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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 09, 2016
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| US 09408372 | Ratzlaff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth L. Ratzlaff (Lawrence, Kansas); Robert W. Young (Lawrence, Kansas); George R. Fullen (Littleton, Colorado); Stephen C. Fowler (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth L. Ratzlaff (Lawrence, Kansas); Robert W. Young (Lawrence, Kansas); George R. Fullen (Littleton, Colorado); Stephen C. Fowler (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Implementations of the present invention relate to for analyzing behavior of small live test subjects. More specifically, methods and devices of the present invention can allow a researcher to use a single device for analyzing effects of genetic modifications made to the test subjects on the test subject's behavior and movements. Additionally, the methods and devices may allow for analysis of effects that various medications may have on the test subject's behavior and movement. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468302 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 29/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09408381 | Ghatnekar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gautam Ghatnekar (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert Gourdie (Charleston, South Carolina); Jane Jourdan (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating or preventing macular degeneration in a subject. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods for preserving organs and tissues for transplantation, and for preventing cellular injury in organs or in subjects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/932630 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — 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 1/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09408536 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, 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 system and method of locating a source of a heart rhythm disorder are disclosed. In accordance with the method, a first pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a first coefficient associated with variability of the first pair of signals at a first region of the heart. Further, a second pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a second coefficient associated with variability of the second pair of signals at a second region of the heart. Thereafter, the first coefficient of variability is compared to the second coefficient of variability to determine a direction towards the source of the rhythm disorder. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/559868 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) |
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| US 09408575 | Bordoley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mordechai Bordoley (Wilton, Connecticut); Paul A. Chudy (New York, New York); James G. Donnett (St. Albans, United Kingdom); Ahmet Omurtag (New York, New York); Samah G. Abdel Baki (Brooklyn, New York); Andre A. Fenton (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bio-Signal Group Corp. (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mordechai Bordoley (Wilton, Connecticut); Paul A. Chudy (New York, New York); James G. Donnett (St. Albans, United Kingdom); Ahmet Omurtag (New York, New York); Samah G. Abdel Baki (Brooklyn, New York); Andre A. Fenton (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An EEG kit can be thought of as “EEG In a Bag” (“EEG-IAB”). The EEG kit can provide a complete, disposable, fast, and easily-used platform to record EEG to measure brain activity. Other physiological information (e.g., oxygen saturation, ECG or EKG, etc.) or other information (e.g., local electrode motion) can also be recorded, such as in time-concordance with the recorded EEG signals. The recorded EEG and other information can be uplinked to a local or remote user interface. A local or remote neurologist can use the EEG information to render a diagnosis in tens of minutes, wherein such information can currently be unavailable, or can require a number of hours to obtain and diagnose. The EEG kit can be very convenient, and can be used in a hospital emergency department (ED), an intensive care unit (ICU), by a first responder, or can be deployed for emergency or disaster preparedness. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284886 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1114 (20130101) A61B 5/6803 (20130101) A61B 5/7232 (20130101) A61B 2505/01 (20130101) A61B 2560/0285 (20130101) A61B 2560/0431 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/0219 (20130101) A61B 2562/242 (20130101) |
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| US 09408655 | Babkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexei Babkin (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Peter Littrup (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); William Nydam (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CryoMedix, LLC (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei Babkin (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Peter Littrup (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); William Nydam (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cryoablation apparatus includes a distal energy delivery section to facilitate energy transfer to the tissue, resulting in faster achievement of tissue target temperatures. The energy delivery section includes a first heat exchange region and a second heat exchange region having a different heat exchange efficiency than the first heat exchange region. The first heat exchange region may comprise an increased surface area along a radial portion or length of the cryoprobe in contact with surrounding tissue. The heat exchange region may include ridges, texture, threads, and microtubes which serve to increase the thermal-contacting surface area and provide enhanced cryoenergy to the tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/980632 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2018/0268 (20130101) |
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| US 09408821 | Maeda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tadao Maeda (Mayfield Heights, Ohio); David Saperstein (Seattle, Washington); Krzysztof Palczewski (Bay Village, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tadao Maeda (Mayfield Heights, Ohio); David Saperstein (Seattle, Washington); Krzysztof Palczewski (Bay Village, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating or preventing age-related retinal dysfunction involves administering to a patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of a synthetic retinal derivative repeatedly over a duration of at least about 3 months. Effective synthetic retinal derivatives include 9-cis-retinyl esters, 11-cis-retinyl esters, derivatives and congeners thereof, and combinations thereof. Suitable ester substituents include carboxylates of C1-C10 monocarboxylic acids and C2-C22 polycarboxylic acids. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619947 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/07 (20130101) A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/912 (20130101) |
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| US 09408825 | Lephart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edwin Douglas Lephart (Orem, Utah); Trent D. Lund (Wheaton, Illinois); Robert J. Handa (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah); COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin Douglas Lephart (Orem, Utah); Trent D. Lund (Wheaton, Illinois); Robert J. Handa (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Equol (7-hydroxy-3(4′hydroxyphenyl)-chroman), the major metabolite of the phytoestrogen daidzein, specifically binds and blocks the hormonal action of 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in vitro and in vivo. Equol can bind circulating free DHT and sequester it from the androgen receptor, thus altering growth and physiological hormone responses that are regulated by androgens. These data suggest a novel model to explain equol's biological properties. The significance of equol's ability to specifically bind and sequester DHT from the androgen receptor have important ramifications in health and disease and may indicate a broad and important usage for equol in the treatment and prevention of androgen-mediated pathologies. Thus, equol can specifically bind DHT and prevent DHT's biological actions in physiological and pathophysiological processes. |
| FILED | Monday, July 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/810117 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/30 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/35 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/353 (20130101) |
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| US 09408826 | Iadonato et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn P. Iadonato (Seattle, Washington); Kristin Bedard (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kineta, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn P. Iadonato (Seattle, Washington); Kristin Bedard (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compounds and related compositions for the treatment of viral infection, including RNA viral infection, and compounds that can modulate the RIG-I pathway in vertebrate cells, including compounds that can activate the RIG-I pathway. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/091983 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4433 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/36 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24211 (20130101) C12N 2770/32211 (20130101) |
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| US 09408832 | Fernandez-Valle |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cristina Fernandez-Valle (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cristina Fernandez-Valle (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient at risk of developing or having a neurofibromatosis or a sporadic schwannoma. In exemplary embodiments, the method involves administering to a subject in need an effective amount of a LIMK modulating agent. Also disclosed are compounds newly identified to be inhibitors of Merlin-null Schwann cell proliferation and/or survival. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/385211 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/38 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/498 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/12 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/11001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/502 (20130101) G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/5058 (20130101) G01N 2333/912 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09408845 | Watterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Martin Watterson (Chicago, Illinois); Linda Van Eldik (Chicago, Illinois); Wenhui Hu (Guangzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to chemical compounds, compositions and methods of making and using the same. In particular, the invention provides selected pyridazine compounds of the formula I wherein R1, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R12, R13 ET R14 are independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylene, alkenylene, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkynyl, cycloalkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, arylalkoxy, aroyl, heteroaryl, heterocyclic, acyl, acyloxy, amino, imino, azido, thiol, thioallyl, thioalkoxy, thioaryl, nitro, cyano, halo, sulfate, sulfonyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, sultanate, sulfoxide, silyl, silyloxy, silylalkyl, silylthio, ═O, ═S, phosphonate, ureido, carboxyl, carbonyl, carbamoyl, or carboxamide; and X is optionally substituted pyrimidinyl or pyridazinyl, an isomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or derivative thereof. The invention additional relates to compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for modulation of cellular pathways, for treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases, for research, drug screening, and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/660671 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/501 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 237/20 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 403/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09408846 | Shankarappa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sahadev Aramanethalgur Shankarappa (Bangalore, India); Daniel S. Kohane (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A dosing regimen for formulations that contain a therapeutic dosage of a site 1 sodium channel blocker, where the dosing regimen provides a prolonged nerve block and is in an effective amount to delay the onset of neuropathic pain, such as hyperalgesia and/or allodynia, for at least one week, and preferably longer at the site, and preferably the region (e.g. entire limb), where the nerve block was applied. The site 1 sodium channel blocker is preferably saxitoxin (STX), preferably in combination with a corticosteroid, preferably dexamethasone. In a preferred embodiment, liposomes are included in the formulation as a controlled release system, producing prolonged duration of block without systemic toxicity. As demonstrated by the examples, encapsulating STX in a controlled release system, such as liposomes, preferably also including a corticosteroid, and administering in suitable dosing regimen to achieve a prolonged nerve block without systemic toxicity, delays the onset of hyperalgesia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/396316 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09408855 | Fujimoto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kazuro Lee Fujimoto (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jianjun Guan (Dublin, Ohio); Zuwei Ma (Woburn, Massachusetts); William R. Wagner (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are novel biocompatible copolymers and compositions comprising the copolymers. The copolymers are non-toxic and typically have an LCST below 37° C. Compositions comprising the copolymers can be used for wound treatment, as a cellular growth matrix or niche and for injection into cardiac tissue to repair and mechanically support damaged tissue. The copolymers comprise numerous ester linkages so that the copolymers are erodeable in situ. Degradation products of the copolymers are soluble and non-toxic. The copolymers can be amine-reactive so that they can conjugate with proteins, such as collagen. Active ingredients, such as drugs, can be incorporated into compositions comprising the copolymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/166117 |
| 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 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/22 (20130101) A61K 38/30 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) A61K 47/32 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) |
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| US 09408856 | Schwartz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Temple University Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur G Schwartz (Perkasie, Pennsylvania); John R Williams (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to formulations of poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agents of Formula I and II. The present invention also relates to compositions containing compounds of Formula I or II, and glucocorticoids, and methods for reducing side effects from glucocorticoid treatment by co-administration of compounds of Formula I and II. The compositions herein are useful for the treatment of diabetes and obesity related diseases including metabolic syndrome. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/799895 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 31/566 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/5685 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/10 (20130101) A61K 47/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09408882 | Dadachova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ekaterina Dadachova (Mahopac, New York); Arturo Casadevall (Pelham, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc. (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ekaterina Dadachova (Mahopac, New York); Arturo Casadevall (Pelham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for alleviating and/or preventing one or more side effects associated with exposure to radiation in a subject exposed to radiation or at risk for exposure to radiation comprising oral administration to the subject of an amount of an edible source of melanin effective to alleviate a side effect associated with radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/005601 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0095 (20130101) A61K 31/05 (20130101) A61K 31/136 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 36/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 36/07 (20130101) |
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| US 09408889 | Fine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel H. Fine (New York, New York); Kabilan Velliyagounder (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel H. Fine (New York, New York); Kabilan Velliyagounder (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to dental diseases, caries and periodontal disease. More specifically, the invention relates to Lactoferrin and PAK fusion peptides (PAK-LF), along with therapeutic, diagnostic and research uses for these polypeptides. The present invention also provides methods of treating dental diseases, caries and periodontal disease. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/113245 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/3053 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) C07K 14/21 (20130101) C07K 14/79 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09408891 | Janmey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul A. Janmey (Media, Pennsylvania); Robert Bucki (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Janmey (Media, Pennsylvania); Robert Bucki (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of using gelsolin and active fragments thereof to neutralize, treat or prevent the pathogenic effects of lipoteichoic acid (LTA) toxins released from gram-positive bacteria, including massive activation of inflammatory response in a patient and the resulting lethal septic shock. The provided gelsolin binds to and neutralizes LTA from various bacteria, as well as eukaryotic acidic lysolipids adversely associated with bacterial sepsis and inflammation in the patient, with high affinity, thereby decreasing circulating LTA and the eukaryotic markers, and negating the deleterious biological effects of the gram-positive bacterial infection. Consequently, the provided gelsolin replacement therapy offers a method and compositions for the prevention of bacterial sepsis-induced mortality in the patient. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/391540 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09408898 | Seavey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Seavey (Secane, Pennsylvania); Yvonne Paterson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Paulo Maciag (Northbrook, Illinois); Duane Sewell (Cheltenham, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides recombinant Listeria strains comprising an angiogenic factor, recombinant polypeptides comprising an angiogenic factor operatively linked to a polypeptide comprising a PEST-like sequence, recombinant nucleotide molecules encoding same, related vaccines, and immunogenic and therapeutic methods utilizing same. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/304689 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/6037 (20130101) A61K 2039/6068 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/71 (20130101) C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 14/4748 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09408899 | McLeod et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rima McLeod (Chicago, Illinois); Tze Guan Tan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffery L. Alexander (San Diego, California); Hua Cong (Shandong, China PRC); William H. Witola (Auburn, Alabama); Kamal El Bissati (Chicago, Illinois); Ernest J. Mui (Chicago, Illinois); Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); Infectious Disease Research Institute (Seattle, Washington); Paxvax, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rima McLeod (Chicago, Illinois); Tze Guan Tan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffery L. Alexander (San Diego, California); Hua Cong (Shandong, China PRC); William H. Witola (Auburn, Alabama); Kamal El Bissati (Chicago, Illinois); Ernest J. Mui (Chicago, Illinois); Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Vaccines are disclosed against parasites. The vaccines include peptides in an immunological composition. In particular, the parasite is Toxoplas gondii. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/823668 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/6031 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) |
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| US 09408901 | Livengood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Inviragen, Inc. (Fort Collins, Colorado); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TAKEDA VACCINES, INC (Deerfield, Illinois); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH and HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jill A. Livengood (Fort Collins, Colorado); Claire Y. Huang (Fort Collins, Colorado); Timothy D. Powell (Fort Collins, Colorado); Dan T. Stinchcomb (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jorge Osorio (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein report compositions, methods and uses for dengue-4 (DENV-4) virus constructs. Some embodiments concern a composition that includes, but is not limited to, DENV-4 virus constructs alone or in combination with other constructs, can be used in a vaccine composition to induce an immune response in a subject. In certain embodiments, compositions can include constructs of more than one serotypes of dengue virus, such as dengue-1 virus, dengue-2 virus, or dengue-3 virus in combination with DENV-4 virus constructs disclosed herein. In other embodiments, DENV-4 constructs disclosed herein can be combined in a composition with other flavivirus constructs to generate a vaccine against more than one flavivirus. Other embodiments provide methods and uses for DENV-4 virus constructs in vaccine compositions that when administered to a subject induce an immune response in the subject against DENV-4 that is improved by modified constructs compared to other vaccine compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/076034 |
| 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) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24121 (20130101) C12N 2770/24122 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) |
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| US 09408904 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Fraser Wright (Princeton, New Jersey); Guang Qu (Sicklerville, New Jersey); Bernd Hauck (Hamilton, New Jersey); Katherine A. High (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Fraser Wright (Princeton, New Jersey); Guang Qu (Sicklerville, New Jersey); Bernd Hauck (Hamilton, New Jersey); Katherine A. High (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for preparing highly purified AAV vector formulations are provided. The highly pure AAV formulations described herein are superior for clinical use. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561753 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/0091 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/64 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/864 (20130101) C12N 15/8645 (20130101) C12N 2750/14011 (20130101) C12N 2750/14051 (20130101) C12N 2750/14111 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14151 (20130101) |
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| US 09408918 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ki-Bum Lee (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Jinping Lai (Highland Park, New Jersey); Birju Shah (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound comprising: (a) a drug carrier comprising coumarin-labeled-cysteine tethered mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) loaded with a pharmaceutically active agent, and (b) a fluorescein isothiocyanate-β-cyclodextrin (FITC-β-CD) covalently linked to said cysteine and blocking the release of said pharmaceutically active agent from said nanoparticles, wherein cleavage of said covalent linkage removes said cyclodextrin and releases said pharmaceutically active agent, and said coumarin and said fluorescin form a donor-acceptor pair so that said drug carrier has a first emission wavelength when the covalent linkage is intact and the cyclodextrin said present and a second emission wavelength after cleavage of said covalent linkage to remove said cyclodextrin and release said pharmaceutically active agent. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/203559 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/02 (20130101) A61K 47/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09409011 | Tai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University Of California (Oakland, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mandheerej S. Nandra (Pasadena, California); Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Damien Craig Rodger (South Pasadena, California); Andy Fong (Los Angeles, California); Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Igor Lavrov (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Kentucky); Claudia A. Angeli (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable electrode array assembly configured to apply electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. A substantially electrically nonconductive layer of the device has a first portion positionable alongside the spinal cord that includes a plurality of first openings. The layer has a second portion that includes a plurality of second openings. Electrodes and traces are positioned inside a peripheral portion of a body portion of the device and alongside the layer. At least one of the first openings is adjacent each of the electrodes to provide a pathway through which the electrode may provide electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. At least one of the second openings is adjacent each of the traces to provide a pathway through which the trace may receive electrical stimulation. At least one trace is connected to each electrode and configured to conduct electrical stimulation received by the trace(s) to the electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320316 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0553 (20130101) A61N 1/0558 (20130101) |
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| US 09409023 | Burdick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); John F. Naber (Goshen, Kentucky); Robert S. Keynton (Louisville, Kentucky); Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Kentucky); Jonathan Hodes (Louisville, Kentucky); Claudia A. Angeli (Louisville, California); Mandheerej S. Nandra (Pasadena, California); Thomas Anthony Desautels (Pasadena, California); Steven L. Upchurch (Louisville, Kentucky); Douglas J. Jackson (New Albany, Indiana); Nicholas A. Terrafranca (Laguna Niguel, California); Yangshen Chen (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); John F. Naber (Goshen, Kentucky); Robert S. Keynton (Louisville, Kentucky); Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Kentucky); Jonathan Hodes (Louisville, Kentucky); Claudia A. Angeli (Louisville, California); Mandheerej S. Nandra (Pasadena, California); Thomas Anthony Desautels (Pasadena, California); Steven L. Upchurch (Louisville, Kentucky); Douglas J. Jackson (New Albany, Indiana); Nicholas A. Terrafranca (Laguna Niguel, California); Yangshen Chen (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are devices including stimulation assemblies connectable to a plurality of electrodes. The plurality of electrodes can be configured to connect to a spinal cord at a location below a lesion of the spinal cord. The stimulation assembly can be configured to deliver stimulation to selected ones of the plurality of electrodes when the stimulation assembly is connected to the plurality of electrodes when located below the lesion of the spinal cord. Methods of using the devices are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/007262 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/407 (20130101) A61B 5/0492 (20130101) A61B 5/1106 (20130101) A61B 5/4076 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 2505/09 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) A61N 1/0553 (20130101) A61N 1/36003 (20130101) A61N 1/36103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36125 (20130101) A61N 1/36139 (20130101) |
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| US 09409036 | Klorg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Klorg (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Klorg (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A connecting system includes an implantable base unit having an implantable housing with an externally accessible magnetic portion and an implantable unit connecting member. The implantable base unit is configured to be at least partially implanted in a subject such that the externally accessible magnetic portion is accessible from an external region of the subject. An interface unit is releasably coupled to the implantable base unit. The interface unit has an interface housing with an interface magnetic portion and an interface unit connecting member. The interface magnetic portion is configured to engage the externally accessible magnetic portion of the implantable base unit to mechanically couple the implantable unit connecting member and the interface unit connecting member. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/185933 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 5/0601 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/0622 (20130101) A61N 2005/063 (20130101) A61N 2005/0612 (20130101) |
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| US 09409146 | Frangione et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blas Frangione (New York, New York); Einar M. Sigurdsson (Scarsdale, New York); Thomas Wisniewski (Staten Island, New York); Jorge Ghiso (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods for treating amyloid disease in humans by clearing amyloid peptides from one or more bodily fluids such as, e.g., blood, of a patient. In particular, the methods are based on the administration of compounds capable of binding to amyloid-beta (Aβ) or on dialysis of blood or plasma exchange in order to remove Aβ peptides from the blood circulation, and/or brain or other affected organs. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655234 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/739 (20130101) A61K 38/30 (20130101) A61K 38/38 (20130101) A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 38/55 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/34 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/345 (20130101) B01J 20/3206 (20130101) B01J 20/3208 (20130101) B01J 20/3217 (20130101) B01J 20/3219 (20130101) B01J 20/3246 (20130101) B01J 20/3248 (20130101) B01J 20/3274 (20130101) B01J 20/3475 (20130101) B01J 20/28033 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2220/58 (20130101) B01J 2220/66 (20130101) |
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| US 09409166 | Mauk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael G Mauk (Greenville, Delaware); Haim H Bau (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Daniel Malamud (New York, New York); William Abrams (Merion, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G Mauk (Greenville, Delaware); Haim H Bau (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Daniel Malamud (New York, New York); William Abrams (Merion, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are integrated devices capable of performing a polymerase chain reaction within a single vessel. Also disclosed are related methods of sample analysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331508 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00529 (20130101) B01J 2219/00608 (20130101) B01J 2219/00641 (20130101) B01J 2219/00659 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/16 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) B01L 2400/0677 (20130101) |
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| US 09409858 | Sotomayor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (Tampa, Florida); BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida); Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eduardo M. Sotomayor (Tampa, Florida); Joel Bergman (Chicago, Illinois); Alan Kozikowski (Chicago, Illinois); Karrune Veeraprasert Woan (Gainesville, Florida); Alejandro V. Villagra (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are selective histone deactylase inhibitors (HDACi) that having Formula (I). Methods of making and using these inhibitors for the treatment of cancer, in particular melanoma are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/383418 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (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) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 275/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 275/34 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/14 (20130101) C07D 213/75 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09409868 | Schonbrunn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffin Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernst Schonbrunn (Tampa, Florida); Rongshi Li (Omaha, Nebraska); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and compositions having activity as inhibitors of Rho-associated proteinkinases (ROCKs), and methods of making and using the subject compounds are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/374445 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/36 (20130101) C07D 213/40 (20130101) C07D 231/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09409909 | Charvat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ChemoCentryx, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ChemoCentryx, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trevor T. Charvat (San Jose, California); Cheng Hu (Menlo Park, California); Anita Melikian (San Francisco, California); Aaron Novack (San Jose, California); Andrew M. K. Pennell (San Francisco, California); Edward J. Sullivan (San Jose, California); William D. Thomas (San Jose, California); Solomon Ungashe (Fremont, California); Penglie Zhang (Foster City, California); Jay Powers (Pacific, California); Sreenivas Punna (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/446127 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4192 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 231/12 (20130101) C07D 231/14 (20130101) C07D 231/16 (20130101) C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 233/61 (20130101) C07D 235/06 (20130101) C07D 235/08 (20130101) C07D 249/06 (20130101) C07D 249/18 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 413/04 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 473/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2501/999 (20130101) |
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| US 09409927 | McLaughlin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida); H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida); University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Lee McLaughlin (Tampa, Florida); Haibin Tian (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds having a 1-bora-1-fluoro-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane moiety wherein the fluorine is 18F are described. Also described are reagents for radiolabeling a molecule having Formula I. Method for radiolabeling molecules with the disclosed reagents are also descried, as are radiolabeled molecules prepared thereby. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/762544 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/00 (20130101) C07B 59/004 (20130101) C07B 59/008 (20130101) C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 7/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09409944 | Gerwick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William H. Gerwick (La Jolla, California); Alban R. Pereira-Badilla (Hayward, California); Tara Byrum (North Charleston, South Carolina); Frederick A. Valeriote (Shelby Township, Michigan); Michael Kenneth Gilson (San Diego, California); Andrew T. Fenley (San Diego, California); Bradley S. Moore (La Jolla, California); Andrew Kale (La Jolla, California); Hosana Debonsi (São Paulo, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Gerwick (La Jolla, California); Alban R. Pereira-Badilla (Hayward, California); Tara Byrum (North Charleston, South Carolina); Frederick A. Valeriote (Shelby Township, Michigan); Michael Kenneth Gilson (San Diego, California); Andrew T. Fenley (San Diego, California); Bradley S. Moore (La Jolla, California); Andrew Kale (La Jolla, California); Hosana Debonsi (São Paulo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | In particular, in alternative embodiments, the invention provides pharmaceutical compounds and formulations comprising a family of epoxyketone compounds, which include racemic mixtures or racemates, isomers, stereoisomers, diastereoisomers, derivatives and analogs, and methods for making and using them. In alternative embodiments, pharmaceutical compositions and formulations of the invention are administered to an individual in need thereof in an amount sufficient to treat, prevent, reverse and/or ameliorate an infection, disease or condition that can be ameliorated, treated, prevented or reversed by partially or completely inhibiting a chymotrypsin-like protease or a proteasome activity, including e.g., a retroviral infection such as human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection, an immune disorder, a neurodegenerative disease or condition, or a cancer such as a myeloma or multiple myeloma, an adenocarcinoma such as a lung adenocarcinoma, a pancreatic cancer, a B-cell related cancer, and lymphomas such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/131681 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/336 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0808 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 5/06052 (20130101) |
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| US 09409949 | Xu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kai Yuan Xu (Cockeysville, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kai Yuan Xu (Cockeysville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Activation sites on the alpha subunit of sodium potassium ATPase have been discovered. It has also been discovered that certain antibodies that bind to the alpha subunit of sodium potassium ATPase dramatically increase enzyme activity. There has never before been a report of precise activation sites or drug interaction sites for sodium potassium ATPase. Certain methods have also been discovered for treating or preventing diseases associated with low sodium potassium ATPase activity by administering antibodies, antibody fragments and small molecules that bind to the activation sites on the alpha subunit of sodium potassium ATPase. |
| FILED | Friday, May 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886482 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0005 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/02 (20130101) C07K 7/04 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/50 (20130101) C07K 7/64 (20130101) C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 2317/75 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/914 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2800/325 (20130101) |
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| US 09409953 | Asokan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aravind Asokan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Nagesh Pulicherla (Hyderabad, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aravind Asokan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Nagesh Pulicherla (Hyderabad, India) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides AAV capsid proteins, virus capsids comprising said capsid proteins and virus vectors comprising said capsid proteins, wherein the AAV capsid proteins have one or more mutations, wherein the mutation(s) result in a phenotype of decreased liver transduction and/or reduced glycan binding affinity as compared to a control. The invention also provides methods of administering the virus vectors and virus capsids of the invention to a cell or to a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/984840 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2750/14121 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14132 (20130101) C12N 2750/14133 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14152 (20130101) |
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| US 09409955 | Reguera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gemma Reguera (Lansing, Michigan); Rebecca Steidl (Williamson, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The application describes electrically conductive nanowires, as well as genetically and/or chemically modified nanowires with modified conductive, adhesive and/or coupling properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/448843 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09409956 | Kopecko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis J. Kopecko (Silver Spring, Maryland); Manuel Osorio (Bethesda, Maryland); Monica R. Foote (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the generation of a plasmid construct for expression of a Yersinia pestis F1-V fusion protein. In the disclosed plasmid, the F1-V fusion protein coding sequence is operably linked to the E. coli htrA promoter, and is fused in-frame to the E. coli HlyA secretion signal sequence. Also described is Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strain Ty21a containing the F1-V fusion protein expression plasmid, such as for use as an oral vaccine against plague. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/402457 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0291 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/036 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09409962 | Trybus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen M. Trybus (Burlington, Vermont); Gary E. Ward (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention, in part, includes methods and compounds useful to prepare and functional class XIV myosin. Functional class XIV myosin prepared using methods of the invention may be useful to screen for and identify compounds that inhibit and treat parasitic infections and contamination. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/712466 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/4716 (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 1/34 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/4712 (20130101) |
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| US 09409977 | Puro |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DecImmune Therapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DecImmune Therapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robyn J. Puro (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses humanized antibodies that specifically bind N2 peptide, methods for the preparation thereof and methods for the use thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/206368 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39583 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) |
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| US 09409978 | Doxsey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J. Doxsey (Sterling, Massachusetts); Tse-Chun Kuo (Worcester, Massachusetts); Chun-Ting Chen (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Doxsey (Sterling, Massachusetts); Tse-Chun Kuo (Worcester, Massachusetts); Chun-Ting Chen (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The number of midbody derivatives in a cell may be modulated by modulating autophagy induced by NBR1. Exemplary methods include modulating the amount or activity of NBR1 in the cell, potentiating or inhibiting binding between NBR1 and Cep55 in the cell, or modulating the amount of Cep55 in the cell. These methods can be used in the treatment of cancers or in methods of reprogramming cells. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/342662 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09409983 | Garcia |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joe G. N. Garcia (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustess of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joe G. N. Garcia (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions involving inhibitors of Pre-B Cell Colony Enhancing Factor (PBEF) for inflammatory conditions and diseases, including acute lung injury (ALI), ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI), and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The present invention also concerns biomarkers for inflammation as well as methods for screening for PBEF inhibitors. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/842773 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/243 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1136 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09409992 | Ho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell Ho (Urbana, Maryland); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Yen T. Phung (Annandale, Virginia); Yifan Zhang (Haymarket, Virginia); Wei Gao (Rockville, Maryland); Raffit Hassan (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the use of rabbit hybridoma technology, along with a panel of truncated mesothelin domain fragments, to identify anti-mesothelin mAbs that bind specific regions of mesothelin. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the rabbit mAbs bind an epitope that is not part of Region I. In particular, the identified mAbs (YP187, YP223, YP218 and YP3) bind either Region II (391-486), Region III (487-581) or a native conformation of mesothelin with subnanomolar affinity. These antibodies do not compete for binding with the mesothelin-specific immunotoxin SS1P or mesothelin-specific antibody MORAb-009. In another aspect, disclosed is a high-affinity rabbit mAb that binds Region I of mesothelin (YP158). YP158 binds native mesothelin protein in cancer cells and tissues with high affinity and specificity. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/421599 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48484 (20130101) A61K 47/48561 (20130101) A61K 47/48569 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) |
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| US 09409994 | Ho 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 (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell Ho (Urbana, Maryland); Yen T. Phung (Annandale, Virginia); Wei Gao (Rockville, Maryland); Yifan Zhang (Haymarket, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the identification of a panel of high affinity monoclonal antibodies that bind GPC3. The disclosed antibodies recognize native GPC3 on the surface of cancer cells, as well as soluble GPC3. The highest affinity antibody (YP7) was further characterized and shown to be highly sensitive in that it was capable of detecting cancer cells with low expression of GPC3. YP7 also exhibited significant HCC tumor growth inhibition in vivo. Immunotoxins comprising the antibodies disclosed herein fused to PE38 exhibited very high binding affinity for GPC3-expressing cells and significantly inhibited GPC3-expressing cancer cell growth. Thus, the high-affinity monoclonal antibodies disclosed herein can be used for the diagnosis and treatment of GPC3-expressing cancers. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/403896 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/45 (20130101) A61K 47/48569 (20130101) A61K 47/48638 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/303 (20130101) C07K 16/3069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/54 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 204/02036 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57423 (20130101) G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 33/57449 (20130101) G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) G01N 2458/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09410124 | Chancellor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Johnny Huard (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Christopher C. Capelli (Houston, Texas); Zhuqing Qu-Petersen (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides muscle-derived progenitor cells that show long-term survival following transplantation into body tissues and which can augment soft tissue following introduction (e.g. via injection, transplantation, or implantation) into a site of soft tissue. Also provided are methods of isolating muscle-derived progenitor cells, and methods of genetically modifying the cells for gene transfer therapy. The invention further provides methods of using compositions comprising muscle-derived progenitor cells for the augmentation and bulking of mammalian, including human, soft tissues in the treatment of various cosmetic or functional conditions, including malformation, injury, weakness, disease, or dysfunction. In particular, the present invention provides treatments and amelioration for dermatological conditions, gastroesophageal reflux, vesico-ureteral reflux, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, heart failure, and myocardial infarction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/289043 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/34 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0658 (20130101) C12N 5/0659 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2500/84 (20130101) C12N 2501/70 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101) |
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| US 09410133 | Gentry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Gentry (Lexington, Kentucky); Craig Vander Kooi (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Glucan phosphatase nucleotide or polypeptide variants of the presently-disclosed subject matter can alter the biophysical properties of starch in vitro or in planta, as well as the total starch biomass production in planta as compared to plants expressing wild-type glucan phosphatases. Plants producing the polypeptide variants of the presently-disclosed subject matter can have increased starch accumulation, increased starched biomass, and/or starch having desired biophysical properties. A method of the presently-disclosed subject matter for producing altered starch includes providing a plant that produces a glucan phosphatase polypeptide variant that comprises an amino acid mutation and collecting starch from the plant. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/928160 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/82 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09410137 | Camire |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney M. Camire (Sicklerville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Factor Xa variants and methods of use thereof are disclosed. |
| FILED | Sunday, December 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/726187 |
| 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 38/4846 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/647 (20130101) C12N 9/6432 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 304/21006 (20130101) |
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| US 09410142 | Trout, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bernhardt L. Trout, II (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Diwakar Shukla (Stanford, California); Curtiss P. Schneider (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernhardt L. Trout, II (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Diwakar Shukla (Stanford, California); Curtiss P. Schneider (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the invention is a salt comprising guanidinium groups, as shown in formula I. Another aspect of the invention is a salt comprising guanidinium groups, as shown in formula II. Another aspect of the invention is a salt comprising guanidinium groups, as shown in formula III. Another aspect of the invention is a salt comprising guanidinium groups, as shown in formula IV. Yet another aspect of the invention is a salt comprising guanidinium groups, as shown in formula I, II, III, and IV further comprising independently for each occurrence citrate, phosphate, or sulfate anion. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a protein and a salt comprising guanidinium groups, as shown in formula I, II, III, and IV. Also provided are methods of increasing shelf life of an aqueous solution of a protein and decreasing the amount of protein aggregation in an aqueous solution of a protein. |
| FILED | Friday, November 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/884420 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 279/12 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/96 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410186 | Arya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nubad, LLC (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nubad LLC (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dev P. Arya (Greenville, South Carolina); Frank Anderson Norris (Anderson, South Carolina); Jason Derrick Watkins (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Small molecule fluorescent probes for established drug targets such as nucleic acids including DNA and RNA has been developed and disclosed herein. These nucleic acid probes bind to multiple DNA and RNA structures, and to sites crucial for nucleic acid function, such as DNA and RNA major grooves. Displacement of the probes by other binders such as small molecule compounds and/or proteins illicits a fluorescence change in the probe that once detected and analyzed provide binding information of these other binders of interest. Similarly, changes in fluorescence upon binding of the probes to nucleic acid have been applied to screen nucleic acid of different sequence and conformation. The nucleic acid probes and method of uses disclosed herein are advantageously suitable for high-through put screening of libraries of small molecule compounds, proteins, and nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/939950 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) |
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| US 09410204 | Sharp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Sharp (Davis, California); Glen C Jickling (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing and predicting the occurrence of ischemia. For example, the present invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing and predicting the risk and cause of transient neurological events (TNE) as ischemic or non-ischemic. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/370709 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) G01N 2800/324 (20130101) G01N 2800/2871 (20130101) G01N 2800/7019 (20130101) |
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| US 09410205 | Bogunovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dusan Bogunovic (New York, New York); Nina Bhardwaj (West Orange, New Jersey); David O'Neill (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dusan Bogunovic (New York, New York); Nina Bhardwaj (West Orange, New Jersey); David O'Neill (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Cellular and genetic signatures and methods of using same for subcategorizing stage III melanoma tumors are described herein. The signatures and methods are particularly useful with regard to establishing more distinct criteria on which basis to differentiate stage IIIB and IIIC melanoma patients. Assessment of the cellular and genetic signatures of a melanoma sample using methods described herein yields information on which basis differential survival duration and sensitivity to various cancer therapies can be predicted for a Stage IIIB or Stage IIIC melanoma patients. As described herein, gene expression profiling, determination of mitotic index (MI), and quantification of tumor infiltrating leukocytes (TILs) and CD3+ cells in metastatic lesions may be utilized to predict or assess drug response, drug sensitivity, and clinical outcome in metastatic melanoma patients. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/932068 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09410267 | Parker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Kit Parker (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mohammad Reza Badrossamay (Somerville, Massachusetts); Josue Adrian Goss (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Kit Parker (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mohammad Reza Badrossamay (Somerville, Massachusetts); Josue Adrian Goss (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and devices for the fabrication of 3D polymeric fibers having micron, sub-micron, and nanometer dimensions, as well as methods of use of these polymeric fibers. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/320031 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 5/0075 (20130101) C12N 5/0657 (20130101) C12N 2533/30 (20130101) C12N 2533/40 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5082 (20130101) G01N 33/5088 (20130101) |
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| US 09410938 | Comhair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzy Comhair (Concord Township, Ohio); Satish Kalhan (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Stanley Hazen (Pepper Pike, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, kits, and compositions related to testing a sample for the level of a biomarker related to asthma, wherein the biomarker is selected from: taurine, maltose, maltotriose, adenosine 5′-monophosphate, phosphoethanolamine, glycerophosphorylcholine, arachidonate, heptanoate, pelargonate, and nicotinamide. In certain embodiments, the level of the biomarker is used to identify therapy effective for treating asthma. In other embodiments, the level of the biomarker is used to identify the presence, severity, or risk of exacerbation of asthma. In further embodiments, the level of the biomarker is used to monitor the response to on-going therapy (e.g., adjust the dosage of the asthma therapy). |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/893425 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/145 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 47/183 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/49 (20130101) G01N 33/483 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/493 (20130101) |
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| US 09410943 | Kadoch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cigall Kadoch (Stanford, California); Gerald R. Crabtree (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for treating human synovial sarcoma (SS). Also provided are screens to identify therapeutics for the treatment of synovial sarcoma. These methods, compositions, and screens are based on the discovery that promoting the assembly of wild type BAF (also called mSWI/SNF) complexes in SS cells by increasing levels of wild type SS18 and/or decreasing levels of SS18-SSX fusion protein leads to the cessation of proliferation of malignant cells in synovial sarcoma. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210087 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57407 (20130101) |
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| US 09410946 | Halperin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pesident and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose A. Halperin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Huseyin Aktas (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Bioassays for detecting the ability of one sample of a food substance, nutritional supplement, therapeutic agent and/or disease preventive agent relative to that of a second sample of such a substance, supplement and/or agent to inhibit, upregulate or otherwise modulate translation initiation, and thereby demonstrate a disease curative and/or preventive effect in a human and/or animal that consumes a such substance, supplement and/or agent or to whom a such substance, supplement and/or agent is administered are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/657537 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6897 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/53 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/68 (20130101) |
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| US 09410953 | Mace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles R. Mace (Auburn, New York); Amrita R. Yadav (Rochester, New York); Benjamin L. Miller (Penfield, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles R. Mace (Auburn, New York); Amrita R. Yadav (Rochester, New York); Benjamin L. Miller (Penfield, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a formulations and methods for coupling a reactant (or probe precursor) to a functionalized surface for purposes of forming an arrayed sensor. This method includes the steps of: providing a surface having a reactive functional group; and introducing onto the surface, at a plurality of discrete locations, two or more compositions of the invention, which include a different reactant (probe precursor) and a non-nucleophilic additive, wherein such introduction is carried out under conditions effective to allow for covalent binding of the reactant to the surface via the reactive functional group. This results in a probe-functionalized array that substantially overcomes the problem of surface morphological anomalies on the array surface. Use of the resulting arrays in various detection systems is also encompassed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/122228 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/0074 (20130101) B01J 2219/00533 (20130101) B01J 2219/00612 (20130101) B01J 2219/00626 (20130101) B01J 2219/00637 (20130101) B01J 2219/00659 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (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 1/6837 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54353 (20130101) G01N 33/54393 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410956 | Cheng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) represent a novel class of genes that function as negative regulators of gene expression and have recently been implicated in several cancers. However, aberrant miRNA expression and its clinicopathological significance in human ovarian cancer have not been well documented. Numerous miRNAs are shown altered in human ovarian cancer, significantly miR-214, -199a*, -200a, -100, -125b, -30d, -221, -222, -126, and -24. Four miRNAs (miR-221, miR-222, miR-126, and miR-24) were found to be deregulated in all four histological types of ovarian carcinoma (serous, mucinous, endometrioid, and clear cell). Frequent deregulation of miR-214, -199a*, -200a and -100 was demonstrated in ovarian cancers. Significantly, miR-214 induces cell survival and cisplatin resistance through targeting down-regulation of proteins activating the Akt pathway. Inhibition of Akt using Akt inhibitor, API-2/triciribine, or PTEN cDNA lacking 3′UTR largely abrogates miR-214 induced cell survival. These findings indicate that deregulation of miRNAs is a recurrent event in human ovarian cancer and that miR-214 induces cell survival and cisplatin resistance primarily through targeting the PTEN/Akt pathway. |
| FILED | Monday, August 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/534618 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57449 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410958 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Peyton Shieh (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides fluorogenic azide compounds. Also provided are methods of using the subject compounds for labelling a target biomolecule that includes an alkyne. In some embodiments, the method includes contacting the biomolecule with a fluorogenic azide compound, wherein the contacting results in covalent linkage of the compound with the alkyne moiety of the target biomolecule. |
| FILED | Monday, March 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/665962 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/0816 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 11/08 (20130101) C09B 11/24 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410966 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Brian P. Smart (Cupertino, California); Austin A. Pitcher (Saint James, Minnesota); Krishnan K. Palaniappan (Columbia, Missouri); Mark A. Breidenbach (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for detecting a low abundance protein and methods for identifying a site of N-glycosylation on a protein. In practicing methods according to certain embodiments, a eukaryotic cell is contacted with an isotopic labeling composition and isotopically labeled N-glycosylated peptides obtained from the eukaryotic cell are assessed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. A predetermined isotopic pattern in the mass spectrum is identified and amino acid sequences of the peptides containing the predetermined isotopic pattern are determined. Systems for identifying a predetermined isotopic pattern in mass spectra and determining amino acid sequences of peptides containing the predetermined isotopic pattern are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/156175 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6848 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410970 | Tian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanqing Tian (Tempe, Arizona); Liqiang Zhang (Chandler, Arizona); Fengyu Su (Tempe, Arizona); Deirdre Meldrum (Phoenix, Arizona); Sean Buizer (Tempe, Arizona); Clifford L. Anderson (Tempe, Arizona); Laimonas Kelbauskas (Gilbert, Arizona); Kristen Lee (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A triple sensor structured for simultaneous measurement of glucose, oxygen, and pH. The sensor components are in thin film states such as sensing films or membranes, with a glucose probe associated with emission of radiation in the blue part of the spectrum, an oxygen probe associated with radiation in red portion of the spectrum, and a pH probe—with a green portion of the spectrum. The optical probes are chemically grafted or immobilized in a suitable polymer matrix, alleviating the leaching of the probes from the matrix, improving the thin film sensing stability, and enabling the repeatable use of the same sensing films. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/533349 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/66 (20130101) G01N 33/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09411030 | Weinberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Irving N. Weinberg (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WEINBERG MEDICAL PHYSICS LLC (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irving N. Weinberg (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and a method for increasing the magnitude of the magnetic gradient for MRI without causing nerve stimulation. As an example, the short ramp time of magnetic gradients, for example less than 150 microseconds is contemplated. These short ramp-time magnetic gradients are used for the imaging of structures with short relaxations times, such as teeth, without causing nerve stimulation. The apparatus comprises a generator of magnetic gradients of at least 1 milliTeslas in magnitude with at least one gradient ramp time shorter than 150 microseconds and which induces no peripheral nerve stimulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439382 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/288 (20130101) G01R 33/3852 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09411033 | He et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin He (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Yuan Xu (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Xu Li (Weymouth, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin He (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Yuan Xu (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Xu Li (Weymouth, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a magnetic energy source to provide a magnetic signal and a detector to detect an acoustic energy signal from a sample stimulated by the magnetic energy signal. A method includes applying a magnetic signal to a biological sample, detecting an acoustic signal from the sample, and processing the acoustic signal to determine the electrical impedance distribution of the sample, and identify disease in the biological sample. A method includes applying a magnetic signal to a sample, detecting a magnetic or electrical signal within the sample, and processing the magnetic or electrical signal to reconstruct electrical impedance distribution of the sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/913894 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0093 (20130101) A61B 8/00 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4808 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09411149 | Flusberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin A. Flusberg (Palo Alto, California); Mark Jacob Schnitzer (Stanford, California); Tony H. Ko (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin A. Flusberg (Palo Alto, California); Mark Jacob Schnitzer (Stanford, California); Tony H. Ko (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Micro-optical imaging is facilitated. According to an example embodiment, a micro-optical probe arrangement includes a GRIN-type lens probe to direct light to and from a specimen. Compensation optics tailored to the probe and aberrations introduced by the lens are located in a light path through the lens, and compensate for the introduced aberrations. A light detector detects light from the specimen, as facilitated by the compensation optics, and generates data characterizing an image of the specimen. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/175234 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0059 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0087 (20130101) G02B 23/2423 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/0025 (20130101) |
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| US 09413133 | Cable et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thorlabs, Inc. (Newton, New Jersey); Praevium Research, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thorlabs, Inc. (Newton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Ezra Cable (Newton, New Jersey); Vijaysekhar Jayaraman (Goleta, California); Benjamin Michael Potsaid (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An amplified tunable source includes a short-cavity laser coupled to an optical amplifier for high power, spectrally shaped operation. The short-cavity laser is coupled to a quantum well semiconductor optical amplifier with two quantum states for broadened gain. Two preferred wavelength ranges of the amplified tunable source include 1200-1400 nm and 800-1100 nm. Also disclosed is the short cavity tunable laser coupled to a fiber amplifier. Various combinations of tunable optical filters with the amplified tunable source to reduce noise or improve spectral purity are presented. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/878625 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/255 (20130101) G01N 21/272 (20130101) G01N 2201/0612 (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 3/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/10015 (20130101) H01S 3/10061 (20130101) H01S 5/34 (20130101) H01S 5/0071 (20130101) H01S 5/0078 (20130101) H01S 5/183 (20130101) H01S 5/0687 (20130101) H01S 5/1039 (20130101) H01S 5/18311 (20130101) H01S 5/18355 (20130101) H01S 5/18366 (20130101) H01S 5/18372 (20130101) H01S 2301/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09413403 | Wentzloff 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) | David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Seunghyun Oh (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nathan E. Roberts (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A low power radio is provided with automatic interference rejection. The radio is comprised generally of: an antenna, a rectifier, a comparator, and a correlator. The comparator receives an input signal from the rectifier, compares the input signal to a reference signal and outputs a digital signal. The correlator in turn receives the digital signal from the comparator, correlates the digital signal to a wake-up code and outputs a wake-up signal having a high value when the digital signal is highly correlated with the wake-up code. The radio further includes an automatic threshold controller which adjusts sensitivity of the comparator. Of note, the rectifier, the comparator, the correlator and the automatic threshold controller are comprised in part by circuits having transistors operating only in subthreshold region. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/490786 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/1027 (20130101) H04B 2001/1072 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/0229 (20130101) H04W 52/0235 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Gilgunn (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); O. Burak Ozdoganlar (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Takashi Daniel Yoshida Kozai (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gary Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania); Xinyan Cui (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Douglas J. Weber (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for surgeon-assisted rapid surgical implantation of devices into soft tissue. The apparatus comprises several subsystems that enable the referencing of the spatial position and orientation of the device being implanted with respect to the soft tissue into which it is being implanted and then the controlled implantation of the device at a predefined speed with higher positional accuracy and precision and a reduction in soft tissue damage, provided by ultrasonic assisted motion, compared to current state-of-the-art implantation methods and devices. The method includes automated loading of the device being implanted into a clamping mechanism from a cartridge holding a number of implants, referencing of the device position and orientation, referencing of the surface of the tissue into which the device is being implanted, monitoring of the tissue motion, identification of desirable implant location based on the soft tissue profile, allowance of surgeon selection and fine adjustment of the final implant location, high-speed implantation, device release and implant actuator retraction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920753 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/4851 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6838 (20130101) A61B 5/6843 (20130101) |
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| US 09408573 | Welch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall Welch (Mission Viejo, California); Gwenn Ellerby (Natick, Massachusetts); Peter Scott (Auburn, Massachusetts); Babs Soller (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edward Rowan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sotera Wireless, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall Welch (Mission Viejo, California); Gwenn Ellerby (Natick, Massachusetts); Peter Scott (Auburn, Massachusetts); Babs Soller (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edward Rowan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A patient interface for a reusable optical sensor, the patient interface including a compliant element defining a pocket having a lower wall defining an opening therethrough, the pocket being configured to removably receive the reusable optical sensor. The compliant element includes a first wing and a second wing configured for conformal placement on a patient's body. A condition of a patient may be monitored by inserting an optical sensor into a patient interface, applying the patient interface to the patient, obtaining a measurement with the optical sensor related to the condition of the patient, removing the patient interface from the patient, and removing the sensor from the patient interface. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570939 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/6823 (20130101) A61B 5/6824 (20130101) A61B 5/6828 (20130101) A61B 5/6831 (20130101) A61B 5/6833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/14535 (20130101) A61B 5/14539 (20130101) A61B 5/14551 (20130101) A61B 5/14552 (20130101) A61B 2560/0412 (20130101) A61B 2560/0443 (20130101) A61B 2562/18 (20130101) A61B 2562/146 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) A61B 2562/247 (20130101) |
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| US 09408576 | Chon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ki H. Chon (Worcester, Massachusetts); Jowoon Chong (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Enhanced real-time realizable AF algorithm for accurate detection of, and discrimination between, NSR, AF, PVC, and PAC. The method of these teachings includes an AF detection method having a modified Poincare approach in order to differentiate various patterns of PAC and PVC from NSR and AF. The method of these teachings can also apply to the Kullback-Leibler divergence or the Turning Point Ratio (TPR) to differentiate between various patterns of PAC and PVC from NSR and AF. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/267177 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/02416 (20130101) A61B 5/02438 (20130101) A61B 5/6898 (20130101) A61B 5/7264 (20130101) A61B 5/7282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09408832 | Fernandez-Valle |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cristina Fernandez-Valle (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cristina Fernandez-Valle (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient at risk of developing or having a neurofibromatosis or a sporadic schwannoma. In exemplary embodiments, the method involves administering to a subject in need an effective amount of a LIMK modulating agent. Also disclosed are compounds newly identified to be inhibitors of Merlin-null Schwann cell proliferation and/or survival. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/385211 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/38 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/498 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/12 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/11001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/502 (20130101) G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/5058 (20130101) G01N 2333/912 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09408890 | Comolli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) (Santa Barbara, California); University of Massachusetts Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Comolli (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Jose Trevejo (Brighton, Massachusetts); Ram Sasisekharan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zachary Shriver (Winchester, Massachusetts); Karthik Viswanathan (Waltham, Massachusetts); Deborah Fygenson (Santa Barbara, California); Robert Finberg (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Jennifer Wang (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides compositions, kits, and methods useful for treating or preventing viral and bacterial infection and reducing or preventing the effects of toxins. The methods comprise administering to a subject an effective amount of a liposomal composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/161555 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7012 (20130101) A61K 38/162 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48815 (20130101) |
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| US 09409009 | Thota et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anil K. Thota (Miami Beach, Florida); Ranu Jung (Miami Beach, Florida); Sathyakumar S. Kuntaegowdanahalli (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-lead multi-electrode system and method of manufacturing the multi-lead multi-electrode system includes a multi-electrode lead that may be used to deploy multiple separable electrodes to different spaced apart contact sites, such as nerve or muscle tissues, for example, that are spatially distributed over a large area. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/073117 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/4029 (20130101) A61B 5/4076 (20130101) A61B 5/6839 (20130101) A61B 5/6877 (20130101) A61B 2562/18 (20130101) A61B 2562/0209 (20130101) A61B 2562/245 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0558 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49208 (20150115) |
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| US 09409011 | Tai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University Of California (Oakland, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mandheerej S. Nandra (Pasadena, California); Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Damien Craig Rodger (South Pasadena, California); Andy Fong (Los Angeles, California); Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Igor Lavrov (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Kentucky); Claudia A. Angeli (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable electrode array assembly configured to apply electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. A substantially electrically nonconductive layer of the device has a first portion positionable alongside the spinal cord that includes a plurality of first openings. The layer has a second portion that includes a plurality of second openings. Electrodes and traces are positioned inside a peripheral portion of a body portion of the device and alongside the layer. At least one of the first openings is adjacent each of the electrodes to provide a pathway through which the electrode may provide electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. At least one of the second openings is adjacent each of the traces to provide a pathway through which the trace may receive electrical stimulation. At least one trace is connected to each electrode and configured to conduct electrical stimulation received by the trace(s) to the electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320316 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0553 (20130101) A61N 1/0558 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EnChem Engineering, Inc. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OXYTEC LLC (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond G. Ball (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for the reduction of contamination in soil and groundwater is provided. Cyclic oligosaccharides can be used, for example, to carry oxidants, carry activators, solubilize organic contaminants and promote biodegradation. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/333988 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Reclamation of Contaminated Soil B09C 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B09C 1/02 (20130101) B09C 1/08 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/72 (20130101) C02F 1/78 (20130101) C02F 1/725 (20130101) C02F 2101/38 (20130101) C02F 2101/306 (20130101) C02F 2101/322 (20130101) C02F 2101/327 (20130101) C02F 2101/363 (20130101) C02F 2101/366 (20130101) C02F 2103/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09409265 | Whitesides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George M. Whitesides (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Filip Ilievski (Santa Clara, California); Audrey Ellerbee (Palo Alto, California); Sergey S. Shevkoplyas (Friendwood, Texas); Katherine A. Mirica (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Whitesides (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Filip Ilievski (Santa Clara, California); Audrey Ellerbee (Palo Alto, California); Sergey S. Shevkoplyas (Friendwood, Texas); Katherine A. Mirica (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The ability to assemble three-dimensional structures using diamagnetic particles suspended in solutions containing paramagnetic cations is described. The major advantages of this separation device are that: (i) it is a simple apparatus that does not require electric power (a set of permanent magnets and gravity are sufficient for the diamagnetic separation and collection system to work); ii) the assembled structures can be removed from the paramagnetic solution for further processing after fixing the structure; iii) the assembly is fast; and iv) it is small, portable. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/994595 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/01 (20130101) B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 2201/18 (20130101) Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 3/005 (20130101) B81C 2203/054 (20130101) B81C 2203/057 (20130101) B81C 2203/058 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 30/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 117/901 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09409358 | Bremmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Bremmer (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Darryl Mark Toni (Madison, Connecticut); Jeffrey G. Sauer (Woodbury, Connecticut); Edward Joseph Fabian (Oxford, Connecticut); Paul H. Denavit (Woodbridge, Connecticut); William E. Hovan, III (Oxford, Connecticut); Gregory A. Davidson (North Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Bremmer (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Darryl Mark Toni (Madison, Connecticut); Jeffrey G. Sauer (Woodbury, Connecticut); Edward Joseph Fabian (Oxford, Connecticut); Paul H. Denavit (Woodbridge, Connecticut); William E. Hovan, III (Oxford, Connecticut); Gregory A. Davidson (North Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite structure includes a first laminate and a second laminate. At least one core assembly is located between the first laminate and the second laminate. The at least one core assembly includes a core component and a layer of filler material disposed at a first face of the core component. The layer of filler material at least partially fills selected cells of the core component to a fill depth such that the filler material rigidizes when cured to prevent movement and/or crushing of core component under a pressure applied during a cure cycle of the composite structure. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/651914 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 24/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29D 99/0021 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 2/365 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 428/24157 (20150115) |
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| US 09409768 | DeNatale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey F. DeNatale (Thousand Oaks, California); Philip A. Stupar (Oxnard, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for providing localized heating as well as protection for a vibrating MEMS device. A cap over a MEMS gyroscope includes an embedded temperature sensor and a heater. The temperature sensor is a trace made of a material with a known temperature/resistance coefficient, which loops back along itself to reduce electromagnetic interference. The heater is a resistive metal trace which also loops back along itself. The temperature sensor and the heater provide localized temperature stabilization for the MEMS gyroscope to reduce temperature drift in the MEMS gyroscope. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/065310 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/0032 (20130101) B81B 7/0087 (20130101) B81B 7/0096 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81B 2201/0242 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00269 (20130101) B81C 1/00301 (20130101) B81C 2203/0109 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/5712 (20130101) |
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| US 09409830 | Csernica et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher M. Csernica (Port Murray, New Jersey); Karl D. Oyler (New York, New York); Jesse J. Sabatini (Bel Air, Maryland); Neha Mehta (Succasunna, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Csernica (Port Murray, New Jersey); Karl D. Oyler (New York, New York); Jesse J. Sabatini (Bel Air, Maryland); Neha Mehta (Succasunna, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-toxic primer mix in which DBX-1 (copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazole) acts as the primary explosive portion of the primer. Furthermore, in this mix, boron carbide (B4C) replaces the traditional frictionator/fuel, toxic antimony trisulfide. In addition, potassium nitrate replaces the toxic barium nitrate (BaNO3)2) as the oxidizer, providing an ignition flame from the primer in a pyrotechnic reaction. The non-toxic primer therefore embodies a lead-free, barium-free, antimony-free explosive material that can include added fuels, sensitizers, explosives and/or binders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/882803 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 25/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C06B 31/02 (20130101) C06B 45/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09409936 | Epshteyn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Epshteyn (College Park, Maryland); Brendan Yonke (Denver, Colorado); Timothy Strobel (Washington, District of Columbia); Huiyang Gou (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) | Albert Epshteyn (College Park, Maryland); Brendan Yonke (Denver, Colorado); Timothy Strobel (Washington, District of Columbia); Huiyang Gou (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A new graphitic material has the empirical formula C3N3P and comprises triazine rings bound together by phosphorus atoms, and/or other 5- or 6-membered rings with various carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous connectivity. The material is made by polymerizing P(CN)3, for example by using a temperature of at least 220° C. and an elevated pressure, optionally as high as 1500° C. and 12 GPa. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/819563 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/082 (20130101) C01B 21/097 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 251/26 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/65216 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410020 | Matyjaszewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Bockstaller (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composition includes adding together a plurality of particle brush systems wherein each of the particle brush systems includes a particle and a polymer brush including a plurality of polymer chains attached to the particle. The plurality of polymer chains of the polymer brush exhibit two chain conformations as the degree of polymerization of the polymer chains increases so that the polymer brush includes a concentrated polymer brush region with stretched polymer chains and a semi-dilute polymer brush region with relaxed chains that is radially outside of the concentrated polymer brush region. The degree of polymerization of the polymer brush is no less than 10% less than a critical degree of polymerization and no more than 20% greater than the critical degree of polymerization. The critical degree of polymerization is defined as the degree of polymerization required to achieve a transition from the concentrated polymer brush region to the semi-dilute polymer brush region. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/373553 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2207/056 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 83/003 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 3/005 (20130101) C08J 2325/06 (20130101) C08J 2333/12 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 25/06 (20130101) C08L 33/12 (20130101) C08L 101/005 (20130101) C08L 2205/025 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aparna Tatavarthy (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Andrew C. Cannons (Tampa, Florida); Loree C. Heller (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aparna Tatavarthy (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Andrew C. Cannons (Tampa, Florida); Loree C. Heller (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of detecting the presence of Salmonella in a sample using novel oligonucleotide sequences. Also presented is a kit for putting the method into practice and novel nucleic acid sequences for ompF. The ompF gene was found to be 100% inclusive for Salmonella species and 100% exclusive for non-Salmonella species for the strains tested thus making it an excellent marker for identification of both the species of Salmonella: S. enterica and S. bongori. Two hundred and eighteen isolates belonging to Salmonella enterica (subspecies I-VI) and Salmonella bongori were examined using novel primers designed to detect the ompF gene. The target was present in all the 218 Salmonella isolates including all the subspecies of Salm. enterica and Salm. bongori. The ompF gene was absent in 180 non-Salmonella strains tested. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/535376 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gareth G. Hougham (Ossining, New York); Gerard McVicker (Stormville, New York); Anna Pratt (Wallkill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A negative electrophoretic photoresist is applied over a plurality of protruding disposable template portions on a substrate. A silo structure is placed on planar portions of the negative electrophoretic photoresist that laterally surround the plurality of protruding disposable template portions. The negative electrophoretic photoresist is lithographically exposed employing the silo structure and a first lithographic mask, which includes a transparent substrate with isolated opaque patterns thereupon. After removal of the silo structure, the negative electrophoretic photoresist is lithographically exposed employing a second lithographic mask, which includes a pattern of transparent areas overlying the planar portions of the negative electrophoretic photoresist less the areas for bases of metal structure to be subsequently formed by electroplating. The negative electrophoretic photoresist is developed to form cavities therein, and metal structures are formed by electroplating within the cavities. The negative electrophoretic photoresist and the plurality of protruding disposable template portions can be subsequently removed. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/528028 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 1/003 (20130101) C25D 5/022 (20130101) C25D 13/00 (20130101) C25D 17/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/0037 (20130101) G03F 7/203 (20130101) G03F 7/2022 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24562 (20150115) |
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| US 09410312 | Thrall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dume du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashley P. Thrall (South Bend, Indiana); Angelene J. Dascanio (Los Olivos, California); Chad P. Quaglia (East Bridgewater, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A shelter has a packaged configuration and a deployed configuration. The shelter has four panels, each with four edges and two faces. The first and fourth panels have a rectangular shape, and the second and third panels have a quadrangle shape. The relationship of panel edge lengths and angles of the quadrangle shelter panels create a sturdy enclosure that is easy to erect, manipulate, and reconfigure. Furthermore, the shelter may be erected by rotating the panels into place via pivotal connections between the panels and optionally through the use of a lever arm. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/604211 |
| ART UNIT | 3638 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/3445 (20130101) E04B 1/34336 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E04B 1/34357 (20130101) E04B 1/34384 (20130101) E04B 2001/34389 (20130101) Buildings or Like Structures for Particular Purposes; Swimming or Splash Baths or Pools; Masts; Fencing; Tents or Canopies, in General E04H 1/1205 (20130101) E04H 15/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09410428 | Lucas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Lucas (Hamden, Connecticut); Matthew B. Kennedy (Vernon, Connecticut); John E. Holowczak (S. Windsor, Connecticut); William K. Tredway (Manchester, Connecticut); Aavo Anto (Bridgeport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbomachine includes a rotor hub that has a central opening there through. A shaft extends through the central opening. A clamp is coupled with the shaft and the rotor hub such that the rotor hub is rotatable with the shaft. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/726946 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/34 (20130101) F01D 5/066 (20130101) F01D 5/284 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/37 (20130101) F05D 2300/175 (20130101) |
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| US 09410478 | Loebig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Loebig (Greenwood, Indiana); Robert Manning (Lebanon, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine engine includes a fan that provides an air flow to the turbine engine as compressor intake air and as compressor bypass air, a first stage compressor positioned to receive the compressor intake air and output a first stage compressed air, and a boiler positioned to cool the first stage compressed air using a fluid. A second stage compressor is positioned to receive the cooled first stage compressed air. A pump is configured to pump the fluid as a liquid into the boiler, extract energy from the first stage compressed air, and cause the cooling of the first stage compressed air. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/134427 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02C 7/12 (20130101) F02C 7/143 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 3/06 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2210/14 (20130101) F05D 2220/62 (20130101) F05D 2220/72 (20130101) F05D 2220/76 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/675 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49229 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING, S.arl (Bascharage, Luxembourg) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi International Operations Luxembourg SARL. (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. P. Michel (Arlon, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of assessing the functioning of an EGR cooler of an EGR system in an internal combustion engine, wherein the EGR cooler can be selectively operated in a first and a second operating condition; and wherein the engine comprises at least one cylinder equipped with a pressure sensor. The assessment of the functioning of the EGR cooler is based on the variation of a combustion characteristic value depending on cylinder pressure (CA50), upon switching of the EGR cooler from a first to a second operating condition. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/677449 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cooling of Machines or Engines in General; Cooling of Internal-combustion Engines F01P 2060/10 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 35/028 (20130101) F02D 41/0065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 41/345 (20130101) F02D 2041/0067 (20130101) |
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| US 09410779 | Ginetto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Ginetto (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Andrew Moramarco (Staten Island, New York); Leanne Mohla (Blairstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Ginetto (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Andrew Moramarco (Staten Island, New York); Leanne Mohla (Blairstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A frangible fin ring for a low velocity, gun-launched projectile includes a circular base with a plurality of trunnions extending radially outward from the circular base. Fins are mounted to the trunnions. A line of frangibility between adjacent trunnions includes a rear notch, a circular opening and a front notch, preferably all axially aligned. Upon impact of the projectile with a target, the fin ring breaks apart at the lines of frangibility and separates from the projectile. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/496008 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410780 | Lunking et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Michael Lunking (Columbia, Maryland); Timothy P. Weihs (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method for creating and consolidating fragments and a useable structure formed from said consolidated fragments. The method includes swaging a metal powder into a first consolidated structure. The consolidated structure is ground to form particles and the particles are sifted to select those with a predetermined diameter. The particles having the predetermined diameter can then be swaged into a second consolidated structure. The resultant second consolidated structure is therefore configured to fragment controllably. The second consolidated structure can also be formed from reactive metal laminates such that the structure also has chemical energy. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/896661 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/02 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/22 (20130101) F42B 12/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410781 | Hooke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan Hooke (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Jackie Longcore (Augusta, New Jersey); Kyle Schaarschmidt (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Joshua Gallagher (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Hooke (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Jackie Longcore (Augusta, New Jersey); Kyle Schaarschmidt (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Joshua Gallagher (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A muzzle-loaded, fin-stabilized mortar round includes a projectile with a discarding sabot mounted thereon. The sabot includes one or more discrete sections that are circumferentially divided into a plurality of discrete sabot increments. In the case of more than one discrete section, the plurality of discrete sections are arranged longitudinally one after another in abutting relationship. Each sabot increment includes a base portion mechanically connected to the projectile and two opposing side portions mechanically connected to circumferentially adjacent sabot increments. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/444415 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/06 (20130101) F42B 14/06 (20130101) F42B 14/061 (20130101) F42B 14/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410783 | Khuc et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lloyd Khuc (Wharton, New Jersey); Nicholas Cali (Hopatcong, New Jersey); Daniel Vo (Landing, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd Khuc (Wharton, New Jersey); Nicholas Cali (Hopatcong, New Jersey); Daniel Vo (Landing, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An unmanned aerial vehicle is equipped to carry a payload of explosives for remote delivery upon a target. The vehicle includes a small TV camera, global positioning system, and auto pilot homing target software. The modified vehicle is capable of being detonated upon an impact or selectively while still in flight. Vehicle flight is monitored by an operation person at a ground control station. The vehicle includes universal smart fuze circuitry for enabling the multiple functions for the vehicle and for enabling communications/commands from the operator at the ground control station. The fuze continuously communicates aspects of fuze status back to the ground control station; measures flight velocity by sensing air speed of the UAV; arms/disarms an explosives warhead package in the vehicle; in flight fires the explosives or else detonates the explosives warhead package upon impact with a select target. The camera images are communicated back to the operator who can make a decision on completing/aborting a mission. The wind speed indications, also fed back to the operator, can further aid in verifying a successful launch/good flight for decision of completing/aborting a mission. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/463899 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 11/00 (20130101) F42C 15/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410876 | Dryer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick L. Dryer (Pennington, New Jersey); Sang Hee Won (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Stephen Dooley (Letterkenny, Ireland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick L. Dryer (Pennington, New Jersey); Sang Hee Won (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Stephen Dooley (Letterkenny, Ireland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for determining the average molecular weight of a complex mixture from a plurality of test samples of the complex mixture are disclosed. The method includes a) providing a chamber having two fixed conditions and one variable condition selected from three state variables of temperature, pressure and volume; b) introducing a test sample of known mass into the chamber; c) setting operating conditions of the state variables such that the test sample will be fully vaporized into a gaseous state without decomposition or chemical reaction; and d) measuring the change of the variable condition after full vaporization of the test sample is achieved. Steps b-d are repeated for several test samples having different masses. The average molecular weight of the complex mixture is determined as a linear gradient (slope) of the relationship for the change of variable condition as a function of test sample mass. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/148213 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 7/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 25/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09410885 | Schober et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina Marie Schober (St. Anthony, Minnesota); James A. Vescera (Hopkins, Minnesota); Jennifer S. Strabley (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment is directed towards a physics package of an atomic sensor. The physics package includes a plurality of panes of optically transparent material enclosing a vacuum chamber and one or more wedges attached to an external surface of one or more of the panes. The physics package also includes at least one of a light source, photodetector, or mirror attached to the one or more wedges, the light source configured to generate an input light beam for the vacuum chamber, the photodetector configured to detect an output light beam from the vacuum chamber, and the mirror configured to reflect a light beam from the vacuum chamber back into the vacuum chamber, wherein the wedge is configured to oriented such a light source, photodetector, or mirror such that a respective light beam corresponding thereto transmits through a corresponding pane at an acute angle with respect to the corresponding pane. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/947633 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 11/245 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/045 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 19/144 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/59 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Time-interval Measuring G04F 5/14 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/14 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
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| US 09410933 | Tam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel W. S. Tam (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America a represented by the Secretary of Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. S. Tam (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for determining the salinity of an ionic sample consisting essentially of: a single current probe having a central aperture large enough to accommodate a tube that contains the ionic sample; a network analyzer electrically coupled to the current probe, wherein the network analyzer is configured to transmit power into the ionic sample when the tube containing the ionic sample is positioned within the central aperture and then further configured to measure the return loss parameter of a signal voltage waveform reflected from the ionic solution; and a reference table of reference sample properties to which the measured return loss parameter may be compared to determine the level of salinity of the ionic sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/290497 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/02 (20130101) G01N 27/023 (20130101) G01N 33/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410947 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through Its Center For Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lewis E. Johnson (Seattle, Washington); Rose Ann Cattolico (Seattle, Washington); Bruce H. Robinson (Seattle, Washington); Luke N. Latimer (Berkeley, California); Zachary H. Watanabe-Gastel (Seattle, Washington); William Robert Hardin (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Dielectric or semiconducting films including fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are also provided. Coumarin-based surfactants conjugated to the fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Fluorescent compounds capable of interacting with DNA can be used for a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/418303 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 213/89 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 57/00 (20130101) C09B 57/02 (20130101) C09B 57/008 (20130101) C09B 69/06 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 2523/101 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410949 | Singamaneni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srikanth Singamaneni (St. Louis, Missouri); Evan Kharasch (St. Louis, Missouri); Jeremiah J. Morrissey (St. Louis, Missouri); Chang Hee Lee (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srikanth Singamaneni (St. Louis, Missouri); Evan Kharasch (St. Louis, Missouri); Jeremiah J. Morrissey (St. Louis, Missouri); Chang Hee Lee (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Natural and/or synthetic antibodies for specific proteins are adhered to nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are adhered to a substrate and the substrate is exposed to a sample that may contain the specific proteins. The substrates are then tested with surface enhanced Raman scattering techniques and/or localized surface plasmon resonance techniques to quantify the amount of the specific protein in the sample. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/309852 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 33/54346 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 2201/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09410956 | Cheng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) represent a novel class of genes that function as negative regulators of gene expression and have recently been implicated in several cancers. However, aberrant miRNA expression and its clinicopathological significance in human ovarian cancer have not been well documented. Numerous miRNAs are shown altered in human ovarian cancer, significantly miR-214, -199a*, -200a, -100, -125b, -30d, -221, -222, -126, and -24. Four miRNAs (miR-221, miR-222, miR-126, and miR-24) were found to be deregulated in all four histological types of ovarian carcinoma (serous, mucinous, endometrioid, and clear cell). Frequent deregulation of miR-214, -199a*, -200a and -100 was demonstrated in ovarian cancers. Significantly, miR-214 induces cell survival and cisplatin resistance through targeting down-regulation of proteins activating the Akt pathway. Inhibition of Akt using Akt inhibitor, API-2/triciribine, or PTEN cDNA lacking 3′UTR largely abrogates miR-214 induced cell survival. These findings indicate that deregulation of miRNAs is a recurrent event in human ovarian cancer and that miR-214 induces cell survival and cisplatin resistance primarily through targeting the PTEN/Akt pathway. |
| FILED | Monday, August 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/534618 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57449 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410959 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sungjee Kim (Pasadena, California); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sungjee Kim (Pasadena, California); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor nanocrystal heterostructure has a core of a first semiconductor material surrounded by an overcoating of a second semiconductor material. Upon excitation, one carrier can be substantially confined to the core and the other carrier can be substantially confined to the overcoating. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/594719 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/883 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 29/605 (20130101) C30B 33/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/588 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0237 (20130101) H01L 21/0256 (20130101) H01L 21/02409 (20130101) H01L 21/02411 (20130101) H01L 21/02521 (20130101) H01L 21/02562 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 29/165 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/225 (20130101) H01L 29/267 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 51/426 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/777 (20130101) Y10S 977/811 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/294 (20150115) Y10T 428/315 (20150115) Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) Y10T 428/12021 (20150115) Y10T 428/12528 (20150115) Y10T 428/12986 (20150115) |
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| US 09410966 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Brian P. Smart (Cupertino, California); Austin A. Pitcher (Saint James, Minnesota); Krishnan K. Palaniappan (Columbia, Missouri); Mark A. Breidenbach (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for detecting a low abundance protein and methods for identifying a site of N-glycosylation on a protein. In practicing methods according to certain embodiments, a eukaryotic cell is contacted with an isotopic labeling composition and isotopically labeled N-glycosylated peptides obtained from the eukaryotic cell are assessed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. A predetermined isotopic pattern in the mass spectrum is identified and amino acid sequences of the peptides containing the predetermined isotopic pattern are determined. Systems for identifying a predetermined isotopic pattern in mass spectra and determining amino acid sequences of peptides containing the predetermined isotopic pattern are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/156175 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6848 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09411007 | Bertacco 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) | Valeria Bertacco (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andrew DeOrio (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daya Shanker Khudia (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The system and method described herein relate to a bug positioning system for post-silicon validation of a prototype integrated circuit using statistical analysis. Specifically, the bug positioning system samples output and intermediate signals from a prototype chip to generate signatures. Signatures are grouped into passing and failing groups, modeled, and compared to identify patterns of acceptable behavior and unacceptable behavior and locate bugs in space and time. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/663258 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/28 (20130101) G01R 29/26 (20130101) G01R 31/2601 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/3183 (20130101) G01R 31/318544 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/261 (20130101) G06F 11/263 (20130101) |
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| US 09411103 | Astratov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A focusing microprobe system, comprising: one of a single-mode laser radiation source and a few-mode laser radiation source; a coupler coupled to the laser radiation source; one of a single-mode flexible laser radiation delivery system and a few-mode flexible laser radiation delivery system coupled to the coupler; and one or more focusing microlenses coupled to the flexible laser radiation delivery system and arranged in a focusing tip. The coupler comprises a focusing lens. The flexible laser radiation delivery system comprises one of a hollow-core fiber and a flexible waveguide. Optionally, the one or more focusing microlenses are bonded to seal a hollow internal cavity of the flexible laser radiation delivery system. The one or more focusing microlenses comprise one or more conventional lenses or one or more focusing spheres, hemispheres, or cylinders. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/106221 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/22 (20130101) A61B 2018/2227 (20130101) A61B 2018/2266 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/00 (20130101) G02B 1/005 (20130101) G02B 6/032 (20130101) G02B 6/32 (20130101) G02B 6/42 (20130101) G02B 6/262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/02304 (20130101) G02B 6/02328 (20130101) G02B 6/4206 (20130101) |
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| US 09411177 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Jin Yao (San Diego, California); Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Shiyun Lin (San Diego, California); Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Stevan S. Djordjevic (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated optical device includes an electro-absorption modulator disposed on a top surface of an optical waveguide. The electro-absorption modulator includes germanium disposed in a cavity between an n-type doped silicon sidewall and a p-type doped silicon sidewall. By applying a voltage between the n-type doped silicon sidewall and the p-type doped silicon sidewall, an electric field can be generated in a plane of the optical waveguide, but perpendicular to a propagation direction of the optical signal. This electric field shifts a band gap of the germanium, thereby modulating the optical signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/742431 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) G02B 2006/12107 (20130101) G02B 2006/12142 (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 1/015 (20130101) G02F 1/0018 (20130101) G02F 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2001/0157 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02327 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09412051 | Chelian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suhas E. Chelian (Culver City, California); Narayan Srinivasa (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Neuromorphic image processing employs neuromorphic neurons arranged as relay neurons, interneurons and reticular neurons to process image data. A neuromorphic image processing channel includes relay neurons and interneurons to receive spiking input signals. The interneurons provide feed-forward inhibition to the relay neurons. The neuromorphic image processing channel also includes reticular neurons to receive output spiking signals from and to provide feedback inhibition to the relay neurons. A neuromorphic image processing system includes a first neuromorphic image processing (NIP) channel to receive a first set of spiking input signals and a second NIP channel to receive a second set of spiking input signals. The neuromorphic image processing system also includes reticular neurons to receive output spiking signals from and to provide feedback inhibition to both the first and second NIP channels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/296409 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09412063 | Appuswamy 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) | Rathinakumar Appuswamy (San Jose, California); Myron D. Flickner (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for feature extraction using multiple neurosynaptic core circuits including one or more input core circuits for receiving input and one or more output core circuits for generating output. The method comprises receiving a set of input data via the input core circuits, and extracting a first set of features from the input data using the input core circuits. Each feature of the first set of features is based on a subset of the input data. The method further comprises reordering the first set of features using the input core circuits, and generating a second set of features by combining the reordered first set of features using the output core circuits. The second set of features comprises a set of features with reduced correlation. Each feature of the second set of features is based on the entirety of said set of input data. |
| FILED | Friday, December 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/142616 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/063 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09412068 | Vigoda |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Vigoda (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Analog Devices, Inc. (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Vigoda (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a data processing system, a method for implementing a factor graph having variable nodes and function nodes connected to each other by edges includes implementing a first function node and a on a first computer system, the first computer system being in network communication with a second computer system; establishing a network connection to each of a plurality of processing systems; receiving, at the first function node, soft data from a variable node implemented on one of the processing systems, the soft data including an estimate of a value and information representative of an extent to which the estimate is believed to correspond to a correct value; and transmitting, from the first function node to the one of the processing systems, soft data representing an updated estimate of the value. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 14/130380 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/5066 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09412852 | Facchetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporatoin (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Myung-Gil Kim (Evanston, Illinois); William Christopher Sheets (Chicago, Illinois); He Yan (Hong Kong, China PRC); Yu Xia (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are new methods of fabricating nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films via solution processes at low temperatures (<400° C.). The present thin films are useful as thin film semiconductors, thin film dielectrics, or thin film conductors, and can be implemented into semiconductor devices such as thin film transistors and thin film photovoltaic devices. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/606014 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| 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 18/125 (20130101) C23C 18/127 (20130101) C23C 18/1216 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1237 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/441 (20130101) H01L 21/443 (20130101) H01L 21/477 (20130101) H01L 21/02172 (20130101) H01L 21/02178 (20130101) H01L 21/02192 (20130101) H01L 21/02205 (20130101) H01L 21/02244 (20130101) H01L 21/02565 (20130101) H01L 21/02614 (20130101) H01L 21/28506 (20130101) H01L 29/45 (20130101) H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/66969 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/78693 (20130101) |
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| US 09412960 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard R. Lunt (Okemos, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Anna Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard R. Lunt (Okemos, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed photovoltaic device structures which trap admitted light and recycle it through the contained photosensitive materials to maximize photoabsorption. For example, there is disclosed a photosensitive optoelectronic device comprising: a first reflective layer comprising a thermoplastic resin; a second reflective layer substantially parallel to the first reflective layer; a first transparent electrode layer on at least one of the first and second reflective layer; and a photosensitive region adjacent to the first electrode, wherein the first transparent electrode layer is substantially parallel to the first reflective layer and adjacent to the photosensitive region, and wherein the device has an exterior face transverse to the planes of the reflective layers where the exterior face has an aperture for admission of incident radiation to the interior of the device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099850 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/0808 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0232 (20130101) H01L 31/0543 (20141201) H01L 31/0547 (20141201) H01L 51/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4246 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09413052 | Sherrer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuvotronics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nuvotronics, Inc. (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sherrer (Cary, North Carolina); Jean-Marc Rollin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth Vanhille (Cary, North Carolina); Marcus Oliver (Durham, North Carolina); Steven E. Huettner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a first power combiner/divider network and a second power combiner/divider network. The first power combiner/divider network splits a first electromagnetic signal into split signals that are connectable to signal processor(s). The second power combiner/divider network combines processed signals into a second electromagnetic signal. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional coaxial microstructure. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/845385 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 5/12 (20130101) H01P 5/183 (20130101) |
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| US 09413229 | Fleming |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry W. Fleming (Moneta, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for low voltage conversion and energy storage uses a charge pump array including a first set of capacitors in parallel with a second set of capacitors and switches for selectively coupling the first and second set of capacitors to a variable input DC voltage. A data processor programmably controls one or more of the switches to couple the first and second set of capacitors to the variable input DC voltage for a variable first time period during which the input DC voltage charges the first and second set of capacitors to a DC voltage level. An energy storage device is switchably coupled to an output of the charge pump array. The data processor programmably controls one or more of the switches to couple the charge pump array output to the energy storage device for a variable second time period during which a voltage stored across each of the capacitors during the first time period is combined to produce a higher voltage significantly higher than the input DC voltage, the higher voltage being provided to the energy storage device. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/549624 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 9/005 (20130101) 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 3/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 3/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09413372 | Valley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George C. Valley (Los Angeles, California); George A. Sefler (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-mode optic can receive as input a radio-frequency (RF) signal imposed on an optical carrier, and can output a speckle pattern. A digital representation of the radio-frequency signal can be obtained based on the speckle pattern. An optical sensor can be irradiated with a first portion of the speckle pattern, the first portion of the speckle pattern including an optical intensity profile that is different than an optical intensity profile of a second, spatially separated, portion of the speckle pattern. The multi-mode optic can impose the optical intensity profile on the first portion of the speckle pattern as a function of wavelength of the optical carrier. The optical intensity profiles of portions of the speckle pattern can define a mixing matrix. The digital representation of the RF signal can be obtained based on an output of the optical sensor and the mixing matrix. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/814048 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/48 (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 7/00 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 1/1245 (20130101) |
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| US 09413419 | Cahn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Robert Cahn (Manhattan Beach, California); Philip A. Dafesh (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for generating a composite signal includes electronics configured to modulate a carrier utilizing a finite set of composite signal phases to generate a composite signal, the finite set of composite signal phases being determined through an optimization process that minimizes a constant envelope for the phase modulated carrier, subject to constraints on desired signal power levels of the signals to be combined and either zero or one or more relative phase relationships between the signals. The apparatus and method can be extended to generating an optimized composite signal of different frequencies. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/878959 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/02 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/0475 (20130101) H04B 1/707 (20130101) H04B 1/7097 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/7103 (20130101) H04B 2001/0491 (20130101) H04B 2201/70706 (20130101) H04B 2201/709709 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 13/0003 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 23/02 (20130101) H04L 27/12 (20130101) H04L 27/2007 (20130101) |
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| US 09408887 | Kleinberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kleinberg (New York, New York); Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kleinberg (New York, New York); Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Diagnostic and therapeutic methods pertaining to diseases and disorders of the breast, uterus and ovary are encompassed herein. More particularly, diagnostic methods for early detection of progenitor cells of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancers are described herein. The identification of markers for these cancer predisposing progenitor cells, which co-express the progesterone receptor (PR) and p63, provides tools and methods of use thereof that facilitate early detection of increased frequency of PR/p63 double positive (PR/p63+) progenitor cells in asymptomatic patients and thus, early detection of increased cancer risk in such patients and assessment, diagnostic stratification, and evaluation of therapeutic intervention in symptomatic patients. Therapeutic methods are also encompassed herein, which include detection of PR/p63+ progenitor cells in a patient, wherein detection of increased frequency of PR/p63+ progenitor cells provides information on which basis a determination of therapeutic regimen or an assessment of an ongoing therapeutic regimen can be made. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/487197 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/31 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09409111 | Ginley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David S. Ginley (Golden, Colorado); Calvin J. Curtis (Golden, Colorado); Alexander Miedaner (Golden, Colorado); Alan J. Weiss (Dallas, Texas); Arnold Paddock (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Global Water Group, Incorporated (Dallas, Texas); Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Ginley (Golden, Colorado); Calvin J. Curtis (Golden, Colorado); Alexander Miedaner (Golden, Colorado); Alan J. Weiss (Dallas, Texas); Arnold Paddock (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous block nano-fiber composite (110), a filtration system (10) and methods of using the same are disclosed. An exemplary porous block nano-fiber composite (110) includes a porous block (100) having one or more pores (200). The porous block nano-fiber composite (110) also includes a plurality of inorganic nano-fibers (211) formed within at least one of the pores (200). |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 13/130109 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 39/18 (20130101) B01D 39/1676 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 39/2062 (20130101) B01D 39/2082 (20130101) B01D 2239/10 (20130101) B01D 2239/025 (20130101) B01D 2239/064 (20130101) B01D 2239/0407 (20130101) B01D 2239/0442 (20130101) B01D 2239/1233 (20130101) B01D 2239/1291 (20130101) B01D 2253/104 (20130101) B01D 2253/112 (20130101) B01D 2257/60 (20130101) B01D 2257/91 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/06 (20130101) B01J 20/08 (20130101) B01J 20/3204 (20130101) B01J 20/3206 (20130101) B01J 20/3236 (20130101) B01J 20/28007 (20130101) B01J 20/28042 (20130101) B01J 20/28061 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09409116 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TEXAS A and M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong-Cai Zhou (College Station, Texas); Julian Sculley (College Station, Texas); Weigang Lu (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Functionalized Porous Polymer Networks (PPNs) exhibiting favourable characteristics such as high surface area′ and gas uptake properties are disclosed, including methods of making such networks. A method of preparing a porous polymer network, comprising: (a) a step of homo-coupling a monomer in the presence of 2,2′-bipyridyl, 1,5-cycloocta-1,5-diene, a mixed solvent of DMF/THF and a compound or mixture selected from the group consisting of bis(1,5-cydoocta-1,5-diene)nickel(0), Ni(PPH3) 4, and Zn/NiCI2/NaBr/PPH3 at a temperature in the range of 20 to 40° C. These stable PPNs may be useful in the context of carbon capture, gas storage and separation, and as supports for catalysts. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/405653 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2253/202 (20130101) B01D 2256/10 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2257/7025 (20130101) B01D 2259/4525 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/265 (20130101) B01J 20/267 (20130101) B01J 20/28066 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/00 (20130101) C08J 2365/00 (20130101) C08J 2383/00 (20130101) C08J 2385/00 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 11/007 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/08 (20130101) Y02C 20/20 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/152 (20151101) Y02P 20/156 (20151101) |
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| US 09409136 | Vimalchand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Southern Company Services, Inc. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Company Services, Inc. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pannalal Vimalchand (Birmingham, Alabama); Guohai Liu (Birmingham, Alabama); Wan Wang Peng (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A coal feed system to feed pulverized low rank coals containing up to 25 wt % moisture to gasifiers operating up to 1000 psig pressure is described. The system includes gas distributor and collector gas permeable pipes imbedded in the lock vessel. Different methods of operation of the feed system are disclosed to minimize feed problems associated with bridging and packing of the pulverized coal. The method of maintaining the feed system and feeder device exit pressures using gas addition or extraction with the pressure control device is also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/488323 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Production of Producer Gas, Water-gas, Synthesis Gas From Solid Carbonaceous Material, or Mixtures Containing These Gases; Carburetting Air or Other Gases C10J 3/30 (20130101) C10J 3/50 (20130101) C10J 3/723 (20130101) C10J 2200/09 (20130101) C10J 2200/156 (20130101) C10J 2300/093 (20130101) Feeding Fuel to Combustion Apparatus F23K 3/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09409141 | Sunkara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mahendra Kumar Sunkara (Louisville, Kentucky); Vivekanand Kumar (Louisville, Kentucky); Jeong H. Kim (Louisville, Kentucky); Ezra Lee Clark (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahendra Kumar Sunkara (Louisville, Kentucky); Vivekanand Kumar (Louisville, Kentucky); Jeong H. Kim (Louisville, Kentucky); Ezra Lee Clark (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing a metal oxide nanowire includes the steps of: combining an amount of a transition metal or a transition metal oxide with an amount of an alkali metal compound to produce a mixture; activating a plasma discharge reactor to create a plasma discharge; exposing the mixture to the plasma discharge for a first predetermined time period such that transition metal oxide nanowires are formed; contacting the transition metal oxide nanowires with an acid solution such that an alkali metal ion is exchanged for a hydrogen ion on each of the transition metal oxide nanowires; and exposing the transition metal oxide nanowires to the plasma discharge for a second predetermined time period to thermally anneal the transition metal oxide nanowires. Transition metal oxide nanowires produced using the synthesis methods described herein are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183191 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/0879 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/32 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 1/02 (20130101) C01G 23/04 (20130101) C01G 23/005 (20130101) C01G 23/043 (20130101) C01G 23/047 (20130101) C01G 41/02 (20130101) C01G 45/02 (20130101) C01G 51/04 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/13 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/105 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09409148 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | YuPo J. Lin (Naperville, Illinois); Richard W. Brotzman (Naperville, Illinois); Seth W. Snyder (Lincolnwood, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A particulate magnetic nanostructured solid sorbent (MNSS) material is described herein. The particles of the MNSS comprise a plurality of tethered nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are tethered together by substantially linear hydrocarbon chains, a poly(alkylene oxide) chains, or a combination thereof connecting the nanoparticles in a three-dimensional elastic network with the nanoparticles as junctions of the network having junction functionality of about 2.1 to about 6. The surfaces of at least some of the nanoparticles comprise a polymerized siloxane bearing at least one sorption-aiding substituent selected from a hydrophilic group and a lipophilic group. The plurality of nanoparticles is made up of superparamagnetic nanoparticles or a combination of superparamagnetic and non-magnetic nanoparticles. The individual superparamagnetic nanoparticles comprise a passivating metal oxide coating around a core comprising at least one nanocrystalline metal or alloy having ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962480 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/0225 (20130101) B01J 20/3285 (20130101) B01J 20/3293 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/28007 (20130101) B01J 20/28009 (20130101) B01J 20/28026 (20130101) |
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| US 09409177 | Beer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); Billy W. Colston, Jr. (San Ramon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); Billy W. Colston, Jr. (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for chip-based sorting, amplification, detection, and identification of a sample having a planar substrate. The planar substrate is divided into cells. The cells are arranged on the planar substrate in rows and columns. Electrodes are located in the cells. A micro-reactor maker produces micro-reactors containing the sample. The micro-reactor maker is positioned to deliver the micro-reactors to the planar substrate. A microprocessor is connected to the electrodes for manipulating the micro-reactors on the planar substrate. A detector is positioned to interrogate the sample contained in the micro-reactors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/401714 |
| 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) B01L 3/502792 (20130101) B01L 7/525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/087 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/1822 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (20130101) B01L 2400/0454 (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 1/686 (20130101) |
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| US 09409254 | Hackel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lloyd A. Hackel (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd A. Hackel (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid ablation layer that comprises a separate under layer is applied to a material to prevent pitting resulting from laser peening. The underlayer adheres to the surface of the workpiece to be peened and does not have bubbles and voids that exceed an acceptable size. One or more overlayers are placed over and in contact with the underlayer. Any bubbles formed under the over layers are insulated from the surface to be peened. The process significantly reduces the incidence of pits on peened surfaces. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/240676 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 26/18 (20130101) B23K 26/0081 (20130101) B23K 2201/18 (20130101) B23K 2201/34 (20130101) B23K 2203/08 (20130101) B23K 2203/16 (20130101) B23K 2203/50 (20151001) Modifying the Physical Structure of Ferrous Metals; General Devices for Heat Treatment of Ferrous or Non-ferrous Metals or Alloys; Making Metal Malleable, e.g by Decarburisation or Tempering C21D 10/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09409357 | Sommer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory J. Sommer (Livermore, California); Anson V. Hatch (Tracy, California); Ying-Chih Wang (Pleasanton, California); Anup K. Singh (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide devices, systems, and methods for microscale isoelectric fractionation. Analytes in a sample may be isolated according to their isoelectric point within a fractionation microchannel. A microfluidic device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate at least partially defining a fractionation microchannel. The fractionation microchannel has at least one cross-sectional dimension equal to or less than 1 mm. A plurality of membranes of different pHs are disposed in the microchannel. Analytes having an isoelectric point between the pH of the membranes may be collected in a region of the fractionation channel between the first and second membranes through isoelectric fractionation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/747587 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 7/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09409825 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Fong Chen (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A mixture of fine powder including thorium oxide was converted to granulated powder by forming a first-green-body and heat treating the first-green-body at a high temperature to strengthen the first-green-body followed by granulation by crushing or milling the heat-treated first-green-body. The granulated powder was achieved by screening through a combination of sieves to achieve the desired granule size distribution. The granulated powder relies on the thermal bonding to maintain its shape and structure. The granulated powder contains no organic binder and can be stored in a radioactive or other extreme environment. The granulated powder was pressed and sintered to form a dense compact with a higher density and more uniform pore size distribution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971157 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/51 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/6262 (20130101) C04B 35/62695 (20130101) C04B 2235/77 (20130101) C04B 2235/604 (20130101) C04B 2235/608 (20130101) C04B 2235/3229 (20130101) C04B 2235/5409 (20130101) |
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| US 09409938 | Schrock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Royce Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Peryshkov (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Amir H. Hoveyda (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The current application describes tungsten oxo alkylidene complexes for olefin metathesis. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/797848 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2208 (20130101) B01J 31/2286 (20130101) B01J 31/2295 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/66 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/34 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09409958 | Schnorr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirk Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/004141 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0071 (20130101) C12N 9/2434 (20130101) C12N 15/8246 (20130101) C12N 15/8257 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09410136 | Schnorr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirk Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for degrading or converting a cellulosic material and for producing a substance from a cellulosic material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/008313 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0071 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 7/14 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/12 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09410157 | Withers, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sydnor T. Withers, III (Madison, Wisconsin); Miguel A. Dominguez (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew P. DeLisa (Ithaca, New York); Charles H. Haitjema (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin); CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sydnor T. Withers, III (Madison, Wisconsin); Miguel A. Dominguez (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew P. DeLisa (Ithaca, New York); Charles H. Haitjema (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing recombinant proteins utilizing mutant E. coli strains containing expression vectors carrying nucleic acids encoding the proteins, and secretory signal sequences to direct the secretion of the proteins to the culture medium. Host cells transformed with the expression vectors are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/192058 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09410158 | Rajgarhia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cargill Incorporated (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cargill Incorporated (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vineet Rajgarhia (Kingsport, Tennessee); Kari Koivuranta (Helsinki, Finland); Merja Penttila (Helsinki, Finland); Marja Ilmen (Helsinki, Finland); Pirkko Suominen (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Aristos Aristidou (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Christopher Kenneth Miller (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Stacey Olson (St. Bonifacius, Minnesota); Laura Ruohonen (Helsinki, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | Yeast cells are transformed with an exogenous xylose isomerase gene. Additional genetic modifications enhance the ability of the transformed cells to ferment xylose to ethanol or other desired fermentation products. Those modifications include deletion of non-specific or specific aldose reductase gene(s), deletion of xylitol dehydrogenase gene(s) and/or overexpression of xylulokinase. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/035238 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/92 (20130101) C12N 15/81 (20130101) C12N 15/815 (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 7/06 (20130101) C12P 7/56 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/17 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09410165 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly Brown (Elk Grove, California); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington); Elizabeth Zaretsky (Reno, Nevada); Edward Re (Davis, California); Elena Vlasenko (Davis, California); Keith McFarland (Davis, California); Alfredo Lopez de Leon (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/500520 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/37 (20130101) Detergent Compositions; Use of Single Substances as Detergents; Soap or Soap-making; Resin Soaps; Recovery of Glycerol C11D 3/38645 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/12 (20130101) C12N 1/14 (20130101) C12N 1/16 (20130101) C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) C12N 9/2445 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01021 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
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| US 09410243 | Sutter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Werner Sutter (Westhampton Beach, New York); Eli Anguelova Sutter (Westhampton Beach, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating monolayer graphene-boron nitride heterostructures in a single atomically thin membrane that limits intermixing at boundaries between graphene and h-BN, so as to achieve atomically sharp interfaces between these materials. In one embodiment, the method comprises exposing a ruthenium substrate to ethylene, exposing the ruthenium substrate to oxygen after exposure to ethylene and exposing the ruthenium substrate to borazine after exposure to oxygen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/453314 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0453 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 35/14 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/26 (20130101) C23C 16/342 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/02 (20130101) C30B 25/18 (20130101) C30B 29/02 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0243 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/0259 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02425 (20130101) H01L 21/02433 (20130101) H01L 21/02444 (20130101) H01L 21/02499 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raghu N. Bhattacharya (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raghu N. Bhattacharya (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An electroplating solution and method for producing an electroplating solution containing a gallium salt, an ionic compound and a solvent that results in a gallium thin film that can be deposited on a substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/240679 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 3/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25D 5/10 (20130101) C25D 5/50 (20130101) C25D 5/54 (20130101) C25D 7/126 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0322 (20130101) H01L 31/0747 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/541 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09410509 | Roth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DELPHI TECHNLOGIES, INC. (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory T. Roth (Davison, Michigan); Mark C. Sellnau (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for a multi-cylinder compression ignition engine includes a plurality of heaters, at least one heater per cylinder, with each heater configured to heat air introduced into a cylinder. Independent control of the heaters is provided on a cylinder-by-cylinder basis. A combustion parameter is determined for combustion in each cylinder of the engine, and control of the heater for that cylinder is based on the value of the combustion parameter for combustion in that cylinder. A method for influencing combustion in a multi-cylinder compression ignition engine, including determining a combustion parameter for combustion taking place in a cylinder of the engine and controlling a heater configured to heat air introduced into that cylinder, is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/096109 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 29/0418 (20130101) F02B 29/0443 (20130101) F02B 37/04 (20130101) F02B 39/04 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 35/02 (20130101) F02D 35/023 (20130101) F02D 35/025 (20130101) F02D 35/028 (20130101) F02D 41/024 (20130101) F02D 2200/025 (20130101) F02D 2200/0414 (20130101) Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 31/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/126 (20130101) |
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| US 09410751 | David 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) | Milnes P. David (Fishkill, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Foster City, California); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy efficient control of a cooling system cooling an electronic system is provided. The control includes automatically determining at least one adjusted control setting for at least one adjustable cooling component of a cooling system cooling the electronic system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on power being consumed by the cooling system and temperature of a heat sink to which heat extracted by the cooling system is rejected. The automatically determining operates to reduce power consumption of the cooling system and/or the electronic system while ensuring that at least one targeted temperature associated with the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range. The automatically determining may be based, at least in part, on one or more experimentally obtained models relating the targeted temperature and power consumption of the one or more adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775529 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 15/02 (20130101) G05B 2219/2614 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20836 (20130101) |
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| US 09410900 | Soehnel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grant Soehnel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel A. Bender (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for identifying carrier lifetimes are disclosed herein. In a general embodiment, a beam of light is sent to a group of locations on a material for an optical device. Photons emitted from the material are detected at each of the group of locations. A carrier lifetime is identified for each of the group of locations based on the photons detected from each of the group of locations. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689167 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/95 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/6408 (20130101) G01N 21/6489 (20130101) G01N 2021/9511 (20130101) G01N 2201/0697 (20130101) |
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| US 09410931 | Okandan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Alex Robinson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul J. Resnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-power miniaturized photoacoustic sensor uses an optical microphone made by semiconductor fabrication techniques, and optionally allows for all-optical communication to and from the sensor. This allows integration of the photoacoustic sensor into systems with special requirements, such as those that would be reactive in an electrical discharge condition. The photoacoustic sensor can also be operated in various other modes with wide application flexibility. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/056863 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410965 | Apel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Cynthia A. Gentillon (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Cynthia A. Gentillon (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining a plurality of proteins for discriminating and positively identifying an individual based from a biological sample. The method may include profiling a biological sample from a plurality of individuals against a protein array including a plurality of proteins. The protein array may include proteins attached to a support in a preselected pattern such that locations of the proteins are known. The biological sample may be contacted with the protein array such that a portion of antibodies in the biological sample reacts with and binds to the proteins forming immune complexes. A statistical analysis method, such as discriminant analysis, may be performed to determine discriminating proteins for distinguishing individuals. Proteins of interest may be used to form a protein array. Such a protein array may be used, for example, to compare a forensic sample from an unknown source with a sample from a known source. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/883002 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6845 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410996 | Du et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EATON CORPORATION (Cleveland, Ohio); GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EATON CORPORATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liang Du (Atlanta, Georgia); Yi Yang (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Ronald Gordon Harley (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Thomas G. Habetler (Snellville, Georgia); Dawei He (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is for a plurality of different electric load types. The system includes a plurality of sensors structured to sense a voltage signal and a current signal for each of the different electric loads; and a processor. The processor acquires a voltage and current waveform from the sensors for a corresponding one of the different electric load types; calculates a power or current RMS profile of the waveform; quantizes the power or current RMS profile into a set of quantized state-values; evaluates a state-duration for each of the quantized state-values; evaluates a plurality of state-types based on the power or current RMS profile and the quantized state-values; generates a state-sequence that describes a corresponding finite state machine model of a generalized load start-up or transient profile for the corresponding electric load type; and identifies the corresponding electric load type. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/908263 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 4/004 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 19/00 (20130101) G01R 21/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 90/242 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 20/38 (20130101) Y04S 20/322 (20130101) |
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| US 09411031 | Espy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michelle A. Espy (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Andrei N. Matlashov (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Larry J. Schultz (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Petr L. Volegov (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies related to identification of a substance in an optimized manner are provided. A reference group of known materials is identified. Each known material has known values for several classification parameters. The classification parameters comprise at least one of T1, T2, T1ρ, a relative nuclear susceptibility (RNS) of the substance, and an x-ray linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) of the substance. A measurement sequence is optimized based on at least one of a measurement cost of each of the classification parameters and an initial probability of each of the known materials in the reference group. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/869718 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/084 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/448 (20130101) |
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| US 09411069 | Lamberti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent E. Lamberti (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Layton N. Howell, Jr. (Knoxvill, Tennessee); David K. Mee (Knoxville, Tennessee); Reid L. Kress (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a sensor for detecting radiation. The sensor includes a ferromagnetic metal and a radiation sensitive material coupled to the ferromagnetic metal. The radiation sensitive material is operable to change a tensile stress of the ferromagnetic metal upon exposure to radiation. The radiation is detected based on changes in the magnetic switching characteristics of the ferromagnetic metal caused by the changes in the tensile stress. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/842007 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/72 (20130101) G01N 27/80 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) G01N 33/203 (20130101) G01N 2033/0093 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 5/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25875 (20150115) |
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| US 09412446 | Lohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Lohn (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick R. Mickel (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to resistive random-access memory (RRAM or ReRAM) systems, as well as methods of employing multiple state variables to form degenerate states in such memory systems. The methods herein allow for precise write and read steps to form multiple state variables, and these steps can be performed electrically. Such an approach allows for multilevel, high density memory systems with enhanced information storage capacity and simplified information retrieval. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/462472 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09412480 | Lopez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Lopez (Chicago, Illinois); Gopal Shenoy (Naperville, Illinois); Jin Wang (Burr Ridge, Illinois); Donald A. Walko (Woodrige, Illinois); Il-Woong Jung (Woodridge, Illinois); Deepkishore Mukhopadhyay (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for implementing Bragg-diffraction leveraged modulation of X-ray pulses using MicroElectroMechanical systems (MEMS) based diffractive optics. An oscillating crystalline MEMS device generates a controllable time-window for diffraction of the incident X-ray radiation. The Bragg-diffraction leveraged modulation of X-ray pulses includes isolating a particular pulse, spatially separating individual pulses, and spreading a single pulse from an X-ray pulse-train. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/890686 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21K 2201/062 (20130101) |
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| US 09412484 | Ruoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rodney S. Ruoff (Austin, Texas); Yanwu Zhu (Austin, Texas); Meryl D. Stoller (Austin, Texas); Shanthi Murali (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney S. Ruoff (Austin, Texas); Yanwu Zhu (Austin, Texas); Meryl D. Stoller (Austin, Texas); Shanthi Murali (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a carbon material that can be useful, for example, in ultracapacitors. Also disclosed are applications and devices containing the carbon material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/782329 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/12 (20130101) C01B 31/0423 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09412556 | Khalid et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Waqas Khalid (Berkeley, California); A. Paul Alivisatos (Berkeley, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waqas Khalid (Berkeley, California); A. Paul Alivisatos (Berkeley, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices related to transmission electron microscopy cells for use with liquids. In one aspect a device includes a substrate, a first graphene layer, and a second graphene layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface defines a first channel, a second channel, and an outlet channel. The first channel and the second channel are joined to the outlet channel. The outlet channel defines a viewport region forming a though hole in the substrate. The first graphene layer overlays the first surface of the substrate, including an interior area of the first channel, the second channel, and the outlet channel. The second graphene layer overlays the first surface of the substrate, including open regions defined by the first channel, the second channel, and the outlet channel. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/524866 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| 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 18/08 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/16 (20130101) H01J 37/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 37/26 (20130101) H01J 2237/204 (20130101) H01J 2237/2003 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/66045 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
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| US 09412727 | Menard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Seok Kim (Urbana, Illinois); Andrew Carlson (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Semprius, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Seok Kim (Urbana, Illinois); Andrew Carlson (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of printing a transferable component, a stamp including an elastomeric post having three-dimensional relief features protruding from a surface thereof is pressed against a component on a donor substrate with a first pressure that is sufficient to mechanically deform the relief features and a region of the post between the relief features to contact the component over a first contact area. The stamp is retracted from the donor substrate such that the component is adhered to the stamp. The stamp including the component adhered thereto is pressed against a receiving substrate with a second pressure that is less than the first pressure to contact the component over a second contact area that is smaller than the first contact area. The stamp is then retracted from the receiving substrate to delaminate the component from the stamp and print the component onto the receiving substrate. Related apparatus and stamps are also discussed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/237375 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/6835 (20130101) H01L 23/4821 (20130101) H01L 25/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2224/32145 (20130101) H01L 2224/83192 (20130101) |
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| US 09412960 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard R. Lunt (Okemos, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Anna Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard R. Lunt (Okemos, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed photovoltaic device structures which trap admitted light and recycle it through the contained photosensitive materials to maximize photoabsorption. For example, there is disclosed a photosensitive optoelectronic device comprising: a first reflective layer comprising a thermoplastic resin; a second reflective layer substantially parallel to the first reflective layer; a first transparent electrode layer on at least one of the first and second reflective layer; and a photosensitive region adjacent to the first electrode, wherein the first transparent electrode layer is substantially parallel to the first reflective layer and adjacent to the photosensitive region, and wherein the device has an exterior face transverse to the planes of the reflective layers where the exterior face has an aperture for admission of incident radiation to the interior of the device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099850 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/0808 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0232 (20130101) H01L 31/0543 (20141201) H01L 31/0547 (20141201) H01L 51/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4246 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09413019 | Aindow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tai-Tsui Aindow (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tai-Tsui Aindow (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell includes first and second flow field plates, and an anode electrode and a cathode electrode between the flow field plates. A polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) is arranged between the electrodes. At least one of the flow field plates influences, at least in part, an in-plane anisotropic physical condition of the PEM that varies in magnitude between a high value direction and a low value direction. The PEM has an in-plane physical property that varies in magnitude between a high value direction and a low value direction. The PEM is oriented with its high value direction substantially aligned with the high value direction of the flow field plate. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 14/239149 |
| 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 8/241 (20130101) H01M 8/248 (20130101) H01M 8/1002 (20130101) H01M 8/1004 (20130101) H01M 8/1067 (20130101) H01M 8/1083 (20130101) H01M 8/04201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) H01M 2250/20 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/56 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 90/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09413025 | Lipka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen M. Lipka (Richmond, Kentucky); Christopher R. Swartz (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen M. Lipka (Richmond, Kentucky); Christopher R. Swartz (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolyte system for a hybrid flow battery has a manganese based anolyte and a manganese based catholyte. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/118664 |
| 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 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0011 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 09413849 | Gooding |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Distributing an executable job load file to compute nodes in a parallel computer, the parallel computer comprising a plurality of compute nodes, including: determining, by a compute node in the parallel computer, whether the compute node is participating in a job; determining, by the compute node in the parallel computer, whether a descendant compute node is participating in the job; responsive to determining that the compute node is participating in the job or that the descendant compute node is participating in the job, communicating, by the compute node to a parent compute node, an identification of a data communications link over which the compute node receives data from the parent compute node; constructing a class route for the job, wherein the class route identifies all compute nodes participating in the job; and broadcasting the executable load file for the job along the class route for the job. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/098211 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/52 (20130101) G06F 9/5016 (20130101) G06F 9/5077 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/32 (20130101) H04L 67/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09414523 | Chainer 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) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); David P. Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Foster City, California); Vinod Kamath (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, North Carolina); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark E. Steinke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic component. The apparatus includes a liquid-cooled cold plate and a thermal spreader associated with the cold plate. The cold plate includes multiple coolant-carrying channel sections extending within the cold plate, and a thermal conduction surface with a larger surface area than a surface area of the component to be cooled. The thermal spreader includes one or more heat pipes including multiple heat pipe sections. One or more heat pipe sections are partially aligned to a first region of the cold plate, that is, where aligned to the surface to be cooled, and partially aligned to a second region of the cold plate, which is outside the first region. The one or more heat pipes facilitate distribution of heat from the electronic component to coolant-carrying channel sections of the cold plate located in the second region of the cold plate. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/086128 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/02 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20336 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 7/20509 (20130101) H05K 7/20772 (20130101) H05K 7/20936 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Edward Stone (Fulton, Missouri); Marjorie Skubic (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present disclosure include methods and corresponding systems for performing health risk assessments for a patient in the home environment. In various aspects, depth image data for a person may be obtained and subsequently processed to generate one or more parameters, such as temporal and spatial gait parameters. Subsequently, the generated parameters may be processed with other medical information related to the patient, such as electronic health records, to perform various health risk assessments. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871816 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/004 (20130101) A61B 5/0013 (20130101) A61B 5/112 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09408921 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brandels University (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuan Gao (Waltham, Massachusetts); Yi Kuang (Waltham, Massachusetts); Bing Xu (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a general methodology to create nanofibers of therapeutic molecules that have a dual role, as both the delivery vehicle and the drug itself. It is shown that with proper molecular design, the integration of enzymatic reaction and self-assembly provides a powerful method to create molecular hydrogels of clinically-used therapeutics without compromising their bioactivities. In addition, the results disclosed herein demonstrate enzyme-instructed self-assembly as a facile strategy for generating the supramolecular hydrogels of molecules that inherently have poor solubility in water. For example, by covalently connecting paclitaxel with a motif that is prone to self-assemble, a hydrogel of paclitaxel can be formed without compromising the activity of the paclitaxel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/189185 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 305/14 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/12 (20130101) C07F 9/6552 (20130101) C07F 9/65512 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/1016 (20130101) |
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| US 09409141 | Sunkara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mahendra Kumar Sunkara (Louisville, Kentucky); Vivekanand Kumar (Louisville, Kentucky); Jeong H. Kim (Louisville, Kentucky); Ezra Lee Clark (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahendra Kumar Sunkara (Louisville, Kentucky); Vivekanand Kumar (Louisville, Kentucky); Jeong H. Kim (Louisville, Kentucky); Ezra Lee Clark (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing a metal oxide nanowire includes the steps of: combining an amount of a transition metal or a transition metal oxide with an amount of an alkali metal compound to produce a mixture; activating a plasma discharge reactor to create a plasma discharge; exposing the mixture to the plasma discharge for a first predetermined time period such that transition metal oxide nanowires are formed; contacting the transition metal oxide nanowires with an acid solution such that an alkali metal ion is exchanged for a hydrogen ion on each of the transition metal oxide nanowires; and exposing the transition metal oxide nanowires to the plasma discharge for a second predetermined time period to thermally anneal the transition metal oxide nanowires. Transition metal oxide nanowires produced using the synthesis methods described herein are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183191 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/0879 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/32 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 1/02 (20130101) C01G 23/04 (20130101) C01G 23/005 (20130101) C01G 23/043 (20130101) C01G 23/047 (20130101) C01G 41/02 (20130101) C01G 45/02 (20130101) C01G 51/04 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/13 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/105 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09409322 | Almutairi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adah Almutairi (La Jolla, California); Yogesh Ner (McAllen, Texas); Jerome Karpiak (San Diego, California); Jose Morachis (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for forming complex tissue using density gradient multilayer polymerization (DGMP) to form strong hydrogels with smooth transitions between layers. The multicompartment hydrogel is formed by co-dissolving a polymer precurser with a constituent in multiple solvent fractions to a create prepolymer solutions with different densities, layering the prepolymer solutions on top of each other from high to low solvent density, and irradiating the prepolymer solutions to form a polymer. The hydrogels may be used as biomimetic matrices. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/794546 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/16 (20130101) A61L 27/16 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/38 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 39/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 67/0066 (20130101) B29C 67/0085 (20130101) B29C 67/0092 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/04 (20130101) C08L 33/08 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09409850 | Wagener et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Boone Wagener (Gainesville, Florida); Michael Schulz (Mainz, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Olefin metathesis between an acrylate monomer and a polyene comprising molecule or polymer is employed as a method of cross-metathesizing or depolymerizing the molecule. The metathesis reaction forms a telechelic acrylate molecule that is a monomer, oligomer or polymer. The telechelic acrylate molecule can be employed as a monomer for condensation polymerization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/422740 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 236/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09409938 | Schrock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Royce Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Peryshkov (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Amir H. Hoveyda (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The current application describes tungsten oxo alkylidene complexes for olefin metathesis. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/797848 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2208 (20130101) B01J 31/2286 (20130101) B01J 31/2295 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/66 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/34 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09409955 | Reguera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gemma Reguera (Lansing, Michigan); Rebecca Steidl (Williamson, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The application describes electrically conductive nanowires, as well as genetically and/or chemically modified nanowires with modified conductive, adhesive and/or coupling properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/448843 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09410020 | Matyjaszewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Bockstaller (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composition includes adding together a plurality of particle brush systems wherein each of the particle brush systems includes a particle and a polymer brush including a plurality of polymer chains attached to the particle. The plurality of polymer chains of the polymer brush exhibit two chain conformations as the degree of polymerization of the polymer chains increases so that the polymer brush includes a concentrated polymer brush region with stretched polymer chains and a semi-dilute polymer brush region with relaxed chains that is radially outside of the concentrated polymer brush region. The degree of polymerization of the polymer brush is no less than 10% less than a critical degree of polymerization and no more than 20% greater than the critical degree of polymerization. The critical degree of polymerization is defined as the degree of polymerization required to achieve a transition from the concentrated polymer brush region to the semi-dilute polymer brush region. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/373553 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2207/056 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 83/003 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 3/005 (20130101) C08J 2325/06 (20130101) C08J 2333/12 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 25/06 (20130101) C08L 33/12 (20130101) C08L 101/005 (20130101) C08L 2205/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09410040 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Liang-shi Li (Bloomington, Indiana); Xin Yan (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liang-shi Li (Bloomington, Indiana); Xin Yan (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method for preparing large soluble graphenes. The method comprises attaching one or more hindering groups to the graphene, which can prevent face-to-face graphene stacking by reducing the effects of inter-graphene attraction. The large graphenes can absorb a wide spectrum of light from UV to near infrared, and are useful in photovoltaic devices and sensitizers in nanocrystalline solar cells. |
| FILED | Friday, January 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/520735 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0438 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2002/89 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/265 (20150115) |
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| US 09410205 | Bogunovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dusan Bogunovic (New York, New York); Nina Bhardwaj (West Orange, New Jersey); David O'Neill (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dusan Bogunovic (New York, New York); Nina Bhardwaj (West Orange, New Jersey); David O'Neill (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Cellular and genetic signatures and methods of using same for subcategorizing stage III melanoma tumors are described herein. The signatures and methods are particularly useful with regard to establishing more distinct criteria on which basis to differentiate stage IIIB and IIIC melanoma patients. Assessment of the cellular and genetic signatures of a melanoma sample using methods described herein yields information on which basis differential survival duration and sensitivity to various cancer therapies can be predicted for a Stage IIIB or Stage IIIC melanoma patients. As described herein, gene expression profiling, determination of mitotic index (MI), and quantification of tumor infiltrating leukocytes (TILs) and CD3+ cells in metastatic lesions may be utilized to predict or assess drug response, drug sensitivity, and clinical outcome in metastatic melanoma patients. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/932068 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09410267 | Parker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Kit Parker (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mohammad Reza Badrossamay (Somerville, Massachusetts); Josue Adrian Goss (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Kit Parker (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mohammad Reza Badrossamay (Somerville, Massachusetts); Josue Adrian Goss (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and devices for the fabrication of 3D polymeric fibers having micron, sub-micron, and nanometer dimensions, as well as methods of use of these polymeric fibers. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/320031 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 5/0075 (20130101) C12N 5/0657 (20130101) C12N 2533/30 (20130101) C12N 2533/40 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5082 (20130101) G01N 33/5088 (20130101) |
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| US 09410876 | Dryer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick L. Dryer (Pennington, New Jersey); Sang Hee Won (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Stephen Dooley (Letterkenny, Ireland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick L. Dryer (Pennington, New Jersey); Sang Hee Won (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Stephen Dooley (Letterkenny, Ireland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for determining the average molecular weight of a complex mixture from a plurality of test samples of the complex mixture are disclosed. The method includes a) providing a chamber having two fixed conditions and one variable condition selected from three state variables of temperature, pressure and volume; b) introducing a test sample of known mass into the chamber; c) setting operating conditions of the state variables such that the test sample will be fully vaporized into a gaseous state without decomposition or chemical reaction; and d) measuring the change of the variable condition after full vaporization of the test sample is achieved. Steps b-d are repeated for several test samples having different masses. The average molecular weight of the complex mixture is determined as a linear gradient (slope) of the relationship for the change of variable condition as a function of test sample mass. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/148213 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 7/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 25/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09410947 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through Its Center For Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lewis E. Johnson (Seattle, Washington); Rose Ann Cattolico (Seattle, Washington); Bruce H. Robinson (Seattle, Washington); Luke N. Latimer (Berkeley, California); Zachary H. Watanabe-Gastel (Seattle, Washington); William Robert Hardin (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Dielectric or semiconducting films including fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are also provided. Coumarin-based surfactants conjugated to the fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Fluorescent compounds capable of interacting with DNA can be used for a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/418303 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 213/89 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 57/00 (20130101) C09B 57/02 (20130101) C09B 57/008 (20130101) C09B 69/06 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 2523/101 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09411005 | Tatcho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Passinam Tatcho (Tallahassee, Florida); Mischa Steurer (Crawfordville, Florida); Hui Li (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist in identifying the location of the fault by continuing to inject current from the distributed resources into the distribution system, wherein at least one of the distributed resources is a DC voltage distributed resource comprising a controllable voltage source converter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/962522 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/00 (20130101) G01R 31/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/086 (20130101) G01R 31/088 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/00 (20130101) H02J 2001/002 (20130101) H02J 2001/004 (20130101) H02J 2001/006 (20130101) H02J 2001/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09411006 | Tatcho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Passinam Tatcho (Tallahassee, Florida); Mischa Steurer (Crawfordville, Florida); Hui Li (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist in identifying the location of the fault by continuing to inject current from the distributed resources into the distribution system, wherein at least one of the distributed resources is a microturbine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/962434 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/00 (20130101) G01R 31/08 (20130101) G01R 31/086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/088 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/00 (20130101) H02J 2001/002 (20130101) H02J 2001/004 (20130101) H02J 2001/006 (20130101) H02J 2001/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09411033 | He et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin He (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Yuan Xu (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Xu Li (Weymouth, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin He (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Yuan Xu (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Xu Li (Weymouth, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a magnetic energy source to provide a magnetic signal and a detector to detect an acoustic energy signal from a sample stimulated by the magnetic energy signal. A method includes applying a magnetic signal to a biological sample, detecting an acoustic signal from the sample, and processing the acoustic signal to determine the electrical impedance distribution of the sample, and identify disease in the biological sample. A method includes applying a magnetic signal to a sample, detecting a magnetic or electrical signal within the sample, and processing the magnetic or electrical signal to reconstruct electrical impedance distribution of the sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/913894 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0093 (20130101) A61B 8/00 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4808 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09411058 | Penumadu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dayakar Penumadu (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer composite neutron detector materials are described. The composite materials include an aromatic polymer matrix, such as an aromatic polyester. Distributed within the polymer matrix are neutron capture agents, such as 6LiF nanoparticles, and organic or inorganic luminescent fluors. The composite materials can be formed into stretched or unstretched thin films, fibers or fiber mats. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/310662 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09411103 | Astratov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A focusing microprobe system, comprising: one of a single-mode laser radiation source and a few-mode laser radiation source; a coupler coupled to the laser radiation source; one of a single-mode flexible laser radiation delivery system and a few-mode flexible laser radiation delivery system coupled to the coupler; and one or more focusing microlenses coupled to the flexible laser radiation delivery system and arranged in a focusing tip. The coupler comprises a focusing lens. The flexible laser radiation delivery system comprises one of a hollow-core fiber and a flexible waveguide. Optionally, the one or more focusing microlenses are bonded to seal a hollow internal cavity of the flexible laser radiation delivery system. The one or more focusing microlenses comprise one or more conventional lenses or one or more focusing spheres, hemispheres, or cylinders. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/106221 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/22 (20130101) A61B 2018/2227 (20130101) A61B 2018/2266 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/00 (20130101) G02B 1/005 (20130101) G02B 6/032 (20130101) G02B 6/32 (20130101) G02B 6/42 (20130101) G02B 6/262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/02304 (20130101) G02B 6/02328 (20130101) G02B 6/4206 (20130101) |
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| US 09412484 | Ruoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rodney S. Ruoff (Austin, Texas); Yanwu Zhu (Austin, Texas); Meryl D. Stoller (Austin, Texas); Shanthi Murali (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney S. Ruoff (Austin, Texas); Yanwu Zhu (Austin, Texas); Meryl D. Stoller (Austin, Texas); Shanthi Murali (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a carbon material that can be useful, for example, in ultracapacitors. Also disclosed are applications and devices containing the carbon material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/782329 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/12 (20130101) C01B 31/0423 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09412852 | Facchetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporatoin (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Myung-Gil Kim (Evanston, Illinois); William Christopher Sheets (Chicago, Illinois); He Yan (Hong Kong, China PRC); Yu Xia (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are new methods of fabricating nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films via solution processes at low temperatures (<400° C.). The present thin films are useful as thin film semiconductors, thin film dielectrics, or thin film conductors, and can be implemented into semiconductor devices such as thin film transistors and thin film photovoltaic devices. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/606014 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| 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 18/125 (20130101) C23C 18/127 (20130101) C23C 18/1216 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1237 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/441 (20130101) H01L 21/443 (20130101) H01L 21/477 (20130101) H01L 21/02172 (20130101) H01L 21/02178 (20130101) H01L 21/02192 (20130101) H01L 21/02205 (20130101) H01L 21/02244 (20130101) H01L 21/02565 (20130101) H01L 21/02614 (20130101) H01L 21/28506 (20130101) H01L 29/45 (20130101) H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/66969 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/78693 (20130101) |
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| US 09412901 | Shur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Columbia, South Carolina); Alexander Dobrinsky (Loudonville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superlattice layer including a plurality of periods, each of which is formed from a plurality of sub-layers is provided. Each sub-layer comprises a different composition than the adjacent sub-layer(s) and comprises a polarization that is opposite a polarization of the adjacent sub-layer(s). In this manner, the polarizations of the respective adjacent sub-layers compensate for one another. Furthermore, the superlattice layer can be configured to be at least partially transparent to radiation, such as ultraviolet radiation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/675596 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/18 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/0045 (20130101) |
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| US 09413403 | Wentzloff 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) | David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Seunghyun Oh (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nathan E. Roberts (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A low power radio is provided with automatic interference rejection. The radio is comprised generally of: an antenna, a rectifier, a comparator, and a correlator. The comparator receives an input signal from the rectifier, compares the input signal to a reference signal and outputs a digital signal. The correlator in turn receives the digital signal from the comparator, correlates the digital signal to a wake-up code and outputs a wake-up signal having a high value when the digital signal is highly correlated with the wake-up code. The radio further includes an automatic threshold controller which adjusts sensitivity of the comparator. Of note, the rectifier, the comparator, the correlator and the automatic threshold controller are comprised in part by circuits having transistors operating only in subthreshold region. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/490786 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/1027 (20130101) H04B 2001/1072 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/0229 (20130101) H04W 52/0235 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edwin Douglas Lephart (Orem, Utah); Trent D. Lund (Wheaton, Illinois); Robert J. Handa (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah); COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin Douglas Lephart (Orem, Utah); Trent D. Lund (Wheaton, Illinois); Robert J. Handa (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Equol (7-hydroxy-3(4′hydroxyphenyl)-chroman), the major metabolite of the phytoestrogen daidzein, specifically binds and blocks the hormonal action of 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in vitro and in vivo. Equol can bind circulating free DHT and sequester it from the androgen receptor, thus altering growth and physiological hormone responses that are regulated by androgens. These data suggest a novel model to explain equol's biological properties. The significance of equol's ability to specifically bind and sequester DHT from the androgen receptor have important ramifications in health and disease and may indicate a broad and important usage for equol in the treatment and prevention of androgen-mediated pathologies. Thus, equol can specifically bind DHT and prevent DHT's biological actions in physiological and pathophysiological processes. |
| FILED | Monday, July 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/810117 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/30 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/35 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/353 (20130101) |
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| US 09408896 | Guerrero et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felicito Guerrero (Boerne, Texas); Adalberto A. Perez De Leon (Kerrville, Texas); Lane D. Foil (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of either the aquaporin protein from the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, or a nucleic acid construct incorporating a nucleic acid sequence encoding this aquaporin protein, are effective for eliciting a protective immune response against other tick species in non-bovine animals. The R. microplus aquaporin protein is antigenic and can be administered as a protein vaccine, or in the alternative, the nucleic acid construct can be utilized as a DNA vaccine. Induction of the immune response significantly reduces or eliminates the infestation of treated, non-bovine animals with ticks other than the cattle tick, particularly the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Moreover, as ticks are vectors of a variety of pathogenic agents, the reduction in the incidence of tick infestation afforded by the vaccines may concurrently reduce the incidence of diseases caused by these pathogenic agents in susceptible animals. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/200502 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/552 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) |
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| US 09410162 | Gopalan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Champa Sengupta Gopalan (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Mark Seger (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Jose L. Ortega-Carranza (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention comprise altering the biosynthesis and accumulation of sucrose in legumes by transforming the plants with the sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) gene of maize, and closely related regulatory genes. Embodiments of the present invention further comprise altering the assimilation of nitrogen in legumes by transforming the plants with the glutamine synthetase (GS) gene of soybean, and closely related regulatory genes. Embodiments of the present invention further comprise transforming legume plants with both SPS and GS genes. In addition, embodiments of the present invention relate to enhancing expression of transgenes through the 5′ UTR of the glycine max (soybean) cytosolic glutamine synthetase (Gmglnβ1) gene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/950149 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8241 (20130101) C12N 15/8271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09412949 | Liu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haiying Liu (Houghton, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (Houghton, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haiying Liu (Houghton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides various fluorescent conjugated polymers with a BODIPY-based backbone. The invention also provides methods of using the polymers of the invention, such as for imaging and detection of cells, tumors, bacteria and viruses. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/141158 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/74 (20130101) A61K 31/785 (20130101) A61K 31/787 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/124 (20130101) C08G 2261/3241 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/008 (20130101) H01L 51/0035 (20130101) H01L 51/0041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP27026 | NeSmith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Scott NeSmith (Molena, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The new variety ‘TH-906’ ripens in mid-May in southern Georgia. The fruit of the new variety ‘TH-906’ are medium to large, with good scar, and have good firmness and flavor. The new variety ‘TH-906’ is vigorous with an estimated chilling requirement of about 550 hours at or below approximately 7° C. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/544269 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09410596 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ken Young (Peoria, Arizona); Timothy Hindle (Peoria, Arizona); Tim Daniel Barber (Litchfield Park, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ken Young (Peoria, Arizona); Timothy Hindle (Peoria, Arizona); Tim Daniel Barber (Litchfield Park, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Mounting systems for structural members, fastening assemblies thereof, and vibration isolation systems including the same are provided. Mounting systems comprise a pair of mounting brackets, each clamped against a fastening assembly forming a mounting assembly. Fastening assemblies comprise a spherical rod end comprising a spherical member having a through opening and an integrally threaded shaft, first and second seating members on opposite sides of the spherical member and each having a through opening that is substantially coaxial with the spherical member through opening, and a partially threaded fastener that threadably engages each mounting bracket forming the mounting assembly. Structural members have axial end portions, each releasably coupled to a mounting bracket by the integrally threaded shaft. Axial end portions are threaded in opposite directions for permitting structural member rotation to adjust a length thereof to a substantially zero strain position. Structural members may be vibration isolator struts in vibration isolation systems. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289815 |
| ART UNIT | 3631 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 15/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 403/32598 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09411569 | Schnase et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America 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) | John L. Schnase (Laurel, Maryland); Daniel Q. Duffy (Gambrillis, Maryland); Glenn S. Tamkin (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and computer-readable storage devices for providing a climate data analytic services application programming interface distribution package. The example system can provide various components. The system provides a climate data analytic services application programming interface library that enables software applications running on a client device to invoke the capabilities of a climate data analytic service. The system provides a command-line interface that provides a means of interacting with a climate data analytic service by issuing commands directly to the system's server interface. The system provides sample programs that call on the capabilities of the application programming interface library and can be used as templates for the construction of new client applications. The system can also provide test utilities, build utilities, service integration utilities, and documentation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/710312 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09413052 | Sherrer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuvotronics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nuvotronics, Inc. (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sherrer (Cary, North Carolina); Jean-Marc Rollin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth Vanhille (Cary, North Carolina); Marcus Oliver (Durham, North Carolina); Steven E. Huettner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a first power combiner/divider network and a second power combiner/divider network. The first power combiner/divider network splits a first electromagnetic signal into split signals that are connectable to signal processor(s). The second power combiner/divider network combines processed signals into a second electromagnetic signal. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional coaxial microstructure. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/845385 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 5/12 (20130101) H01P 5/183 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09413461 | Chao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tien-Hsin Chao (Valencia, California); Keith E. Wilson (El Monte, California); Keith Coste (La Crescenta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, systems, apparatus and device enable high bandwidth satellite communications. An onboard tracking detector, installed in a low-earth orbit satellite, detects a position of an incoming optical beam received/transmitted from a first ground station of one or more ground stations. Tracker electronics determine orientation information of the incoming optical beam based on the position. Control electronics receive the orientation information from the tracker electronics, and control a waveguide drive electronics. The waveguide drive electronics control a voltage that is provided to an electro-optic waveguide beam steering device. The electro-optic waveguide beam steering device steers an outgoing optical beam to one of the one or more ground stations based on the voltage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/532953 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/118 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09414072 | Linares |
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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) | Irving Linares (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Frequency-based, pixel-adaptive filtering using the JPEG-ESAP algorithm for low bit rate JPEG formatted color images may allow for more compressed images while maintaining equivalent quality at a smaller file size or bitrate. For RGB, an image is decomposed into three color bands—red, green, and blue. The JPEG-ESAP algorithm is then applied to each band (e.g., once for red, once for green, and once for blue) and the output of each application of the algorithm is rebuilt as a single color image. The ESAP algorithm may be repeatedly applied to MPEG-2 video frames to reduce their bit rate by a factor of 2 or 3, while maintaining equivalent video quality, both perceptually, and objectively, as recorded in the computed PSNR values. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/810959 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 19/44 (20141101) H04N 19/86 (20141101) H04N 19/91 (20141101) H04N 19/117 (20141101) Original (OR) Class H04N 19/124 (20141101) H04N 19/172 (20141101) H04N 19/177 (20141101) H04N 19/625 (20141101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09411058 | Penumadu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dayakar Penumadu (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer composite neutron detector materials are described. The composite materials include an aromatic polymer matrix, such as an aromatic polyester. Distributed within the polymer matrix are neutron capture agents, such as 6LiF nanoparticles, and organic or inorganic luminescent fluors. The composite materials can be formed into stretched or unstretched thin films, fibers or fiber mats. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/310662 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 09412573 | Almirall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Almirall (Miami, Florida); Jeannette Perr (Miami, Florida); Patricia Guerra (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method of extraction, detection, and characterization of a vapor from an explosive, a taggant in an explosive, a controlled substance, a biohazard, and mixtures thereof uses a new and improved SPME device for extraction and ion mobility spectrometry for detection and characterization. The new and improved SPME device has an increased capacity to sorb a target vapor. The increased sorption of vapor provides for more accurate detection by an ion mobility spectrometer. A SPME device having increased surface area may be exposed to an atmosphere in an enclosure containing a test object or a volume of gas that was in contact with the test object to allow for sorption of the target vapor and then introduced into an IMS for more accurate detection and characterization of the vapor due to the increased sorption of the vapor by the SPME device described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/203491 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/005 (20130101) B05D 1/18 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/405 (20130101) G01N 27/622 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/049 (20130101) H01J 49/0422 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09410878 | Vize et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Vize (Essex Junction, Vermont); Matthew Casari (Waterbury, Vermont); Jeff Frolik (Essex Junction, Vermont); Britt Holmen (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Vize (Essex Junction, Vermont); Matthew Casari (Waterbury, Vermont); Jeff Frolik (Essex Junction, Vermont); Britt Holmen (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The Portable Ultrafine Particle Sizer (PUPS) invention is provided. The PUPS is an instrument which can measure particle number concentration for particle sizes under 200 nanometers in-situ. The PUPS is a compact design for quick mounting on vehicles. Size discrimination is accomplished using a compact reverse Differential Mobility Analyzer (rDMA). Particle charging is accomplished using corona ionization. Concentration measurements are completed using a unique flexible printed circuit board electrode which can be removed for cleaning, disposal or chemical analysis of collected particles at the end of its in situ measurement life. |
| FILED | Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/256976 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/0255 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/0266 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09408536 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, 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 system and method of locating a source of a heart rhythm disorder are disclosed. In accordance with the method, a first pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a first coefficient associated with variability of the first pair of signals at a first region of the heart. Further, a second pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a second coefficient associated with variability of the second pair of signals at a second region of the heart. Thereafter, the first coefficient of variability is compared to the second coefficient of variability to determine a direction towards the source of the rhythm disorder. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/559868 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09411073 | Hoff |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clean Power Research, L.L.C. (Napa, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CLEAN POWER RESEARCH, L.L.C. (Napa, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Hoff (Napa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The calculation of the variance of a correlation coefficient matrix for a photovoltaic fleet can be completed in linear space as a function of decreasing distance between pairs of photovoltaic plant locations. When obtaining irradiance data from a satellite imagery source, irradiance statistics must first be converted from irradiance statistics for an area into irradiance statistics for an average point within a pixel in the satellite imagery. The average point statistics are then averaged across all satellite pixels to determine the average across the whole photovoltaic fleet region. Where pairs of photovoltaic systems are located too far away from each other to be statistically correlated, the correlation coefficients in the matrix for that pair of photovoltaic systems are effectively zero. Consequently, the double summation portion of the calculation can be simplified to eliminate zero values based on distance between photovoltaic plant locations, substantially decreasing the size of the problem space. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/866901 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Meteorology G01W 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09412442 | Pop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Pop (Champaign, Illinois); Feng Xiong (Urbana, Illinois); Myung-Ho Bae (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Pop (Champaign, Illinois); Feng Xiong (Urbana, Illinois); Myung-Ho Bae (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for depositing a first material that substantially covers a nanoheater, applying a signal to the nanoheater to remove a first portion of the first material covering the nanoheater to form a trench aligned with the nanoheater, depositing a second material in the trench, and removing a second portion of the first material and a portion of the second material to form a nanowire comprising a remaining portion of the second material covering the nanoheater along the trench. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/458604 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 13/0004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 13/025 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/413 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 45/04 (20130101) H01L 45/144 (20130101) H01L 45/149 (20130101) H01L 45/1226 (20130101) H01L 45/1625 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09413036 | Bhavaraju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CERAMATEC, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sai Bhavaraju (West Jordan, Utah); Mathew Robins (Saratoga Spring, Utah); Alexis Eccelston (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A sodium-halogen secondary cell that includes a negative electrode compartment housing a negative, sodium-based electrode and a positive electrode compartment housing a current collector disposed in a liquid positive electrode solution. The liquid positive electrode solution includes a halogen and/or a halide. The cell includes a sodium ion conductive electrolyte membrane that separates the negative electrode from the liquid positive electrode solution. Although in some cases, the negative sodium-based electrode is molten during cell operation, in other cases, the negative electrode includes a sodium electrode or a sodium intercalation carbon electrode that is solid during operation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/019651 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/42 (20130101) H01M 4/62 (20130101) H01M 4/381 (20130101) H01M 4/388 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 8/22 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) H01M 10/24 (20130101) H01M 10/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/39 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/399 (20130101) H01M 10/0562 (20130101) H01M 10/4235 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) H01M 2300/0071 (20130101) H01M 2300/0077 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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