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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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| US 09427476 | Lee 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); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (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); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Che-Hung Robert Lee (Silver Spring, Maryland); Valerian B. Pinto (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are meningococcal immunogenic conjugates which can elicit immune responses against meningococcal polysaccharides (PS) from groups A, C, W-135, and Y and group B factor H binding protein (fHbp). The disclosed conjugates also exhibit bactericidal activity against meningococcal A, C, W-135, Y, B, and X serogroups. Also disclosed are improved methods for preparing conjugates, such as immunogenic conjugates, including activation of a polysaccharide with a cyanylation agent at about 4° C. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/402988 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/095 (20130101) A61K 47/4833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/572 (20130101) |
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| US 09427489 | Martin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin D. Martin (El Paso, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin D. Martin (El Paso, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Orthopedic splinting materials and methods for stabilizing an injured limb or extremity of a human or animal comprising applying a foam to the limb or extremity and allowing the foam set to sufficient rigidity, which can be in less than 60 seconds. The foam, such as a Spray Polyurethane Foam, can be sprayed directly on the skin without producing an amount of heat release that is painful or uncomfortable on the skin. Also provided is a kit for stabilizing an injured limb or extremity comprising a dispenser comprising the present foam. Further provided is situ preparation and application of a compression bandage on an injured patient in an emergency or combat situation comprising applying the present foam. A spine board and a method for making the same comprising applying the present foam to the patient's back, then contacting the foam with a board or flat surface before the foam sets. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/988260 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 5/01 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09427497 | Biris |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandru S. Biris (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure of, and a method of producing, a biocompatible structure for bone and tissue regeneration are disclosed. The method includes dissolving a polyurethane polymer in methanol, adding hydroxyapatite (HAP) nanoparticles to form a uniformly distributed mixture, applying the mixture to a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) surface to form a polymer film, cutting the polymer film into strips, stacking the strips with layers of bone particles disposed therebetween, coating the stacked strips and layers by the mixture and allowing it to dry, adding bone particles to the coating, and plasma treating the structure to form the biocompatible structure. A weight percentage of the HAP nanoparticles to the polymer is about 5-50% such that a resorption rate of the biocompatible structure substantially matches a rate of tissue generation in the biocompatible structure. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/506438 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/28 (20130101) A61F 2002/2835 (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 27/38 (20130101) A61L 27/44 (20130101) A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3608 (20130101) A61L 2300/64 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2400/12 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) A61L 2430/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/00 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1062 (20150115) Y10T 156/1075 (20150115) |
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| US 09427565 | Kuntaegowdanahalli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sathyakumar S. Kuntaegowdanahalli (Miami, Florida); James J. Abbas (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ranu Jung (Miami Beach, Florida); Kenneth Horch (Fountain Hills, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sathyakumar S. Kuntaegowdanahalli (Miami, Florida); James J. Abbas (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ranu Jung (Miami Beach, Florida); Kenneth Horch (Fountain Hills, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular multi-channel inline connector system that connects an implanted electrode within a body of an organism, such as the human body, with a device located external to or implanted within the body. The modular multi-channel inline system comprises of a first lead operatively connected to the implanted electrode and to a first connector portion. A second lead is operatively connected to a second connector portion and operatively connected to the device. One of the first and second connector portions comprises a male connector and the other of the first and second connector portions comprises a female connector. The first and second connector portions are arranged to connect with each other and to be operatively located embedded within the body. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/073437 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0504 (20130101) A61N 1/0551 (20130101) A61N 1/36017 (20130101) |
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| US 09427841 | Goldstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | II-VI Incorporated (Saxonburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | II-VI Incorporated (Saxonburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Goldstein (Murrieta, California); Stephen M. Miller, III (Temecula, California); John M. O'Donnell (Winchester, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method and apparatus for simultaneously polishing both surfaces of an optical substrate. An upper platen and a lower platen, each covered with a polishing pad material and at least one carrier having an aperture for holding the optical substrate between the platens are provided. The location of the aperture of the carrier is set such that the center of the optical substrate is offset from the center of the carrier and at least a portion of the outer perimeter of the optical substrate extends outwardly beyond at least a portion of at least one of the outer perimeter and the inner perimeter of the platens. The platens are rotated with respect to the carrier, and the carrier is rotated with respect to the platens to polish the optical substrate. The location of the aperture of the carrier is adjustable. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/215764 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines, Devices, or Processes for Grinding or Polishing; Dressing or Conditioning of Abrading Surfaces; Feeding of Grinding, Polishing, or Lapping Agents B24B 37/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B24B 37/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09427864 | Kornbluh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy David Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Alexander Steele Kernbaum (Sunnyvale, California); Thomas Low (Belmont, California); Katherine Goss Witherspoon (San Francisco, California); Brian Keith McCoy (Sunnyvale, California); Adam Arnold Edward Ziemba (Menlow Park, California); Paul Michael Birkmeyer (Redwood City, California); Richard M. Mahoney (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible exosuit includes rigid and flexible elements configured to couple forces to a body of a wearer. Further, the flexible exosuit includes flexible linear actuators and clutched compliance elements to apply and/or modulate forces and/or compliances between segments of the body of the wearer. The flexible exosuit further includes electronic controllers, power sources and sensors. The flexible exosuit can be configured to apply forces to the body of the wearer to enable a variety of applications. In some examples, the flexible exosuit can be configured to augment the physical strength or endurance of the wearer. In some examples, the flexible exosuit can be configured to train the wearer to perform certain physical tasks. In some examples, the flexible exosuit can be configured to record physical activities of the wearer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/673109 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 9/1615 (20130101) B25J 9/1633 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 2219/36429 (20130101) G05B 2219/39345 (20130101) G05B 2219/40305 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09427876 | Mozeika et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Annan Michael Mozeika (Groton, Massachusetts); Mark Robert Claffee (Methuen, Massachusetts); Martin Buehler (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic joint assembly includes a first structural member, a second structural member, and a rolling flexure joint joining the first structural member to the second structural member to provide at least one degree of freedom between the first and second structural members. The rolling flexure joint includes first and second flexible hinge members each having one end secured to the first structural member and an opposing end secured to the second structural member. The first and second flexible hinge members cross one another between the first and second structural members. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/713558 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 5/005 (20130101) B25J 9/0015 (20130101) B25J 9/142 (20130101) B25J 15/0009 (20130101) B25J 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/032 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/20329 (20150115) |
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| US 09427940 | Bremmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Bremmer (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Darryl Mark Toni (Madison, Connecticut); William E. Hovan, III (Oxford, Connecticut); Allan R. Macallister, Jr. (Milford, Connecticut); Jeffrey G. Sauer (Woodbury, Connecticut); Christian A. Rogg (New Milford, Connecticut); Robert A. Lacko (Oxford, Connecticut); David M. Lent (Guilford, Connecticut); Andrew Varga (Milford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite panel includes a support layer including a first plurality of prepreg plies wrapped around at least one mandrel; a mid-plane impact layer including a second plurality of prepreg plies, the mid-plane impact layer adjacent to the support layer; a upper skin layer including a third plurality of prepreg plies, the upper skin layer adjacent to the mid-place impact layer; and a lower skin layer including a fourth plurality of prepreg plies, the lower skin layer adjacent to the support layer; whereby each of the first, second, third, and fourth plurality of prepreg plies are co-cured to form the composite panel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077598 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/00 (20130101) B29C 70/30 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/12 (20130101) B32B 5/26 (20130101) B32B 17/00 (20130101) B32B 17/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 2250/05 (20130101) B32B 2262/106 (20130101) B32B 2605/18 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) Y10T 442/30 (20150401) |
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| US 09428042 | Morrow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oshkosh Corporation (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oshkosh Defense, LLC (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon Morrow (Neenah, Wisconsin); Dave Steinberger (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Eric Braun (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Andrew Kotloski (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Nader Nasr (Neenah, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A drive train for a vehicle includes an engine having an output shaft, a first gear set, a second gear set, a first motor/generator coupled to the first gear set, a second motor/generator coupled to the second gear set and electrically coupled to the first motor/generator, a first clutch, and a second clutch. Planetary gears of both sets are rotatably supported by respective planetary gear carriers that are coupled to each other. The first clutch selectively engages the output shaft of the engine with the second motor/generator, and the second clutch and a third gear set operate to selectively engage at least one of the sun gear and the ring gear of the second gear set with the planetary gear carriers of the first and second gear sets. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/514210 |
| ART UNIT | 3659 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 6/52 (20130101) B60K 6/365 (20130101) B60K 6/445 (20130101) B60K 6/543 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gearing F16H 3/728 (20130101) F16H 37/065 (20130101) F16H 2037/088 (20130101) F16H 2037/102 (20130101) F16H 2037/106 (20130101) F16H 2037/0866 (20130101) F16H 2200/2007 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/76 (20130101) Y02T 10/6239 (20130101) Y02T 10/6265 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 903/902 (20130101) Y10S 903/911 (20130101) |
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| US 09428267 | DeVita et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Joseph DeVita (Cos Cob, Connecticut); Mark Denton Bystry, Jr. (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An engine starting system for a rotary wing aircraft includes a controller that receives a signal indicative of a start command for an engine, a transmission input module that is mechanically coupled to a transmission system and an accessory gearbox and a starter motor that is mechanically coupled to a compressor drive shaft of the engine. Also, a method for restarting an engine in flight includes receiving by a controller a signal indicative of a start command for the engine, determining by the controller that an overrunning clutch is coupled to the engine, transmitting by a transmission system motive power to the engine in response to the determining that the overrunning clutch is coupled to the engine and driving via a compressor drive shaft a compressor section of the engine according to a design speed. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/147916 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/32 (20130101) F02C 7/262 (20130101) F02C 7/275 (20130101) F02C 9/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/329 (20130101) F05D 2260/43 (20130101) F05D 2260/85 (20130101) |
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| US 09428269 | Oppenheimer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael W Oppenheimer (Beavercreek, Ohio); Isaac E Weintraub (Fairborn, Ohio); David O Sigthorsson (Beavercreek, Ohio); David B Doman (Springfield, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of configuring a wing velocity profile includes segmenting a complete wingbeat cycle into a set of quarter-strokes including a first quarter-stroke, a second quarter-stroke, a third quarter-stroke, and a fourth quarter-stroke. The method further includes generating time-varying quarter-stroke wing position commands for each of a first and second wing planforms to produce wing flapping trajectories that generate non-zero, cycle averaged wing lift and drag and alter a cycle average center of pressure of each of the first and the second wing planforms relative to the aircraft. The wing position commands include velocities and positions with temporally symmetric and asymmetric quarter-stroke components for the first wing planform and the second wing planform. The first wing planform and the second wing planform produce controlled six-degrees-of freedom vehicle motion without using actuators in excess of the first actuator and the second actuator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/595473 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 33/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09428277 | Costello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Earthly Dynamics, LLC (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Earthly Dynamics, LLC (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark F Costello (Atlanta, Georgia); Keith Bergeron (Framingham, Massachusetts); Michael Wayne Shurtliff (Ashland, Massachusetts); Gregory Michael Noetscher (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Michael Brian Ward (Atlanta, Georgia); Edward James Scheuermann (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is described to control the flight path of a parafoil. The physical control mechanism is a series of actuators embedded within the parafoil canopy that open a series of holes via slits in the upper surface of the parafoil canopy. Opening and closing the holes changes the forces and moments acting on the parafoil canopy in a consistent manner such that it can be used for flight control. The embedded actuator is attached to a structural cell wall of the parafoil canopy. A control line from the actuator extends through a ring attached to the leading edge of the slit in the upper surface of the parafoil canopy and back down to the lower surface of the parafoil canopy along the opposite side non-structural cell wall. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/479530 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 17/18 (20130101) B64D 17/22 (20130101) B64D 17/025 (20130101) B64D 17/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09428301 | Ringer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles M. Ringer (San Diego, California); Peyton W. Hall (San Diego, California); Earl E. Floren (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Ringer (San Diego, California); Peyton W. Hall (San Diego, California); Earl E. Floren (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-destructive aquatic device for use in a water environment is formed with a body having a metallic portion and a covering preventing exposure of the metallic portion of the body from the water environment. A gap in the covering is used to expose the metallic portion of the body to the water environment. The covering has a cathodic property with respect to the metallic portion of the body, so that the gap and the covering establishing a cathodic-anodic ratio of areas exposed to the water environment to promote erosion of the metallic portion of the body in the water environment. This, in turn, results in controlled break-up of the aquatic device. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/152007 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 8/00 (20130101) Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 220/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09428394 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly oxidized form of graphene oxide and methods for production thereof are described in various embodiments of the present disclosure. In general, the methods include mixing a graphite source with a solution containing at least one oxidant and at least one protecting agent and then oxidizing the graphite source with the at least one oxidant in the presence of the at least one protecting agent to form the graphene oxide. Graphene oxide synthesized by the presently described methods is of a high structural quality that is more oxidized and maintains a higher proportion of aromatic rings and aromatic domains than does graphene oxide prepared in the absence of at least one protecting agent. Methods for reduction of graphene oxide into chemically converted graphene are also disclosed herein. The chemically converted graphene of the present disclosure is significantly more electrically conductive than is chemically converted graphene prepared from other sources of graphene oxide. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321623 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/043 (20130101) C01B 31/0476 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/032 (20130101) |
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| US 09428620 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RERL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andre A. Williams (Havre de Grace, Maryland); Joshua A. Orlicki (Havre de Grace, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A hyperbranched polymer based on one or more repeating units of an ABx type monomer, wherein A and B are functional groups and x is greater than or equal to 2, wherein A reacts with, or substantially reacts with, B, wherein B is fractionally functionlized with a plurality of functional groups comprising a first functional group comprising a C6-C30 alkyl chain attached to the repeating unit through a carbonyl group (C═O) via an ester linkage, a second functional group comprising a partially fluorinated or perfluorinated C3-C20 alkyl chain attached to the repeating unit through a carbonyl group (C═O) via an ester linkage, and a third functional group comprising substantially one of a stabilized radical source attached to the repeating unit via a C0-C6 tether, or a 5 to 8 member chloroamide heterocycle of carbon and nitrogen that is attached to the repeating unit via a C2-C6 tether. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/589047 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/912 (20130101) C08G 83/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/16 (20130101) C12N 1/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09428849 | Haynie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald T. Haynie (Tampa, Florida); Lei Zhai (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida); UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald T. Haynie (Tampa, Florida); Lei Zhai (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrospun nanofibrils and methods of preparing the same are provided. The electrospun nanofibrils comprise at least one polypeptide. A polypeptide can be dissolved in a solution, and the solution can be electrospun into a nanofibril. The solution can be added to a syringe or syringe pump, and an electric field can be applied to electrospin the at least one polypeptide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/704867 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/10 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/003 (20130101) D01D 5/0007 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 1/728 (20130101) D04H 3/016 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/298 (20150115) |
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| US 09429027 | Mongillo, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr. (West Hartford, Connecticut); Steven Bruce Gautschi (Worcester, Massachusetts); San Quach (Southington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil includes a pressure surface and a suction surface extending from a root section of the airfoil to a tip section of the airfoil. The airfoil also includes a leading edge and a trailing edge defining a chord length of the airfoil therebetween. The airfoil further includes a tip shelf formed along the tip section of the airfoil between the pressure surface and a tip shelf wall. The tip shelf wall is spaced between the pressure surface and the suction surface and the tip shelf extends from within 10% of the chord length measured from the leading edge to within 10% of the chord length measured from the trailing edge. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/748666 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/202 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/673 (20130101) Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09429104 | Fuller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerome Keith Fuller (Lake Balboa, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome Keith Fuller (Lake Balboa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for casting hybrid rocket motor fuel grains. In one embodiment, a method for casting a rocket motor fuel grain can be provided. The method can include providing a positive image of a port made from at least one material. The method can further include disposing at least one fuel material around at least a portion of the positive image of the port. Further, the method can include removing the at least one material, wherein a negative image of the port is formed in the at least one fuel material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/564463 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 53/00 (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 33/52 (20130101) B29C 33/3857 (20130101) B29C 39/006 (20130101) B29C 39/26 (20130101) B29C 67/0055 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/3097 (20130101) Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/403 (20130101) B64G 1/404 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/14 (20130101) F02K 9/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02K 9/32 (20130101) F02K 9/36 (20130101) F02K 9/72 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/21 (20130101) |
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| US 09429105 | Barker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Watham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A Barker (Tucson, Arizona); Dean W Smith (Tucson, Arizona); Edward J Marquart (Tucson, Arizona); Joseph R Corrado (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A rocket vehicle includes a controller that integrates operation of a variable-vector main thruster and attitude control thrusters. When the main thruster is firing and roll is commanded, the controller can provide roll moment by firing only a single attitude control thruster, while changing the thrust vector of the main thruster to offset any pitch/yaw moments induced by the firing of the single attitude control thruster. The single attitude control thruster may be a thruster on the leeward side of the rocket vehicle. Since there is a lower wall pressure on the leeward side of the rocket vehicle, the thruster efficiency is improved by accomplishing roll by use of a single thruster (which may be one of a pair of thrusters used to achieve roll in one direction). A significant reduction in fuel use may be accomplished. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/912837 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/66 (20130101) |
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| US 09429400 | Sowle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zak Sowle (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Srikanth Vasudevan (Cleveland, Ohio); Russell Stucke (Cleveland, Ohio); Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio); Robert N. Schmidt (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zak Sowle (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Srikanth Vasudevan (Cleveland, Ohio); Russell Stucke (Cleveland, Ohio); Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio); Robert N. Schmidt (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A forebody flow control system and more particularly an aircraft or missile flow control system for enhanced maneuverability and stabilization utilizes various types of sensors and various types of activatable flow effectors to maneuver the aircraft or missile with the help of a control system. A method of operating the flow control system is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/615218 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — 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 10/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 10/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09429403 | Papadopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orbital ATK, Inc. (Dulles, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital ATK, Inc. (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George B. Papadopoulos (Nesconset, New York); Derek R. Devries (Farr West, Utah); Steven W. Thomas (Excellsior, Minnesota); Timothy J. Van Dixhorn (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Charles L. Weigel (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Charles L. Dedon (Elk River, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A flight safety assembly onboard an aerial vehicle includes a first sensor configured to sense first information related to flight of the aerial vehicle and a second sensor configured to sense second information related to the flight of the aerial vehicle. A sensor input is adapted to receive third information related to the flight of the aerial vehicle. A processor is operably coupled to the first sensor, the second sensor, and the sensor input. The processor is configured to determine three independent instantaneous impact points for the aerial vehicle by independently analyzing each of the first information, the second information and the third information. The processor is also configured to generate three independent onboard flight termination indicators for each of the three independent instantaneous impact points that intersects with a region to be protected. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/335651 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/002 (20130101) B64G 1/52 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09429408 | Chamberlain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Department of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Chamberlain (Waldorf, Maryland); Angel Diaz (Waldorf, Maryland); Lee Foltz (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid-jet-generating container for a flowable material includes a one-piece open-ended body having eight sides and eight corners. Each of the eight corners is defined by a V-notch such that the open-ended body may define a collapsed state when the eight sides are disposed in two parallel planes, and may define a configured state with the eight sides arranged to define an open-ended U-shaped trough. End caps are sealed to the opposing ends of the open-ended body in its configured state. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756650 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 11/1846 (20130101) B65D 11/1846 (20130101) B65D 11/1866 (20130101) B65D 11/1866 (20130101) Blasting F42D 5/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul V. Cavallaro (Raynham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul V. Cavallaro (Raynham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A bolt shear force sensor for in-service monitoring is provided in which the sensor includes a deformable ring with channel-like cross-sections and a wire egress hole. The ring surrounds a bolt or fastener to be tested. The channel-like cross sections face exterior to a center of the ring. Strain sensing elements are mounted within the channel cross-sections as an outer circumference of the ring. The sensing elements capture hoop strain from surrounding plates of the operating system which holds the fastener. A signal conditioner operationally connected via wire conductors is used to convert strain sensing signals from the sensing elements to strain output. The strain outputs are then used in conjunction with a calibration curve of shear force versus strain to determine the magnitudes and directions of the resultant shear forces. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/645516 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01L 1/16 (20130101) G01L 5/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09429496 | Kuznia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ULTRA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ULTRA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Vista, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles B. Kuznia (Encinitas, California); Richard J. Pommer (Carlsbad, California); Joseph F. Ahadian (San Marcos, California); Richard T. Hagan (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for creating an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) in a small package is described. This system allows the implementation of multiple channels of OTDR in package of similar size to existing fiber optic transceivers. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/391702 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 11/3136 (20130101) G01M 11/3145 (20130101) G01M 11/3154 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09429561 | Burrows et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cynthia J. Burrows (Salt Lake City, Utah); Henry S. White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryuji Kawano (Salt Lake City, Utah); Aaron M. Fleming (Salt Lake City, Utah); Na An (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and compounds for detecting modified nucleic acid bases are disclosed and described. The methods provide for detecting a nucleic acid lesion and can include directing a nucleic acid adduct into a channel, wherein the nucleic acid adduct includes a nucleic acid having a lesion and a current modulating compound coupled to the nucleic acid at the lesion (110), and measuring a change in current through the channel in response to the current modulating compound to detect the lesion (112). The method can optionally include forming the nucleic acid adduct. Also provided is a method for identifying the number of repeat nucleotides in at least a portion of a nucleic acid strand, a method of assigning a registration marker within a nucleic acid, and a method of obtaining sequence information from a nucleic acid comprising assigning a registration marker on the nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/657226 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2525/101 (20130101) C12Q 2525/101 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44704 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09429643 | Booher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thales-Raytheon Systems Company LLC (Fullerton, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jim L. Booher (Fullerton, California); Christopher R. Eck (St. Petersburg, Florida); Stefan Badstuebner (Brea, California); Ron C. Williamson (Fullerton, California); John A. Schlundt (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Annette R. Mueller (Brea, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for tracking objects. Objects such as aircraft, ground vehicles, or vessels may be sensed with various sensors, including an Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) (220), an Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) (225), a network (230) of airborne radar sensors, a network (235) of aircraft each reporting its own position, a Blue Force Tracker (BFT) (240), and a network (245) of ground-based mobile radar sensors. Data from each sensor or network of sensors may also be fed, via a display interface layer (250), to a display. A tracker which may be referred to as a coherent aggregator (120) receives input from sensors or other trackers and also from an operator. The operator monitors the display and provides input to the coherent aggregator (120) to assist the coherent aggregator (120) in inferring tracks from measurement reports. Multiple coherent aggregators, in communication with each other and loosely coupled, may be operated simultaneously. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/859643 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 7/22 (20130101) G01S 13/66 (20130101) G01S 13/726 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/0021 (20130101) G08G 5/0078 (20130101) G08G 5/0082 (20130101) |
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| US 09429812 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ying L. Luo (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device includes an optical reflector based on a coupled-loopback optical waveguide. In particular, an input port, an output port and an optical loop in arms of the optical reflector are optically coupled to a directional coupler. The directional coupler evanescently couples an optical signal between the arms. For example, the directional coupler may include: a multimode interference coupler and/or a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI). Moreover, destructive interference during the evanescent coupling determines the reflection and transmission power coefficients of the optical reflector. |
| FILED | Monday, October 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/875521 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/125 (20130101) G02B 6/293 (20130101) G02B 6/12007 (20130101) G02B 6/29331 (20130101) G02B 6/29338 (20130101) G02B 6/29343 (20130101) G02B 6/29389 (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 1/0147 (20130101) G02F 1/225 (20130101) G02F 1/2257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2001/212 (20130101) G02F 2001/217 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/18 (20130101) H01S 5/50 (20130101) H01S 5/141 (20130101) H01S 5/0265 (20130101) H01S 5/2027 (20130101) H01S 5/02252 (20130101) H01S 5/3013 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander M. Soles (Bloomington, Indiana); Matthew R. Walsh (Westfield, Indiana); Eric B. Scott (Heltonville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An impact detection and remediation system includes a sensing device for detecting damage events related to a structure of interest. Such damage events may include impact from a ballistic object, a tamper event, a physical impact, or other events that may affect structural integrity or cause failure. Illustratively, the sensing device is in communication with a measurement system to determine impact criteria, and a processing system which is configured to use the impact criteria to determine a direction of the initiation point of a ballistic causing the damage event. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/855352 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 23/56 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/007 (20130101) F41H 5/24 (20130101) F41H 7/02 (20130101) Targets; Target Ranges; Bullet Catchers F41J 5/04 (20130101) F41J 5/041 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 5/0033 (20130101) G01M 5/0066 (20130101) G01M 5/0091 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/20 (20130101) G01N 29/04 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0004 (20130101) Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 5/00 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/126 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/18 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 13/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115) |
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| US 09430297 | Thai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hung Q. Thai (Bronx, New York); Hanhong Xue (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hung Q. Thai (Bronx, New York); Hanhong Xue (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Load balancing of adapters on a multi-adapter node of a communications environment. A task executing on the node selects an adapter resource unit to be used as its primary port for communications. The selection is based on the task's identifier, and facilitates a balancing of the load among the adapter resource units. Using the task's identifier, an index is generated that is used to select a particular adapter resource unit from a list of adapter resource units assigned to the task. The generation of the index is efficient and predictable. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/334624 |
| ART UNIT | 2456 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/541 (20130101) G06F 9/5083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09430610 | Agan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian K Agan (San Antonio, Texas); Eric H Hanson (Las Vegas, Nevada); Russell P Kruzelock (Helotes, Texas); Baochuan Lin (Bethesda, Maryland); Robb K Rowley (Las Vegas, Nevada); Donald Seto (Manassas, Virginia); David A Stenger (Herndon, Virginia); Jennifer Johnson (Finchville, Kentucky); Clark J Tibbetts (Sperryville, Virginia); Dzung C Thach (Annandale, Virginia); Gary J Vora (Washington, District of Columbia); Elizabeth A Walter (San Antonio, Texas); Zheng Wang (Burke, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian K Agan (San Antonio, Texas); Eric H Hanson (Las Vegas, Nevada); Russell P Kruzelock (Helotes, Texas); Baochuan Lin (Bethesda, Maryland); Robb K Rowley (Las Vegas, Nevada); Donald Seto (Manassas, Virginia); David A Stenger (Herndon, Virginia); Jennifer Johnson (Finchville, Kentucky); Clark J Tibbetts (Sperryville, Virginia); Dzung C Thach (Annandale, Virginia); Gary J Vora (Washington, District of Columbia); Elizabeth A Walter (San Antonio, Texas); Zheng Wang (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to pathogen detection and identification by use of DNA resequencing microarrays. The present invention also provides resequencing microarray chips for differential diagnosis and serotyping of pathogens present in a biological sample. The present invention further provides methods of detecting the presence and identity of pathogens present in a biological sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/100519 |
| 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 1/689 (20130101) C12Q 1/701 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 1/6888 (20130101) C12Q 1/6893 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09430736 | Thibeault et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Corey Thibeault (Valley Village, California); Kirill Minkovich (Campbell, California); Narayan Srinivasa (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neural network portion comprising N pre-synaptic neurons capable each of firing an action potential, wherein the number N can be encoded in a word of n bits; the neural network portion being provided for, upon firing of a number F of pre-synaptic neurons in a predetermined period of time: if F.n<N, generating a first type message, the message comprising a unique address for each pre-synaptic neuron having fired in said predetermined period of time, each address being encoded as a word of n bits; and if F.n>N, generating a second type message, the message comprising N bits and being encoded in words of n bits, wherein each one of said N pre-synaptic neurons is represented by a unique bit, each bit having a first value if the pre-synaptic neuron represented by the bit fired in said predetermined period of time, and a second value otherwise. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/094589 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/049 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09430737 | Srinivasa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Narayan Srinivasa (Oak Park, California); Youngkwan Cho (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neural network, wherein a portion of the neural network comprises: a first array having a first number of neurons, wherein the dendrite of each neuron of the first array is provided for receiving an input signal indicating that a measured parameter gets closer to a predetermined value assigned to said neuron; and a second array having a second number of neurons, wherein the second number is smaller than the first number, the dendrite of each neuron of the second array forming an excitatory STDP synapse with the axon of a plurality of neurons of the first array; the dendrite of each neuron of the second array forming an excitatory STDP synapse with the axon of neighboring neurons of the second array. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/015001 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/049 (20130101) |
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| US 09430829 | Madabhushi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anant Madabhushi (Beachwood, Ohio); Haibo Wang (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Angel Cruz-Roa (Bogota, Colombia); Fabio Gonzalez (Bogota, Colombia) |
| ABSTRACT | One example apparatus associated with detecting mitosis in breast cancer pathology images by combining handcrafted (HC) and convolutional neural network (CNN) features in a cascaded architecture includes a set of logics that acquires an image of a region of tissue, partitions the image into candidate patches, generates a first probability that the patch is mitotic using an HC feature set and a second probability that the patch is mitotic using a CNN-learned feature set, and classifies the patch based on the first probability and the second probability. If the first and second probabilities do not agree, the apparatus trains a cascaded classifier on the CNN-learned feature set and the HC feature set, generates a third probability that the patch is mitotic, and classifies the patch based on a weighted average of the first probability, the second probability, and the third probability. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/562883 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00147 (20130101) G06K 9/6281 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10056 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/20084 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) G06T 2207/30068 (20130101) |
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| US 09430870 | Museth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ken Museth (Nörrkoping, Sweden); David Breen (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ken Museth (Nörrkoping, Sweden); David Breen (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is level set system for implementing interactive editing operators for surfaces. Level set models are deformable implicit surfaces where the deformation of the surface (editing operation) is controlled by a speed function in the level set partial differential equation. The level set system overcomes the self-interaction problems associated with mesh models. One embodiment takes scan converts input models such as polygon mesh, NURBS, CSGS models into level set models. An interface is provided by which models can be edited with editing operators such as blending, smoothing, embossing, etc. One embodiment utilizes several methods to optimize computations related to the editing operators. For example, shortest distance calculations, bounding boxes, numerical integration, and the sparse-field methods are disclosed for the implementation of the level set deformation operator embodiments including blending, smoothing sharpening, and embossing. The resulting level sets model can be volume rendered or extracted to a polygon mesh. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/952446 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 19/20 (20130101) G06T 2219/2021 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09431133 | Gadlage et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Gadlage (Jasper, Indiana); Adam Duncan (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Gadlage (Jasper, Indiana); Adam Duncan (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly flexible, compact, lightweight, and portable testing system for use with radiation testing activities. The testing system is coupled to a device under test (DUT), which can be positioned in such a way that the top of the die package is exposed to the direct ion beam during radiation testing. A variety of sensors, onboard memory systems, programmable interfaces, onboard control systems, data output devices, and different types of interfaces are also provided which provide an ability to perform testing procedures while having a maximum ability to orient the DUT and perform a wide variety of testing currently unavailable. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/908470 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/31907 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/4125 (20130101) G11C 29/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 2029/5002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09431141 | Burggraf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Larry W Burggraf (Dayton, Ohio); Benjamin R Kowash (Livermore, California); Jack G. M. FitzGerald (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry W Burggraf (Dayton, Ohio); Benjamin R Kowash (Livermore, California); Jack G. M. FitzGerald (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable radiographic aperture mask collimator apparatus includes a body portion configured to receive an attenuating liquid having a first attenuation value per unit volume. The apparatus further includes a grid portion mated to a face of the body portion and a plurality of passageways each having a cross sectional area and a length. The plurality of passageways is disposed within the grid portion. A plurality of plugs is slidably disposed within the plurality of passageways, and each of the plurality of plugs has a second attenuation value per unit volume less than the first attenuation value. One of the plurality of passageways is filled with a column of attenuating liquid that is coincident with an end of the one of a plurality of plugs contained therein, and wherein the column substantially conforms to the cross sectional area. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210581 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/06 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21K 1/046 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09431201 | Nguyen 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) | Clark T.-C. Nguyen (Oakland, California); Yang Lin (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit of N micromechanical resonant switches (resoswitches) is presented, which mimics a Dickson charge pump to amplify an input voltage to an output voltage of N plus 1 times the input voltage, while avoiding the diode voltage drop and breakdown voltage limitations of CMOS-based conventional charge pumps. Important aspects of successful charge pumping are: 1) the long cycle lifetime of resonant micromechanical switches, which has been shown to operate 173.9×1012 cycles, is orders of magnitude higher than non-resonant switches; 2) the use of gated-sinusoid drive excitation to allow a charging period independent of resoswitch resonance frequency; and 3) the use of resonance operation to lower required drive and DC-bias voltages to below the supply voltage. This mechanical charge pump obviates the need for custom high voltage CMOS for applications where large voltages are needed such as MEMS-based timing references, thereby allowing the use of virtually any CMOS process. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/959034 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 59/0009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/07 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 9/2426 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09431261 | Singer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott B. Singer (Sherman Oaks, California); Joseph C. Boisvert (Thousand Oaks, California); Daniel C. Law (Arcadia, California); Christopher M. Fetzer (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies for a process used to reduce the height of a raised profile of a device. One or more raised profiles on one or more layers of a device are removed using a combined chemical-mechanical polishing/etching process. In some implementations, a protective layer is applied to a top layer of a device grown on a substrate. A combined chemical-mechanical polishing/etching process may commence whereby one or more raised profiles of the protective layer are removed through a planarization process, exposing at least a portion of a raised profile of a layer below the protective layer. Material may be removed using an etchant to reduce the height of the raised profile. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/556337 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Polishing Compositions; Ski Waxes C09G 1/02 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/308 (20130101) H01L 21/30604 (20130101) H01L 21/30625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Thompson (Palo Alto, California); Eugene M. Chow (Fremont, California); JengPing Lu (Fremont, California); Gregory L. Whiting (Menlo Park, California); David K. Biegelsen (Portola Valley, California); Janos Veres (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method manipulate micro objects. A field generator is configured to generate a force field varying in both space and time to manipulate the micro objects on a substrate. The substrate is not permanently affixed to the field generator and allows the force field to pass through the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/031468 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/002 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 7/206 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/683 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/6831 (20130101) |
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| US 09431487 | Bol 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) | Ageeth A. Bol (Yorktown Heights, New York); Steven E. Steen (Peekskill, New York); James Vichiconti (Peekskill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to transfer a layer of graphene from one substrate to another substrate is provided. The method includes providing a first layered structure including, from bottom to top, a copper foil, a layer of graphene, an adhesive layer and a carrier substrate. The copper foil is removed exposing a surface of the layer of graphene. Next, an oxide bonding enhancement dielectric layer is formed on the exposed surface of the layer of graphene. A second layered structure including a receiver substrate and a dielectric oxide layer is provided. Next, an exposed surface of the dielectric oxide layer is bonded to an exposed surface of the oxide bonding enhancement dielectric layer. The carrier substrate and the adhesive layer are removed exposing the layer of graphene. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/739511 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66045 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09431520 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy M. Cohen (Mohegan Lake, New York); Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos (Baldwin Place, New York); Alfred Grill (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor structures including parallel graphene nanoribbons or carbon nanotubes oriented along crystallographic directions are provided from a template of silicon carbide (SiC) fins or nanowires. The SiC fins or nanowires are first provided and then graphene nanoribbons or carbon nanotubes are formed on the exposed surfaces of the fin or the nanowires by annealing. In embodiments in which closed carbon nanotubes are formed, the nanowires are suspended prior to annealing. The location, orientation and chirality of the graphene nanoribbons and the carbon nanotubes that are provided are determined by the corresponding silicon carbide fins and nanowires from which they are formed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/810017 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — 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) B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/324 (20130101) H01L 21/02057 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) H01L 21/02529 (20130101) H01L 21/02636 (20130101) H01L 21/28008 (20130101) H01L 21/30604 (20130101) H01L 21/31051 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 29/785 (20130101) H01L 29/1025 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/66439 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/66787 (20130101) H01L 29/66795 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0045 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexandre Freundlich (Houston, Texas); Lekhnath Bhusal (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandre Freundlich (Houston, Texas); Lekhnath Bhusal (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dilute nitrogen alloy of InNxSb1-x epilayers strained to an epitaxial substrate useful for Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) Focal Plane Arrays, and method of fabricating. Strained materials of composition InNxSb1-x exhibiting increased Auger lifetimes and improved absorption properties. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/220489 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/109 (20130101) H01L 31/1848 (20130101) H01L 31/03048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09431565 | Lei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sidong Lei (Houston, Texas); Liehui Ge (Houston, Texas); Antony George (Houston, Texas); Bo Li (Houston, Texas); Robert Vajtai (Houston, Texas); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sidong Lei (Houston, Texas); Liehui Ge (Houston, Texas); Antony George (Houston, Texas); Bo Li (Houston, Texas); Robert Vajtai (Houston, Texas); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An opto-electronic sensor may provide one or more layers of atomically layered photo-sensitive materials. The sensor may include a gate electrode layer, a dielectric layer in contact with the gate electrode layer, and a working media layer that is photo-sensitive deposited on the dielectric layer. The working media layer may provide one or more layers of one or more materials where each of the one or more layers is an atomic layer. The sensor may also include side electrodes in contact with the working media layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/522215 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/1136 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/022408 (20130101) H01L 31/035281 (20130101) |
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| US 09431621 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brian E. Lassiter (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brian E. Lassiter (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Doping metal oxide charge transport material with an organic molecule lowers electrical resistance while maintaining transparency and thus is optimal for use as charge transport materials in various organic optoelectronic devices such as organic photovoltaic devices and organic light emitting devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418875 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0072 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09431623 | Kazlas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter T. Kazlas (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Marshall Cox (North Haven, Connecticut); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Redondo Beach, California); Ioannis Kymissis (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | QD VISION, INC. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T. Kazlas (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Marshall Cox (North Haven, Connecticut); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Redondo Beach, California); Ioannis Kymissis (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to flexible devices including semiconductor nanocrystals, arrays including such devices, systems including the foregoing, and related methods. In one embodiment, a flexible light-emitting device includes a flexible substrate including a first electrode, an emissive layer comprising semiconductor nanocrystals disposed over the substrate, and second electrode disposed over the emissive layer comprising semiconductor nanocrystals, wherein, when the device is curved, the emissive layer comprising semiconductor nanocrystals lies substantially in the neutral plane of the device. In another embodiment, a light-emitting device includes an emissive layer comprising semiconductor nanocrystals disposed between two flexible substrates, a first electrode disposed over the emissive layer comprising semiconductor nanocrystals, and a second electrode disposed under the emissive layer comprising semiconductor nanocrystals. In certain preferred embodiments, at least one charge transport layer is disposed between one of the electrodes and the layer comprising semiconductor nanocrystals. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/851336 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/3293 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/5203 (20130101) H01L 51/5237 (20130101) H01L 51/5246 (20130101) H01L 51/5259 (20130101) H01L 2251/5338 (20130101) |
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| US 09431712 | Abadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Momeni Hasan Abadi (Madison, Wisconsin); Nader Behdad (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-wideband, low profile antenna is provided. The antenna includes a ground plane substrate, a feed conductor, a top hat conductor, a shorting arm, and a ring slot. The feed conductor includes a first end and a second end. The first end is configured for electrical coupling to a feed network through a feed element extending from the ground plane substrate. The top hat conductor includes a generally planar sheet mounted to the second end of the feed conductor in a first plane approximately parallel to a second plane defined by the ground plane substrate. The shorting arm includes a third end and a fourth end. The third end is mounted to the top hat conductor, and the fourth end is mounted to the ground plane substrate. The ring slot is formed in the ground plane substrate around the feed element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899726 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 5/25 (20150115) H01Q 5/364 (20150115) H01Q 9/36 (20130101) H01Q 9/045 (20130101) H01Q 9/0421 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 9/0442 (20130101) |
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| US 09431789 | Brueck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Xiang He (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steve Benoit (Laporte, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Xiang He (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steve Benoit (Laporte, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | In some aspects of the present application, an apparatus for producing an interference pattern on a photosensitive portion formed on a surface of a sample is disclosed. The apparatus can include an optical system for providing interference between two coherent spherical wavefronts impinging on a thin-film photosensitive material formed on a surface of a sample, wherein a plane of the surface normal of the sample is arranged at an angle with respect to a plane defined by center propagation vectors of the two coherent spherical wavefronts; and one or more actuating elements operable to actuate one or more optical elements in the optical system, the sample, or both the one or more optical elements and the sample in one or more degrees of freedom to control a relative magnitude of a longitudinal and a transverse chirp of the interference pattern. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/540604 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/1022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/08009 (20130101) H01S 5/041 (20130101) H01S 5/125 (20130101) H01S 5/1212 (20130101) H01S 5/1231 (20130101) H01S 5/3235 (20130101) H01S 5/3422 (20130101) H01S 5/34313 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anandaroop Chakrabarti (New York, New York); Harish Krishnaswamy (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anandaroop Chakrabarti (New York, New York); Harish Krishnaswamy (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, circuits for providing Class-E power amplifiers are provided, the circuits comprising: a first switch having a first side and a second side; a first Class-E load network coupled to the first side of the first switch; a second Class-E load network: and a second switch having a first side and a second side, the first side of the second switch being coupled the second side of the first switch and the second Class-E load network. In some embodiments, the circuits further comprise: a third switch having a first side and a second side; a third Class-E load network coupled to the first side of the third switch; a fourth Class-E load network; and a fourth switch having a first side and a second side, the first side of the fourth switch being coupled the second side of the third switch and the fourth Class-E load network. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009854 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/2176 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09432021 | Johnson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark B. Johnson (Potomac, Maryland) |
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| ABSTRACT | Magnetoelectronic (ME) logic circuits and methods of operating the same are disclosed for use in energy constrained applications in which logic operations are carried out using a minimal number of physical operations. Microsystems of different circuits made from different types of ME devices can be constructed and employed in applications such as sensors, smart dust, etc. including in clockless applications. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/703006 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/1776 (20130101) H03K 19/017581 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09432024 | Chow 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) | Jerry M. Chow (White Plains, New York); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York); Seth T. Merkel (Santa Monica, California); Chad T. Rigetti (Brooklyn, New York); Matthias Steffen (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes a housing, at least two qubits disposed in the housing and a resonator disposed in the housing and coupled to the at least two qubits, wherein the at least two qubits are maintained at a fixed frequency and are statically coupled to one another via the resonator, wherein energy levels |03> and |12> are closely aligned, wherein a tuned microwave signal applied to the qubit activates a two-qubit phase interaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/474492 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 49/006 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/1958 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/94 (20130101) Y10S 977/933 (20130101) |
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| US 09432375 | Cheng 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) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Lawrence Koved (Pleasantville, New York); Kapil K. Singh (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Generating a resource access control decision is provided. A user trust value associated with a user identifier of a user requesting access to a protected resource is modulated based on an estimated risk value associated with a context of a resource access request. The resource access control decision is generated based on the modulated user trust value associated with the user requesting access to the protected resource. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/281955 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/45 (20130101) G06F 21/62 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/102 (20130101) |
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| US 09432591 | Brady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Jones Brady (Durham, North Carolina); Jungsang Kim (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daniel Marks (Durham, North Carolina); Hui Seong Son (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiscale imaging system including microcameras having controllable focus, dynamic range, exposure, and magnification is disclosed. The objective lens forms a three-dimensional image field of a scene. Image regions of the image field are relayed by the microcameras onto their respective focal-plane arrays, which collectively provide a plurality of digital sub-images of the scene. The digital sub-images can then be used to form a composite digital image of the scene that can have enhanced depth-of-field, enhanced dynamic range, parallax views of the scene, or three-dimensionality. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/889007 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 13/06 (20130101) G02B 27/0025 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 37/04 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2254 (20130101) H04N 5/2624 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23212 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) H04N 13/0203 (20130101) |
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| US 09432637 | Bourgeois et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S Bourgeois (Slidell, Louisiana); John R. Dubberley (New Orleans, Louisiana); Jeffrey A. Russell (Slidell, Louisiana); Marlin L Gendron (Long Beach, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for generating vehicle position fixes for an underwater vehicle based on images of a target object on the seafloor. The position of the target object is estimated based on a selected pixel on the target. For each image of the target, there is a different selected pixel, and a different uncertainty associated with the target location based on the selected pixel. Vehicle position fixes for the underwater vehicle are computed based on an analysis of the selected pixels for each target, the uncertainties of the selected pixel positions, the location and uncertainty of location of the vehicle collecting the pixel positions, and other information collected about the target. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/200053 |
| ART UNIT | 2488 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00624 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0042 (20130101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/30252 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09433115 | Helvajian |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photostructurable ceramic is processed using photostructuring process steps for embedding devices within a photostructurable ceramic volume, the devices may include one or more of chemical, mechanical, electronic, electromagnetic, optical, and acoustic devices, all made in part by creating device material within the ceramic or by disposing a device material through surface ports of the ceramic volume, with the devices being interconnected using internal connections and surface interfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/910340 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) B01J 2219/00824 (20130101) B01J 2219/00835 (20130101) B01J 2219/00853 (20130101) B01J 2219/00941 (20130101) B01J 2219/00948 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/0874 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/0077 (20130101) B81B 2207/07 (20130101) B81B 2207/092 (20130101) B81B 2207/095 (20130101) B81B 2207/096 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/0095 (20130101) B81C 2201/0143 (20130101) B81C 2201/0159 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 2006/12035 (20130101) G02B 2006/12171 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/121 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/16 (20130101) H05K 1/162 (20130101) H05K 1/165 (20130101) H05K 1/0306 (20130101) H05K 3/0023 (20130101) H05K 3/101 (20130101) H05K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) Y10T 29/4908 (20150115) Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) Y10T 29/49005 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon Lujan (Berkeley, California); Austin Roorda (El Cerrito, California); Joseph Carroll (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Carlos Rivera-Carpio (San Francisco, California); Vikram Makhijani (Vallejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical coherence tomography system that includes an optical device having an adjustable optical element configured to displace a pupil entry point of light is provided. Optical coherence tomography methods using the optical coherence tomography system are also provided. The subject optical coherence tomography systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including imaging applications. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/378083 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/102 (20130101) |
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| US 09427161 | Vijayvergia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mayank Vijayvergia (Lake Worth, Florida); Gaurav Gadodia (Atlanta, Georgia); Sumeeth Jonathan (Manalapan, New Jersey); Samantha By (Katy, Texas); Frank Miller (Chicago, Illinois); Timothy Carroll (Chicago, Illinois); Teresa Woodruff (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic driver system includes an active acoustic driver and a passive acoustic driver. The active acoustic driver is configured to produce oscillating acoustic energy. The passive acoustic driver is acoustically connected to the active acoustic driver and is configured to receive the oscillating acoustic energy and to convert it into shear waves. The passive acoustic driver includes a housing member and a vibrating member. The housing member includes a housing member cavity. The vibrating member is disposed at least partially within the housing member cavity. The vibrating member permanently retains a curved shape while disposed within the housing member cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/948977 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0051 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) |
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| US 09427205 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York); Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electic Company (Schenectady, New York); Wisconsin Alumni Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guang-Hong Chen (Madison, Wisconsin); Jiang Hsieh (Waukesha, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging system includes a computed tomography (CT) acquisition unit and at least one processor. The CT acquisition unit includes an X-ray source and a CT detector configured to collect CT imaging data of an object to be imaged. The at least one processor is operably coupled to the CT acquisition unit, and is configured to reconstruct an image using the CT imaging information; extract spatial frequency information from at least a portion of the image, wherein the spatial frequency is defined along a longitudinal direction; and remove a periodically recurring artifact from the at least a portion of the image based on a spatial frequency corresponding to a longitudinal collection periodicity to provide a corrected image. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/663864 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/5258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09427410 | Dayton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul A. Dayton (Carrboro, North Carolina); Paul S. Sheeran (Durham, North Carolina); Terry O. Matsunaga (Tucson, Arizona); Mark A. Borden (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona); The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Dayton (Carrboro, North Carolina); Paul S. Sheeran (Durham, North Carolina); Terry O. Matsunaga (Tucson, Arizona); Mark A. Borden (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing particles of materials includes, with a first substance that includes at least one component that is a gas at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, extruding or emulsifying the first substance into or in the presence of a second substance to create a bubble in which the first substance is encapsulated by the second substance and wherein at least some of the first substance is in a gaseous phase, and causing the first substance to condense to a liquid phase, which causes the bubble to transform into a droplet or emulsion. The droplet or emulsion so created is an activatable phase change agent that is stable at room temperature and pressure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/876165 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/51 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 41/0028 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) A61K 49/226 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09427441 | Sun |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Sun (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for reducing intraocular pressure and treating glaucoma are disclosed. The methods include administering to an individual a composition comprising a TRPV4 agonist. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/626101 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) |
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| US 09427463 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyung Kim (Los Angeles, California); Yanping Wang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for treating a malignant neoplastic cell proliferative disorder or disease, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an mTOR inhibitor and an effective amount of a CD4 lymphocyte depleting agent. Such methods find utility in the treatment of certain subsets of malignant neoplastic cell proliferative disorders or diseases, e.g. renal cell carcinoma and melanoma. The invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an mTOR inhibitor and an effective amount of a CD4 lymphocyte depleting agent in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/537753 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2812 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09427476 | Lee 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); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (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); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Che-Hung Robert Lee (Silver Spring, Maryland); Valerian B. Pinto (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are meningococcal immunogenic conjugates which can elicit immune responses against meningococcal polysaccharides (PS) from groups A, C, W-135, and Y and group B factor H binding protein (fHbp). The disclosed conjugates also exhibit bactericidal activity against meningococcal A, C, W-135, Y, B, and X serogroups. Also disclosed are improved methods for preparing conjugates, such as immunogenic conjugates, including activation of a polysaccharide with a cyanylation agent at about 4° C. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/402988 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/095 (20130101) A61K 47/4833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/572 (20130101) |
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| US 09427491 | Xu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huakun Xu (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides injectable, biofunctional agent-containing calcium phosphate cement bone pastes for bone tissue engineering, and methods of making and using the same. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/352203 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| 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 24/02 (20130101) A61L 24/0005 (20130101) A61L 24/08 (20130101) A61L 24/0015 (20130101) A61L 24/0036 (20130101) A61L 24/0042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 24/043 (20130101) A61L 24/106 (20130101) A61L 24/108 (20130101) A61L 27/12 (20130101) A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) A61L 27/365 (20130101) A61L 27/3616 (20130101) A61L 27/3633 (20130101) A61L 27/3834 (20130101) A61L 2430/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09427499 | Vepari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charu P. Vepari (Burlington, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu P. Vepari (Burlington, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for the production of silk fibroin matrices surface-PEGylated on one or more surfaces. Such surface-PEGylated silk fibroin matrices can be used in biomedical applications, such as anti-adhesive and anti-thrombosis materials. Silk matrices may be surface-PEGylated, for example, by a reaction with a functional group-activated PEG. Controlling the degree of PEGylation on surface of silk fibroin matrix can regulate both the degradation rate of the silk matrix, and the differentiated adhesion of cells or differentiated adsorption of proteins on the surface of the silk matrix. The present invention also provides for silk fibroin matrices having one or more surfaces possessing differentiated adhesion properties, which allows for tissue integration on the adherent side and inhibition of tissue adhesion to the opposing tissues or organs. Embedding active agents in silk fibroin matrices provides more benefits, such as promoting tissue ingrowth on the adherent side of the matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/129738 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 31/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 33/068 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 71/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09427582 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Matthew J McMahon (Washington, District of Columbia); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California); James S Little (Arvada, Colorado); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Kelly H McClure (Simi Valley, California); Brian V Mech (Santa Clarita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer materials are useful as electrode array bodies for neural stimulation. They are particularly useful for retinal stimulation to create artificial vision, cochlear stimulation to create artificial hearing, and cortical stimulation, and many related purposes. The pressure applied against the retina, or other neural tissue, by an electrode array is critical. Too little pressure causes increased electrical resistance, along with electric field dispersion. Too much pressure may block blood flow. Common flexible circuit fabrication techniques generally require that a flexible circuit electrode array be made flat. Since neural tissue is almost never flat, a flat array will necessarily apply uneven pressure. Further, the edges of a flexible circuit polymer array may be sharp and cut the delicate neural tissue. It is advantageous that the array edges not contact tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/532982 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/37223 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/028 (20130101) H05K 1/118 (20130101) H05K 1/0281 (20130101) H05K 3/0014 (20130101) H05K 3/28 (20130101) H05K 2201/0133 (20130101) H05K 2201/2009 (20130101) H05K 2201/09018 (20130101) H05K 2201/09145 (20130101) H05K 2201/09909 (20130101) H05K 2203/302 (20130101) H05K 2203/1105 (20130101) H05K 2203/1476 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49158 (20150115) |
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| US 09428465 | Piomelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECHNOLOGIA (Genoa, Italy); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); UNIVERSITA'DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA (Parma, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Technologia (Genoa, Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniele Piomelli (Irvine, California); Natalia Realini (Valmorea, Italy); Marco Mor (Ghedi, Italy); Chiara Pagliuca (Arezzo, Italy); Daniela Pizzirani (Genoa, Italy); Rita Scarpelli (Rome, Italy); Tiziano Bandiera (Gambolo, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns, in a first aspect, compounds of Formula I as defined herein, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The present invention also relates to compounds of Formula I for use as acid ceramidase inhibitors, and in the treatment of cancer and other disorders in which modulation of the levels of ceramide is clinically relevant. |
| FILED | Monday, May 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/404226 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) A61N 2005/1098 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 239/60 (20130101) C07D 239/545 (20130101) C07D 239/553 (20130101) C07D 239/557 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09428478 | Ganesh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thota Ganesh (Alpharetta, Georgia); Aiming Sun (Atlanta, Georgia); Susane M. Smith (Acworth, Georgia); John David Lambeth (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thota Ganesh (Alpharetta, Georgia); Aiming Sun (Atlanta, Georgia); Susane M. Smith (Acworth, Georgia); John David Lambeth (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to piperazine derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to inhibitors of NADPH-oxidase. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/123877 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/496 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/18 (20130101) C07D 211/58 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 239/90 (20130101) C07D 241/08 (20130101) C07D 241/50 (20130101) C07D 295/185 (20130101) C07D 307/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 403/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09428494 | Prisinzano |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Prisinzano (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Prisinzano (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel compounds of formula I: that are opioid receptor ligands. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds as well as methods for treating diseases associated with opioid receptor function by administering such compounds to a mammal in need of treatment. Compounds of the invention are useful to modulate (e.g. agonize or antagonize) opioid receptor function. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/513093 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 407/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09428537 | Kay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California); Hak kyun Kim (Palo Alto, California); Shengchun Wang (Union City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features compositions and methods relating to tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs). Provided herein are oligonucleotide compositions that are complementary to tsRNAs, in particular leuCAGtsRNA, and methods of using the oligonucleotides for the regulation of respective tsRNA. Further provided are methods of inducing apoptosis through the inhibition of leuCAGtsRNA. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/214032 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/606 (20130101) A61K 31/606 (20130101) A61K 31/635 (20130101) A61K 31/635 (20130101) A61K 31/712 (20130101) A61K 31/712 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/341 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09428541 | Platt 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); The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frances Mary Platt (Oxford, United Kingdom); Emyr Lloyd-Evans (Oxford, United Kingdom); Forbes Dennison Porter (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a compound which is an inhibitor of sphingolipid biosynthesis for use in the treatment of a disease which has a secondary Niemann-Pick type C disease like cellular phenotype. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026957 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/42 (20130101) A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/197 (20130101) A61K 31/431 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/685 (20130101) A61K 31/708 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) A61K 31/6615 (20130101) A61K 31/7008 (20130101) A61K 31/7012 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/94 (20130101) C07D 473/16 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/06 (20130101) C07H 19/20 (20130101) Steroids C07J 7/009 (20130101) C07J 43/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09428561 | Healy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Edward Healy (Moraga, California); Samuel T. Wall (Oslo, Norway); Krishanu Saha (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David V. Schaffer (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Edward Healy (Moraga, California); Samuel T. Wall (Oslo, Norway); Krishanu Saha (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David V. Schaffer (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides polypeptide-polymer conjugates. A subject polypeptide-polymer conjugate is useful in a variety of applications, which are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/933655 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/22 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/043 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 19/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09428565 | Shah |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Khalid Shah (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalid Shah (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are novel compositions comprising multimodal TRAIL agents and cells engineered to express such multimodal TRAIL agents, including cells encapsulated in a scaffold or matrix, for use in the treatment of disorders such as cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/982343 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2207/12 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/30 (20130101) A61K 38/1761 (20130101) A61K 38/1774 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4747 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/55 (20130101) C07K 2319/61 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) |
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| US 09428569 | Spencer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Spencer (Houston, Texas); Priyadharshini Narayanan (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for activating an antigen-presenting cell and eliciting an immune response by inducing an inducible pattern recognition receptor adapter, or adapter fragment, and CD40 activity. Also provided are nucleic acid compositions comprising sequences coding for chimeric proteins that include an inducible CD40 peptide and an inducible pattern recognition receptor adapter or adapter fragment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/786351 |
| 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 2039/5154 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4705 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/033 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0639 (20130101) C12N 9/90 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2501/52 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 502/01008 (20130101) |
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| US 09428571 | Refaeli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Taiga Biotechnologies, Inc. (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TAIGA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Aurora, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yosef Refaeli (Denver, Colorado); Brian Turner (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are various processes for the improved production of antibody producing organisms, antibody producing tissues, antibody producing cells and antibodies. In certain embodiments, provided herein are methods for rapidly producing antibody producing organisms, tissues, cells and antibodies derived from humans, organisms, plants or cells that are genetically altered to over-express certain proteins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/661786 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/1018 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) C07K 2319/20 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09428573 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Altor BioScience Corporation (Miramar, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Altor Bioscience Corporation (Miramar, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hing C. Wong (Weston, Florida); Peter Rhode (Miami, Florida); Bai Liu (Cooper City, Florida); Xiaoyun Zhu (Miami, Florida); Kai-ping Han (Miramar, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides soluble fusion protein complexes having at least two soluble fusion proteins. The first fusion protein is a biologically active polypeptide covalently linked to an interleukin-15 (IL-15) polypeptide or a functional fragment thereof. The second fusion protein is a second biologically active polypeptide covalently linked to a soluble interleukin-15 receptor alpha (IL-15Rα) polypeptide or a functional fragment thereof. In the complexes of the invention, one or both of the first and second fusion proteins further includes an immunoglobulin Fc domain or a functional fragment thereof; and the first fusion protein binds to the soluble IL-15Rα domain of the second fusion protein to form a soluble fusion protein complex. The invention further provides methods for making and using the complexes of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/946313 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/5443 (20130101) C07K 14/7155 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/09 (20130101) C12N 15/62 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09428731 | Parsons |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xuejun H Parsons (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | San Diego Regenerative Medicine Institute (San Diego, California); Xcelthera Inc (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuejun H Parsons (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Pluripotent human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) hold great potential for restoring tissue and organ function, which has been hindered by inefficiency and instability of generating desired cell types through multi-lineage differentiation. This instant invention is based on the discovery that pluripotent hESCs maintained under defined culture conditions can be uniformly converted into a specific lineage by small molecule induction. Retinoic acid induces specification of neuroectoderm direct from the pluripotent state of hESCs and triggers progression to neuronal progenitors and neurons efficiently. Similarly, nicotinamide induces specification of cardiomesoderm direct from the pluripotent state of hESCs and triggers progression to cardiac precursors and cardiomyocytes efficiently. This technology provides a large supply of clinically-suitable human neuronal or cardiac therapeutic products for CNS or myocardium repair. This invention enables well-controlled efficient induction of pluripotent hESCs exclusively to a specific clinically-relevant lineage for tissue and organ engineering and regeneration, cell-based therapy, and drug discovery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/204372 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/30 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0618 (20130101) C12N 5/0619 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0657 (20130101) C12N 2500/38 (20130101) C12N 2501/33 (20130101) C12N 2501/40 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2501/385 (20130101) C12N 2502/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2533/50 (20130101) C12N 2533/90 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5044 (20130101) G01N 33/5058 (20130101) G01N 33/5073 (20130101) |
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| US 09428736 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen James Russell (Rochester, Minnesota); Shruthi Naik (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen James Russell (Rochester, Minnesota); Shruthi Naik (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides methods and materials related to vesicular stomatitis viruses. For example, vesicular stomatitis viruses, nucleic acid molecules encoding VSV polypeptides, methods for making vesicular stomatitis viruses, and methods for using vesicular stomatitis viruses to treat cancer are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/820453 |
| 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 48/0075 (20130101) A61K 48/0083 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/565 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2760/20243 (20130101) |
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| US 09428737 | Gaucher |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Gaucher (Atlanta, Georgia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Gaucher (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This patent applications concerns compositions of matter that are DNA polymerases, where those polymerases have had one or more of their amino acids replaced at sites chosen by an analysis of patterns of conservation and replacement within homologous protein sequences. Disclosed here are sites within Family A DNA polymerases where amino acid replacement creates polymerases having utility, in an example where DNA nucleotides are incorporated having modified or unnatural nucleobases, and/or nucleotides whose sugar is unnatural or derivatized, including 3′-O-amino-2′-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. The claimed compositions include polymerases that hold amino acid replacements at claimed sites in Taq polymerase, and are prepared by site-directed mutagenesis that modifies a gene encoding a parent Taq gene (natural or already mutated) to change the codon encoding the amino acid at the claimed site, giving a variant gene that encodes a Taq polymerase protein that has a different amino acid at the claimed site. |
| FILED | Monday, January 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/655931 |
| 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 9/1252 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09428791 | Spitale 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) | Robert Carl Spitale (Sunnyvale, California); Peter Joseph Crisalli (Portola Valley, California); Howard Yuan-Hao Chang (Stanford, California); Eric Todd Kool (Stanford, California); Jong Hwa Jung (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for obtaining structural data from RNA in a sample, and RNA probes for performing the same, are provided. Methods of reversibly modifying RNA is a sample, in vitro or in vivo, and reversible probes for performing the same, are provided. The RNA probes may be SHAPE probes that include aryl or heteroaryl acyl imidazoles. The RNA probes may be reversible probes that include an aryl or heteroaryl ring substituted with a hydroxyl-reactive group and an azido-containing group. Also provided are methods of comparing in vitro and in vivo RNA structural data. Also provided are methods of diagnosing a cellular proliferative disease condition, e.g., by probing HOTAIR RNA. Aspects of the invention further include compositions, e.g., probes and kits, etc., that find use in methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/967161 |
| 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 1/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 2525/207 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2565/133 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09428806 | Monbouquette 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) | Harold G. Monbouquette (Santa Monica, California); Jacob J. Schmidt (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for specific nucleic acid (NA) sequence detection that do not rely on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for target sequence amplification and do not require any special reagents other than a complementary sequence capture probe conjugated to spherical beads. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/188956 |
| 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 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2563/116 (20130101) C12Q 2563/149 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
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| US 09428811 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Evans (La Jolla, California); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California); Ryan Lister (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of characterizing the epigenetic signature of human induced pluripotent stem cells. The methods are useful in identifying human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), diagnostic markers for incomplete hiPSCs reprogramming, and characterization of the efficacy of different reprogramming techniques. |
| FILED | Monday, April 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/872983 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2799/027 (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 1/6881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) |
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| US 09428813 | Kebebew 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, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Electron Kebebew (Rockville, Maryland); Nesrin S. Rechache (Rockville, Maryland); Paul S. Meltzer (Rockville, Maryland); Yong-hong Wang (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods for detecting, diagnosing and/or prognosing a malignant adrenocortical tumor. Also disclosed are methods of treating a malignant adrenocortical tumor, such as ACC. In some examples, the method of diagnosing and/or prognosing includes obtaining a sample comprising genomic DNA from a subject at risk of acquiring or suspected to have an adrenocortical tumor; isolating genomic DNA from the sample; and measuring the level of one or more methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences in one or more of the adrenocortical genomic targets in the sample, wherein an increase in the level of methylation of the one or more genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences in the sample compared to a control indicates a malignant adrenocortical tumor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/384583 |
| 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 | 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 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) |
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| US 09428815 | Schinazi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond F. Schinazi (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond F. Schinazi (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an isolated HIV-1 mutant and isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising HIV-RT coding sequences harboring a novel mutation in the S68 codon, and in particular, deletions of the S68 codon. This novel deletion reduces the sensitivity of HIV to various nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Methods of using this mutation for selecting effective antiretroviral agents in vitro and in vivo, methods for monitoring infection progression in HIV-infected individuals and methods for avoiding the emergence of and/or to treat individuals infected with HIV comprising mutations, including deletions, at the S68 codon of HIV-RT are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595358 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1276 (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 1/703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/18 (20130101) G06F 19/28 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 435/911 (20130101) |
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| US 09429561 | Burrows et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cynthia J. Burrows (Salt Lake City, Utah); Henry S. White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryuji Kawano (Salt Lake City, Utah); Aaron M. Fleming (Salt Lake City, Utah); Na An (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and compounds for detecting modified nucleic acid bases are disclosed and described. The methods provide for detecting a nucleic acid lesion and can include directing a nucleic acid adduct into a channel, wherein the nucleic acid adduct includes a nucleic acid having a lesion and a current modulating compound coupled to the nucleic acid at the lesion (110), and measuring a change in current through the channel in response to the current modulating compound to detect the lesion (112). The method can optionally include forming the nucleic acid adduct. Also provided is a method for identifying the number of repeat nucleotides in at least a portion of a nucleic acid strand, a method of assigning a registration marker within a nucleic acid, and a method of obtaining sequence information from a nucleic acid comprising assigning a registration marker on the nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/657226 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2525/101 (20130101) C12Q 2525/101 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44704 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09429570 | Stayton 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) | Patrick S. Stayton (Seattle, Washington); Jriuan Lai (Seattle, Washington); Barrett J. Nehilla (Seattle, Washington); Selvi Srinivasan (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure utilizes the aggregation of stimuli-responsive polymers to isolate a diagnostic target (e.g., an antigen) from a solution using magnetophoresis. Isolating the diagnostic target provides a route to identify the presence of the diagnostic target in the solution. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/732428 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 21/0009 (20130101) 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) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 25/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1013 (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 1/6834 (20130101) C12Q 1/6834 (20130101) C12Q 2563/143 (20130101) C12Q 2563/155 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/34 (20130101) G01N 27/745 (20130101) G01N 33/54333 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/4038 (20130101) G01N 2001/4088 (20130101) G01N 2446/20 (20130101) G01N 2446/84 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/00 (20150115) Y10T 436/25 (20150115) Y10T 436/255 (20150115) |
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| US 09430829 | Madabhushi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anant Madabhushi (Beachwood, Ohio); Haibo Wang (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Angel Cruz-Roa (Bogota, Colombia); Fabio Gonzalez (Bogota, Colombia) |
| ABSTRACT | One example apparatus associated with detecting mitosis in breast cancer pathology images by combining handcrafted (HC) and convolutional neural network (CNN) features in a cascaded architecture includes a set of logics that acquires an image of a region of tissue, partitions the image into candidate patches, generates a first probability that the patch is mitotic using an HC feature set and a second probability that the patch is mitotic using a CNN-learned feature set, and classifies the patch based on the first probability and the second probability. If the first and second probabilities do not agree, the apparatus trains a cascaded classifier on the CNN-learned feature set and the HC feature set, generates a third probability that the patch is mitotic, and classifies the patch based on a weighted average of the first probability, the second probability, and the third probability. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/562883 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00147 (20130101) G06K 9/6281 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10056 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/20084 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) G06T 2207/30068 (20130101) |
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| US 09430854 | Samsonov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexey Samsonov (Madison, Wisconsin); Julia Velikina (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexey Samsonov (Madison, Wisconsin); Julia Velikina (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reconstructing an image of a subject with a medical imaging system, such as a magnetic resonance imaging system, is provided. Medical image data is acquired from the subject with the medical imaging system, and one or more images of the subject are reconstructed from the medical image data while constraining the one or more images to be consistent with a signal model that relates image intensity values in the image to a free parameter that is associated with a physical property of the subject. The signal model may be an analytical signal model or an approximate signal model learned from acquired medical image data. The model consistency condition may be enforced using an operator that projects an image estimate onto the space of all functions satisfying the signal model. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531523 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/50 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09431598 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Zuyan Shen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Huidong Li (Newark, Delaware); Xiaotong Gao (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Zuyan Shen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Huidong Li (Newark, Delaware); Xiaotong Gao (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A simple, economical sol-gel method was invented to produce thick and dense lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films that exhibit the stoichiometric chemical composition and unprecedented electrical and dielectric properties. The PZT films are the foundation of many microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) for micro/nano sensors and actuators applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/513308 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/318 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/0973 (20130101) H01L 41/1875 (20130101) |
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| US RE46129 | Harran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick G Harran (Los Angeles, California); Xiaodong Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Jef K. DeBrabander (Dallas, Texas); Lin Li (Dallas, Texas); Ranny Mathew Thomas (Dallas, Texas); Hidetaka Suzuki (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Caspase activity and apoptosis are promoted using active, dimeric Smac peptide mimetics of the general formula M1-L-M2, wherein moieties M1 and M2 are monomeric Smac mimetics and L is a covalent linker. Target cancerous or inflammatory cells are contacted with an effective amount of an active, dimeric Smac mimetic, and a resultant increase in apoptosis of the target cells is detected. The contacting step may be effected by administering to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of The compoundic mimetic, wherein the individual may be subject to concurrent or antecedent radiation or chemotherapy for treatment of a neoproliferative pathology. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/152870 |
| ART UNIT | 3991 — Central Reexamination Unit (Chemical) |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/08 (20130101) C07D 401/10 (20130101) C07D 403/10 (20130101) C07D 403/14 (20130101) C07D 405/10 (20130101) C07D 409/10 (20130101) C07D 413/04 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 413/10 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/10 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/06026 (20130101) C07K 5/06034 (20130101) |
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| US 09427483 | Jurisson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Silvia S. Jurisson (Columbia, Missouri); Cathy S. Cutler (Columbia, Missouri); Anthony J. Degraffenreid (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia S. Jurisson (Columbia, Missouri); Cathy S. Cutler (Columbia, Missouri); Anthony J. Degraffenreid (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a series of stable radioisotope trithiol complexes that provide a simplified route for the direct complexation of radioisotopes present in low concentrations. In certain embodiments, the complex contains a linking domain configured to conjugate the radioisotope trithiol complex to a targeting vector. The invention is also directed to a novel method of linking the radioisotope to a trithiol compound to form the radioisotope trithiol complex. The inventive radioisotope trithiol complexes may be utilized for a variety of applications, including diagnostics and/or treatment in nuclear medicine. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/679520 |
| 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 51/0478 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/1093 (20130101) |
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| US 09427697 | Pinard Westendorf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tiffany Elizabeth Pinard Westendorf (Troy, New York); Sarah Elizabeth Genovese (Delmar, New York); Benjamin Rue Wood (Niskayuna, New York); John Brian McDermott (Rexford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tiffany Elizabeth Pinard Westendorf (Troy, New York); Sarah Elizabeth Genovese (Delmar, New York); Benjamin Rue Wood (Niskayuna, New York); John Brian McDermott (Rexford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separating carbon dioxide (CO2) from a gas stream is provided. The method includes reacting at least a portion of CO2 in the gas stream with a plurality of liquid sorbent particles to form a plurality of solid adduct particles and a first CO2-lean gas stream; the solid adduct particles entrained in the first CO2-lean gas stream to form an entrained gas stream. The method includes separating at least a portion of the plurality of solid adduct particles from the entrained gas stream in a separation unit to form an adduct stream and a second CO2-lean gas stream. The method further includes heating at least a portion of the adduct stream in a desorption unit to form a CO2 stream and a regenerated liquid sorbent stream. A system for separating CO2 from a gas stream is also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/429503 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/62 (20130101) B01D 53/96 (20130101) B01D 53/1475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/1493 (20130101) B01D 2252/40 (20130101) B01D 2252/204 (20130101) B01D 2252/2053 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2259/124 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09427698 | O'Brien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Joseph O'Brien (Town of Halfmoon, New York); Rachel Lizabeth Farnum (Rensselaer, New York); Robert James Perry (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An amino-siloxane composition is presented. The amino-siloxane composition includes structure (I): wherein R1 is independently at each occurrence a C1-C5 aliphatic radical; R2 is a C3-C4 aliphatic radical; R3 is a C1-C5 aliphatic radical or R4, wherein R4 comprises structure (II): and X is an electron donating group. Methods of reducing an amount of carbon dioxide in a process stream using the amino-siloxane composition are also presented. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051594 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/1475 (20130101) B01D 53/1493 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2252/2041 (20130101) B01D 2252/2053 (20130101) B01D 2252/20415 (20130101) B01D 2252/20426 (20130101) B01D 2252/20431 (20130101) B01D 2252/20452 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/005 (20130101) C10K 1/128 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/06 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/152 (20151101) |
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| US 09427720 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry L. White (Knoxville, Tennessee); Felix L. Paulauskas (Knoxville, Tennessee); Timothy S. Bigelow (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for continuously processing carbon fiber including establishing a microwave plasma in a selected atmosphere contained in an elongated chamber having a microwave power gradient along its length defined by a lower microwave power at one end and a higher microwave power at the opposite end of the elongated chamber. The elongated chamber having an opening in each of the ends of the chamber that are adapted to allow the passage of the fiber tow while limiting incidental gas flow into or out of said chamber. A continuous fiber tow is introduced into the end of the chamber having the lower microwave power. The fiber tow is withdrawn from the opposite end of the chamber having the higher microwave power. The fiber to is subjected to progressively higher microwave energy as the fiber is being traversed through the elongated chamber. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/222827 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/32 (20130101) Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 10/025 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/32192 (20130101) H01J 37/32229 (20130101) |
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| US 09427728 | Sidheswaran 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) | Meera A. Sidheswaran (Kingsport, Tennessee); Hugo Destaillats (Scottsdale, Arizona); William J. Fisk (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a device for reducing a volatile organic compound (VOC) content of a gas comprising a manganese oxide (MnOx) catalyst. The manganese oxide (MnOx) catalyst is capable of catalyzing formaldehyde at room temperature, with complete conversion, to CO2 and water vapor. The manganese oxide (MnOx) catalyst itself is not consumed by the reaction of formaldehyde into CO2 and water vapor. The present invention also provides for a device for reducing or removing a particle, a VOC and/or ozone from a gas comprising an activated carbon filter (ACF) on a media that is capable of being periodically regenerated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/092829 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| 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 9/00 (20130101) Separation B01D 53/8668 (20130101) B01D 2253/102 (20130101) B01D 2255/2073 (20130101) B01D 2257/106 (20130101) B01D 2257/708 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/20 (20130101) B01J 21/18 (20130101) B01J 23/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/04 (20130101) B01J 35/006 (20130101) B01J 35/06 (20130101) B01J 35/1009 (20130101) B01J 35/1019 (20130101) B01J 37/031 (20130101) B01J 37/0215 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09427785 | Riddle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Catherine Lynn Riddle (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Cheney Taylor (Ammon, Idaho); Debra Fox Bruhn (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Catherine Lynn Riddle (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Cheney Taylor (Ammon, Idaho); Debra Fox Bruhn (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of remediation at a remediation site having one or more undesirable conditions in which one or more soil characteristics, preferably soil pH and/or elemental concentrations, are measured at a remediation site. A trace element humate surfactant composition is prepared comprising a humate solution, element solution and at least one surfactant. The prepared trace element humate surfactant composition is then dispensed onto the remediation site whereby the trace element humate surfactant composition will reduce the amount of undesirable compounds by promoting growth of native species activity. By promoting native species activity, remediation occurs quickly and environmental impact is minimal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/314667 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Reclamation of Contaminated Soil B09C 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09428124 | Bobbitt, III |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Thomas Bobbitt, III (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAVANNAH NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Thomas Bobbitt, III (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of providing driver fuel economy feedback is disclosed in which vehicle sensors provide for haptic feedback on fuel usage. Such sensors may include one or more of a speed sensors, global position satellite units, vehicle pitch/roll angle sensors, suspension displacement sensors, longitudinal accelerometer sensors, throttle position in sensors, steering angle sensors, break pressure sensors, and lateral accelerometer sensors. Sensors used singlely or collectively can provide enhanced feedback as to various environmental conditions and operating conditions such that a more accurate assessment of fuel economy information can be provided to the driver. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461916 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Seats Specially Adapted for Vehicles; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation Not Otherwise Provided for B60N 2002/4485 (20130101) Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, or Vehicle Parts, Not Otherwise Provided for B60R 16/0236 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 50/16 (20130101) B60W 2510/0604 (20130101) B60W 2510/0623 (20130101) B60W 2520/10 (20130101) B60W 2520/105 (20130101) B60W 2520/125 (20130101) B60W 2550/12 (20130101) B60W 2550/142 (20130101) B60W 2550/143 (20130101) B60W 2550/402 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09428394 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly oxidized form of graphene oxide and methods for production thereof are described in various embodiments of the present disclosure. In general, the methods include mixing a graphite source with a solution containing at least one oxidant and at least one protecting agent and then oxidizing the graphite source with the at least one oxidant in the presence of the at least one protecting agent to form the graphene oxide. Graphene oxide synthesized by the presently described methods is of a high structural quality that is more oxidized and maintains a higher proportion of aromatic rings and aromatic domains than does graphene oxide prepared in the absence of at least one protecting agent. Methods for reduction of graphene oxide into chemically converted graphene are also disclosed herein. The chemically converted graphene of the present disclosure is significantly more electrically conductive than is chemically converted graphene prepared from other sources of graphene oxide. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321623 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/043 (20130101) C01B 31/0476 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/032 (20130101) |
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| US 09428401 | Christian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerry D. Christian (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James W. Sterbentz (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry D. Christian (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James W. Sterbentz (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the separation of the rare-earth fission product poisons comprising providing a spent nuclear fuel. The spent nuclear fuel comprises UO2 and rare-earth oxides, preferably Sm, Gd, Nd, Eu oxides, with other elements depending on the fuel composition. Preferably, the provided nuclear fuel is a powder, preferably formed by crushing the nuclear fuel or using one or more oxidation-reduction cycles. A compound comprising Th or Zr, preferably metal, is provided. The provided nuclear fuel is mixed with the Th or Zr, thereby creating a mixture. The mixture is then heated to a temperature sufficient to reduce the UO2 in the nuclear fuel, preferably to at least to 850° C. for Th and up to 600° C. for Zr. Rare-earth metals are then extracted to form the heated mixture thereby producing a treated nuclear fuel. The treated nuclear fuel comprises the provided nuclear fuel having a significant reduction in rare-earths. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622034 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 43/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Nuclear Reactors G21C 3/623 (20130101) Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/001 (20130101) |
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| US 09428525 | Talin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Alec Talin (Dublin, California); Mark D. Allendorf (Pleasanton, California); Vitalie Stavila (Pleasanton, California); Francois Leonard (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition including a porous metal organic framework (MOF) including an open metal site and a guest species capable of charge transfer that can coordinate with the open metal site, wherein the composition is electrically conductive. A method including infiltrating a porous metal organic framework (MOF) including an open metal site with a guest species that is capable of charge transfer; and coordinating the guest species to the open metal site to form a composition including an electrical conductivity greater than an electrical conductivity of the MOF. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/132038 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09428629 | Eastwood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric A. Eastwood (Raymore, Missouri); Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric A. Eastwood (Raymore, Missouri); Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of adjusting the properties of a composition are provided. The compositions comprise a polymer-containing matrix and a filler comprising a hygroscopic salt. Preferred such salts comprise a cage compound selected from the group consisting of borane cage compounds, carborane cage compounds, metal complexes thereof, residues thereof, mixtures thereof, and/or agglomerations thereof, where the cage compound is not covalently bound to the matrix polymer. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/212783 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09428705 | Taulbee 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) | Darrell Taulbee (Frankfort, Kentucky); Robert Hodgen (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for preparing a product from a precursor material. The method includes the steps of (a) mixing a particulate material and a binder to form a precursor material and (b) irradiating that precursor material with microwave radiation so as to activate the binder and form the product. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/200360 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 5/04 (20130101) C10L 5/14 (20130101) C10L 5/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10L 5/361 (20130101) C10L 5/363 (20130101) C10L 5/442 (20130101) C10L 5/445 (20130101) C10L 2290/36 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) Y02E 50/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09428726 | Dunlop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary J. Dunlop (Burlington, Vermont); Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California); Aindrila Mukhopadhyay (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary J. Dunlop (Burlington, Vermont); Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California); Aindrila Mukhopadhyay (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a modified host cell comprising a heterologous expression of an efflux pump capable of transporting an organic molecule out of the host cell wherein the organic molecule at a sufficiently high concentration reduces the growth rate of or is lethal to the host cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/115925 |
| 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 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/007 (20130101) C12P 7/04 (20130101) C12P 7/62 (20130101) |
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| US 09428762 | Mullet 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) | John E. Mullet (College Station, Texas); William L. Rooney (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and composition for the production of sorghum hybrids with selected and different flowering times are provided. In accordance with the invention, a substantially continual and high-yield harvest of sorghum is provided. Improved methods of seed production are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886130 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 1/02 (20130101) A01H 1/04 (20130101) A01H 5/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/827 (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 1/68 (20130101) |
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| US 09428776 | Van Hoek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cargill Incorporated (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cargill Incorporated (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pim Van Hoek (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Aristos Aristidou (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Brian J. Rush (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Specific oxygen uptake (OUR) is used as a process control parameter in fermentation processes. OUR is determined during at least the production phase of a fermentation process, and process parameters are adjusted to maintain the OUR within desired ranges. The invention is particularly applicable when the fermentation is conducted using a microorganism having a natural PDC pathway that has been disrupted so that it no longer functions. Microorganisms of this sort often produce poorly under strictly anaerobic conditions. Microaeration controlled by monitoring OUR allows the performance of the microorganism to be optimized. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/479309 |
| 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 1/16 (20130101) C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 15/815 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/625 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/39 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09428778 | Lynch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cargill, Incorporated (Wayzata, Minnesota); The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cargill, Incorporated (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Lynch (Boulder, Colorado); Ryan T. Gill (Denver, Colorado); Tanya E.W. Lipscomb (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to metabolically engineered microorganism strains, such as bacterial strains, in which there is an increased utilization of malonyl-CoA for production of a chemical product, which includes 3-hydroxypropionic acid. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/575927 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/24 (20130101) A61L 15/24 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/08 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/12 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0008 (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 7/40 (20130101) C12P 7/42 (20130101) C12P 7/52 (20130101) C12P 7/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09428825 | Jablonski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul D. Jablonski (Salem, Oregon); Jeffrey A. Hawk (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Jablonski (Salem, Oregon); Jeffrey A. Hawk (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more embodiments relates to a method of producing an MCrAlY bond coat comprising an MCrAlY layer in contact with a Y—Al2O3 layer. The MCrAlY layer is comprised of a γ-M solid solution, a β-MAl intermetallic phase, and Y-type intermetallics. The Y—Al2O3 layer is comprised of Yttrium atoms coordinated with oxygen atoms comprising the Al2O3 lattice. The method comprises depositing an MCrAlY material on a substrate, applying an Y2O3 paste, and heating the substrate in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature between 400-1300° C. for a time sufficient to generate the Y—Al2O3 layer. Both the MCrAlY layer and the Y—Al2O3 layer have a substantial absence of Y2O3, YAG, and YAP phases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/363486 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/20 (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 4/073 (20160101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09429096 | Hellstrom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany); The Regents of the University of Wisconsin (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Hellstrom (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Stefanopoulou (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Li Jiang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jacob Larimore (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for controlling a vehicle engine to reduce cycle-to-cycle combustion variation. A predictive model is applied to predict cycle-to-cycle combustion behavior of an engine based on observed engine performance variables. Conditions are identified, based on the predicted cycle-to-cycle combustion behavior, that indicate high cycle-to-cycle combustion variation. Corrective measures are then applied to prevent the predicted high cycle-to-cycle combustion variation. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/621539 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 1/12 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 13/0265 (20130101) F02D 35/024 (20130101) F02D 35/025 (20130101) F02D 35/026 (20130101) F02D 35/028 (20130101) F02D 41/40 (20130101) F02D 41/3035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 2041/1432 (20130101) F02D 2200/0616 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/18 (20130101) Y02T 10/44 (20130101) Y02T 10/128 (20130101) |
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| US 09429279 | Dowling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC. (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Dowling (Westford, Massachusetts); Ihor A. Lys (La Jolla, California); Ryan C. Williamson (Somerville, Massachusetts); Brian Roberge (Franklin, Massachusetts); Ron Roberts (Melrose, Massachusetts); Frederick Morgan (Canton, Massachusetts); Michael Jay Datta (Brookline, Massachusetts); Tomas Jonathan Mollnow (Indian Rocks Beach, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Lighting apparatus and methods employing LED light sources are described. The LED light sources are integrated with other components in the form of a luminaire or other general purpose lighting structure. Some of the lighting structures are formed as Parabolic Aluminum Reflector (PAR) luminaires, allowing them to be inserted into conventional sockets. The lighting structures display beneficial operating characteristics, such as efficient operation, high thermal dissipation, high output, and good color mixing. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/757919 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2224/48227 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/0818 (20130101) H05B 33/0857 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 20/347 (20130101) |
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| US 09429302 | Arik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Arik (Uskudar Istanbul, Turkey); Stanton Earl Weaver (Northville, New York); Glenn Howard Kuenzler (Beachwood, Ohio); Charles Franklin Wolfe, Jr. (Albany, New York); Rajdeep Sharma (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Lighting systems having unique configurations are provided. For instance, the lighting system may include a light source, a thermal management system and driver electronics, each contained within a housing structure. The light source is configured to provide illumination visible through an opening in the housing structure. The thermal management system includes a plurality of synthetic jets. The synthetic jets are arranged within the lighting system such that they are secured at contact points. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/082622 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/13 (20130101) Non-portable Lighting Devices; Systems Thereof; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted for Vehicle Exteriors F21S 8/02 (20130101) Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 15/011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F21V 23/006 (20130101) F21V 29/63 (20150115) F21V 29/507 (20150115) F21V 29/763 (20150115) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, Relating to the Form or the Kind of the Light Sources or of the Colour of the Light Emitted F21Y 2101/02 (20130101) F21Y 2105/001 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09429521 | Kramer 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) | David Kramer (Okemos, Michigan); Jeffrey Cruz (Okemos, Michigan); Christopher Hall (East Lansing, Michigan); William Kent Kovac (East Lansing, Michigan); Robert Zegarac (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Chlorophyll fluorescence may be studied in response to a variety of environmental cues or conditions by growing phototrophic organisms under actinic illumination. Such illumination may be punctuated or disrupted to gain information about the photosynthetic properties or performance of the phototrophic organism. Instruments or devices for carrying out the method are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/404338 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6408 (20130101) G01N 21/6456 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/025 (20130101) G01N 2021/635 (20130101) G01N 2021/8466 (20130101) G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) G01N 2201/0627 (20130101) G01N 2201/0628 (20130101) |
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| US 09429569 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qibin Zhang (West Richland, Washington); Thomas O. Metz (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying persons with increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes mellitus, or having type I diabetes mellitus, utilizing selected biomarkers described herein either alone or in combination. The present disclosure allows for broad based, reliable, screening of large population bases. Also provided are arrays and kits that can be used to perform such methods. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/268002 |
| 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 | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 33/54306 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/042 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09429644 | Ormesher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Ormesher (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard M. Naething (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The various technologies presented herein relate to the determination of whether a received signal comprising radar clutter further comprises a communication signal. The communication signal can comprise of a preamble, a data symbol, communication data, etc. A first portion of the radar clutter is analyzed to determine a radar signature of the first portion of the radar clutter. A second portion of the radar clutter can be extracted based on the radar signature of the first portion. Following extraction, any residual signal can be analyzed to retrieve preamble data, etc. The received signal can be based upon a linear frequency modulation (e.g., a chirp modulation) whereby the chirp frequency can be determined and the frequency of transmission of the communication signal can be based accordingly thereon. The duration and/or bandwidth of the communication signal can be a portion of the duration and/or the bandwidth of the radar clutter. |
| FILED | Monday, October 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052901 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/354 (20130101) G01S 7/414 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/348 (20130101) |
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| US 09429662 | Stowe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashley C. Stowe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Arnold Burger (Nashville, Tennessee); Michael Groza (Hendersonville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Fisk University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashley C. Stowe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Arnold Burger (Nashville, Tennessee); Michael Groza (Hendersonville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A bulk semiconducting scintillator device, including: a Li-containing semiconductor compound of general composition Li-III-VI2, wherein III is a Group III element and VI is a Group VI element; wherein the Li-containing semiconductor compound is used in one or more of a first mode and a second mode, wherein: in the first mode, the Li-containing semiconductor compound is coupled to an electrical circuit under bias operable for measuring electron-hole pairs in the Li-containing semiconductor compound in the presence of neutrons and the Li-containing semiconductor compound is also coupled to current detection electronics operable for detecting a corresponding current in the Li-containing semiconductor compound; and, in the second mode, the Li-containing semiconductor compound is coupled to a photodetector operable for detecting photons generated in the Li-containing semiconductor compound in the presence of the neutrons. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/230822 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 29/46 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09429663 | Payne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Payne (Castro Valley, California); Wolfgang Stoeffl (Livermore, California); Natalia P. Zaitseva (Livermore, California); Nerine J. Cherepy (Oakland, California); M. Leslie Carman (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter includes an organic molecule having a composition different than stilbene. The organic molecule is embodied as a crystal, and exhibits: an optical response signature for neutrons; an optical response signature for gamma rays, and performance comparable to or superior to stilbene in terms of distinguishing neutrons from gamma rays. The optical response signature for neutrons is different than the optical response signature for gamma rays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/248951 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 15/12 (20130101) C07C 15/14 (20130101) C07C 15/16 (20130101) C07C 15/28 (20130101) C07C 15/52 (20130101) C07C 15/54 (20130101) C07C 43/205 (20130101) C07C 63/331 (20130101) C07C 229/58 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 263/32 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2006 (20130101) G01T 1/2023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/06 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09430870 | Museth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ken Museth (Nörrkoping, Sweden); David Breen (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ken Museth (Nörrkoping, Sweden); David Breen (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is level set system for implementing interactive editing operators for surfaces. Level set models are deformable implicit surfaces where the deformation of the surface (editing operation) is controlled by a speed function in the level set partial differential equation. The level set system overcomes the self-interaction problems associated with mesh models. One embodiment takes scan converts input models such as polygon mesh, NURBS, CSGS models into level set models. An interface is provided by which models can be edited with editing operators such as blending, smoothing, embossing, etc. One embodiment utilizes several methods to optimize computations related to the editing operators. For example, shortest distance calculations, bounding boxes, numerical integration, and the sparse-field methods are disclosed for the implementation of the level set deformation operator embodiments including blending, smoothing sharpening, and embossing. The resulting level sets model can be volume rendered or extracted to a polygon mesh. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/952446 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 19/20 (20130101) G06T 2219/2021 (20130101) |
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| US 09431621 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brian E. Lassiter (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brian E. Lassiter (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Doping metal oxide charge transport material with an organic molecule lowers electrical resistance while maintaining transparency and thus is optimal for use as charge transport materials in various organic optoelectronic devices such as organic photovoltaic devices and organic light emitting devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418875 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0072 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09431649 | Amine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois); Ali Abouimrane (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois); Ali Abouimrane (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process includes suspending an electroactive material in a solvent, suspending or dissolving a carbon precursor in the solvent; and depositing the carbon precursor on the electroactive material to form a carbon-coated electroactive material. Compositions include a graphene-coated electroactive material prepared from a solution phase mixture or suspension of an electroactive material and graphene, graphene oxide, or a mixture thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/951284 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0416 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 6/16 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/3909 (20130101) H01M 12/06 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09431655 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (Camas, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (Camas, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xin Zhao (Vancouver, Washington); Sean Vail (Vancouver, Washington); Yuhao Lu (Camas, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for fabricating an antimony anode. The method disperses antimony (Sb) particles in a layered carbon network using a process such as mechanical mixing, ball milling, stirring, or ultrasound sonication, forming a Sb/carbon composite. The Sb/carbon composite is mixed with a binder, forming a mixture, and the mixture is deposited on a current collector. Advantageously, the binder may be an aqueous (water soluble) binder. In one aspect, prior to dispersing the Sb particles in the layered carbon network, the Sb particles are coated with carbon. For example, the Sb particles may be dispersed in a solution including a polymer, where the solution may be an aqueous or organic. Alternatively, the Sb particles may be dispersed in a solution including a monomer. The monomer solution is polymerized to form polymer sheathed Sb core-shell structures, and then carbonized. Associated Sb anodes and Sb anode batteries are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/795834 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/58 (20130101) H01M 4/60 (20130101) H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/137 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0404 (20130101) H01M 4/0452 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 2004/027 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) H01M 2300/0002 (20130101) H01M 2300/0017 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09431670 | Frey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew H. Frey (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Daniel M. Pierpont (North Saint Paul, Minnesota); Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is provided comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane which comprises a polymer that comprises bound anionic functional groups, wherein the polymer electrolyte membrane additionally comprises cerium cations. In another aspect, a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is provided comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane which comprises a polymer that comprises bound anionic functional groups, wherein at least a portion of the anionic functional groups are in acid form and at least a portion of the anionic functional groups are neutralized by cerium cations. In another aspect, a polymer electrolyte membrane is provided which comprises a polymer that comprises bound anionic functional groups, wherein the polymer electrolyte membrane additionally comprises cerium cations, and wherein the amount of cerium cations present is between 0.001 and 0.5 charge equivalents based on the molar amount of acid functional groups present in the polymer electrolyte, more typically between 0.005 and 0.2, more typically between 0.01 and 0.1, and more typically between 0.02 and 0.05. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/098163 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/2237 (20130101) C08J 2327/18 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1004 (20130101) H01M 8/1023 (20130101) H01M 8/1027 (20130101) H01M 8/1032 (20130101) H01M 8/1039 (20130101) H01M 8/1051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1058 (20130101) H01M 8/1072 (20130101) H01M 8/1081 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (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) |
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| US 09426992 | Toenjes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Montana State University Billings (Billings, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University Billings (Billings, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt A. Toenjes (Billings, Montana); David K. Butler (Billings, Montana); Joy Goffena (Roundup, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling conidial germination and mycelial growth in fungi comprising contacting a fungal cell with an anti-fungal small molecule in an amount effective to reduce or inhibit conidial germination and mycelial growth. A method for controlling bark beetle infestations of pine trees comprising contacting one or more fungal cells with an anti-fungal small molecule in an amount effective to reduce or inhibit conidial germination and mycelial growth. The anti-fungal small molecule is 5-(p-Bromobenzylidine)-α-isopropyl-4-oxo-2-thioxo-3-thiozolidineacetic acid. The species of the fungal cell is selected from a group that has an obligate symbiosis with the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) and the western pine beetle (Dendroctonus bervicomis). |
| FILED | Friday, June 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/751617 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 43/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09427408 | Reategui et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eduardo Reategui (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Lisa Kasinkas (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Alptekin Aksan (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lisa Kasinkas (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Eduardo Reategui (Revere, Massachusetts); Alptekin Aksan (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eduardo Reategui (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Lisa Kasinkas (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Alptekin Aksan (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions for encapsulation of biomaterials in a silica-matrix. The present invention also provides methods of making silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterials, and to methods of using silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterials. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of encapsulating mammalian cells in a silica-matrix while maintaining metabolic activity. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method of purifying cancer cells using a silica-matrix. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/355341 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/4816 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/13 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 11/14 (20130101) C12N 2533/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09428647 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guoqiang Li (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Harper Meng (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoqiang Li (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Harper Meng (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising thermoset polymer, shape memory polymer to facilitate macro scale damage closure, and a thermoplastic polymer for molecular scale healing is disclosed; the composition has the ability to resolve structural defects by a bio-mimetic close-then heal process. In use, the shape memory polymer serves to bring surfaces of a structural defect into approximation, whereafter use of the thermoplastic polymer for molecular scale healing allowed for movement of the thermoplastic polymer into the defect and thus obtain molecular scale healing. The thermoplastic can be fibers, particles or spheres which are used by heating to a level at or above the thermoplastic's melting point, then cooling of the composition below the melting temperature of the thermoplastic. Compositions of the invention have the ability to not only close macroscopic defects, but also to do so repeatedly even if another wound/damage occurs in a previously healed/repaired area. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/248711 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 73/18 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 16/0675 (20130101) C04B 16/0675 (20130101) C04B 16/0675 (20130101) C04B 16/0675 (20130101) C04B 20/1037 (20130101) C04B 20/1037 (20130101) C04B 26/04 (20130101) C04B 26/04 (20130101) C04B 26/16 (20130101) C04B 26/26 (20130101) C04B 26/26 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 40/0675 (20130101) C04B 40/0675 (20130101) C04B 40/0675 (20130101) C04B 2103/0065 (20130101) C04B 2103/0065 (20130101) C04B 2103/0065 (20130101) C04B 2103/0065 (20130101) C04B 2111/72 (20130101) C04B 2111/00612 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/664 (20130101) C08G 18/4238 (20130101) C08G 18/7671 (20130101) C08G 2101/0025 (20130101) C08G 2280/00 (20130101) C08G 2350/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 75/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/70 (20130101) |
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| US 09428648 | Woerdeman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dara L. Woerdeman (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Green Materials, LLC (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dara L. Woerdeman (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are wheat gluten based compositions having improved mechanical properties as well as articles formed therefrom, and methods of making the same. More particularly, the compositions also include fibrous reinforcing material and may be formed into a variety of products, including but not limited to particle board. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/490428 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/04 (20130101) C08J 2397/02 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/346 (20130101) C08K 5/04 (20130101) C08K 5/09 (20130101) C08K 5/09 (20130101) C08K 5/0016 (20130101) C08K 5/21 (20130101) C08K 5/21 (20130101) C08K 5/21 (20130101) C08K 5/053 (20130101) C08K 5/053 (20130101) C08K 5/092 (20130101) C08K 5/092 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 2205/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09428770 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy P. Keller (Madison, Wisconsin); Saori Amaike Campen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a general and facile method to obtain secondary metabolites from fungal sources. The invention is based on the discovery that the fungal gene veA and protein encoded thereby regulates the activity of multiple secondary metabolite gene clusters in fungi. Over expression of the gene veA provides increased production of secondary metabolites in engineered cells. In particular, such a method of increasing secondary metabolite production allows the production of improved yields of valuable secondary metabolite products. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/485985 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/12 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/20 (20130101) C12N 15/80 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6895 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/645 (20130101) |
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| US 09428789 | Salafsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua S. Salafsky (San Francisco, California); Ryan McGuinness (Tiburon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BIODESY, INC. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua S. Salafsky (San Francisco, California); Ryan McGuinness (Tiburon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for classifying and distinguishing between type I and type II kinase inhibitors. The method involves the use of non-linear optical techniques, in particular second-harmonic generation (SHG) to identify conformational changes in kinase proteins obtained from known type I or type II inhibitors. The method further involves deducing the manner of binding of unknown inhibitors by comparison with the signal changes produced by known ligands. The method is also applied to comparing the conformational changes induced by the binding of generic and branded kinase inhibitor drugs to a target kinase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/006302 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/58 (20130101) G01N 33/6803 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09428811 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Evans (La Jolla, California); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California); Ryan Lister (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of characterizing the epigenetic signature of human induced pluripotent stem cells. The methods are useful in identifying human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), diagnostic markers for incomplete hiPSCs reprogramming, and characterization of the efficacy of different reprogramming techniques. |
| FILED | Monday, April 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/872983 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2799/027 (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 1/6881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) |
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| US 09429522 | Swager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Samuel W. Thomas, III (Quincy, Massachusetts); Koushik Venkatesan (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to emissive materials, devices, and related methods. In some cases, the present invention provides sensors and methods for the determination of analytes, wherein the analytes may be determined by monitoring, for example, a change in an optical signal of an emissive material upon exposure to an analyte. The analyte and the emissive material may interact via a chemical reaction, such as an oxidative addition reaction, or other chemical, biochemical or biological interaction (e.g., recognition), to form a new emissive species. In some cases, the present invention may be useful in the detection of a wide variety of analytes, such as toxins, chemical warfare agents, and explosives. The present invention also provides emissive compounds, and related methods, including metal complexes that are capable of interacting with an analyte to produce a change in the emission of the compound. Some advantages of the present invention include the determination of analytes with high specificity and sensitivity and the ability to fabricate simplified and highly portable devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332231 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0086 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 2211/185 (20130101) C09K 2211/1007 (20130101) C09K 2211/1011 (20130101) C09K 2211/1029 (20130101) C09K 2211/1092 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/20 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/172307 (20150115) Y10T 436/196666 (20150115) |
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| US 09429561 | Burrows et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cynthia J. Burrows (Salt Lake City, Utah); Henry S. White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryuji Kawano (Salt Lake City, Utah); Aaron M. Fleming (Salt Lake City, Utah); Na An (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and compounds for detecting modified nucleic acid bases are disclosed and described. The methods provide for detecting a nucleic acid lesion and can include directing a nucleic acid adduct into a channel, wherein the nucleic acid adduct includes a nucleic acid having a lesion and a current modulating compound coupled to the nucleic acid at the lesion (110), and measuring a change in current through the channel in response to the current modulating compound to detect the lesion (112). The method can optionally include forming the nucleic acid adduct. Also provided is a method for identifying the number of repeat nucleotides in at least a portion of a nucleic acid strand, a method of assigning a registration marker within a nucleic acid, and a method of obtaining sequence information from a nucleic acid comprising assigning a registration marker on the nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/657226 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2525/101 (20130101) C12Q 2525/101 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44704 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09429615 | 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 system 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 cogeneration distributed resource. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/962763 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/00 (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 09429961 | Sprinkle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Arizona Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Sprinkle (Tucson, Arizona); Xiao Qin (Tucson, Arizona); Susan Lysecky (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for data-driven HVAC optimization for outputting HVAC setpoints to a thermostat and determining a predicted HVAC usage of an HVAC unit based on the HVAC setpoints and an outdoor temperature. The system may further determine and output a predicted cost of the HVAC unit heating or cooling a structure based on the HVAC setpoints. The system may further select optimized HVAC setpoints such that the predicted cost is less than or equal to a user defined cost constraint and minimize deviation from user-preferred HVAC setpoints. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/314704 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 23/1917 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09430839 | Boriah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shyam Boriah (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vipin Kumar (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Ankush Khandelwal (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Xi C. Chen (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyam Boriah (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vipin Kumar (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Ankush Khandelwal (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Xi C. Chen (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reducing processing time when assigning geographic areas to land cover labels using satellite sensor values includes a processor receiving a feature value for each pixel in a time series of frames of satellite sensor values, each frame containing multiple pixels and each frame covering a same geographic location. For each sub-area of the geographic location, the sub-area is assigned to one of at least three land cover labels. The processor determines a fraction function for a first sub-area assigned to a first land cover label. The sub-areas that were assigned to the first land cover label are reassigned to one of the second land cover label and the third land cover label based on the fraction functions of the sub-areas. |
| FILED | Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/673010 |
| 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 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/209 (20130101) G06K 9/4638 (20130101) G06K 9/6218 (20130101) G06K 9/6256 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/20021 (20130101) G06T 2207/30181 (20130101) |
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| US 09430842 | Hayat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Majeed M. Hayat (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sanjay Krishna (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sebastian Eugenio Godoy (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus, systems, and methods fusing material classification with spatio-spectral edge detection in spectral imagery can be used in a variety of applications. In various embodiments, a classifier can be applied to neighboring pixels in data for an image to determine, based on material changes, if the neighboring pixels are correlated to two different materials with respect to a candidate location for an edge. Results of the classification can be used with a spatio-spectral mask to accept or reject the candidate location as an edge. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/334446 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — 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 9/4638 (20130101) G06K 9/4652 (20130101) G06K 9/6268 (20130101) G06K 9/6289 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/408 (20130101) G06T 2207/10036 (20130101) G06T 2207/10048 (20130101) G06T 2207/30184 (20130101) |
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| US 09430870 | Museth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ken Museth (Nörrkoping, Sweden); David Breen (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ken Museth (Nörrkoping, Sweden); David Breen (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is level set system for implementing interactive editing operators for surfaces. Level set models are deformable implicit surfaces where the deformation of the surface (editing operation) is controlled by a speed function in the level set partial differential equation. The level set system overcomes the self-interaction problems associated with mesh models. One embodiment takes scan converts input models such as polygon mesh, NURBS, CSGS models into level set models. An interface is provided by which models can be edited with editing operators such as blending, smoothing, embossing, etc. One embodiment utilizes several methods to optimize computations related to the editing operators. For example, shortest distance calculations, bounding boxes, numerical integration, and the sparse-field methods are disclosed for the implementation of the level set deformation operator embodiments including blending, smoothing sharpening, and embossing. The resulting level sets model can be volume rendered or extracted to a polygon mesh. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/952446 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 19/20 (20130101) G06T 2219/2021 (20130101) |
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| US 09431712 | Abadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Momeni Hasan Abadi (Madison, Wisconsin); Nader Behdad (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-wideband, low profile antenna is provided. The antenna includes a ground plane substrate, a feed conductor, a top hat conductor, a shorting arm, and a ring slot. The feed conductor includes a first end and a second end. The first end is configured for electrical coupling to a feed network through a feed element extending from the ground plane substrate. The top hat conductor includes a generally planar sheet mounted to the second end of the feed conductor in a first plane approximately parallel to a second plane defined by the ground plane substrate. The shorting arm includes a third end and a fourth end. The third end is mounted to the top hat conductor, and the fourth end is mounted to the ground plane substrate. The ring slot is formed in the ground plane substrate around the feed element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899726 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 5/25 (20150115) H01Q 5/364 (20150115) H01Q 9/36 (20130101) H01Q 9/045 (20130101) H01Q 9/0421 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 9/0442 (20130101) |
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| US 09431919 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wentai Liu (Los Angeles, California); Yi-Kai Lo (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wentai Liu (Los Angeles, California); Yi-Kai Lo (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A biomedical implant is provided for simultaneously generating multiple voltages for digital and analog circuits. Two AC voltages induced from an external single AC source located externally to the biomedical implant are used as input to a multi-voltage rectifier. The multi-voltage rectifier has a rectifier circuitry for simultaneously generating: (i) both low positive and negative voltages and (ii) both high positive and negative voltages. A startup circuitry is designed to stabilize both low positive and negative voltages prior to stabilizing both high positive and negative voltages. A timing control circuitry is used to prevent reverse leakage currents from loading capacitors to input for efficiency enhancement. The biomedical implant, by virtue of the multi-voltage timing control rectifier, achieves high power transfer efficiency greater than 85%. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/984425 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/08 (20130101) H02J 5/005 (20130101) H02J 17/00 (20130101) H02J 2001/008 (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 1/36 (20130101) H02M 3/33561 (20130101) H02M 7/217 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 307/406 (20150401) |
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| US 09432592 | Weida et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS INC. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Daylight Solutions, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles James Weida (Poway, California); Timothy Day (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging microscope (12) for generating an image of a sample (10) comprises a beam source (14) that emits a temporally coherent illumination beam (20), the illumination beam (20) including a plurality of rays that are directed at the sample (10); an image sensor (18) that converts an optical image into an array of electronic signals; and an imaging lens assembly (16) that receives rays from the beam source (14) that are transmitted through the sample (10) and forms an image on the image sensor (18). The imaging lens assembly (16) can further receive rays from the beam source (14) that are reflected off of the sample (10) and form a second image on the image sensor (18). The imaging lens assembly (16) receives the rays from the sample (10) and forms the image on the image sensor (18) without splitting and recombining the rays. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/353487 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/00 (20130101) G02B 21/0056 (20130101) G02B 21/088 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09428647 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guoqiang Li (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Harper Meng (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoqiang Li (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Harper Meng (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising thermoset polymer, shape memory polymer to facilitate macro scale damage closure, and a thermoplastic polymer for molecular scale healing is disclosed; the composition has the ability to resolve structural defects by a bio-mimetic close-then heal process. In use, the shape memory polymer serves to bring surfaces of a structural defect into approximation, whereafter use of the thermoplastic polymer for molecular scale healing allowed for movement of the thermoplastic polymer into the defect and thus obtain molecular scale healing. The thermoplastic can be fibers, particles or spheres which are used by heating to a level at or above the thermoplastic's melting point, then cooling of the composition below the melting temperature of the thermoplastic. Compositions of the invention have the ability to not only close macroscopic defects, but also to do so repeatedly even if another wound/damage occurs in a previously healed/repaired area. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/248711 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 73/18 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 16/0675 (20130101) C04B 16/0675 (20130101) C04B 16/0675 (20130101) C04B 16/0675 (20130101) C04B 20/1037 (20130101) C04B 20/1037 (20130101) C04B 26/04 (20130101) C04B 26/04 (20130101) C04B 26/16 (20130101) C04B 26/26 (20130101) C04B 26/26 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 40/0675 (20130101) C04B 40/0675 (20130101) C04B 40/0675 (20130101) C04B 2103/0065 (20130101) C04B 2103/0065 (20130101) C04B 2103/0065 (20130101) C04B 2103/0065 (20130101) C04B 2111/72 (20130101) C04B 2111/00612 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/664 (20130101) C08G 18/4238 (20130101) C08G 18/7671 (20130101) C08G 2101/0025 (20130101) C08G 2280/00 (20130101) C08G 2350/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 75/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/70 (20130101) |
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| US 09429071 | Quackenbush et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd R. Quackenbush (Ringoes, New Jersey); Robert M. McKillip, Jr. (Hopewell, New Jersey); Pavel V. Danilov (Ewing, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CONTINUUM DYNAMICS, INC. (Ewing, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd R. Quackenbush (Ringoes, New Jersey); Robert M. McKillip, Jr. (Hopewell, New Jersey); Pavel V. Danilov (Ewing, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow control device generates counter-rotating vortices in the boundary layer of the flow in a supersonic inlet diffuser for an aircraft turbine engine. The flow control device comprises a flap attached to the duct wall for selective deployment, wherein it extends into the boundary layer, and retraction, wherein it lies substantially flush with the duct wall. In one embodiment an actuating mechanism comprising one or more shape-memory alloy wires moves the flap between two stable positions. In another embodiment the deployment height of the flap can be controlled as desired, preferably using a shape-memory alloy actuating mechanism. Typically, an array of plural flow control devices is disposed in the inlet duct for selective actuation according to a predetermined schedule. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454306 |
| 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 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/80 (20130101) F05D 2240/127 (20130101) F05D 2300/505 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) Y10T 137/0536 (20150401) |
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| US 09430839 | Boriah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shyam Boriah (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vipin Kumar (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Ankush Khandelwal (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Xi C. Chen (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyam Boriah (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vipin Kumar (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Ankush Khandelwal (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Xi C. Chen (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reducing processing time when assigning geographic areas to land cover labels using satellite sensor values includes a processor receiving a feature value for each pixel in a time series of frames of satellite sensor values, each frame containing multiple pixels and each frame covering a same geographic location. For each sub-area of the geographic location, the sub-area is assigned to one of at least three land cover labels. The processor determines a fraction function for a first sub-area assigned to a first land cover label. The sub-areas that were assigned to the first land cover label are reassigned to one of the second land cover label and the third land cover label based on the fraction functions of the sub-areas. |
| FILED | Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/673010 |
| 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 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/209 (20130101) G06K 9/4638 (20130101) G06K 9/6218 (20130101) G06K 9/6256 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/20021 (20130101) G06T 2207/30181 (20130101) |
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| US 09431778 | Mueller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert P. Mueller (Cocoa Beach, Florida); Mark E. Lewis (Merritt Island, Florida); Gary L. Bastin (Palm Bay, Florida); Matthew C. Branch (Rockledge, Florida); Jeffrey W. Carlson (Merritt Island, Florida); Adam G. Dokos (Titusville, Florida); Kevin A. Murtland (Mims, Florida); Matthew W. Nugent (Oviedo, Florida); Gabor J. Tamasy (Melbourne, Florida); Ivan I. Townsend, III (Cocoa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems may provide for debris exclusion and removal apparatuses for connectors which have inverting end caps with a multi-axis lever configuration, inverting end caps with enlarged handle and/or side rail configurations, rotating end cap configurations, poppet valve configurations, O-ring configurations, filament barrier configurations, retractable cover configurations, clamshell end cap configurations, or any combination thereof. Apparatuses may also provide for an intelligent electrical connector system capable of detecting damage to or faults within a plurality of conductors and then rerouting the energy through a non-damaged spare conductor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207472 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 13/00 (20130101) H01R 13/447 (20130101) H01R 13/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01R 13/5213 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dara L. Woerdeman (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Green Materials, LLC (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dara L. Woerdeman (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are wheat gluten based compositions having improved mechanical properties as well as articles formed therefrom, and methods of making the same. More particularly, the compositions also include fibrous reinforcing material and may be formed into a variety of products, including but not limited to particle board. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/490428 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/04 (20130101) C08J 2397/02 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/346 (20130101) C08K 5/04 (20130101) C08K 5/09 (20130101) C08K 5/09 (20130101) C08K 5/0016 (20130101) C08K 5/21 (20130101) C08K 5/21 (20130101) C08K 5/21 (20130101) C08K 5/053 (20130101) C08K 5/053 (20130101) C08K 5/092 (20130101) C08K 5/092 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 2205/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09428789 | Salafsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua S. Salafsky (San Francisco, California); Ryan McGuinness (Tiburon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BIODESY, INC. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua S. Salafsky (San Francisco, California); Ryan McGuinness (Tiburon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for classifying and distinguishing between type I and type II kinase inhibitors. The method involves the use of non-linear optical techniques, in particular second-harmonic generation (SHG) to identify conformational changes in kinase proteins obtained from known type I or type II inhibitors. The method further involves deducing the manner of binding of unknown inhibitors by comparison with the signal changes produced by known ligands. The method is also applied to comparing the conformational changes induced by the binding of generic and branded kinase inhibitor drugs to a target kinase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/006302 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/58 (20130101) G01N 33/6803 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09432592 | Weida et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS INC. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Daylight Solutions, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles James Weida (Poway, California); Timothy Day (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging microscope (12) for generating an image of a sample (10) comprises a beam source (14) that emits a temporally coherent illumination beam (20), the illumination beam (20) including a plurality of rays that are directed at the sample (10); an image sensor (18) that converts an optical image into an array of electronic signals; and an imaging lens assembly (16) that receives rays from the beam source (14) that are transmitted through the sample (10) and forms an image on the image sensor (18). The imaging lens assembly (16) can further receive rays from the beam source (14) that are reflected off of the sample (10) and form a second image on the image sensor (18). The imaging lens assembly (16) receives the rays from the sample (10) and forms the image on the image sensor (18) without splitting and recombining the rays. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/353487 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/00 (20130101) G02B 21/0056 (20130101) G02B 21/088 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09428758 | Tumer 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) | Nilgun Ereken Tumer (Belle Mead, New Jersey); John Edward McLaughlin (Bernardsville, New Jersey); Mohamed Anwar Bin-Umer (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for modulating disease resistance in plants. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/693024 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8282 (20130101) |
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| US 09428770 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy P. Keller (Madison, Wisconsin); Saori Amaike Campen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a general and facile method to obtain secondary metabolites from fungal sources. The invention is based on the discovery that the fungal gene veA and protein encoded thereby regulates the activity of multiple secondary metabolite gene clusters in fungi. Over expression of the gene veA provides increased production of secondary metabolites in engineered cells. In particular, such a method of increasing secondary metabolite production allows the production of improved yields of valuable secondary metabolite products. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/485985 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/12 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/20 (20130101) C12N 15/80 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6895 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/645 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09429960 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuesong Liu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Burcu Akinci (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mario Berges (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); James H. Garrett, Jr. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method includes, in one aspect, retrieving HVAC system information; converting the retrieved HVAC system information from one or more first data formats to a second data format; storing the converted HVAC system information; identifying first portions of the stored HVAC system information that pertain to a particular component; and generating one or more associations among the identified, first portions of the stored HVAC system information; receiving a request for HVAC system information that is used by a performance analysis algorithm; determining a type of component of the HVAC system that is related to the requested HVAC system information; and identifying one or more items of the stored HVAC system information that is of the requested HVAC system information; and transmitting the identified one or more items of the stored HVAC system information for use in execution of the performance analysis algorithm. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/019261 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Air-conditioning; Air-humidification; Ventilation; Use of Air Currents for Screening F24F 11/0086 (20130101) F24F 2011/0061 (20130101) F24F 2011/0091 (20130101) F24F 2011/0094 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 23/19 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5004 (20130101) G06F 2217/80 (20130101) |
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| US 09431211 | Sharma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia); UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Renu Sharma (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Stefano Mazzucco (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid electron microscope includes: an electron source to emit an electron beam; a parabolic mirror including: a reflective surface; and an aperture to communicate the electron beam through the parabolic mirror; and a sample holder interposed between the electron source and the parabolic mirror such that the reflective surface of the parabolic mirror faces the electron source and the sample holder. A process for acquiring hybrid electron microscopy data includes: disposing a parabolic mirror in a chamber, the parabolic mirror including: a reflective surface; and an aperture to communicate an electron beam through the parabolic mirror; disposing a sample on a sample holder; interposing a sample holder between an electron source and the parabolic mirror such that the reflective surface of the parabolic mirror faces the electron source and the sample holder; producing the electron beam from the electron source; subjecting the sample to the electron beam; communicating the electron beam through the sample and the aperture of the parabolic mirror; and collecting imaging data of the sample in response to the subjecting the sample to the electron beam to acquire the hybrid electron microscopy data. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/827666 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/20 (20130101) H01J 37/226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 37/261 (20130101) H01J 2237/063 (20130101) H01J 2237/2007 (20130101) H01J 2237/2602 (20130101) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09429561 | Burrows et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cynthia J. Burrows (Salt Lake City, Utah); Henry S. White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryuji Kawano (Salt Lake City, Utah); Aaron M. Fleming (Salt Lake City, Utah); Na An (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and compounds for detecting modified nucleic acid bases are disclosed and described. The methods provide for detecting a nucleic acid lesion and can include directing a nucleic acid adduct into a channel, wherein the nucleic acid adduct includes a nucleic acid having a lesion and a current modulating compound coupled to the nucleic acid at the lesion (110), and measuring a change in current through the channel in response to the current modulating compound to detect the lesion (112). The method can optionally include forming the nucleic acid adduct. Also provided is a method for identifying the number of repeat nucleotides in at least a portion of a nucleic acid strand, a method of assigning a registration marker within a nucleic acid, and a method of obtaining sequence information from a nucleic acid comprising assigning a registration marker on the nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/657226 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2525/101 (20130101) C12Q 2525/101 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44704 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09432375 | Cheng 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) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Lawrence Koved (Pleasantville, New York); Kapil K. Singh (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Generating a resource access control decision is provided. A user trust value associated with a user identifier of a user requesting access to a protected resource is modulated based on an estimated risk value associated with a context of a resource access request. The resource access control decision is generated based on the modulated user trust value associated with the user requesting access to the protected resource. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/281955 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/45 (20130101) G06F 21/62 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/102 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09428394 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly oxidized form of graphene oxide and methods for production thereof are described in various embodiments of the present disclosure. In general, the methods include mixing a graphite source with a solution containing at least one oxidant and at least one protecting agent and then oxidizing the graphite source with the at least one oxidant in the presence of the at least one protecting agent to form the graphene oxide. Graphene oxide synthesized by the presently described methods is of a high structural quality that is more oxidized and maintains a higher proportion of aromatic rings and aromatic domains than does graphene oxide prepared in the absence of at least one protecting agent. Methods for reduction of graphene oxide into chemically converted graphene are also disclosed herein. The chemically converted graphene of the present disclosure is significantly more electrically conductive than is chemically converted graphene prepared from other sources of graphene oxide. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321623 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/043 (20130101) C01B 31/0476 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/032 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 09431261 | Singer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott B. Singer (Sherman Oaks, California); Joseph C. Boisvert (Thousand Oaks, California); Daniel C. Law (Arcadia, California); Christopher M. Fetzer (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies for a process used to reduce the height of a raised profile of a device. One or more raised profiles on one or more layers of a device are removed using a combined chemical-mechanical polishing/etching process. In some implementations, a protective layer is applied to a top layer of a device grown on a substrate. A combined chemical-mechanical polishing/etching process may commence whereby one or more raised profiles of the protective layer are removed through a planarization process, exposing at least a portion of a raised profile of a layer below the protective layer. Material may be removed using an etchant to reduce the height of the raised profile. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/556337 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Polishing Compositions; Ski Waxes C09G 1/02 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/308 (20130101) H01L 21/30604 (20130101) H01L 21/30625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09428268 | Kopanski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kris Kopanski (Milford, Connecticut); Devon Cowles (New Milford, Connecticut); David E. Bruno (Milford, Connecticut); Frederick J. Miner (Barkhamsted, Connecticut); Benjamin Reed Hein (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexbeam for a rotor blade is provided and includes a first end coupled to a body of the rotor blade and a second end coupled to a flap disposed along a trailing edge of the body to pitch about a pitching axis defined along a span of the body and a flexbeam body extending from the first end to the second end and being configured to retain the flap under a first loading and being flexible about the pitching axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/933756 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/72 (20130101) B64C 27/615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2027/7266 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09429025 | Harris, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William C. Harris, Jr. (Derby, Connecticut); John P. Kopchik (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Richard Ely (Derby, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Harris, Jr. (Derby, Connecticut); John P. Kopchik (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Richard Ely (Derby, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blade including a main portion having a main portion leading edge shield; a main portion impact-resistant layer formed on a nose of the leading edge shield; a main portion erosion-resistant layer formed on a top and bottom of the main portion, rearward of the main portion impact-resistant layer; a main portion foil formed on the top and the bottom of the main portion rearward of the main portion erosion-resistant layer; a tip cap having a tip cap leading edge shield; a tip cap impact-resistant layer formed on a surface of the tip cap leading edge shield; and a tip cap foil formed on the top and the bottom of the tip cap rearward of the tip cap erosion-resistant layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/805694 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 11/205 (20130101) B64C 27/463 (20130101) B64C 27/473 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/286 (20130101) F01D 5/288 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/90 (20130101) F05D 2230/311 (20130101) F05D 2300/611 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
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- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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