahae (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard I. Epstein (Sante Fe, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mansoor Sheik-Bahae (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard I. Epstein (Sante Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method and system for stabilizing a property of a first laser beam from a first laser in a vibration-free and cryogen free-manner. The method can include optically cooling a ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Yb:YLF) crystal using a second laser beam; coupling the crystal to a thermal coupling, wherein the thermal coupling is further coupled to a reference cavity to maintain a temperate of the reference cavity; directing a portion of the first laser beam through the reference cavity onto a photodetector to measure the property of the first laser beam; and stabilizing the first laser beam using a feedback control mechanism using the photodetector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/812350 |
| 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 3/04 (20130101) H01S 3/13 (20130101) H01S 3/042 (20130101) H01S 3/137 (20130101) H01S 3/0408 (20130101) H01S 3/1062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1304 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) H01S 3/1317 (20130101) H01S 3/1618 (20130101) H01S 3/1653 (20130101) |
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| US 09363024 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lam H. Nguyen (Laurel, Maryland); Trac D. Tran (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for reception of electromagnetic waves in spectrum in which interference occurs comprising at least one transmitter; at least one receiver configured to receive the received signal; a first memory portion configured to store data relating to a point target response; a spectrum estimator configured to estimate the frequencies at which interfering signals occur; at least one processor configured to generate an estimation of the interfering signals at the frequencies estimated by the spectrum estimator; a second memory portion operatively connected to the at least one processor configured to store the estimation of the components of the interfering signals; the at least one processor configured to substantially reduce or eliminate radio frequency interfering signals from the received signal utilizing the point target response and the estimation of the interfering signals; and a method to substantially reduce or eliminate radio frequency interfering signals from for image data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/452902 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/023 (20130101) G01S 13/90 (20130101) G01S 13/0209 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/71632 (20130101) H04B 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 17/345 (20150115) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/0004 (20130101) |
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| US 09363137 | Alvarez-Icaza Rivera 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) | Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza Rivera (San Jose, California); John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); John E. Barth, Jr. (Williston, Vermont); Andrew S. Cassidy (San Jose, California); Subramanian Iyer (Mount Kisco, New York); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to faulty recovery mechanisms for a three-dimensional (3-D) network on a processor array. One embodiment comprises a multidimensional switch network for a processor array. The switch network comprises multiple switches for routing packets between multiple core circuits of the processor array. The switches are organized into multiple planes. The switch network further comprises a redundant plane including multiple redundant switches. Multiple data paths interconnect the switches. The redundant plane is used to facilitate full operation of the processor array in the event of one or more component failures. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/819742 |
| ART UNIT | 2463 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/803 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/0654 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09363467 | Garg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, Office of Technology Commercialization (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi Garg (College Park, Maryland); Avinash L. Varna (Chandler, Arizona); Adi Hajj-Ahmad (College Park, Maryland); Min Wu (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Various systems and methods may benefit from determination of environmental signatures in recordings. For example, such signatures may aid forensic analysis and alignment of media recordings, such as alignment of audio or video recordings. A method can include reading data representative of sensed light in a visual track of a video recording. The method can also include extracting an electric network frequency signal from the data representative of sensed light. |
| FILED | Friday, November 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/093399 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/913 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 2005/91342 (20130101) |
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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) | Justin Douglas Beroz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anastasios John Hart (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A pipette includes a movable piston and a diaphragm that at least partly defines a fluid chamber enclosing a volume of working fluid. The piston displaces a volumetric amount of the working fluid in the chamber when moved. In response, the diaphragm displaces a smaller volumetric amount of fluid outside the chamber. A deamplification ratio is defined by the ratio of the volume displaced by the diaphragm to the volume displaced by the piston. The deamplification ratio is adjustable by adjusting or changing the diaphragm and/or by adjusting the size of the fluid chamber. The deamplifying pipette enables measuring and dispensing of very small volumes of liquid and is easily adapted to commercially available pipette components. Pipette components such as a pipette tip or adaptor may include a diaphragm to enable deamplification of the nominal volume capacity of a given pipette device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/873962 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/0217 (20130101) B01L 3/0275 (20130101) B01L 3/0293 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/023 (20130101) B01L 2200/141 (20130101) B01L 2200/146 (20130101) B01L 2200/148 (20130101) B01L 2400/0478 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) |
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| US 09358750 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Soojin Park (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jia-Yu Wang (Chicago, Illinois); Bokyung Kim (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanopatterned surfaces are prepared by a method that includes forming a block copolymer film on a substrate, annealing and surface reconstructing the block copolymer film to create an array of cylindrical voids, depositing a metal on the surface-reconstructed block copolymer film, and heating the metal-coated block copolymer film to redistribute at least some of the metal into the cylindrical voids. When very thin metal layers and low heating temperatures are used, metal nanodots can be formed. When thicker metal layers and higher heating temperatures are used, the resulting metal structure includes nanoring-shaped voids. The nanopatterned surfaces can be transferred to the underlying substrates via etching, or used to prepare nanodot- or nanoring-decorated substrate surfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944329 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/12049 (20150115) Y10T 428/24355 (20150115) |
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| US 09359219 | Motallebi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alveo Energy, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alveo Energy, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahrokh Motallebi (Los Gatos, California); Colin Deane Wessells (Palo Alto, California); Christian Valencia (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and articles of manufacture for a surface-modified transition metal cyanide coordination compound (TMCCC) composition, an improved electrode including the composition, and a manufacturing method for the composition. The composition, compound, device, and uses thereof according to AxMn(y-k)Mjk[Mnm(CN)(6-p-q)(NC)p(Che)rq]z. (Che)rw(Vac)(1-z).nH2O (wherein Vac is a Mn(CN)(6-p-q)(NC)p(Che)rq vacancy); wherein Che is an acid chelating agent; wherein: A=Na, K, Li; and M=Mg, Al, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Pb; and wherein 0<j≦4; 0≦k≦0.1; 0≦(p+q)<6; 0<x≦4; 0≦y≦1; 0<z≦1; 0<w≦0.2; 0<n≦6; −3≦r≦3; and wherein: x+2(y−k)+jk+(m+(r+1)q−6)z+wr=0. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/880010 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 3/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01C 3/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09359223 | Narayanan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Manoj Narayanan (Woodridge, Illinois); Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois); Stephen Dorris (La Grange Park, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manoj Narayanan (Woodridge, Illinois); Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois); Stephen Dorris (La Grange Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for A method for producing pure phase strontium ruthenium oxide films, the method comprising solubilizing ruthenium-containing and strontium-containing compounds to create a mixture; subjecting the mixture to a first temperature above that necessary for forming RuO2 while simultaneously preventing formation of RuO2; maintaining the first temperature for a time to remove organic compounds from the mixture, thereby forming a substantially dry film; and subjecting the film to a second temperature for time sufficient to crystallize the film. Also provided is pure phase material comprising strontium ruthenium oxide wherein the material contains no RuO2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/237487 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 55/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2006/32 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/65 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31678 (20150401) |
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| US 09359259 | O'Brien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen O'Brien (Jersey City, New Jersey); Shuangyi Liu (New York, New York); Limin Huang (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A convenient and versatile method for preparing complex metal oxides is disclosed. The method uses a low temperature, environmentally friendly gel-collection method to form a single phase nanomaterial. In one embodiment, the nanomaterial consists of BaAMnBTiCOD in a controlled stoichiometry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/445760 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 1/02 (20130101) C01G 45/1221 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/624 (20130101) C04B 35/6264 (20130101) C04B 35/6325 (20130101) C04B 2235/441 (20130101) C04B 2235/765 (20130101) C04B 2235/3215 (20130101) C04B 2235/3267 (20130101) |
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| US 09359319 | Gordon 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) | John C. Gordon (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Christopher R. Waidmann (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The α,β-unsaturated ketone moiety of a substrate representative of non-food based biomass was hydrogenated to the corresponding saturated alcohol moiety using a composition including (1) a copper salt; (2) a phosphine; (3) a polar aprotic solvent such as acetonitrile, and (4) a compound suitable for providing hydrogen for the hydrogenation, such as a suitable silane material or a suitable siloxane material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/386381 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/30 (20130101) B01J 31/0267 (20130101) B01J 31/2495 (20130101) B01J 2231/645 (20130101) B01J 2531/16 (20130101) B01J 2531/822 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/42 (20130101) C07D 307/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09359320 | Oyola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yatsandra Oyola (Paducah, Kentucky); Chengcheng Tian (Shanghai, China PRC); John Christopher Bauer (Paducah, Kentucky); Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An acid-functionalized polyolefin material that can be used as an acid catalyst in a wide range of acid-promoted chemical reactions, wherein the acid-functionalized polyolefin material includes a polyolefin backbone on which acid groups are appended. Also described is a method for the preparation of the acid catalyst in which a precursor polyolefin is subjected to ionizing radiation (e.g., electron beam irradiation) of sufficient power and the irradiated precursor polyolefin reacted with at least one vinyl monomer having an acid group thereon. Further described is a method for conducting an acid-promoted chemical reaction, wherein an acid-reactive organic precursor is contacted in liquid form with a solid heterogeneous acid catalyst comprising a polyolefin backbone of at least 1 micron in one dimension and having carboxylic acid groups and either sulfonic acid or phosphonic acid groups appended thereto. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/032727 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09359582 | Kaminski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Kaminski (Lockport, Illinois); Carol J. Mertz (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an aqueous gel composition for removing actinide ions, lanthanide ions, fission product ions, or a combination thereof from a porous surface contaminated therewith. The composition comprises a polymer mixture comprising a gel forming cross-linked polymer and a linear polymer. The linear polymer is present at a concentration that is less than the concentration of the cross-linked polymer. The polymer mixture is at least about 95% hydrated with an aqueous solution comprising about 0.1 to about 3 percent by weight (wt %) of a multi-dentate organic acid chelating agent, and about 0.02 to about 0.6 molar (M) carbonate salt, to form a gel. When applied to a porous surface contaminated with actinide ions, lanthanide ions, and/or other fission product ions, the aqueous gel absorbs contaminating ions from the surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/380482 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Detergent Compositions; Use of Single Substances as Detergents; Soap or Soap-making; Resin Soaps; Recovery of Glycerol C11D 1/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 9/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09359650 | Dumesic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); Glucan Biorenewables LLC (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); David Martin Alonso (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeremy Scott Luterbacher (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method of processing biomass to separate it into a liquid fraction enriched in solubilized C5-sugar-containing oligomers and C-5 sugar monomers and a solid fraction enriched in substantially insoluble cellulose and C6-sugar-containing oligomers. The method includes the steps of reacting biomass with a solvent system comprising water, at least one lactone, or at least one furan, or at least one cyclic ether, and at least one acid, for a time and at a temperature to yield the liquid and solid fractions. The liquid and solid fractions may then be separated. Gamma-valeroloactone is a preferred lactone for use in the solvent system. Tetrahydrofuran is a preferred furan species for use in the solvent system. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136564 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/06 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C13K 13/00 (20130101) C13K 13/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09359680 | Corbea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Javier Jesus Concepcion Corbea (Upton, New York); Zoufeng Chen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jonah Wesley Jurss (Berkeley, California); Joseph L. Templeton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Paul Hoertz (Morrisville, North Carolina); Thomas J. Meyer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Javier Jesus Concepcion Corbea (Upton, New York); Zoufeng Chen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jonah Wesley Jurss (Berkeley, California); Joseph L. Templeton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Paul Hoertz (Morrisville, North Carolina); Thomas J. Meyer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides ruthenium or osmium complexes and their uses as a catalyst for catalytic water oxidation. Another aspect of the invention provides an electrode and photo-electrochemical cells for electrolysis of water molecules. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/492887 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/16 (20130101) B01J 31/183 (20130101) B01J 31/1815 (20130101) B01J 2231/70 (20130101) B01J 2531/0244 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) B01J 2531/825 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0053 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/003 (20130101) C25B 1/04 (20130101) C25B 3/04 (20130101) C25B 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/04 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/366 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/135 (20151101) |
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| US 09359685 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyoung-Shin Choi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Yongju Jung (West Lafayette, Indiana); Nikhilendra Singh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyoung-Shin Choi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Yongju Jung (West Lafayette, Indiana); Nikhilendra Singh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a conductive polymer deposit on a substrate is disclosed. The method may include the steps of preparing a composition comprising monomers of the conductive polymer and a nitrosyl precursor, contacting the substrate with the composition so as to allow formation of nitrosyl ion on the exterior surface of the substrate, and allowing the monomer to polymerize into the conductive polymer, wherein the polymerization is initiated by the nitrosyl ion and the conductive polymer is deposited on the exterior surface of the substrate. The conductive polymer may be polypyrrole. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/641778 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 5/54 (20130101) C25D 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25D 11/00 (20130101) C25D 15/00 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/127 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09359695 | Rios et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tennessee); Wyatt Evan Tenhaeff (Knoxville, Tennessee); Claus Daniel (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nancy Johnston Dudney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alexander Johs (Knoxville, Tennessee); Grady Alexander Nunnery (Rock Hill, South Carolina); Frederick Stanley Baker (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tennessee); Wyatt Evan Tenhaeff (Knoxville, Tennessee); Claus Daniel (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nancy Johnston Dudney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alexander Johs (Knoxville, Tennessee); Grady Alexander Nunnery (Rock Hill, South Carolina); Frederick Stanley Baker (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making an anode includes the steps of providing fibers from a carbonaceous precursor, the carbon fibers having a glass transition temperature Tg. In one aspect the carbonaceous precursor is lignin. The carbonaceous fibers are placed into a layered fiber mat. The fiber mat is fused by heating the fiber mat in the presence of oxygen to above the Tg but no more than 20% above the Tg to fuse fibers together at fiber to fiber contact points and without melting the bulk fiber mat to create a fused fiber mat through oxidative stabilization. The fused fiber mat is carbonized by heating the fused fiber mat to at least 650° C. under an inert atmosphere to create a carbonized fused fiber mat. A battery anode formed from carbonaceous precursor fibers is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/567275 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal 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) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D01F 9/17 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/54 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09359808 | Goodwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George B. Goodwin (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Buchanan (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An insulating unit includes a first spacer frame between first and second sheets, e.g. glass sheets, and a second spacer frame between the second sheet and a third sheet. A first surface of the first spacer frame is adhered to inner surface of the first sheet, and an opposite second surface of the first spacer frame is adhered to a first surface of the second sheet, by a moisture impervious adhesive layer. A first outer surface of the second spacer frame is adhered to a second surface of the second sheet, and an opposite second outer surface of the second spacer frame is adhered to an inner surface of the third sheet, by the adhesive layer. The first spacer frame and the second spacer frame have an offset of greater than zero. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623915 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Fixed or Movable Closures for Openings in Buildings, Vehicles, Fences or Like Enclosures in General, e.g Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates E06B 3/663 (20130101) E06B 3/6617 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E06B 3/66366 (20130101) E06B 3/67326 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 80/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09359902 | Campbell, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian X. Campbell, Jr. (Charlotte, North Carolina); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Jan H. Marsh (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian X. Campbell, Jr. (Charlotte, North Carolina); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Jan H. Marsh (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine and having at least one ambient air cooling system is disclosed. At least a portion of the cooling system may include one or more cooling channels configured to receive ambient air at about atmospheric pressure. The ambient air cooling system may have a tip static pressure to ambient pressure ratio of at least 0.5, and in at least one embodiment, may include a tip static pressure to ambient pressure ratio of between about 0.5 and about 3.0. The cooling system may also be configured such that an under root slot chamber in the root is large to minimize supply air velocity. One or more cooling channels of the ambient air cooling system may terminate at an outlet at the tip such that the outlet is aligned with inner surfaces forming the at least one cooling channel in the airfoil to facilitate high mass flow. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930479 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — 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) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/22141 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09359908 | Bidkar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Anil Bidkar (Niskayuna, New York); Andrew Paul Giametta (Greenville, South Carolina); Nathan Evan McCurdy Gibson (West Chester, Ohio); Nicolas Joseph Cleveland (Cohoes, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerodynamic seal assembly for a rotary machine includes multiple sealing segments disposed circumferentially intermediate to a stationary housing and a rotor. Each of the segments includes a shoe plate with a forward load-bearing section and an aft load-bearing section configured to generate an aerodynamic force between the shoe plate and the rotor. The shoe plate includes at least one labyrinth teeth facing the rotor and positioned between the forward load-bearing section and the aft load-bearing section. The sealing segment also includes at least one spring connected to a pedestal located about midway of an axial length of the shoe plate and to a stator interface element. Further, the sealing segment includes a rigid segmented secondary seal attached to the stator interface element at one first end and in contact with the pedestal of the shoe plate at one second end. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/325452 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/4478 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09359976 | Keating et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Keating (Ortonville, Michigan); Rodney E. Baker (Fenton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An engine assembly includes an intake assembly, a spark-ignited internal combustion engine, and an exhaust assembly. The intake assembly includes a charge air cooler disposed between an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) mixer and a backpressure valve. The charge air cooler has both an inlet and an outlet, and the back pressure valve is configured to maintain a minimum pressure difference between the inlet of the charge air cooler and an outlet of the backpressure valve. A dedicated exhaust gas recirculation system is provided in fluid communication with at least one cylinder and with the EGR mixer. The dedicated exhaust gas recirculation system is configured to route all of the exhaust gas from the at least one cylinder to the EGR mixer for recirculation back to the engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/869313 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 29/0475 (20130101) Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 25/0706 (20130101) F02M 25/0707 (20130101) F02M 25/0735 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02M 25/0749 (20130101) F02M 35/10295 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/121 (20130101) Y02T 10/146 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09360573 | Vu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (San Ramon, California); LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. (San Ramon, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Kurt Toshimi Nihei (Oakland, California); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert A. Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Carene S. Larmat (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of characterizing properties of a medium from a non-linear interaction are include generating, by first and second acoustic sources disposed on a surface of the medium on a first line, first and second acoustic waves. The first and second acoustic sources are controllable such that trajectories of the first and second acoustic waves intersect in a mixing zone within the medium. The method further includes receiving, by a receiver positioned in a plane containing the first and second acoustic sources, a third acoustic wave generated by a non-linear mixing process from the first and second acoustic waves in the mixing zone; and creating a first two-dimensional image of non-linear properties or a first ratio of compressional velocity and shear velocity, or both, of the medium in a first plane generally perpendicular to the surface and containing the first line, based on the received third acoustic wave. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/092051 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 2210/12 (20130101) G01V 2210/16 (20130101) G01V 2210/125 (20130101) G01V 2210/127 (20130101) G01V 2210/588 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09360631 | Fraze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason D. Fraze (Littleton, Colorado); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foro Energy, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason D. Fraze (Littleton, Colorado); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a high power laser rotational optical assembly for use with, or in high power laser tools for performing high power laser operations. In particular, the optical assembly finds applications in performing high power laser operations on, and in, remote and difficult to access locations. The optical assembly has rotational seals and bearing configurations to avoid contamination of the laser beam path and optics. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/403509 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/32 (20130101) G02B 6/3624 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/4296 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09360643 | Rinzler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles C. Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); William C. Gray (Parker, Colorado); Jason D. Fraze (Littleton, Colorado); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado); Ryan P. McKay (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foro Energy, Inc. (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles C. Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); William C. Gray (Parker, Colorado); Jason D. Fraze (Littleton, Colorado); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado); Ryan P. McKay (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided high power laser connectors and couplers and methods that are capable of providing high laser power without the need for active cooling to remote, harsh and difficult to access locations and under difficult and harsh conditions and to manage and mitigate the adverse effects of back reflections. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/486795 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/3813 (20130101) G02B 6/3814 (20130101) G02B 6/3818 (20130101) G02B 6/4296 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09360689 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ming Liu (Riverside, California); Xiaobo Yin (Boulder, Colorado); Xiang Zhang (Alamo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Liu (Riverside, California); Xiaobo Yin (Boulder, Colorado); Xiang Zhang (Alamo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a one or more layer graphene optical modulator. In a first exemplary embodiment the optical modulator includes an optical waveguide, a nanoscale oxide spacer adjacent to a working region of the waveguide, and a monolayer graphene sheet adjacent to the spacer. In a second exemplary embodiment, the optical modulator includes at least one pair of active media, where the pair includes an oxide spacer, a first monolayer graphene sheet adjacent to a first side of the spacer, and a second monolayer graphene sheet adjacent to a second side of the spacer, and at least one optical waveguide adjacent to the pair. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/054342 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2001/0156 (20130101) G02F 2202/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361352 | Paglieroni |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Paglieroni (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system is provided that applies attribute- and topology-based change detection to objects that were detected on previous scans of a medium. The attributes capture properties or characteristics of the previously detected objects, such as location, time of detection, detection strength, size, elongation, orientation, etc. The locations define a three-dimensional network topology forming a constellation of previously detected objects. The change detection system stores attributes of the previously detected objects in a constellation database. The change detection system detects changes by comparing the attributes and topological consistency of newly detected objects encountered during a new scan of the medium to previously detected objects in the constellation database. The change detection system may receive the attributes of the newly detected objects as the objects are detected by an object detection system in real time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/748447 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30575 (20130101) G06F 17/30592 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361427 | Hillson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan J. Hillson (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University Of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan J. Hillson (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of a method of designing an implementation of a DNA assembly. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes (1) receiving a list of DNA sequence fragments to be assembled together and an order in which to assemble the DNA sequence fragments, (2) designing DNA oligonucleotides (oligos) for each of the DNA sequence fragments, and (3) creating a plan for adding flanking homology sequences to each of the DNA oligos. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes (1) receiving a list of DNA sequence fragments to be assembled together and an order in which to assemble the DNA sequence fragments, (2) designing DNA oligonucleotides (oligos) for each of the DNA sequence fragments, and (3) creating a plan for adding optimized overhang sequences to each of the DNA oligos. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/364285 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) G06F 19/18 (20130101) G06F 19/20 (20130101) G06F 19/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361463 | Ferragut et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Batelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik M. Ferragut (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Jason A. Laska (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Robert A. Bridges (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is described for receiving a stream of events and scoring the events based on anomalousness and maliciousness (or other classification). The system can include a plurality of anomaly detectors that together implement an algorithm to identify low-probability events and detect atypical traffic patterns. The anomaly detector provides for comparability of disparate sources of data (e.g., network flow data and firewall logs.) Additionally, the anomaly detector allows for regulatability, meaning that the algorithm can be user configurable to adjust a number of false alerts. The anomaly detector can be used for a variety of probability density functions, including normal Gaussian distributions, irregular distributions, as well as functions associated with continuous or discrete variables. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/103703 |
| ART UNIT | 2498 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/552 (20130101) G06F 21/577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09362101 | Vertes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a device may generally comprise a capillary having a first end and a second end; a laser to emit energy at a sample in the capillary to ablate the sample and generate an ablation plume in the capillary; an electrospray apparatus to generate an electrospray plume to intercept the ablation plume to produce ions; and a mass spectrometer having an ion transfer inlet to capture the ions. The ablation plume may comprise a collimated ablation plume. The device may comprise a flow cytometer. Methods of making and using the same are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/477112 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/145 (20130101) H01J 49/165 (20130101) H01J 49/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0404 (20130101) H01J 49/0463 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09362389 | Xing et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huili (Grace) Xing (Notre Dame, Indiana); Debdeep Jena (Notre Dame, Indiana); Kazuki Nomoto (Notre Dame, Indiana); Bo Song (Notre Dame, Indiana); Mingda Zhu (Notre Dame, Indiana); Zongyang Hu (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A nitride-based field effect transistor (FET) comprises a compositionally graded and polarization induced doped p-layer underlying at least one gate contact and a compositionally graded and doped n-channel underlying a source contact. The n-channel is converted from the p-layer to the n-channel by ion implantation, a buffer underlies the doped p-layer and the n-channel, and a drain underlies the buffer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/470569 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/201 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/0619 (20130101) H01L 29/1095 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/8083 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09362429 | Lany |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephan Lany (Arvada, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Photovoltaic thin-film materials comprising crystalline tin sulfide alloys of the general formula Sn1-x(R)xS, where R is selected from magnesium, calcium and strontium, as well as methods of producing the same, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/266213 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/20 (20130101) H01L 31/00 (20130101) H01L 31/032 (20130101) H01L 31/0324 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09362459 | Heikman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sten Heikman (Goleta, California); Matthew Jacob-Mitos (Santa Barbara, California); Ting Li (Ventura, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sten Heikman (Goleta, California); Matthew Jacob-Mitos (Santa Barbara, California); Ting Li (Ventura, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite high reflectivity mirror (CHRM) with at least one relatively smooth interior surface interface. The CHRM includes a composite portion, for example dielectric and metal layers, on a base element. At least one of the internal surfaces is polished to achieve a smooth interface. The polish can be performed on the surface of the base element, on various layers of the composite portion, or both. The resulting smooth interface(s) reflect more of the incident light in an intended direction. The CHRMs may be integrated into light emitting diode (LED) devices to increase optical output efficiency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/553025 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/00 (20130101) H01L 33/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/60 (20130101) H01L 33/0062 (20130101) H01L 33/387 (20130101) H01L 33/405 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09362475 | Cho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung Young Cho (Troy, Michigan); Dongjoon Ahn (Rochester Hills, Michigan); James R. Salvador (Royal Oak, Michigan); Gregory P. Meisner (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoelectric material includes a substrate particle and a plurality of conformal oxide layers formed on the substrate particle. The plurality of conformal oxide layers has a total oxide layer thickness ranging from about 2 nm to about 20 nm. The thermoelectric material excludes oxide nanoparticles. A method of making the thermoelectric material is also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/223570 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09362476 | Hla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saw Wai Hla (Athens, Ohio); Abdelrahim Hassanien (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Kendal Clark (Clinton, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saw Wai Hla (Athens, Ohio); Abdelrahim Hassanien (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Kendal Clark (Clinton, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a superconductive device of a single layer of (BETS)2GaCl4 molecules on a substrate surface which displays a superconducting gap that increases exponentially with the length of the molecular chain is provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/593592 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09362583 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 24M Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 24M Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Mihai Duduta (Somerville, Massachusetts); Richard Holman (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Pimpa Limthongkul (Boston, Massachusetts); Taison Tan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having high rate capability, and more particularly to devices, systems and methods of producing high capacity and high rate capability batteries having relatively thick semi-solid electrodes. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell includes an anode and a semi-solid cathode. The semi-solid cathode includes a suspension of an active material of about 35% to about 75% by volume of an active material and about 0.5% to about 8% by volume of a conductive material in a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte. An ion-permeable membrane is disposed between the anode and the semi-solid cathode. The semi-solid cathode has a thickness of about 250 μm to about 2,000 μm, and the electrochemical cell has an area specific capacity of at least about 7 mAh/cm2 at a C-rate of C/4. In some embodiments, the semi-solid cathode slurry has a mixing index of at least about 0.9. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/719566 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09362599 | Amine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois); Zonghai Chen (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois); Zonghai Chen (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium-air cell includes a negative electrode; an air positive electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte which includes an anion receptor that may be represented by one or more of the formulas. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/008414 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 12/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 12/06 (20130101) H01M 2300/0025 (20130101) |
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| US 09362749 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ning Lu (Richland, Washington); Yu Zhang (Richland, Washington); Pengwei Du (Richland, Washington); Yuri V. Makarov (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ning Lu (Richland, Washington); Yu Zhang (Richland, Washington); Pengwei Du (Richland, Washington); Yuri V. Makarov (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of controlling aggregated thermostatically controlled appliances (TCAs) for demand response is disclosed. A targeted load profile is formulated and a forecasted load profile is generated. The TCAs within an “on” or “off” control group are prioritized based on their operating temperatures. The “on” or “off” status of the TCAs is determined. Command signals are sent to turn on or turn off the TCAs. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/452340 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Air-conditioning; Air-humidification; Ventilation; Use of Air Currents for Screening F24F 11/001 (20130101) F24F 2011/0046 (20130101) F24F 2011/0058 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 23/1902 (20130101) G05D 23/1917 (20130101) G05D 23/1931 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 70/3225 (20130101) Y02B 70/3275 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 20/222 (20130101) Y04S 20/244 (20130101) |
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| US 09362757 | Deal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seeo, Inc (Hayward, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seeo, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Deal (Shelby Township, Michigan); Peter Paris (San Diego, California); Changqing Ye (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A battery management system employs electronic switches and capacitors. No traditional cell-balancing resistors are used. The BMS electronically switches individual cells into and out of a module of cells in order to use the maximum amount of energy available in each cell and to completely charge and discharge each cell without overcharging or under-discharging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/023394 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/0014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 7/0019 (20130101) |
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| US 09362788 | Shoykhet |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baldor Electric Company (Fort Smith, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baldor Electric Company (Fort Smith, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris A. Shoykhet (Beachwood, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric machine has a stator that comprises a plurality of laminations with an outer periphery, and each of the laminations has teeth about a central opening such that when the laminations are stacked side-by side to form the stator core, the plurality of teeth of adjacent laminations cooperate to form slots disposed circumferentially about the central opening that are configured to receive a plurality of stator windings. Each of the laminations has a plurality of cooling apertures angularly spaced about the central opening. The cooling apertures of adjacent laminations cooperate to form cooling manifolds that extend along a length of the stator core. A portion of the laminations has their cooling apertures offset from other laminations in the stack in a manner to create a plurality of flow path transverse to the manifolds and angularly between laminations and adjacent manifolds. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827560 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02K 9/12 (20130101) H02K 2213/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09362800 | Chiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Young Chiao (San Jose, California); Donald Arthur Bender (San Ramon, California); Andrew E. Means (Livermore, California); Philip K. Snyder (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amber Kinetics, Inc. (Freemont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Young Chiao (San Jose, California); Donald Arthur Bender (San Ramon, California); Andrew E. Means (Livermore, California); Philip K. Snyder (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flywheel is described having a rotor constructed of wire wound onto a central form. The wire is prestressed, thus mitigating stresses that occur during operation. In another aspect, the flywheel incorporates a low-loss motor using electrically non-conducting permanent magnets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/222693 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 3/47 (20130101) H02K 7/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02K 21/12 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/16 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/2119 (20150115) |
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| US 09362802 | Jordan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Jordan (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for energizing, operating and manipulating apparatuses in high voltage systems. The system uses a dielectric gas such as SF6 as a driving power supply for a pneumatic motor which ultimately charges a battery or other energy storage device. The stored energy can then be used for instrumentation equipment, or to power any electrical equipment, in the high voltage deck. The accompanying method provides for the use of the SF6 system for operating an electrical device in a high-voltage environment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/645387 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 33/32 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/1807 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 3/44 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Inscent, Inc. (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inscent, Inc. (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel F. Woods (Irvine, California); Spiros Dimitratos (Ontario, California); Robin W. Justice (Laguna Niguel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present specification discloses honeybee repellents exhibiting repellent properties similar to 2-heptanone, compositions comprising such repellents, uses to repel a honeybee from a mammal, location, plant, structure treated of such repellents, and methods of treating a mammal, location, plant, structure by applying such repellents. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/269112 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 35/04 (20130101) A01N 35/10 (20130101) A01N 35/10 (20130101) A01N 35/10 (20130101) A01N 43/10 (20130101) A01N 43/10 (20130101) A01N 43/10 (20130101) A01N 43/12 (20130101) A01N 43/32 (20130101) A01N 43/38 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/56 (20130101) A01N 43/56 (20130101) A01N 43/56 (20130101) A01N 43/64 (20130101) A01N 43/64 (20130101) A01N 43/64 (20130101) A01N 43/66 (20130101) A01N 43/78 (20130101) A01N 43/84 (20130101) A01N 43/84 (20130101) A01N 43/84 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/90 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 43/653 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 251/10 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) C07D 417/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09358023 | Konofagou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elisa E. Konofagou (New York, New York); James J. Choi (Englewood, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elisa E. Konofagou (New York, New York); James J. Choi (Englewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for opening a tissue to a target value using microbubbles are disclosed herein. In an embodiment of a method for opening a tissue to a target value using microbubbles, a region of the tissue is targeted for opening, an acoustic parameter corresponding to the target value is determined, and an ultrasound beam is applied to the target region at the acoustic parameter such that the tissue at the target region is opened to the target value with the microbubbles. The acoustic parameter can be selected to control an acoustic cavitation event and, in some embodiments, controlling an acoustic cavitation event can include controlling a location, number and/or magnitude of acoustic cavitation events. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/426400 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/0808 (20130101) A61B 8/0816 (20130101) A61B 17/225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09358534 | Bono et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael S. Bono (Clifton Park, New York); Nicholas J. H. Dunn (Bangor, Maine); Lauren B. Brown (Gloversville, New York); Stephen J. Juhl (Collinsville, Connecticut); Ann M. Anderson (Scotia, New York); Bradford A. Bruno (Delanson, New York); Mary K. Mahony (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Union College (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Bono (Clifton Park, New York); Nicholas J. H. Dunn (Bangor, Maine); Lauren B. Brown (Gloversville, New York); Stephen J. Juhl (Collinsville, Connecticut); Ann M. Anderson (Scotia, New York); Bradford A. Bruno (Delanson, New York); Mary K. Mahony (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst which remediates hydrocarbon fuel combustion exhaust, including a non-PGM containing aerogel which catalyzes the oxidation of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons and the reduction of nitrogen oxides present in the exhaust, a catalytic converter made therefrom, and a method for the production thereof is disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/304753 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/945 (20130101) B01D 2255/30 (20130101) B01D 2255/65 (20130101) B01D 2255/2092 (20130101) B01D 2255/20707 (20130101) B01D 2255/20753 (20130101) B01D 2255/20761 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/04 (20130101) B01J 21/08 (20130101) B01J 21/063 (20130101) B01J 23/72 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/04 (20130101) B01J 35/0026 (20130101) B01J 35/1019 (20130101) B01J 35/1023 (20130101) B01J 35/1061 (20130101) B01J 37/0009 (20130101) B01J 37/033 (20130101) B01J 37/036 (20130101) B01J 37/0205 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09358539 | Abate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam R. Abate (Somerville, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam R. Abate (Somerville, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Articles and methods for controlling flow in fluidic Systems, especially in microfluidic Systems, are provided. A microfluidic System includes a configuration such that the actuation of a single valve can allow the switching of fluids from a first fluid path (e.g., a first channel section) to a second fluid path (e.g., a second channel section). This may be achieved by incorporating a valve (38) with a first channel section (24), which may have a lower hydrodynamic resistance than a second channel section (28) prior to actuation of the valve. Actuation of the valve (38) can cause only the hydrodynamic resistance of the first channel section (24) to increase, thereby redirecting fluid flow into the second channel section (28) (which now has a relatively lower hydrodynamic resistance). The valve comprises a control channel (40) for introducing a positive or reduced pressure, and is adapted to modulate fluid flow in an adjacent channel section by constricting or expanding the channel section (24). |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/992376 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/0268 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/146 (20130101) B01L 2200/0605 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/082 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0017 (20130101) F16K 99/0026 (20130101) F16K 99/0055 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/2575 (20150115) |
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| US 09358750 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Soojin Park (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jia-Yu Wang (Chicago, Illinois); Bokyung Kim (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanopatterned surfaces are prepared by a method that includes forming a block copolymer film on a substrate, annealing and surface reconstructing the block copolymer film to create an array of cylindrical voids, depositing a metal on the surface-reconstructed block copolymer film, and heating the metal-coated block copolymer film to redistribute at least some of the metal into the cylindrical voids. When very thin metal layers and low heating temperatures are used, metal nanodots can be formed. When thicker metal layers and higher heating temperatures are used, the resulting metal structure includes nanoring-shaped voids. The nanopatterned surfaces can be transferred to the underlying substrates via etching, or used to prepare nanodot- or nanoring-decorated substrate surfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944329 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/12049 (20150115) Y10T 428/24355 (20150115) |
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| US 09359204 | DiSalvo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis DiSalvo (Ithaca, New York); Minghui Yang (Ithaca, New York); Michelle MacLeod (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis DiSalvo (Ithaca, New York); Minghui Yang (Ithaca, New York); Michelle MacLeod (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of mesoporous metal nitride materials may be formed by a method that includes treating with ammonia (or a related bonded nitrogen and hydrogen containing reducing material) a mixed metal oxide material that comprises at least one first metal that forms an unstable product with ammonia and at least one second metal that forms a stable product with ammonia to form the metal nitride materials that include the second metal but not the first metal. The method contemplates forming metal nitride materials, as well as metal oxynitride materials. A related method that uses a non-bonded nitrogen and hydrogen containing reducing material may yield a mesoporous metal oxide. In particular the at least one metal that forms an unstable product with ammonia comprises zinc metal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/354001 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/06 (20130101) C01B 21/062 (20130101) C01B 21/076 (20130101) C01B 21/0617 (20130101) C01B 21/0821 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/60 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/76 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/14 (20130101) C01P 2006/16 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09359228 | Bezbaruah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Achintya Bezbaruah (West Fargo, North Dakota); Talal Bakheet Almeelbi (Yanbu, Saudi Arabia); Michael Quamme (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Achintya Bezbaruah (West Fargo, North Dakota); Talal Bakheet Almeelbi (Yanbu, Saudi Arabia); Michael Quamme (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A biodegradable iron-crosslinked alginate is useful as a remediation agent for environmental contaminants such as phosphate. When charged with phosphate, or other nutrients, the iron-functionalized alginate can be used as an agricultural fertilizer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/213111 |
| 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 20/0229 (20130101) B01J 20/265 (20130101) B01J 20/267 (20130101) B01J 20/3236 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/281 (20130101) C02F 1/286 (20130101) C02F 1/288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 2101/103 (20130101) C02F 2101/105 (20130101) C02F 2101/106 (20130101) C02F 2103/001 (20130101) C02F 2103/06 (20130101) C02F 2103/007 (20130101) C02F 2103/10 (20130101) C02F 2305/08 (20130101) Phosphatic Fertilisers C05B 7/00 (20130101) C05B 7/00 (20130101) C05B 17/00 (20130101) Inorganic Fertilisers Not Covered by Subclasses C05B, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide C05D 9/02 (20130101) C05D 9/02 (20130101) C05D 9/02 (20130101) Organic Fertilisers Not Covered by Subclasses C05B, C05C, e.g Fertilisers From Waste or Refuse C05F 11/00 (20130101) C05F 11/00 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0084 (20130101) |
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| US 09359394 | Bennett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clay S. Bennett (Somerville, Massachusetts); An-Hsiang A. Chu (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for selective synthesis of 1,2-cis-α-linked glycosides which does not require the use of the specialized protecting group patterns normally employed to control diastereoselectivity. Thioglycoside acceptors can be used, permitting iterative oligosaccharide synthesis. The approach eliminates the need for lengthy syntheses of monosaccharides possessing highly specialized and unconventional protecting group patterns. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/247729 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/18 (20130101) C07H 15/24 (20130101) C07H 15/203 (20130101) Steroids C07J 17/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/55 (20151101) |
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| US 09359465 | Kennedy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P. Kennedy (Akron, Ohio); Yongmoon Kwon (Copley, Ohio); Subramanyam Ummadisetty (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Kennedy (Akron, Ohio); Yongmoon Kwon (Copley, Ohio); Subramanyam Ummadisetty (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene (PIB) compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to polyisobutylene compounds that can be used to synthesize polyurethanes, to polyurethane compounds made via the use of such polyisobutylene compounds, and to processes for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene compounds having two or more primary alcohol termini and to a process for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to primary terminated polyisobutylene compounds having two or more primary termini selected from amine groups or methacrylate groups. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017761 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 17/013 (20130101) C07C 19/075 (20130101) C07C 31/18 (20130101) C07C 51/00 (20130101) C07C 209/08 (20130101) C07C 211/01 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2/38 (20130101) C08F 4/16 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/10 (20130101) C08F 8/12 (20130101) C08F 8/20 (20130101) C08F 8/20 (20130101) C08F 8/20 (20130101) C08F 8/20 (20130101) C08F 8/20 (20130101) C08F 8/20 (20130101) C08F 8/26 (20130101) C08F 8/26 (20130101) C08F 8/26 (20130101) C08F 8/26 (20130101) C08F 8/26 (20130101) C08F 8/26 (20130101) C08F 8/26 (20130101) C08F 8/26 (20130101) C08F 8/26 (20130101) C08F 8/30 (20130101) C08F 8/30 (20130101) C08F 8/30 (20130101) C08F 10/10 (20130101) C08F 10/10 (20130101) C08F 10/10 (20130101) C08F 10/10 (20130101) C08F 10/10 (20130101) C08F 10/10 (20130101) C08F 10/10 (20130101) C08F 10/10 (20130101) C08F 10/10 (20130101) C08F 110/10 (20130101) C08F 110/10 (20130101) C08F 110/10 (20130101) C08F 110/10 (20130101) C08F 110/10 (20130101) C08F 110/10 (20130101) C08F 110/10 (20130101) C08F 110/10 (20130101) C08F 2810/30 (20130101) C08F 2810/40 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/3206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 18/6204 (20130101) |
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| US 09359666 | Shang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jian-Ku Shang (Mahomet, Illinois); Qi Li (Liaoning Province, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-Ku Shang (Mahomet, Illinois); Qi Li (Liaoning Province, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a doped metal oxide comprises heating a first doped metal oxide with a laser, to form a crystallized doped metal oxide. The crystallized doped metal oxide has a different crystal structure than the first doped metal oxide. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/256300 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/145 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 19/02 (20130101) C01G 23/047 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/081 (20130101) C23C 14/083 (20130101) C23C 14/086 (20130101) C23C 14/0676 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 14/3492 (20130101) C23C 14/5813 (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 1/023 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09359689 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Xu (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, 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, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/661740 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/16 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09360422 | Koerperick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ASL Analytical, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ASL Analytical, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin John Koerperick (North Liberty, Iowa); Jonathon Todd Olesberg (Iowa City, Iowa); Christine Esther Evans (North Liberty, Iowa); Mark Allen Arnold (Iowa City, Iowa); Gary Wray Small (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical probe with associated disposable polymer sheath for near-infrared optical interrogation of fluids within bioprocessing vessels by means of transmission or transflection spectroscopy provides for the determination of quantities and parameters of substances in fluids contained within bioprocessing vessels. Associated methods for use of the optical probe and associated sheath to determine quantities of substances in fluids and parameters of fluids during bioprocesses are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/709955 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 9/00 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/28 (20130101) C12M 41/00 (20130101) C12M 41/46 (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 1/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1456 (20130101) G01N 21/01 (20130101) G01N 21/17 (20130101) G01N 21/75 (20130101) G01N 21/359 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/0065 (20130101) |
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| US 09360475 | Dordick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan S. Dordick (Schenectady, New York); Ravindra S. Kane (Niskayuna, New York); Prashanth Asuri (Troy, New York); Sandeep S. Karajanagi (Troy, New York); Alexey A. Vertegel (Easley, South Carolina); Richard W. Siegel (Menands, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Dordick (Schenectady, New York); Ravindra S. Kane (Niskayuna, New York); Prashanth Asuri (Troy, New York); Sandeep S. Karajanagi (Troy, New York); Alexey A. Vertegel (Easley, South Carolina); Richard W. Siegel (Menands, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is directed to the application of a previously unknown property of nanomaterials—its ability to enhance protein activity and stability at high temperatures, in organic solvents, and in polymer composites. Nanomaterials such as single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) can significantly enhance enzyme function and stability in strongly denaturing environments. Experimental results and theoretical analysis reveal that the enhancement in stability is a result of the curvature of these nanoscale materials, which suppresses unfavorable protein-protein interactions. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/456571 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/587 (20130101) G01N 33/588 (20130101) G01N 33/54346 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09360509 | Naughton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Naughton (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Dong Cai (West Newton, Massachusetts); Binod Rizal (Brighton, Massachusetts); Thomas Chiles (Norfolk, Massachusetts); Huaizhou Zhao (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Naughton (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Dong Cai (West Newton, Massachusetts); Binod Rizal (Brighton, Massachusetts); Thomas Chiles (Norfolk, Massachusetts); Huaizhou Zhao (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocoaxial sensor includes an outer conductor, an inner conductor, a nanoporous dielectric material disposed between the outer and inner conductors, a nanocavity sized to allow target species to enter the nanocavity between the outer and inner conductors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/005205 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/3278 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/26 (20130101) G01R 27/2605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/00 (20130101) H01L 2221/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49124 (20150115) |
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| US 09360590 | Alisafaee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hossein Alisafaee (Charlotte, North Carolina); Michael Fiddy (Huntersville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hossein Alisafaee (Charlotte, North Carolina); Michael Fiddy (Huntersville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A metamaterial-based dispersion compensator includes a plurality of layers arranged in a geometric structure; wherein the plurality of layers comprise engineered metamaterials; wherein the engineered metamaterials and the geometric structure are configured to compensate dispersion across a wavelength spectrum. The metamaterial-based dispersion compensator utilizes a specifically engineered frequency response, in a compact metamaterial form-factor, to correct for naturally occurring and problematic dispersion in physical systems such as in optical communication systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/650989 |
| 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 1/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/30 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/026 (20130101) H01S 5/50 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/25133 (20130101) |
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| US 09360604 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Youngjong Kang (Anyang, South Korea); Joseph Walish (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edwin L. Thomas (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youngjong Kang (Anyang, South Korea); Joseph Walish (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edwin L. Thomas (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides polymeric materials arranged as photonic crystals, or portions of photonic crystals, having properties which can be easily tuned over a large range of wavelengths upon exposure to an external stimulus. In some embodiments, the photonic crystals comprise at least one portion which can undergo a change in a physical, chemical, dielectric, or other property upon exposure to an altering stimulus, resulting in a change in a diffracted wavelength of electromagnetic radiation (e.g, light) by the photonic crystal. Embodiments of the invention may advantageously exhibit large stop band tunability and rapid response times. Photonic crystals of the invention may be useful in a wide variety of applications, such as colorimetric sensors, active components of simple display devices, electrically controlled tunable optically pumped laser, photonic switches, multiband filters, and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495684 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/005 (20130101) G02B 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/15 (20130101) G02F 1/061 (20130101) G02F 1/0121 (20130101) G02F 2001/1519 (20130101) G02F 2202/022 (20130101) G02F 2202/32 (20130101) G02F 2202/36 (20130101) G02F 2203/023 (20130101) |
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| US 09360660 | Yi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ji Yi (Chicago, Illinois); Vadim Backman (Chicago, Illinois); Qing Wei (Evanston, Illinois); Hao F. Zhang (Deerfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain examples provide a structured illumination microscopy system. The example system includes a laser source to generate excitation illumination directed toward a target. The example system includes a modulator to modulate the excitation illumination temporally in a controllable spatial pattern to be constructed on the target object to provide sub-diffractional resolution in a lateral direction with respect to the target. The example system includes two synchronized laser scanning mirror units in confocal arrangement, the laser scanning units to be synchronized and controlled by a computing device, a first of the scanning mirror units to receive the modulated excitation illumination and project the modulated excitation illumination on the target object and a second of the scanning mirror units to receive emission fluorescence from the target and project the emission fluorescence. The example system includes a detector to collect emission fluorescence from the target via the second of the scanning mirror units. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/902288 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02014 (20130101) G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02069 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/45 (20130101) G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/4795 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 2021/456 (20130101) G01N 2021/1787 (20130101) G01N 2201/067 (20130101) G01N 2201/0691 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09361102 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lehigh University (Bethleham, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang Tan (Center Valley, Pennsylvania); Ben Niu (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the invention provides a method of controlling execution of a computer program. The method comprises the following runtime steps: parsing code to identify one or more indirect branches; creating a branch ID data structure that maps an indirect branch location to a branch ID, which is the indirect branch's equivalence class ID; creating a target ID data structure that maps a code address to a target ID, which is an equivalence class ID to which the address belongs; and prior to execution of an indirect branch including a return instruction located at an address: obtaining the branch ID associated with the return address from the branch ID data structure; obtaining the target ID associated with an actual return address for the indirect branch from the target ID data structure; and comparing the branch ID and the target ID. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/734601 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/41 (20130101) G06F 9/30058 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/6209 (20130101) |
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| US 09361807 | Roschelle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremy Roschelle (Palo Alto, California); Sarah Zaner (Lafayette, California); Charles M. Patton (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy Roschelle (Palo Alto, California); Sarah Zaner (Lafayette, California); Charles M. Patton (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for providing collaborative learning. In one embodiment, a method includes presenting a visual representation of a task in a first modality to a plurality of users in a group on a shared display and receiving a plurality of inputs from input devices associated with the respective users for solving the task. At least one of the inputs comprises a visual representation of the at least one input in a second modality that is different from the first modality and a successful completion of the task by the group requires a correct solution that is collectively dependent upon all of the inputs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477938 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G09B 7/02 (20130101) G09B 19/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09362101 | Vertes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a device may generally comprise a capillary having a first end and a second end; a laser to emit energy at a sample in the capillary to ablate the sample and generate an ablation plume in the capillary; an electrospray apparatus to generate an electrospray plume to intercept the ablation plume to produce ions; and a mass spectrometer having an ion transfer inlet to capture the ions. The ablation plume may comprise a collimated ablation plume. The device may comprise a flow cytometer. Methods of making and using the same are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/477112 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/145 (20130101) H01J 49/165 (20130101) H01J 49/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0404 (20130101) H01J 49/0463 (20130101) |
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| US 09362365 | Hebard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Foster Hebard (Gainesville, Florida); Sefaattin Tongay (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments are provided for graphite and/or graphene based semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer and a semimetal stack. In another embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer and a zero gap semiconductor layer. The semimetal stack/zero gap semiconductor layer is formed on the semiconductor layer, which forms a Schottky barrier. In another embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor layers and a semimetal stack. In another embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor layers and a zero gap semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a first semiconducting material and the second semi conductor layer includes a second semiconducting material formed on the first semiconductor layer. The semimetal stack/zero gap semiconductor layer is formed on the second semiconductor layer, which forms a Schottky barrier. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/524465 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/47 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/475 (20130101) H01L 29/812 (20130101) H01L 29/872 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) |
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| US 09362367 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Williams (Opelika, Alabama); Ayayi C. Ahyi (Auburn, Alabama); Tamara F Isaacs-Smith (Auburn, Alabama); Yogesh K. Sharma (Kenilworth, United Kingdom); Leonard C. Feldman (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Illustrative embodiments of semiconductor devices including a polar insulation layer capped by a non-polar insulation layer, and methods of fabrication of such semiconductor devices, are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a semiconductor device may comprise a semiconductor substrate, a polar insulation layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate and comprising a Group V element configured to increase a carrier mobility in at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate, and a non-polar insulation layer disposed above the polar insulation layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/800694 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/045 (20130101) H01L 21/049 (20130101) H01L 21/02129 (20130101) H01L 21/02164 (20130101) H01L 21/02236 (20130101) H01L 21/02255 (20130101) H01L 21/02321 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/513 (20130101) H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/42364 (20130101) |
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| US 09362460 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn-Yu Lin (Niskayuna, New York); Yong Sung Kim (Latham, New York); Mei-Li Hsieh (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn-Yu Lin (Niskayuna, New York); Yong Sung Kim (Latham, New York); Mei-Li Hsieh (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to an integrated polarized light emitting diode device that has a light emitting diode, a metal grating, an oxide layer, and a built-in photonic crystal rotator. Additional teachings include a method for making the integrated polarized light emitting diode, a method for improving the polarization selectivity and energy efficiency of a light emitting diode, and a method for rotating polarization of a light emitting diode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/810380 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/18 (20130101) G02B 5/30 (20130101) G02B 5/32 (20130101) G02B 5/3008 (20130101) G02B 5/3058 (20130101) G02B 5/3083 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/58 (20130101) H01L 2933/0083 (20130101) |
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| US 09362549 | Rojeski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald A. Rojeski (Campbell, California); Steven Klankowski (Manhattan, Kansas); Jun Li (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CPT IP Holdings, LLC (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald A. Rojeski (Campbell, California); Steven Klankowski (Manhattan, Kansas); Jun Li (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel hybrid lithium-ion anode material based on coaxially coated Si shells on carbon nanofibers (CNF). The unique cup-stacking graphitic microstructure makes the CNFs an effective Li+ intercalation medium. Highly reversible Li+ intercalation and extraction were observed at high power rates. More importantly, the highly conductive and mechanically stable CNF core optionally supports a coaxially coated amorphous Si shell which has much higher theoretical specific capacity by forming fully lithiated alloy. Addition of surface effect dominant sites in close proximity to the intercalation medium results in a hybrid device that includes advantages of both batteries and capacitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/935334 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal 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) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/50 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/70 (20130101) H01M 4/133 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/663 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/417 (20150115) Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) Y10T 29/49115 (20150115) |
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| US 09363467 | Garg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, Office of Technology Commercialization (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi Garg (College Park, Maryland); Avinash L. Varna (Chandler, Arizona); Adi Hajj-Ahmad (College Park, Maryland); Min Wu (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Various systems and methods may benefit from determination of environmental signatures in recordings. For example, such signatures may aid forensic analysis and alignment of media recordings, such as alignment of audio or video recordings. A method can include reading data representative of sensed light in a visual track of a video recording. The method can also include extracting an electric network frequency signal from the data representative of sensed light. |
| FILED | Friday, November 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/093399 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/913 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 2005/91342 (20130101) |
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| US 09363679 | Giannakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Emiliano Dall'Anese (St. Paul, Minnesota); Juan Andrés Bazerque (Minneaplis, Minnesota); Hao Zhu (St. Paul, Minnesota); Gonzalo Mateos (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes techniques for constructing power spectral density (PSD) maps representative of the distribution of radio frequency (RF) power as a function of both frequency and space (geographic location). For example, the disclosure describes techniques for construction PSD maps using robust basis pursuit forms of signal expansion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920767 |
| ART UNIT | 2466 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 24/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09363859 | Karlicek, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Karlicek, Jr. (Mechanicville, New York); Richard J. Radke (Slingerlands, New York); Thomas D. C. Little (Newtown, Massachusetts); Pankil M. Butala (Brighton, Massachusetts); Li Jia (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is an illumination system including an array of LED light sources for emitting light encoded with a modulation pattern, an array of sensors and a space characterization unit. The array of sensors receives emitted light scattered by an object. Each sensor determines a distance between the corresponding light source and the object using the modulation pattern. The space characterization unit uses the distance from each sensor to generate an elevation map indicating a presence of the object. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/394888 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 17/026 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00369 (20130101) G06K 9/00771 (20130101) G06K 9/2027 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0057 (20130101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/10152 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/0803 (20130101) H05B 33/0854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05B 37/0227 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09357716 | Takeda |
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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) | Fumiomi Takeda (Martinsburg, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The primocane management apparatus enables an operator to manipulate primocane-fruiting blackberries so that the primocanes are periodically bent into a horizontal configuration. The primocanes of the primocane-fruiting blackberries are managed so that the horizontally-grown primocanes produce an increased amount of fruit relative to conventionally-grown vertical primocanes. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/267141 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — 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 1/001 (20130101) A01G 9/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09357785 | Gonzalez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos F. Gonzalez (College Station, Texas); Stephen J. Ahern (College Station, Texas); Mayukh Das (College Station, Texas); Ryland F. Young, III (College Station, Texas); Tushar Surva Bhowmick (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for development of a virulent bacteriophage-based treatment for the control of plant diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa. The invention further provides methods of isolating and propagating bacteriophage virulent to X. fastidiosa in a Xanthomonas bacterial host and for treating or reducing symptoms of X. fastidiosa infection in a plant. The invention further provides methods of isolating and propagating bacteriophage virulent to Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri and for treating or reducing symptoms of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri infection in a plant. |
| FILED | Friday, October 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/057851 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2795/10221 (20130101) C12N 2795/10231 (20130101) C12N 2795/10233 (20130101) C12N 2795/10251 (20130101) C12N 2795/10321 (20130101) C12N 2795/10331 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/91 (20130101) |
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| US 09358283 | Corbeil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Synaptic Research, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Synaptic Research, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynette B. Corbeil (San Diego, California); Mark Hildebrand (La Jolla, California); Roshan Shrestha (San Diego, California); Aubrey Davis (Lakeside, California); Rachel Schrier (Del Mar, California); George A. Oyler (Lincoln, Nebraska); Julian N. Rosenberg (Naugatuck, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides diatom-based vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/353721 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 36/06 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/102 (20130101) A61K 39/107 (20130101) A61K 39/295 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/51 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/517 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/541 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/12 (20130101) C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/79 (20130101) C12N 2760/18534 (20130101) |
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| US 09360380 | Tonina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Idaho (Boise, Idaho); U.S. Department of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniele Tonina (Boise, Idaho); Charles H. Luce (Boise, Idaho); Frank Gariglio (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for monitoring waterbed environment are described. The method may comprise determining a first temperature at a location within the water column of a surface body of water that is representative of the upper thermal boundary condition between surface water and pore water environments, and determining at least a second temperature at the location at a first depth below a waterbed surface. The first and second temperatures are then used to monitor a waterbed environment. Certain embodiments are particularly useful for monitoring spatiotemporal variations of riverbed surface elevations, such as scour and deposition, over a time period. Probe/sensor assemblies are disclosed for practicing the method. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/890919 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 23/246 (20130101) G01F 23/247 (20130101) G01F 23/248 (20130101) Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 1/02 (20130101) G01K 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09363880 | Keener et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin M. Keener (Attica, Indiana); Paul A. Klockow (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin M. Keener (Attica, Indiana); Paul A. Klockow (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for decontamination of product is described. An object to be treated, which may be a food product or a medical device, is placed in a substantially closed dielectric container with a working gas. The container is placed in an apparatus capable of producing a controlled electrical discharge so as to create reactive ion species within the package. The object to be treated may be exposed either the immediate products of the electrical discharge or the long lasting reactive ion species, or both, so as to treat the object to reduce or eliminate specific contaminants, which may be biological pathogens or the cause of product spoilage, or inorganic contaminants. The reactive ion species may result from an atmospheric non-equilibrium plasma (ANEP) formed by the apparatus and the treatment may be performed without significantly increasing the bulk temperature of the object being treated. |
| FILED | Monday, August 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/861106 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 3/263 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/22 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/2406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05H 2001/2412 (20130101) H05H 2245/1225 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09358226 | Arbiser |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. The compounds are triphenyl methane analogs. The compounds and compositions can be used to treat and/or prevent a wide variety of cancers, including drug resistant cancers, inflammatory, degenerative and vascular diseases, including various ocular diseases, and parasitic infections. Representative triphenyl methane analogs include triphenyl methane analogs of various dyes, hormones, sugars, peptides, oligonucleotides, amino acids, nucleotides, nucleosides, and polyols. The compounds are believed to function by inhibiting tNOX expression, the effects of ROS, and/or the production of HIF2. Thus, the compounds are novel therapeutic agents for a variety of cancers and other diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/412895 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/14 (20130101) A61K 31/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/54 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/136 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/553 (20130101) A61K 31/662 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 223/26 (20130101) C07D 223/28 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/4056 (20130101) C07F 9/4059 (20130101) |
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| US 09359284 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beibei Chen (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Rama K. Mallampalli (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein X is a divalent linking moiety; and R1-R10 are each individually H, optionally-substituted alkyl, optionally-substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, halogen, amino, or hydroxy, provided that at least one of R3 or R8 is an optionally-substituted alkyl, a substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, or halogen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/406189 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/402 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 211/53 (20130101) C07C 229/38 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/06 (20130101) C07D 211/14 (20130101) C07D 213/06 (20130101) C07D 213/36 (20130101) C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 231/12 (20130101) C07D 233/61 (20130101) C07D 239/26 (20130101) C07D 265/30 (20130101) C07D 277/28 (20130101) C07D 295/135 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09359425 | Vandenbark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur A. Vandenbark (Portland, Oregon); Gregory G. Burrows (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the treatment of subjects with cognitive or neuropsychiatric impairment induced by substance addiction and for increasing cognitive function in a subject with substance addiction. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule including covalently linked first, second, and third domains; wherein the first domain is an MHC class II β1 domain and the second domain is an MHC class II α1 domain; or wherein the first domain is an MHC class I α1 domain and the second domain is an MHC class I α2 domain; and wherein the third domain is covalently linked to the first domain and comprises an antigen of the central or peripheral nervous system. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/518876 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0007 (20130101) A61K 39/0007 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/605 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/70539 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09357764 | Tempelman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Linda A. Tempelman (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Simon G. Stone (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GINER, INC. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda A. Tempelman (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Simon G. Stone (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | System for fluid perfusion of biological matter that includes tissue. According to one embodiment, the system may include a storage container for storing the biological matter, a thermal control device for cooling the contents of the storage container, a gas generator for generating a preserving gas, a fluid conduit coupled to the gas generator and insertable into tissue for delivering the preserving gas to the biological matter, and a process controller for controlling the operation of the gas generator and the thermal control device. The gas generator, in turn, may include an electrochemical oxygen concentrator and/or a water electrolyzer for generating the preserving gas. The system may further include a liquid perfusion system that includes a reservoir of liquid perfusate, a fluid delivery conduit for delivering liquid perfusate from the reservoir to the biological matter, and a fluid draining conduit for draining liquid perfusate from the biological matter. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/341565 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| 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 1/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 1/0247 (20130101) |
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| US 09357781 | Woods et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Inscent, Inc. (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inscent, Inc. (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel F. Woods (Irvine, California); Spiros Dimitratos (Ontario, California); Robin W. Justice (Laguna Niguel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present specification discloses honeybee repellents exhibiting repellent properties similar to 2-heptanone, compositions comprising such repellents, uses to repel a honeybee from a mammal, location, plant, structure treated of such repellents, and methods of treating a mammal, location, plant, structure by applying such repellents. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/269112 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 35/04 (20130101) A01N 35/10 (20130101) A01N 35/10 (20130101) A01N 35/10 (20130101) A01N 43/10 (20130101) A01N 43/10 (20130101) A01N 43/10 (20130101) A01N 43/12 (20130101) A01N 43/32 (20130101) A01N 43/38 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/40 (20130101) A01N 43/56 (20130101) A01N 43/56 (20130101) A01N 43/56 (20130101) A01N 43/64 (20130101) A01N 43/64 (20130101) A01N 43/64 (20130101) A01N 43/66 (20130101) A01N 43/78 (20130101) A01N 43/84 (20130101) A01N 43/84 (20130101) A01N 43/84 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/86 (20130101) A01N 43/90 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 43/653 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 47/40 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 51/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 251/10 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) C07D 417/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09360285 | Motes, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doyle Tunnie Motes, III (Austin, Texas); Alexander Edward Zielinski (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A projectile cartridge for a hybrid capillary variable velocity electric launcher comprising a launcher and breech/barrel assembly as well as a projectile and a pulsed power supply for supplying adjustable amounts of electric energy to permit variable projectile velocity. The projectile cartridge also includes at least an anode and cathode section, a fuse wire, a capillary liner, and the projectile, which may include both a slug and a sabot jacket. A hybridization medium is included with restraining mechanisms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320946 |
| 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 6/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 14/06 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09358215 | Dewitt |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BIND BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BIND THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Dewitt (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This application provides a high throughput method of making nanoparticles that utilizes plates comprising wells (e.g., 96-well plates). |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/499599 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers Specially Adapted for Medical or Pharmaceutical Purposes; Devices or Methods Specially Adapted for Bringing Pharmaceutical Products into Particular Physical or Administering Forms; Devices for Administering Food or Medicines Orally; Baby Comforters; Devices for Receiving Spittle A61J 3/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 47/48969 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) |
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| US 09359689 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Xu (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, 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, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/661740 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/16 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09358628 | Aglan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Heshmat Aglan (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY A UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heshmat Aglan (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-pass gas metal arc weld (“GMAW”) approach is used for in-situ repair of railhead defects. A defect is removed via machining a perpendicular slot or grove in the railhead leaving the web and base unaltered. A sufficient number of GMAW passes are used to fill the slot using a weld material suitable for the particular type of parent steel, and excess weldment can be removed. Optionally, for pearlitic steel rails post-weld heat treatment can be used to cause austenization and/or quenching of the weld. The weld heat inputs and other parameters are controlled to avoid ductile and brittle fracture related morphologies. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/717137 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 9/23 (20130101) B23K 9/173 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 2201/26 (20130101) Permanent Way; Permanent-way Tools; Machines for Making Railways of All Kinds E01B 5/02 (20130101) E01B 31/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09361877 | Antonio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Antonio (Norman, Oklahoma); Mark B. Yeary (Purcell, Oklahoma); Thomas D. Hosman (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasonic communication system comprising an enclosure, a first module and a second module is described. The enclosure has an internal surface, an external surface, and defines at least one metal channel. The first module comprises an ultrasonic transceiver disposed within the enclosure. The first module is positioned on the internal surface of the enclosure and is capable of transmitting and/or receiving modulated ultrasonic waves via the metal channel. The second module is positioned on the external surface of the enclosure and is adapted to transmit and/or receive modulated ultrasonic waves from the first module via the metal channel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/664275 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 11/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 11/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09358501 | Setlock 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) | John A Setlock (Grafton, Ohio); Robert D Green (North Olmsted, Ohio); Serene Farmer (Sagamore Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An oxygen pump can produce high-purity high-pressure oxygen. Oxygen ions (O2−) are electrochemically pumped through a multi-stage electrolysis stack of cells. Each cell includes an oxygen-ion conducting solid-state electrolyte between cathode and anode sides. Oxygen dissociates into the ions at the cathode side. The ions migrate across the electrolyte and recombine at the anode side. An insulator is between adjacent cells to electrically isolate each individual cell. Each cell receives a similar volt potential. Recombined oxygen from a previous stage can diffuse through the insulator to reach the cathode side of the next stage. Each successive stage similarly incrementally pressurizes the oxygen to produce a final elevated pressure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/300628 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/326 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/02 (20130101) C25B 9/18 (20130101) C25B 9/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09358730 | Ajayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas); Brent Joseph Carey (Blacklick, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas); Brent Joseph Carey (Blacklick, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of strengthening composites. In some embodiments, such methods generally comprise a step of applying a dynamic stress to the composite in order to increase at least one of the stiffness or strength of the composite. In some embodiments, the composite comprises: a polymer matrix; nanomaterial fillers; and an interphase between the polymer matrix and the nanomaterial fillers. In some embodiments, the stiffness or strength of the composite increases permanently in response to the applied stress. In some embodiments, the increase in the stiffness or strength of the composite may be associated with an increase in the storage modulus of the composite, a decrease in the loss modulus of the composite, and a decrease in the loss tangent of the composite. In some embodiments, the applied stress results in a rearrangement of the interphase. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531188 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 71/00 (20130101) B29C 71/0072 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/167 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/75 (20130101) Y10S 977/752 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09360601 | Na et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yun-Chung Na (Palo Alto, California); John Heck (Berkeley, California); Haisheng Rong (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming microelectronic structures are described. Embodiments of those methods may include forming a photomask on a (110) silicon wafer substrate, wherein the photomask comprises a periodic array of parallelogram openings, and then performing a timed wet etch on the (110) silicon wafer substrate to form a diffraction grating structure that is etched into the (110) silicon wafer substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, March 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/635912 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/1842 (20130101) G02B 5/1857 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/1861 (20130101) G02B 6/02009 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 09361533 | Serrels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DCG Systems, Inc. (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DCG SYSTEMS, INC. (Fremont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Serrels (Fremont, California); Prasad Sabbineni (San Ramon, California); James S. Vickers (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of obtaining two orthogonally polarized super-resolution images is provided. A first diffraction-limited image is obtained using horizontally polarized light; a second diffraction-limited image is obtained using vertically polarized light; and, the first and second images are processed so as to yield a convoluted image having super diffraction-limited performance in both dimensions. Enhanced alignment of CAD image to acquired image is facilitated using the horizontally and vertically polarized images. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679938 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/002 (20130101) G02B 21/0092 (20130101) G02B 27/58 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/3233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09363219 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo J. Campbell (Arlington, Virginia); Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Wayne H. Orbke (Germantown, Tennessee); Christine Ray (Washington, District of Columbia); Cathy M. Rogerson (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic account is provided to a customer to enable the customer to access electronic services, such as e-mail and electronic transactions. The electronic account links an electronic address of the customer to a physical address of the customer. Using the electronic account, electronic services can be provided to the customer at either the electronic or physical address, or both. The services can be both secure and non-secure and can be provided by any service provider, such as an online merchant, a government agency, or a bank. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/718802 |
| ART UNIT | 2415 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/107 (20130101) G06Q 20/04 (20130101) G06Q 20/10 (20130101) G06Q 20/14 (20130101) G06Q 20/40 (20130101) G06Q 20/102 (20130101) G06Q 20/401 (20130101) G06Q 20/3674 (20130101) G06Q 20/3821 (20130101) G06Q 20/4012 (20130101) G06Q 30/0601 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/06 (20130101) H04L 51/14 (20130101) H04L 51/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 51/28 (20130101) H04L 63/08 (20130101) H04L 63/083 (20130101) H04L 63/102 (20130101) H04L 63/123 (20130101) H04L 63/0823 (20130101) H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 67/306 (20130101) H04L 69/329 (20130101) H04L 2463/102 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09358537 | Miranda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul J. Miranda (Butte, Montana); Corby G. Anderson (Golden, Colorado); Edward Rosenberg (Missoula, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana Tech of the University of Montana (Butte, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Miranda (Butte, Montana); Corby G. Anderson (Golden, Colorado); Edward Rosenberg (Missoula, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Oxine ligands placed on styrene base ion exchange resins selectively remove iron and gallium from acidic solutions. After loading, the oxine resin is stripped of the loaded metals and used again for further metal removal. The resins can be used for process streams, acid rock drainages, or any other iron or gallium containing solution. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/027552 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 41/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 3/42 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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