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| US 09398883 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example method of representing cardiac information associated with a heart rhythm disorder includes accessing a plurality of neighboring cardiac signals obtained from a patient. The method also includes eliminating far-field activations from the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals using one or more divergence criteria that define local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals, the divergence criteria being associated with divergence among the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. The method further includes constructing a clinical representation of local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/798363 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 5/7278 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09398892 | Glossop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil David Glossop (Toronto, Canada); Bradford Johns Wood (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil David Glossop (Toronto, Canada); Bradford Johns Wood (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for adjusting the calibration of a tracked ultrasound device using the measured difference between two sets of fiducial markings in two relative positions of a tracker and an scan head of the device. The invention also provides a trackable ultrasound device that enables repeatable attachment of a tracker to a scan head, thus preserving an initial calibration between the tracker and the scan head. Furthermore, the invention provides a calibration jig that can be used to repeatably attach a tracker to an ultrasound scan head or to measure the difference between two relative positions of a tracker and a scan head. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/471629 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/12 (20130101) A61B 8/58 (20130101) A61B 8/445 (20130101) A61B 8/4245 (20130101) |
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| US 09399045 | Apte |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajendra S. Apte (Clayton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treatment of diseases that include or are characterized by inappropriate or pathological neovascularization are disclosed. These diseases include diseases of the eye, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and choroidal neovascularization which can occur in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Disclosed methods include applying to macrophages in cell culture an agent that causes upregulation of ABCA1 transporter protein, and administering the macrophages to a subject. The agents include, without limitation, LXR agonists. Administration routes can include, without limitation, intraocular, periocular, and systemic administration. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/927819 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/18 (20130101) A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/265 (20130101) A61K 31/421 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) A61K 35/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0645 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2501/999 (20130101) C12N 2502/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09399053 | Kraig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Kraig (Chicago, Illinois); Aya Pusic (Chicago, Illinois); Heidi Mitchell (Dubuque, Iowa); Yelena Grinberg (Riverside, California); Marcia Kraig (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Kraig (Chicago, Illinois); Aya Pusic (Chicago, Illinois); Heidi Mitchell (Dubuque, Iowa); Yelena Grinberg (Riverside, California); Marcia Kraig (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are directed to compositions and methods of treating migraine and related neurological disorders. In certain aspects, methods and compositions are for reducing cortical spreading depression and/or suppressing the neurochemical basis for chronic and acute migraine events, and provide methods and pharmaceutical compositions related to both acute and preventive therapies for migraine events and related headaches. In particular embodiments, treatment involves IL-11, interferon-gamma, or an IGF inducer such as IGF-1 or insulin. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/234276 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/28 (20130101) A61K 38/28 (20130101) A61K 38/30 (20130101) A61K 38/30 (20130101) A61K 38/217 (20130101) A61K 38/217 (20130101) A61K 38/2073 (20130101) A61K 38/2073 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09399055 | Radominska-Pandya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Radominska-Pandya (Little Rock, Arkansas); Alexandru S. Biris (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses a composition capable of delivering and expressing a nucleic acid encoding UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases, p53 or a combination thereof into a cell, and methods for treating tumors. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/336492 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0092 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48853 (20130101) A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 47/48869 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09399059 | Morrison |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trudy Morrison (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trudy Morrison (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides expression vectors and virus-like particles (VLPs) containing Newcastle Disease Virus Sequences in combination with sequences encoding proteins of interest. The vectors are useful in, for example, generating virus-like particles (VLPs) that contain proteins of interest. In one embodiment, the expressed VLPs elicit an immune response by an animal host against the protein. The invention's VLPs are useful as, for example, vaccines. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/012175 |
| 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 39/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/6081 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/14143 (20130101) C12N 2760/18123 (20130101) C12N 2760/18134 (20130101) C12N 2760/18423 (20130101) C12N 2760/18523 (20130101) C12N 2760/18623 (20130101) |
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| US 09399063 | Friedman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Friedman (New York, New York); Sarah Stanley (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Friedman (New York, New York); Sarah Stanley (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for the remote control of cell function based on the use of radiofrequency waves to excite nanoparticles targeted to specific cell types. The nanoparticles may be applied to the target cell extracellularly and/or expressed intracellularly. The cell type of interest expresses a temperature sensitive channel wherein excitation of the nanoparticles results in a localized temperature increase that is transduced into a cellular response. Such cellular responses may include, for example, increases in gene expression resulting in production of one or more physiologically active proteins. The expression of such proteins can be used to treat a variety of different inherited or acquired diseases or disorders in a subject. Accordingly, the invention provides a generic approach for treatment of any disease associated with a protein deficiency. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/239427 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/16 (20130101) A61K 9/1611 (20130101) A61K 33/26 (20130101) A61K 41/0028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/035 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09399068 | Heilshorn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah C. Heilshorn (Mountain View, California); Widya Mulyasasmita (Mountain View, California); Lei Cai (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A viscoelastic hydrogel based on a protein hetero-assembled with a polymer is provided. The protein cannot self-assemble with itself and the polymer cannot self-assemble with itself. The protein has a first association sequence (1stA) and a first spacer (1stSp). The polymer has a second association sequence (2ndA) and a second spacer (2ndSp). The first association sequence and the second association sequence are physically cross-linked to interact with each other with a 1:1 known and specific stoichiometry to form a three dimensional scaffold. The protein is represented by {1stA(1stSp)}x1stA, where x is ≧2, and the polymer is represented by {2ndA(2ndSp)}y2ndA, where y≧2. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/690589 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0012 (20130101) C12N 2533/30 (20130101) C12N 2533/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09399133 | Besio |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Board of Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rhode Island Board of Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter G. Besio (Kingston, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention employed a method to control electrical activity in a target area of an animal's body by administering transcranial focal stimulation to the target area to adjust activity to normal levels. An advanced automated control system would first detect the abnormal electrical activity using tripolar concentric ring electrodes and then provides transcranial focal electrical stimulation to the target area using noninvasive tripolar concentric ring electrode system in a closed-loop continuous feedback. The automated control system would be adaptable to include the use of therapeutic drugs, either non-continuously or continuously, as a more comprehensive treatment of the abnormal electric activity. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397318 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/5513 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0408 (20130101) A61N 1/0472 (20130101) A61N 1/36025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09399145 | Pepperberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Pepperberg (Chicago, Illinois); Karol Bruzik (Naperville, Illinois); Lan Yue (Chicago, Illinois); Michal Pawlowski (Chicago, Illinois); Haohua Qian (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Pepperberg (Chicago, Illinois); Karol Bruzik (Naperville, Illinois); Lan Yue (Chicago, Illinois); Michal Pawlowski (Chicago, Illinois); Haohua Qian (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating receptors in postsynaptic neurons of damaged or diseased retinas. The invention also related to methods for using the compositions set forth herein for treatment of diseases of hyperexcitability such as epilepsy. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662138 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/655 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/0622 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 245/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/452 (20130101) |
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| US 09399644 | Schaus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott E. Schaus (Boston, Massachusetts); Ulla Hansen (Bedford, Massachusetts); Joshua A. Bishop (Southborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to methods, compounds and/or compositions suitable for inhibiting, preventing and/or treating cancer, e.g. hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In some embodiments, the invention relates to the use of small-molecule compounds to inhibit, prevent and/or treat expression of the transcription factor Late SV40 Factor (LSF) for treatment of HCC or other cancer types. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/737600 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 491/056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 491/147 (20130101) |
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| US 09399652 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Johnson (Carrboro, North Carolina); Justin Malinowski (Durham, North Carolina); Robert Sharpe (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and intermediates useful for making compounds of Formula (I) are described, including a general method of making an alpha, beta-diamino ketone by reacting an imine with a 2-amino-substituted 1,3-dicarbonyl in a Mannich addition reaction to produce said alpha,beta-diamino ketone. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/758110 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/07 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 275/24 (20130101) C07C 275/26 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/1804 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 7/1848 (20130101) |
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| US 09399660 | Cushman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Cushman (West Lafayette, Indiana); Yves George Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Peng-Cheng Lu (West Lafayette, Indiana); Christophe Marchand (Silver Spring, Maryland); Keli Agama (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | N-Substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds, and pharmaceutical formulations of N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds are described. Also described are processes for preparing N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds. Also described are methods for treating cancer in mammals using the described N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds or pharmaceutical formulations thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/698335 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/4741 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 221/18 (20130101) Steroids C07J 73/003 (20130101) C07J 73/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07J 75/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09399662 | Sampson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John H. Sampson (Durham, North Carolina); Darell D. Bigner (Mebane, North Carolina); Duane Mitchell (Durham, North Carolina); Amy Heimberger (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Sampson (Durham, North Carolina); Darell D. Bigner (Mebane, North Carolina); Duane Mitchell (Durham, North Carolina); Amy Heimberger (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The concurrent administration of chemotherapy and immunotherapy has been considered a contraindication because of the concern that the induced lymphopenia would ablate therapeutic efficacy of immunotherapy. Temozolomide has been shown to be an effective chemotherapeutic for patients with malignant gliomas and to deprive patients with glioblastoma (GBM) patients of this agent in order to treat with immunotherapy is controversial. Despite conventional dogma, we demonstrate that both chemotherapy and immunotherapy can be delivered concurrently without negating the effects of immunotherapy, hi fact, the temozolomide induced lymphopenia may actually be synergistic with a peptide vaccine. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/092180 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0005 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 47/48284 (20130101) A61K 2039/6081 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/43504 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09399663 | Mocchetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Italo Mocchetti (Potomac, Maryland); Valeriya Avdoshina (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides and peptide analogs that competitively inhibit HIV protein gp120 and methods for making and using the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/630246 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 14/162 (20130101) |
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| US 09399666 | Arora et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paramjit S. Arora (Huntington, New York); Bogdan Olenyuk (Sierra Madre, California); Ross N. Chapman (Tuckahoe, New York); Laura Henchey (New York, New York); Katherine M. Block (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York); The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paramjit S. Arora (Huntington, New York); Bogdan Olenyuk (Sierra Madre, California); Ross N. Chapman (Tuckahoe, New York); Laura Henchey (New York, New York); Katherine M. Block (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to peptides having one or more stable, internally constrained α-helices, and that include a sequence that mimics at least a portion of the C-terminal transactivation domain of HIF-1α. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing these peptides and methods of using these peptides, for example to reduce gene transcription, treat or prevent disorders mediated by interaction of HIF-1α with CREB-binding protein and/or p300, reduce or prevent angiogenesis in a tissue, induce apoptosis, decrease cell survival and/or proliferation, and identify potential ligands of CREB-binding protein and/or p300. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/119108 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/04 (20130101) C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2500/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09399672 | Duan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongying Duan (Arlington, Virginia); Stephen M. Feinstone (Washington, District of Columbia); Marian Major (Alexandria, Virginia); Pei Zhang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A specific epitope on the surface of the hepatitis C virus that induces a neutralizing antibody response in vivo and neutralizing monoclonal antibodies that bind specifically to the epitope are disclosed. The antibodies block hepatitis C virus from infecting cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401648 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5767 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/186 (20130101) |
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| US 09399675 | Pereira 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) | Heloise Anne Pereira (Edmond, Oklahoma); Melva L. Gonzalez (St. Charles, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising monoclonal antibodies raised against CAP37 (Cationic Antimicrobial Protein of Mr 37 kDa) and isoforms thereof, along with antigen binding fragments thereof, are disclosed. The antibodies are used in the diagnosis and early detection of Alzheimer's disease and Age-Related Macular Degeneration. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/835566 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2333/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) |
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| US 09399682 | Jaiswal 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) | Siddhartha Jaiswal (San Francisco, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California); Ravindra Majeti (Stanford, California); Mark P. Chao (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided to manipulate phagocytosis of cancer cells, including e.g. leukemias, solid tumors including carcinomas, etc. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/800474 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 47/4863 (20130101) A61K 47/48569 (20130101) A61K 47/48607 (20130101) A61K 47/48615 (20130101) A61K 47/48623 (20130101) A61K 47/48638 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/3038 (20130101) C07K 16/3046 (20130101) C07K 16/3053 (20130101) C07K 16/3061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/3069 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09399762 | Farwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Farwell (Thousand Oaks, California); John A. McIntosh (Pasadena, California); Frances H. Arnold (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure generally relates to the fields of synthetic organic chemistry. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for the imidation of sulfides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/625514 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 13/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 106/02004 (20130101) |
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| US 09399791 | Annunziata et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ida Annunziata (Memphis, Tennessee); Alessandra D'Azzo (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ida Annunziata (Memphis, Tennessee); Alessandra D'Azzo (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the prognosis, diagnosis and treatment of various pathological states, including cancer, chemotherapy resistance and dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. The methods provided herein are based on the discovery that various proteins with a high level of sialylation are shown herein to be associated with disease states, such as, cancer, chemotherapy resistance and dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. Such methods provide a lysosomal exocytosis activity profile comprising one or more values representing lysosomal exocytosis activity. Also provided herein, is the discovery that low lysosomal sialidase activity is associated with various pathological states. Thus, the methods also provide a lysosomal sialidase activity profile, comprising one or more values representing lysosomal sialidase activity. A lysosomal sialidase activity profile is one example of a lysosomal exocytosis activity profile. As such, the level of lysosomal exocytosis activity and/or lysosomal sialidase activity is predictive of a diagnosis and/or prognosis of cancer, chemotherapy resistance or dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/239728 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/47 (20130101) A61K 38/48 (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 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2333/924 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09400169 | Zhou |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chao Zhou (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chao Zhou (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A space-division multiplexing optical coherence tomography apparatus and system is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a light source, a reference arm, and a sample arm. The sample arm splits the sampling light into a plurality of sampling beams which may be scanned simultaneously onto a surface of a sample. An optical delay may be introduced into the sampling beams before scanning. A plurality of reflected light signals returned from the sample is collected. In one arrangement, the signals may be combined to produce a single reflected light signal. The reflected light signal(s) and a reference signal are combined to produce an interference signal comprising data representative of digitized images captured of the actual object. In one embodiment, a single sample arm may be used for scanning and collecting image data. A related method is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/002523 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02004 (20130101) G01B 9/02019 (20130101) G01B 9/02028 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09400233 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiao Lin (New York, New York); Xian Huang (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiao Lin (New York, New York); Xian Huang (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed subject matter relates to a sensor or system for monitoring a target analyte by using a polymer solution that is capable of binding to the analyte. The sensor of the disclosed subject matter includes a viscosity-based sensor or a permittivity-based sensor. The viscosity-based sensor contains a semi-permeable membrane, a substrate, and a microchamber including a vibrational element. The permittivity-based sensor contains a semi-permeable membrane, a substrate, and a microchamber. The sensor discussed herein provides excellent reversibility and stability as highly desired for long-term analyte monitoring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246404 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09400353 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian T. Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois); Sherine George (Hillsboro, Oregon); Anusha Pokhriyal (Mountain View, California); Vikram Chaudhery (Springfield, Illinois); Meng Lu (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon-based photonic crystal includes a silicon substrate, a first dielectric with a grating structure formed therein, and a second dielectric with a higher index of refraction that covers at least a portion of the grating structure. The first dielectric can be formed on the silicon substrate, or a Fabry-Perot optical cavity can be formed between the silicon substrate and the first dielectric. An instrument can excite a fluorophore coupled to the photonic crystal by focusing collimated incident light that includes the fluorophore's excitation wavelength to a focal line on the surface of the photonic crystal such that the focal line is substantially parallel to the grating direction and can detect fluorescence radiation emitted by the fluorophore in response to the incident light. To provide for fluorescence enhancement, the excitation wavelength and/or emission wavelength of the fluorophore can couple to an optical resonance of the photonic crystal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/961697 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/648 (20130101) G01N 21/7743 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/1225 (20130101) |
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| US 09401017 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kwang Won Choi (Madison, Wisconsin); Chihwa Song (Madison, Wisconsin); Richard Kijowski (Verona, Wisconsin); Darryl Gerard Thelen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwang Won Choi (Madison, Wisconsin); Chihwa Song (Madison, Wisconsin); Richard Kijowski (Verona, Wisconsin); Darryl Gerard Thelen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for segmenting a medical image are provided. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving an image acquired from at least a portion of a subject's anatomy, selecting a first point within a target structure identified on the image, and determining a second and a third point associated with extents of a target biological tissue, the first, second and third points defining a sector described by the first point, a central angle and a subtended arc. The method also includes determining a plurality of arc points along the subtended arc, and extending a plurality of linear segments along directions determined by the first point and the plurality of arc points. The method further includes determining an intensity profile along each linear segment to identify boundaries of the target biological tissue, and generating a contour of the target biological tissue using the identified boundaries. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/269598 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — 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 9/48 (20130101) G06K 9/52 (20130101) G06K 9/468 (20130101) G06K 2009/4666 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0081 (20130101) |
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| US 09401044 | Kaufman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method for obtaining a conformal mapping of first image data corresponding to a source mesh to a target mesh, by generating a template of the source mesh and a template of the target mesh, processing the generated source mesh template and the generated target mesh template to obtain a conformal mapping from the source mesh to the target mesh, mapping the first image data corresponding to the source mesh to second image data corresponding to the target mesh according to the obtained conformal mapping, and outputting a mapped texture corresponding to the mapped second image data to the display corresponding to the target mesh. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/618314 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/001 (20130101) G06T 15/04 (20130101) G06T 17/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Mangino (Powhatan, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An organ protectant solution which is intravenously administered includes a high concentration of cell-impermeant molecules and at least one oncotic agent. The cell-impermeant molecules preferentially load into the interstitial space and the oncotic agent(s) is/are restricted to the vasculature space. Together, they promote transfer of water from cells to interstitium and into the capillaries, thereby preventing or reducing cell swelling, and maintaining blood circulation and oxygenation of tissues. The organ protectant solution extends the “Golden Hour” for traumatic and/or hemorrhagic shock patients, thereby allowing more time for those patients to reach a point of care facility to receive medical treatment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/253982 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — 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 1/0221 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/08 (20130101) A61K 31/191 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09399082 | Bowlin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary L. Bowlin (Mechanicsville, Virginia); David G. Simpson (Mechanicsville, Virginia); James R. Bowman (Richmond, Virginia); Stephen W. Rothwell (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L. Bowlin (Mechanicsville, Virginia); David G. Simpson (Mechanicsville, Virginia); James R. Bowman (Richmond, Virginia); Stephen W. Rothwell (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to dextran fibers which are preferably electrospun and devices formed from such fibers. In particular, such devices may include substances of interest (such as therapeutic substances) associated with the electrospun fibers. Upon exposure to a liquid the electrospun fibers dissolve immediately and the substances of interest are released into the liquid. Exemplary devices include bandages formed from electrospun dextran fibers and associated agents that promote hemostasis, such as thrombin and fibrinogen. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/937322 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 13/00034 (20130101) A61F 13/00063 (20130101) A61F 2013/0054 (20130101) A61F 2013/00472 (20130101) A61F 2013/00927 (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 15/28 (20130101) A61L 15/28 (20130101) A61L 15/32 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 2300/418 (20130101) A61L 2400/04 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/02 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0015 (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) D01F 6/92 (20130101) D01F 9/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09399515 | Riley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin Riley (Medway, Massachusetts); Andrew Meloni (Southborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represnted by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin Riley (Medway, Massachusetts); Andrew Meloni (Southborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerial delivery system includes at least one container mounted on a platform, an impact attenuator initially interposed between the container and the platform, an activation tether arranged to cause contents of the container to disperse, and rigging material attached to the impact attenuator, the platform and the activation tether and configured to rotate the platform to face upward and the impact attenuator to face downward during aerial delivery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/468504 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 1/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64D 17/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09399762 | Farwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Farwell (Thousand Oaks, California); John A. McIntosh (Pasadena, California); Frances H. Arnold (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure generally relates to the fields of synthetic organic chemistry. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for the imidation of sulfides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/625514 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 13/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 106/02004 (20130101) |
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| US 09399772 | Colbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trenton G. Colbert (Seattle, Washington); Susan R. Hurst (Seattle, Washington); Ann J. Slade (Bellevue, Washington); Dayna L. Loeffler (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A series of independent human-induced non-transgenic mutations found in an expansin gene (LeExp1) of tomato; tomato plants having these mutations in their LeExp1 genes; and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the LeExp1 gene by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the present invention exhibit fruit that soften more slowly post-harvest without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/178851 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/08 (20130101) 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 1/212 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6895 (20130101) C12Q 2600/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09399986 | Nelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Richard Nelson (Clifton Park, New York); Li Zhu (Clifton Park, New York); Xiaohui Chen (Niskayuna, New York); Christopher Michael Puleo (Niskayuna, New York); Patrick McCoy Spooner (Slingerlands, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Richard Nelson (Clifton Park, New York); Li Zhu (Clifton Park, New York); Xiaohui Chen (Niskayuna, New York); Christopher Michael Puleo (Niskayuna, New York); Patrick McCoy Spooner (Slingerlands, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A device, a system, and a method for isolating biomolecules from biological materials are provided. The device comprises a quartz-based solid phase extraction matrix comprising one or more reagents impregnated therein; and an electroosmotic pump (EOP) operationally coupled to the quartz-based solid phase extraction matrix to elute the nucleic acids, wherein the EOP comprises a plurality of electroosmotic membranes comprising one or more positive electroosmotic membranes and one or more negative electroosmotic membranes disposed alternatively and a plurality of electrodes comprising one or more cathodes and one or more anodes, wherein at least one cathode is disposed on one side of one of the membranes and at least one anode is disposed on another side of that membrane and at least one cathode or anode is disposed between a positive electroosmotic membrane and a negative electroosmotic membrane. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/599131 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 19/04 (20130101) F04B 19/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04B 19/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09400075 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan T. Miller (San Diego, California); Gregory W. Anderson (San Diego, California); Sean Herndon (San Diego, California); Charles M. Ringer (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan T. Miller (San Diego, California); Gregory W. Anderson (San Diego, California); Sean Herndon (San Diego, California); Charles M. Ringer (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A remotely actuated fill and release device and deployment method can include a disc manifold having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer circumferential surface. A fill passageway in the fill manifold can extend radially inward from the outer circumferential surface and can merge into a conical chamber, which can also be formed in disc manifold. The conical chamber can be formed with a maximum diameter proximate the upper surface and a minimum diameter proximate said lower surface. A release nose can be inserted into said conical chamber and fill bladder can be attached to the release nose. A FRANGIBOLT® can extend through the disc manifold and can be threaded into the release nose. A voltage can be selectively applied to the FRANGIBOLT®, which can fracture in response to the voltage, to selectively detach the release nose and fill bladder from the disc manifold without moving parts. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/679049 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 22/00 (20130101) B63B 22/02 (20130101) Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 55/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09400146 | Roland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Roland (Waldorf, Maryland); Daniel M. Fragiadakis (Alexandria, Virginia); Raymond M. Gamache (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for forming armored glass cylinders suitable for improving resistance of armor to armor piercing rounds, explosively formed penetrators, or other threats. Cool a cylindrical glass or ceramic element to a temperature below that of a cylindrical casing, place the cylindrical glass or ceramic element into the cylindrical casing while the cylindrical glass or ceramic element is cool, and seal the cylindrical casing and allow the temperature of the cylindrical glass or ceramic element to rise, such that the cylindrical casing compresses the cylindrical glass or ceramic element. Alternately, heat a metal cylindrical casing, press glass or ceramic into the cylinder while the metal cylinder is at an elevated temperature, seal the metal cylindrical casing while metal cylindrical casing is at an elevated temperature, and allow the metal cylinder to cool, such that when cooled, the cylindrical casing will compress the glass in all directions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/051395 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09400197 | Najafi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Najafi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mahdi Sadeghi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Rebecca L. Peterson (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid flow sensor that utilizes hot-wire anemometry and is a small, light weight, cost effective, easily manufactureable, and low power consuming device. The fluid flow sensor operates by exposing a hot wire loop to a fluid stream such that the amount of heat lost to fluid convection is a function of one or more fluid-related parameters (e.g., fluid speed, fluid type, fluid density, etc.). The heat loss affects the resistance in the wire loop, which can then be used to estimate the fluid speed or other fluid-related parameter. According to an exemplary embodiment, the fluid flow sensor includes one or more wire loops that are made from pre-formed wires and are wire bonded, micro-welded or otherwise non-monolithically attached to a substrate that may or may not include embedded sensor circuitry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623084 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 20/004 (20130101) Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/69 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09400215 | Islam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OMNI MEDSCI, INC. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omni Medsci, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammed N. Islam (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A diagnostic system includes a semiconductor light emitter(s) configured to generate an input beam having a wavelength shorter than about 2.5 microns. An optical amplifier(s) configured to receive a portion of the input beam communicates an intermediate beam to an output end of the optical amplifier. An optical fiber(s) configured to receive a portion of the intermediate beam forms an output beam with an associated wavelength. A subsystem having lenses or mirrors receives a received portion of the output beam and delivers a delivered portion of the output beam to a sample. The delivered portion has a temporal duration greater than approximately 30 picoseconds and a repetition rate between continuous wave and Megahertz or higher. A time averaged intensity of the delivered portion is less than approximately 50 MW/cm2. A light detection system collects and analyzes a fraction of the delivered portion that reflects or transmits from the sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/715960 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/108 (20130101) G01J 3/0218 (20130101) G01J 3/0245 (20130101) G01J 2003/102 (20130101) G01J 2003/423 (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 2001/3528 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/302 (20130101) H01S 3/1024 (20130101) H01S 3/06725 (20130101) H01S 3/06754 (20130101) H01S 3/094069 (20130101) H01S 3/094076 (20130101) H01S 5/0085 (20130101) H01S 5/146 (20130101) H01S 5/1092 (20130101) H01S 2301/085 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09400261 | Black et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Owlstone Limited (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Owlstone Limited (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mike Black (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Matthew Hart (London, United Kingdom); John Somerville (Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Alastair Taylor (Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom); Iva Manasi (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Max Allsworth (Essex, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion mobility gas detector apparatus including a detector core, an inlet gas path, an exhaust gas path, a source of diluent gas, and at least one or more sensors for measuring temperature, pressure and humidity of gas streams. Further included is a mixing mechanism adapted to mix at least first and second gas streams in response to one or more sensor measurements. A controller is provided for applying drive signals to the detector core. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/355475 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/622 (20130101) G01N 27/624 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/40 (20130101) H01J 49/403 (20130101) H01J 49/0422 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09400498 | Bruck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Foster-Miller, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foster-MIller, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt Bruck (Cumberland, Rhode Island); Boian Bentchev (Norwood, Massachusetts); Julie Shapiro (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Todd Graham (Pittsburgh, Massachusetts); Daniel Deguire (Blackstone, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An unmanned systems operator control system includes a hand held controller with a set of switches and control enumeration software specially configured to report a superset of virtual switches based on the physical switches. A core unit includes a first unmanned system control application subscribing to a first switch subset of the superset and outputting commands controlling a first unmanned system based on activation of the set of switches. A second unmanned system control application subscribes to a second switch subset of the superset and outputs commands controlling a second unmanned system based on activation of the set of switches. A mode switching subsystem is configured, in a first state, to map the set of switches to the first switch subset and, in a second state, to map the set of switches to the second switch subset. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/661204 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05D 1/0033 (20130101) G05D 1/0038 (20130101) G05D 1/0088 (20130101) G05D 1/0246 (20130101) G05D 1/0255 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09400954 | Modha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to a multi-scale spatio-temporal neural network system. One embodiment comprises a neural network including multiple heterogeneous neuron populations that operate at different time scales. Each neuron population comprises at least one digital neuron. Each neuron population further comprises a time scale generation circuit that controls timing for operation of said neuron population, wherein each neuron of said neuron population integrates neuronal firing events at a time scale corresponding to said neuron population. The neural network further comprises a plurality of synapses interconnecting the neurons, wherein each synapse interconnects a neuron with another neuron. At least one neuron receives neuronal firing events from an interconnected neuron that operates at a different time scale. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562205 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/049 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09401267 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Johnson (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Michael Z. Kamrath (Hutchinson, Minnesota); Etienne Garand (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to mass spectrometry and infrared spectrometry and in particular, to a method of providing highly resolved infrared spectra of mass-selected, complex (e.g., biopolymer, polypeptide, organic chemical, an organometallic compound, a carbohydrate, a polynucleotide or oligonucleotide compound) ions to be obtained in a general fashion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/513724 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/42 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/31 (20130101) G01N 21/33 (20130101) G01N 21/35 (20130101) G01N 21/3504 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/10 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/40 (20130101) H01J 49/0045 (20130101) H01J 49/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/424 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09401306 | Mahajan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ankit Mahajan (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Carl Daniel Frisbie (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Lorraine F. Francis (Minnetonka, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A manufacturing process, which we term Self-Aligned Capillarity-Assisted Lithography for manufacturing devices having nano-scale or micro-scale features, such as flexible electronic circuits, is described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/538367 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4867 (20130101) H01L 21/6835 (20130101) H01L 21/76834 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/76879 (20130101) H01L 21/76882 (20130101) H01L 27/1285 (20130101) H01L 27/1292 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/78693 (20130101) H01L 29/78696 (20130101) H01L 31/0392 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09401452 | Northrup et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California); Bowen Cheng (Atherton, California); Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California); Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California); Zhihong Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California); Bowen Cheng (Atherton, California); Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California); Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California); Zhihong Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device includes a p-side heterostructure having a short period superlattice (SPSL) formed of alternating layers of AlxhighGa1-xhighN doped with a p-type dopant and AlxlowGa1-xlowN doped with the p-type dopant, where xlow≦xhigh≦0.9. Each layer of the SPSL has a thickness of less than or equal to about six bi-layers of AlGaN. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619598 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0237 (20130101) H01L 21/0251 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02507 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/14 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/0075 (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 5/0421 (20130101) H01S 5/0422 (20130101) H01S 5/2009 (20130101) H01S 5/3063 (20130101) H01S 5/3202 (20130101) H01S 5/3211 (20130101) H01S 5/3216 (20130101) H01S 5/3404 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Lawrence Clark (Highlands Ranch, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Lawrence Clark (Highlands Ranch, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A humidifier for humidification of a reactant gas in a fuel cell includes a container having a water-gas void volume disposed about a hollow core member, and a water-gas inlet and a gas outlet disposed on an outer surface of the container. At least a portion of the hollow core member is gas permeable and in fluid communication with the water-gas void volume. The hollow core member is further fitted with a reactant gas inlet and a reactant gas outlet for passage of the reactant gas through the hollow core member. The reactant gas outlet is equipped to be in fluid communication with the fuel cell to deliver a humidified reactant gas to the fuel cell. The humidifier is integrated within a fuel cell system. A method of humidifying a reactant gas in such a fuel cell system includes providing the humidifier and passing a reactant gas through it. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/304214 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — 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 8/04141 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/04835 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09401538 | Urcia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manny S. Urcia (Bellevue, Washington); Joseph A. Marshall (Kent, Washington); Douglas A. McCarville (Orting, Washington); Otis F. Layton (Bonney Lake, Washington); Adrian Viisoreanu (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna electronics attachment system is disclosed. The antenna electronics attachment system includes a structural honeycomb panel having an array of cells. The antenna electronics attachment system further includes a nutplate coupled to a mounting plate via a plurality of embedded fastening structures. The mounting plate is shaped to fit substantially precisely to a cell of the structural honeycomb panel. The antenna electronics attachment system also includes an electronic component coupled to the nutplate. And, the antenna electronics attachment system further includes mechanical-electronic coupling means operable for change-out while in-service of the electronic component. |
| FILED | Monday, January 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/154139 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/286 (20130101) H01Q 1/1207 (20130101) H01Q 9/16 (20130101) H01Q 9/28 (20130101) H01Q 13/085 (20130101) H01Q 21/0087 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) Y10T 29/49018 (20150115) |
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| US 09401613 | Olah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Banpil Photonics, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Banpil Photonics, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Olah (Sunnyvale, California); Achyut K Dutta (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for perpetually harvesting ambient near ultraviolet to far infrared radiation to provide continual power regardless of the environment, incorporating a system for the harvesting electronics governing power management, storage control, and output regulation. The harvesting electronics address issues of efficiently matching the voltage and current characteristics of the different harvested energy levels, low power consumption, and matching the power output demand. The device seeks to harvest the largely overlooked blackbody radiation through use of a thermal harvester, providing a continuous source of power, coupled with a solar harvester to provide increased power output. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/341475 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/12 (20130101) H02J 1/102 (20130101) H02J 7/35 (20130101) H02J 7/0042 (20130101) H02J 7/0055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 2001/106 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 307/511 (20150401) Y10T 307/516 (20150401) |
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| US 09401684 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhimin Ren (San Francisco, California); Hengchin Yeh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ming Lin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for synthesizing sounds using estimated material parameters. According to one aspect, a method for sound synthesis using estimated material parameters is provided. The method includes at a computing platform including a memory and a processor, estimating, by the processor and based on a recorded audio sample of an impact on a physical object, one or more material parameters of a physical object for use in synthesizing a sound associated with a virtual object having material properties similar to the physical object. The method further includes storing the one or more material parameters in memory. The method further includes using the estimated material parameters to generate a synthesize sound for the virtual object. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/398368 |
| ART UNIT | 2654 — Audio Signals |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrophonic Musical Instruments G10H 1/10 (20130101) G10H 1/16 (20130101) G10H 2250/235 (20130101) G10H 2250/435 (20130101) G10H 2250/511 (20130101) Control of Amplification H03G 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09401696 | Ferriss 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) | Mark A. Ferriss (Tarrytown, New York); Daniel J. Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Bodhisatwa Sadhu (White Plains, New York); Alberto Valdes-Garcia (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A voltage controlled oscillator comprises a negative resistance, a first inductor, a fixed capacitor, and a frequency control component. The frequency control component comprises at least one varactor and at least a second inductor connected in series with the at least one varactor. A magnitude of an inductance of the second inductor is selected such that the frequency control component has an effective capacitance range larger than a capacitance range of the at least one varactor. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/731593 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 5/124 (20130101) H03B 5/1206 (20130101) H03B 5/1225 (20130101) H03B 5/1228 (20130101) H03B 5/1265 (20130101) H03B 7/06 (20130101) Tuning Resonant Circuits; Selecting Resonant Circuits H03J 3/20 (20130101) H03J 3/22 (20130101) H03J 3/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09401741 | Holder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ernest Jefferson Holder (Canton, Georgia); George Martin Hall (Sebastian, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Propagation Research Associates, Inc. (Marietta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernest Jefferson Holder (Canton, Georgia); George Martin Hall (Sebastian, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A received signal that includes a target signal and an interference signal is sampled in space and time and then filtered into a matched-filtered signal and into a mis-matched-filtered signal, which is orthogonal to, or nearly orthogonal to, the matched-filtered signal The interference signal is present in both the matched-filtered signal and the mis-matched-filtered signal, whereas the target signal is present in only the matched-filtered signal. In the mis-matched-filtered signal, the interference signal is different from the matched-filtered signal in the temporal property, but is the same as the matched-filtered signal in the spatial property. After the matched-filtered signal and the mis-match-filtered signals have been obtained for the signals received by each antenna element of an array of antenna elements, they are processed to obtain a result vector, W, that is a representation of the target signal without the interference. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/741732 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/10 (20130101) H04B 1/7093 (20130101) H04B 1/7097 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 7/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09401920 | Morrison et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Morrison (Hampstead, New Hampshire); Donald L. Chaloupka (Wakefield, Rhode Island); Nicholas R. Desany (Melrose, Massachusetts); Allan R. Peckham (Exeter, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | In a network having an encryptor device having an encryption module, a plaintext interface and a ciphertext interface, wherein the encryption module encrypts data transferred from the plaintext interface to a black network through the ciphertext interface and decrypts data transferred from the ciphertext interface to a plaintext network through the plaintext interface, wherein the plaintext interface can be connected through the plaintext link to a plaintext network and wherein the ciphertext interface can be connected through a ciphertext link to a black network, a system and method for reflecting a link failure. A link failure is detected at the ciphertext interface and the link failure is reflected to the plaintext interface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/073436 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 69/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09402244 | Merlin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christophe Jean-Claude Merlin (Malden, Massachusetts); William Nii Tetteh (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a network node configured to communicate with other network nodes via a communication network. The network node includes a plurality of transceivers and a controller. The controller includes a link management module and a packet management module. The link management module is configured to produce link profiles associated with communication links available to the network node, wherein a link profile indicates link characteristics that include a busy indication of a transceiver. The packet management module is configured to identify a link profile solution set that includes a set of link profiles corresponding to communication links for multicasting the message packet, map the link profiles of the link profile solution set to at least a portion of the plurality of transceivers, and initiate transmission of the message packet using the communication links corresponding to the link profile solution set. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/744133 |
| ART UNIT | 2479 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/1881 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/06 (20130101) H04W 4/12 (20130101) H04W 72/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 72/0453 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela C. Tooker (Dublin, California); Sarah H. Felix (Oakland, California); Satinderpall S. Pannu (Pleasanton, California); Kedar G. Shah (San Francisco, California); Heeral Sheth (Oakland, California); Vanessa Tolosa (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neural interface includes a first dielectric material having at least one first opening for a first electrical conducting material, a first electrical conducting material in the first opening, and at least one first interconnection trace electrical conducting material connected to the first electrical conducting material. A stiffening shank material is located adjacent the first dielectric material, the first electrical conducting material, and the first interconnection trace electrical conducting material. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210194 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/686 (20130101) A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/6868 (20130101) A61B 5/6877 (20130101) A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/028 (20130101) A61B 2562/0209 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0529 (20130101) A61N 1/0551 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/3605 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09399194 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron D. Wilson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Christopher J. Orme (Firth, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Draw solutions comprising at least one N-cyclicalkyl-cycloalkylamine and a secondary solvent. The N-cyclicalkyl-cycloalkylamine comprises the chemical structure: wherein n is 0, 1, or 2, n′ is 0, 1, or 2, and each of R1-R6 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an acetyl group, an aryl group, a hydrogen group, a hydroxyl group, and a phosphorus-containing group. Methods of treating a liquid using the draw solution are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/333362 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/002 (20130101) B01D 61/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/445 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09399223 | Dial et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Cerully Dial (Clifton Park, New York); Richard DiDomizio (Charlton, New York); Matthew Joseph Alinger (Delmar, New York); Shenyan Huang (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for mechanical milling and a method of mechanical milling are disclosed. The system includes a container, a feedstock, and milling media. The container encloses a processing volume. The feedstock and the milling media are disposed in the processing volume of the container. The feedstock includes metal or alloy powder and a ceramic compound. The feedstock is mechanically milled in the processing volume using metallic milling media that includes a surface portion that has a carbon content less than about 0.4 weight percent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/953845 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Crushing, Pulverising, or Disintegrating in General; Milling Grain B02C 17/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 2009/041 (20130101) B22F 2009/041 (20130101) B22F 2009/043 (20130101) B22F 2201/20 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 1/1084 (20130101) C22C 1/1084 (20130101) C22C 32/00 (20130101) C22C 32/001 (20130101) C22C 33/0228 (20130101) C22C 33/0285 (20130101) |
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| US 09399720 | Maghsoodi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Enki Technology, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Enki Technology, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Maghsoodi (San Jose, California); Brenor L. Brophy (San Jose, California); Thomas E. Colson (Sunnyvale, California); Peter R. Gonsalves (Santa Clara, California); Ze'ev R. Abrams (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are polysilsesquioxane-based anti-reflective coating (ARC) compositions, methods of preparation, and methods of deposition on a substrate. In one embodiment, the polysilsesquioxane of this disclosure is prepared in a two-step process of acid catalyzed hydrolysis of organoalkoxysilane followed by addition of tetralkoxysilane that generates silicone polymers with >40 mol % silanol based on Si-NMR. These high silanol siloxane polymers are stable and have a long shelf-life in polar organic solvents at room temperature. Also disclosed are low refractive index ARC made from these compositions with and without additives such as porogens, templates, thermal radical initiator, photo radical initiators, crosslinkers, Si—OH condensation catalyst and nano-fillers. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus for applying coatings to flat substrates including substrate pre-treatment processes, coating processes and coating curing processes including skin-curing using hot-air knives. Also disclosed are coating compositions and formulations for highly tunable, durable, highly abrasion-resistant functionalized anti-reflective coatings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/799507 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 17/30 (20130101) C03C 2217/20 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/006 (20130101) C09D 173/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 183/08 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/11 (20130101) G02B 1/12 (20130101) G02B 1/111 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/02168 (20130101) H01L 33/005 (20130101) H01L 33/44 (20130101) |
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| US 09400171 | Kidane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Getnet S. Kidane (Orlando, Florida); Upul P. Desilva (Oviedo, Florida); Chengli He (Orlando, Florida); Nancy H. Ulerich (Longwood, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine includes first and second parts having outer surfaces located adjacent to each other to create an interface where wear occurs. A wear probe is provided for monitoring wear of the outer surface of the first part, and includes an optical guide having first and second ends, wherein the first end is configured to be located flush with the outer surface of the first part. A fiber bundle includes first and second ends, the first end being located proximate to the second end of the optical guide. The fiber bundle includes a transmit fiber bundle comprising a first plurality of optical fibers coupled to a light source, and a receive fiber bundle coupled to a light detector and configured to detect reflected light. A processor is configured to determine a length of the optical guide based on the detected reflected light. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/688299 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/02 (20130101) F01D 21/003 (20130101) F01D 25/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/80 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 11/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09400219 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jae-Hwang Lee (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Kai-Ming Ho (Ames, Iowa); Kristen P. Constant (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jae-Hwang Lee (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Kai-Ming Ho (Ames, Iowa); Kristen P. Constant (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Metallic thermal emitters consisting of two layers of differently structured nickel gratings on a homogeneous nickel layer are fabricated by soft lithography and studied for polarized thermal radiation. A thermal emitter in combination with a sub-wavelength grating shows a high extinction ratio, with a maximum value close to 5, in a wide mid-infrared range from 3.2 to 7.8 μm, as well as high emissivity up to 0.65 at a wavelength of 3.7 μm. All measurements show good agreement with theoretical predictions. Numerical simulations reveal that a high electric field exists within the localized air space surrounded by the gratings and the intensified electric-field is only observed for the polarizations perpendicular to the top sub-wavelength grating. This result suggests how the emissivity of a metal can be selectively enhanced at a certain range of wavelengths for a given polarization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754657 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/108 (20130101) G01J 5/522 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 10/30 (20141201) |
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| US 09400412 | Borshch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Volodymyr Borshch (Kent, Ohio); Sergij V. Shiyanovskii (Stow, Ohio); Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KENT STATE UNIVERSITY (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volodymyr Borshch (Kent, Ohio); Sergij V. Shiyanovskii (Stow, Ohio); Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical modulator includes a liquid crystal cell containing liquid crystal material having liquid crystal molecules oriented along a quiescent director direction in the unbiased state, and a voltage source configured to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal material wherein the direction of the applied electric field does not cause the quiescent director direction to change. An optical source is arranged to transmit light through or reflect light off the liquid crystal cell with the light passing through the liquid crystal material at an angle effective to undergo phase retardation in response to the voltage source applying the electric field. The liquid crystal material may have negative dielectric anisotropy, and the voltage source configured to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal material whose electric field vector is transverse to the quiescent director direction. Alternatively, the liquid crystal material may have positive dielectric anisotropy and the voltage source configured to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal material whose electric field vector is parallel with the quiescent director direction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332502 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 19/544 (20130101) C09K 2019/521 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/02 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/13363 (20130101) |
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| US 09401231 | Elam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Anil U. Mane (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Anil U. Mane (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a transparent conducting oxide product layer. The method includes use of precursors, such as tetrakis-(dimethylamino) tin and trimethyl indium, and selected use of dopants, such as SnO and ZnO for obtaining desired optical, electrical and structural properties for a highly conformal layer coating on a substrate. Ozone was also input as a reactive gas which enabled rapid production of the desired product layer. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249864 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/407 (20130101) C23C 16/45525 (20130101) C23C 16/45553 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09401442 | Chaudhary et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sumit Chaudhary (Ames, Iowa); Kai-Ming Ho (Ames, Iowa); Joong-Mok Park (Ames, Iowa); Kanwar Singh Nalwa (Hillsboro, Oregon); Wai Y. Leung (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sumit Chaudhary (Ames, Iowa); Kai-Ming Ho (Ames, Iowa); Joong-Mok Park (Ames, Iowa); Kanwar Singh Nalwa (Hillsboro, Oregon); Wai Y. Leung (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional, microscale-textured, grating-shaped organic solar cell geometry. The solar cells are fabricated on gratings to give them a three-dimensional texture that provides enhanced light absorption. Introduction of microscale texturing has a positive effect on the overall power conversion efficiency of the devices. This grating-based solar cell having a grating of pre-determined pitch and height has shown improved power-conversion efficiency over a conventional flat solar cell. The improvement in efficiency is accomplished by homogeneous coverage of the grating with uniform thickness of the active layer, which is attributed to a sufficiently high pitch and low height of the underlying gratings. Also the microscale texturing leads to suppressed reflection of incident light due to the efficient coupling of the incident light into modes that are guided in the active layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/223351 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0236 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/447 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09401501 | Bazzarella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 24M Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 24M Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ricardo Bazzarella (Woburn, Massachusetts); Alexander H. Slocum (Bow, New Hampshire); Tristan Doherty (Somerville, Massachusetts); James C. Cross, III (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrochemical cells and methods of making electrochemical cells are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a multi-layer sheet for encasing an electrode material for an electrochemical cell. The multi-layer sheet including an outer layer, an intermediate layer that includes a conductive substrate, and an inner layer disposed on a portion of the conductive substrate. The intermediate layer is disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer. The inner layer defines an opening through which a conductive region of the intermediate layer is exposed such that the electrode material can be electrically connected to the conductive region. Thus, the intermediate layer can serve as a current collector for the electrochemical cell. |
| FILED | Monday, November 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/543489 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/027 (20130101) H01M 2/0207 (20130101) H01M 2/0287 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0404 (20130101) H01M 10/0413 (20130101) H01M 10/0436 (20130101) |
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| US 09401528 | Doe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Ellis Doe (Norwood, Massachusetts); Craig Michael Downie (Waltham, Massachusetts); Christopher Fischer (Somerville, Massachusetts); George Hamilton Lane (St. Helens, Australia); Dane Morgan (Middleton, Wisconsin); Josh Nevin (Belmont, Massachusetts); Gerbrand Ceder (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Kristin Aslaug Persson (Orinda, California); David Eaglesham (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PELLION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Ellis Doe (Norwood, Massachusetts); Craig Michael Downie (Waltham, Massachusetts); Christopher Fischer (Somerville, Massachusetts); George Hamilton Lane (St. Helens, Australia); Dane Morgan (Middleton, Wisconsin); Josh Nevin (Belmont, Massachusetts); Gerbrand Ceder (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Kristin Aslaug Persson (Orinda, California); David Eaglesham (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrochemical devices which incorporate cathode materials that include layered crystalline compounds for which a structural modification has been achieved which increases the diffusion rate of multi-valent ions into and out of the cathode materials. Examples in which the layer spacing of the layered electrode materials is modified to have a specific spacing range such that the spacing is optimal for diffusion of magnesium ions are presented. An electrochemical cell comprised of a positive intercalation electrode, a negative metal electrode, and a separator impregnated with a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing multi-valent ions and arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode active material is described. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/794508 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/381 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah C. Heilshorn (Mountain View, California); Widya Mulyasasmita (Mountain View, California); Lei Cai (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A viscoelastic hydrogel based on a protein hetero-assembled with a polymer is provided. The protein cannot self-assemble with itself and the polymer cannot self-assemble with itself. The protein has a first association sequence (1stA) and a first spacer (1stSp). The polymer has a second association sequence (2ndA) and a second spacer (2ndSp). The first association sequence and the second association sequence are physically cross-linked to interact with each other with a 1:1 known and specific stoichiometry to form a three dimensional scaffold. The protein is represented by {1stA(1stSp)}x1stA, where x is ≧2, and the polymer is represented by {2ndA(2ndSp)}y2ndA, where y≧2. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/690589 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0012 (20130101) C12N 2533/30 (20130101) C12N 2533/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09399768 | Nikolau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Basil J. Nikolau (Ames, Iowa); Marna Yandeau-Nelson (Ames, Iowa); Fuyuan Jing (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of increasing production of fatty acids comprising introducing into a host and expressing therein an acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase (TE) from Bryantella formatexigens or a mutant thereof; a method of making a mutant B. formatexigens acyl-ACP TE; a method of making a chimeric Cuphea viscosissima acyl-ACP TE; a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a mutant acyl-ACP TE or a chimeric Cuphea viscosissima acyl-ACP TE; a host comprising the nucleic acid molecule; a mutant acyl-ACP TE or chimeric Cuphea viscosissima acyl-ACP TE; a method of altering the specificity of a plant acyl-ACP TE for at least one of its substrates comprising introducing into the plant acyl-ACP TE a substrate specificity-altering mutation; and a method of altering the level of activity of a plant acyl-ACP TE. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/141327 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/6409 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/02014 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09400233 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiao Lin (New York, New York); Xian Huang (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiao Lin (New York, New York); Xian Huang (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed subject matter relates to a sensor or system for monitoring a target analyte by using a polymer solution that is capable of binding to the analyte. The sensor of the disclosed subject matter includes a viscosity-based sensor or a permittivity-based sensor. The viscosity-based sensor contains a semi-permeable membrane, a substrate, and a microchamber including a vibrational element. The permittivity-based sensor contains a semi-permeable membrane, a substrate, and a microchamber. The sensor discussed herein provides excellent reversibility and stability as highly desired for long-term analyte monitoring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246404 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09400244 | Lynn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Lynn (Middleton, Wisconsin); Nicholas L. Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Maren E. Buck (Pasadena, California); Michael I. Kinsinger (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Lynn (Middleton, Wisconsin); Nicholas L. Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Maren E. Buck (Pasadena, California); Michael I. Kinsinger (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for immobilizing micrometer sized liquid domains onto a chemically functionalized substrate surface are disclosed. A multifunctional polymer is adsorbed at the surface interface of the liquid microdomains, and the liquid microdomains are immobilized by covalent bonding or non-covalent forces such as electrostatic attraction between the adsorbed multifunctional polymer and the functionalized substrate surface. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/087667 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/77 (20130101) G01N 31/00 (20130101) G01N 31/22 (20130101) G01N 33/442 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 09400353 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian T. Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois); Sherine George (Hillsboro, Oregon); Anusha Pokhriyal (Mountain View, California); Vikram Chaudhery (Springfield, Illinois); Meng Lu (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon-based photonic crystal includes a silicon substrate, a first dielectric with a grating structure formed therein, and a second dielectric with a higher index of refraction that covers at least a portion of the grating structure. The first dielectric can be formed on the silicon substrate, or a Fabry-Perot optical cavity can be formed between the silicon substrate and the first dielectric. An instrument can excite a fluorophore coupled to the photonic crystal by focusing collimated incident light that includes the fluorophore's excitation wavelength to a focal line on the surface of the photonic crystal such that the focal line is substantially parallel to the grating direction and can detect fluorescence radiation emitted by the fluorophore in response to the incident light. To provide for fluorescence enhancement, the excitation wavelength and/or emission wavelength of the fluorophore can couple to an optical resonance of the photonic crystal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/961697 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/648 (20130101) G01N 21/7743 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/1225 (20130101) |
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| US 09401044 | Kaufman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method for obtaining a conformal mapping of first image data corresponding to a source mesh to a target mesh, by generating a template of the source mesh and a template of the target mesh, processing the generated source mesh template and the generated target mesh template to obtain a conformal mapping from the source mesh to the target mesh, mapping the first image data corresponding to the source mesh to second image data corresponding to the target mesh according to the obtained conformal mapping, and outputting a mapped texture corresponding to the mapped second image data to the display corresponding to the target mesh. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/618314 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/001 (20130101) G06T 15/04 (20130101) G06T 17/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09401089 | Drobot et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheldon Drobot (Boulder, Colorado); Michael Chapman (Arvada, Colorado); Amanda Anderson (Boulder, Colorado); Gerry Wiener (Boulder, Colorado); Seth Linden (Westminster, Colorado); Crystal Burghardt (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for assessing road conditions is provided. The method includes determining a road hazard condition for a road segment that may include a precipitation type, a pavement condition, and a visibility level. The precipitation type may be determined using radar data, satellite cloud classification data, weather station air temperature data, wiper status, mobile air data, speed ratio, or headlight status. The pavement condition may be determined using pavement temperature, precipitation type, automatic brake system status, traction status or a stability control observation, and a yaw rate. The visibility level may be determined using wind speed, relative humidity, percentage of fog lights on, percentage of high beams on, speed ratio, station visibility, station-reported visibility type, wildfire existence, wind direction, a dust existence indicator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/513526 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Meteorology G01W 1/14 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/012 (20130101) G08G 1/0112 (20130101) G08G 1/0116 (20130101) G08G 1/0133 (20130101) G08G 1/0141 (20130101) G08G 1/096716 (20130101) G08G 1/096775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09401240 | Scherer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont); Michael David Henry (Altadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont); Michael David Henry (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic apparatus having at least one magnetic shim situated between faces of two permanent magnets. The magnetic shim helps to make the magnetic field that is accessible between the two permanent magnets a more uniform field. The magnetic shim is constructed on a thinned semiconductor wafer, such as silicon, by photolithographically defining locations on the wafer where magnetic material, such as iron or iron-nickel materials, are deposited. The shim can additional have photolihographically defined coil regions, in which conductive material such as copper can be deposited. Current contacts are provided to allow currents to be passed through the coil regions. Protective layers can be deposited to protect the deposited metals from mechanical or environmental damage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/037365 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/302 (20130101) G01R 33/383 (20130101) G01R 33/3806 (20130101) G01R 33/3873 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 7/0278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 41/042 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 21/30655 (20130101) H01L 21/31116 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4902 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09401664 | Perreault et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Perreault (Andover, Massachusetts); Brandon J. Pierquet (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Circuit topologies and control methods for a multi-phase grid interface are described. In at least one embodiment, a power conversion circuit is provided that includes an inverter stage, a transformer stage, and a cycloconverter stage. The cycloconverter stage may include one cycloconverter circuit for each of multiple phases associated with a multi-phase grid. In some embodiments, each cycloconverter circuit may include first and second half-bridge circuits coupled back-to-back. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/795633 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 7/497 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 7/797 (20130101) H02M 7/4807 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09401684 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhimin Ren (San Francisco, California); Hengchin Yeh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ming Lin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for synthesizing sounds using estimated material parameters. According to one aspect, a method for sound synthesis using estimated material parameters is provided. The method includes at a computing platform including a memory and a processor, estimating, by the processor and based on a recorded audio sample of an impact on a physical object, one or more material parameters of a physical object for use in synthesizing a sound associated with a virtual object having material properties similar to the physical object. The method further includes storing the one or more material parameters in memory. The method further includes using the estimated material parameters to generate a synthesize sound for the virtual object. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/398368 |
| ART UNIT | 2654 — Audio Signals |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrophonic Musical Instruments G10H 1/10 (20130101) G10H 1/16 (20130101) G10H 2250/235 (20130101) G10H 2250/435 (20130101) G10H 2250/511 (20130101) Control of Amplification H03G 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09399195 | MacCallum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Paragon Space Development Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Taber K. MacCallum (Tucson, Arizona); Laura Kelsey (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides water processing apparatuses, systems, and methods for recovering water from wastewater such as urine. The water processing apparatuses, systems, and methods can utilize membrane technology for extracting purified water in a single step. A containment unit can include an ionomer membrane, such as Nafion®, over a hydrophobic microporous membrane, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The containment unit can be filled with wastewater, and the hydrophobic microporous membrane can be impermeable to liquids and solids of the wastewater but permeable to gases and vapors of the wastewater, and the ionomer membrane can be permeable to water vapor but impermeable to one or more contaminants of the gases and vapors. The containment unit can be exposed to a dry purge gas to maintain a water vapor partial pressure differential to drive permeation of the water vapor, and the water vapor can be collected and processed into potable water. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/609735 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/364 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 61/366 (20130101) B01D 63/082 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 71/32 (20130101) B01D 71/36 (20130101) B01D 2311/13 (20130101) B01D 2313/04 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/447 (20130101) C02F 2101/16 (20130101) C02F 2103/005 (20130101) C02F 2103/08 (20130101) C02F 2201/001 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09400237 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell W. Smith (Hampton, Virginia); H. Kevin Rivers (Yorktown, Virginia); Joseph G. Sikora (Norfolk, Virginia); Mark C. Roth (Suffolk, Virginia); William M. Johnston (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-high temperature optical method incorporates speckle optics for sensing displacement and strain measurements well above conventional measurement techniques. High temperature pattern materials are used which can endure experimental high temperature environments while simultaneously having a minimum optical aberration. A purge medium is used to reduce or eliminate optical distortions and to reduce, and/or eliminate oxidation of the target specimen. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/215781 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/0255 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 3/60 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09400239 | Lemaster |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Len Lemaster (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for evaluating integrity of a cutting blade includes at least one stress wave generator for generating at least one stress wave in a cutting blade under test. A sensor detects a signal generated by the at least one stress wave. An integrity analyzer coupled to the sensor determines an indication of integrity of the cutting blade based on at least one characteristic of the signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/954493 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2203/0055 (20130101) G01N 2203/0057 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09401448 | Bienfang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland); CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland); CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua C. Bienfang (Bethesda, Maryland); Alan Migdall (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Alessandro Restelli (Greenbelt, Maryland); William H. Farr (Monrovia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photon detector article includes a photon detector configured to receive a primary waveform, the photon detector includes a multiplication region; a photon absorption region; a punch through voltage range; and a breakdown voltage; a source in electrical communication with the photon detector and configured to provide the primary waveform that includes a first voltage that is: less than a maximum value of the punch through voltage range, or effective to maintain a charge carrier in the absorption region; and a second voltage that is greater than the breakdown voltage; and a reference member in electrical communication with the source and configured to provide a reference waveform in response to receiving the primary waveform. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/547189 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09401089 | Drobot et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheldon Drobot (Boulder, Colorado); Michael Chapman (Arvada, Colorado); Amanda Anderson (Boulder, Colorado); Gerry Wiener (Boulder, Colorado); Seth Linden (Westminster, Colorado); Crystal Burghardt (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for assessing road conditions is provided. The method includes determining a road hazard condition for a road segment that may include a precipitation type, a pavement condition, and a visibility level. The precipitation type may be determined using radar data, satellite cloud classification data, weather station air temperature data, wiper status, mobile air data, speed ratio, or headlight status. The pavement condition may be determined using pavement temperature, precipitation type, automatic brake system status, traction status or a stability control observation, and a yaw rate. The visibility level may be determined using wind speed, relative humidity, percentage of fog lights on, percentage of high beams on, speed ratio, station visibility, station-reported visibility type, wildfire existence, wind direction, a dust existence indicator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/513526 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Meteorology G01W 1/14 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/012 (20130101) G08G 1/0112 (20130101) G08G 1/0116 (20130101) G08G 1/0133 (20130101) G08G 1/0141 (20130101) G08G 1/096716 (20130101) G08G 1/096775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09398883 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example method of representing cardiac information associated with a heart rhythm disorder includes accessing a plurality of neighboring cardiac signals obtained from a patient. The method also includes eliminating far-field activations from the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals using one or more divergence criteria that define local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals, the divergence criteria being associated with divergence among the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. The method further includes constructing a clinical representation of local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/798363 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 5/7278 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Treasury (TREASURY)
| US 09399217 | Esfandyarpour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Redwood City, California); Kosar B. Parizi (Redwood City, California); Mark F. Oldham (Emerald Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENAPSYS, INC. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Redwood City, California); Kosar B. Parizi (Redwood City, California); Mark F. Oldham (Emerald Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention include methods for improving the accuracy and read length of sequencing reactions by utilizing unlabeled unincorporable nucleotides, or by rephasing colony based sequencing reactions. Other aspects include systems and devices for improved measurement of biological reactions associated with bead which may be removed, utilizing current measurement methods through the counter ions associated with said beads due to the presence of reactants bound or associated with said bead, wherein electrodes for generating and measuring said current may be within the Debye length of said bead. Other aspects of the invention include methods for determining concentrations of input samples, means for reuse of an array, methods and apparatus for separating beads with different charge levels from each other. |
| FILED | Sunday, May 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/481858 |
| 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 | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/089 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0418 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (20130101) B01L 2400/0427 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 5/005 (20130101) B03C 5/026 (20130101) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09401774 | Mineo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Mineo (Laurel, Maryland); Sung-Joo Ben Yoo (Davis, California); Ke Wen (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A network configuration provides arbitration-free all-to-all connection between the nodes of the network utilizing wavelength routing devices and utilizing a limited number of wavelengths for routing optical signals to the nodes of the network. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120661 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/27 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/0823 (20130101) Selecting H04Q 11/0005 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0022 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09399625 | Riscoe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Riscoe (Tualatin, Oregon); Rolf W. Winter (Portland, Oregon); Jane X. Kelly (Portland, Oregon); David J. Hinrichs (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Martin J. Smilkstein (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | (A1) A class of acridone compounds has been discovered that exhibits chemosensitizing and antiparasitic activity. Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for their use to treat parasitic infections, such as malaria and toxoplasmosis, and to sensitize resistant cells, such as multidrug resistant cells to other therapeutic agents. The pharmaceutical compositions and methods may also be used to treat and/or prevent psychotic diseases such as schizophrenia. |
| FILED | Monday, February 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/623433 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 219/06 (20130101) C07D 219/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09400414 | Kowalevicz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Kowalevicz (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-retro-reflective imaging system and methods in which a relay optic is configured to segment a source image into a plurality of slices and reimage each of the slices individually onto a rotated image plane such that a substantially in-focus reconstruction of the entire image is obtained, while substantially eliminating retro-reflection from the system. According to one example a non-retro-reflective imaging system includes a segmented relay optic configured to reimage a source image onto an image plane tilted with respect to an optical axis of the system, and further configured to slice the image volume into a plurality of image slices and spatially position the plurality of image slices such that a depth of focus of each image slice overlaps the tilted image plane. The system further includes an image sensor co-aligned with the tilted image plane and configured to produce a reconstructed image from the plurality of image slices. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680950 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/0905 (20130101) G02B 27/0961 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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