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| US 09439438 | Linstedt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam D. Linstedt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam D. Linstedt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Manganese compositions effective in reducing Shiga toxin-induced toxicity in mammals infected with Shiga toxin-producing bacteria such as E. coli O157:H7 are described. Manganese compositions described herein can be combined with antibiotic therapy as manganese can block the toxic effects of Shiga toxin released from dying bacteria. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/111444 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 59/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/28 (20130101) A61K 31/28 (20130101) A61K 31/451 (20130101) A61K 31/451 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/502 (20130101) A61K 31/502 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/5383 (20130101) A61K 31/5383 (20130101) A61K 33/32 (20130101) A61K 33/32 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09439571 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lihong Wang (Creve Coeur, Missouri); Geng Ku (Clayton, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lihong Wang (Creve Coeur, Missouri); Geng Ku (Clayton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for imaging a biological sample including a tubular body having a side wall defining an interior shaped and sized for receiving the biological sample, an electromagnetic source positioned at one end of the tubular body interior for directing electromagnetic energy into the biological sample in the body interior, and an ultrasonic transducer positioned along said side wall of the body for receiving ultrasonic energy induced by the electromagnetic energy and transmitted through the biological sample. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/625099 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0091 (20130101) A61B 5/0095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4312 (20130101) A61B 8/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09439573 | Narayan 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); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Wouter-Jan Rappel (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of analyzing a complex rhythm disorder in a human heart includes accessing signals from a plurality of sensors disposed spatially in relation to the heart, where the signals are associated with activations of the heart, and identifying a region of the heart having an activation trail that is rotational or radially emanating, where the activation trail is indicative of the complex rhythm disorder and is based on activation times associated with the activations of the heart. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473456 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02 (20130101) A61B 5/04 (20130101) A61B 5/044 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0245 (20130101) A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04011 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/6859 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 18/1206 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 2018/00214 (20130101) A61B 2018/00357 (20130101) A61B 2018/00375 (20130101) A61B 2018/00839 (20130101) A61B 2018/1435 (20130101) |
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| US 09439613 | Stutman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Stutman (Cockeysville, Maryland); Michael Finkenthal (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A differential phase contrast X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray illumination system, a beam splitter arranged in a radiation path of the X-ray illumination system, and a detection system arranged in a radiation path to detect X-rays after passing through the beam splitter. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/174830 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/4035 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/046 (20130101) G01N 23/207 (20130101) G01N 23/20008 (20130101) G01N 23/20075 (20130101) G01N 2015/1454 (20130101) G01N 2021/4186 (20130101) G01N 2223/419 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/1814 (20130101) G02B 5/1819 (20130101) G02B 5/1838 (20130101) G02B 5/1842 (20130101) G02B 5/1871 (20130101) G02B 6/02085 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/2036 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 2207/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09439729 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher L. Brace (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Radiofrequency energy emitted from and reflected back toward a thermal ablation probe may be used to detect a gradual dissolution of a reflective interface between a tumor and surrounding healthy tissue as the ablation zone passes through this interface providing a real-time guidance with respect to the progress of ablation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/927339 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/1815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2018/00511 (20130101) A61B 2018/00529 (20130101) A61B 2018/00541 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00785 (20130101) A61B 2018/1869 (20130101) |
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| US 09439859 | Alexis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Alexis (Greenville, South Carolina); Matteo Iannacone (Milan, Italy); Jinjun Shi (Boston, Massachusetts); Pamela Basto (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elliott Ashley Moseman (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Ulrich von Andrian (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Waban, Massachusetts); Elena Tonti (Riccione, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides nanocarriers capable of stimulating an immune response in T cells and/or in B cells. The invention provides nanocarriers that comprise an immunofeature surface and an immunostimulatory moiety. In some embodiments, the immunostimulatory moiety is adjuvant. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising inventive nanocarriers. The present invention provides methods of designing, manufacturing, and using inventive nanocarriers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/084424 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0002 (20130101) A61K 39/002 (20130101) A61K 39/05 (20130101) A61K 39/08 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09439877 | Day et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Billy W. Day (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Waikok Michael Tsang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Vasiliy N. Korotchenko (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds that stimulate fibroblast growth factor production, and thus cell growth are provided. Also provided are compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds. The compounds can be used to treat wounds, to expand cell populations, such as hematopoietic cells, or to grow tissue in vitro, among other uses. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/795056 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/42 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09439884 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kun Ping Lu (Newton, Massachusetts); Adrian Tun-Kyi (Boston, Massachusetts); Greg Finn (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kun Ping Lu (Newton, Massachusetts); Adrian Tun-Kyi (Boston, Massachusetts); Greg Finn (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods of treating an immune disorder characterized by elevated Pin1 marker levels in a subject by administering a retinoic acid compound. Additionally, the invention features methods of treating immune disorders (e.g., immune disorders characterized by elevated Pin1 marker levels) by administering a retinoic acid compound in combination with an anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, or anti-microbial compound. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/122611 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/203 (20130101) A61K 31/522 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09439887 | Robertson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gavin P. Robertson (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Chandagalu D. Raghavendra Gowda (Hershey, Pennsylvania); Dhimant H. Desai (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania); Shantu G. Amin (Union City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and pharmaceutical compositions including one or more selenium-containing COX-2 inhibitors are provided according to aspects of the present invention. Methods of treating a subject having or suspected of having cancer are provided according to aspects of the present invention which include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition including a selenium-containing COX-2 inhibitor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/734564 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 31/095 (20130101) A61K 31/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 38/063 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/10 (20130101) C07D 231/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09439909 | Abazeed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana-Farher Cancer Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohamed Abazeed (Cleveland, Ohio); Matthew Meyerson (Concord, Massachusetts); Drew Adams (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for the use of radiation sensitizing agents in combination with radiation for the treatment of neoplasia, methods for the identification of genotype-specific radiation sensitizing agents, and methods of identifying patients who could benefit from therapy with a genotype-specific radiation sensitizing agent. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/466668 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) A61N 2005/1098 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) |
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| US 09439912 | Njar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (Princess Anne, Maryland); THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent C. O. Njar (Glen Burnie, Maryland); Lalji K. Gediya (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Puranik Purushottamachar (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Abhijit Godbole (Macungie, Pennsylvania); Andrew Kwegyir-Afful (Severn, Maryland); Tadas Vasaitis (Salisbury, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides the design and synthesis of novel steroidal compounds that cause down-regulation of the androgen receptor (AR), both full length and splice variant. The compounds are potential agents for the treatment of all forms of prostate cancer and other diseases that depend on functional AR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/794416 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Steroids C07J 43/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09439915 | Shami 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) | Paul J. Shami (Sandy, Utah); Ken M. Kosack (West Valley City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions useful in anticancer treatment. The compositions are composed of (a) an O2-aryl substituted diazeniumdiolate and (b) an amphiphile, wherein the amount of amphiphile is sufficient to produce a liposome or micelle. The compositions described herein provide numerous advantages such as increased solubility and stability of the O2-aryl substituted diazeniumdiolate in vivo. The compositions also do not induce hypotension. Methods for using the compositions in anticancer treatment are also described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/684793 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1075 (20130101) A61K 31/655 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09439928 | Kasahara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Noriyuki Kasahara (Los Angeles, California); Robert H. Schiestl (Encino, California); Katrin Hacke (Los Angeles, California); Akos Szakmary (Vienna, Austria); Gay M. Crooks (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Noriyuki Kasahara (Los Angeles, California); Robert H. Schiestl (Encino, California); Katrin Hacke (Los Angeles, California); Akos Szakmary (Vienna, Austria); Gay M. Crooks (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of radiation-free hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation comprises administering to a mammalian subject one or two doses of 2 to 10 mg/kg body weight of a purine base analog, such as 6TG as a pre-conditioning step. The method further comprises engrafting into the subject hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT)-deficient donor HSCs within 48 to 72 hours of the pre-conditioning step; and administering to the subject about 1 to 5 mg/kg of the purine base analog every two to four days for two to eight weeks following the engrafting step. The method is performed in the absence of pre-conditioning via radiation. The subject is therefore not treated with myeloablative radiation in preparation for transplantation, and thus the subject is free of myeloablative radiation-induced toxicity. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/112878 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 35/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09439935 | Bird et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian H. Bird (Atlanta, Georgia); Cesar G. Albarino (Atlanta, Georgia); Stuart T. Nichol (Atlanta, Georgia); Thomas G. Ksiazek (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are recombinant RVF viruses comprising deletions in one or more viral virulence genes, such as NSs and NSm. The recombinant RVF viruses, generated using a plasmid-based reverse genetics system, can be used as vaccines to prevent infection of RVF virus in livestock and humans. As described herein, the recombinant RVF viruses grow to high titers, provide protective immunity following a single injection and allow for the differentiation between vaccinated animals and animals infected with wild-type RVF virus. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/163058 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/525 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/12211 (20130101) C12N 2760/12221 (20130101) C12N 2760/12234 (20130101) |
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| US 09439947 | Guha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC. (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc. (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandan Guha (Scarsdale, New York); Subhrajit Saha (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for therapy of radiation-induced lung injury and other lung diseases using R-spondin1. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/666746 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/761 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/075 (20130101) C07K 14/435 (20130101) |
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| US 09439957 | Beernink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter T. Beernink (Walnut Creek, California); Dan M. Granoff (Berkeley, California); Rolando Pajon Feyt (Novato, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL and RESEARCH CENTER OAKLAND (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T. Beernink (Walnut Creek, California); Dan M. Granoff (Berkeley, California); Rolando Pajon Feyt (Novato, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Factor H binding proteins that can elicit antibodies that are bactericidal for at least one strain of N. meningitidis, and methods of use of such proteins, are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/467381 |
| 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) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09439960 | Shenk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Shenk (Princeton, New Jersey); Dai Wang (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Shenk (Princeton, New Jersey); Dai Wang (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of increasing diversity in cytomegalovirus vaccines through the selection of cell type in which the virus is propagated, and the use of cytomegalovirus produced by those methods in the development of vaccine compositions, are disclosed. Vaccine compositions comprising CMV isolated from epithelial cells are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/681504 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/16134 (20130101) |
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| US 09439968 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Griffith Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts); Kathryn Ann Whitehead (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joseph R. Dorkin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Arturo Jose Vegas (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yunlong Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are lipidoids that may be prepared from the conjugate addition of alkylamines to acrylates. In some embodiments, provided lipidoids are biodegradable and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the amino moiety of the lipidoids, they are well-suited for the delivery of polynucleotides, in addition to other agents. Nanoparticles containing the inventive lipidoids and polynucleotides have been prepared and have been shown to be effective in delivering siRNA. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/987717 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 241/04 (20130101) C07D 295/13 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09439976 | Tung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Methodist Hospital System (Houston, Texas); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE METHODIST HOSPITAL SYSTEM (Houston, Texas); BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Hsuan Tung (Houston, Texas); Wael Refat Adb-Elgaliel (Houston, Texas); Craig D. Logsdon (Houston, Texas); Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and kits comprising a therapeutic agent linked to a cleavable substrate, wherein the cleavable substrate is capable of being cleaved by cathepsin E. Also provided are methods of treating one or more symptoms of a disease or disorder characterized by expression of cathepsin E in a subject and methods of eliminating a cancer cell characterized by expression of cathepsin E using the provided compositions and kits. Further provided herein are methods of detecting the presence of a cancer cell or detecting a cathepsin E expressing cell using a photosensitizer linked to a cleavable substrate, wherein the cleavable substrate is capable of being cleaved by cathepsin E. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179379 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/0057 (20130101) A61K 41/0061 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57484 (20130101) |
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| US 09439978 | Mohapatra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Subhra Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); Chunyan Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); The United States of America as represented by National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS), U.S. Government (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhra Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); Chunyan Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions comprising a micelle having a hydrophobic superparmagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPION) core, a first coating comprising a cationic polymer, and a second coating comprising a polynucleotide. Also provided are methods of using the compositions for transfection and/or transformation of a cell with the polynucleotide. Further provided are methods of detecting transfection of a cell with the polynucleotide. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/346330 |
| 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 47/4823 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48907 (20130101) A61K 47/48923 (20130101) A61K 48/0033 (20130101) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/1809 (20130101) A61K 49/1857 (20130101) A61K 49/1863 (20130101) A61K 49/1875 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 2800/107 (20130101) C12N 2810/859 (20130101) |
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| US 09439979 | Chiorini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Chiorini (Dayton, Maryland); Melodie L. Weller (Silver Spring, Maryland); Michael Schmidt (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Comparative gene analysis (CGA) was combined with pathway visualization software to identify a positive correlation between AAV6 transduction and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression. It was found that EGFR is necessary for vector internalization and functions as a co-receptor for AAV6. The identification and characterization of AAV6's requirement of EGFR expression for high transduction activity has allowed construction of recombinant AAV6 vectors which are capable of targeting and killing specific types of head and neck tumors that because of this high EGFR activity, were until now, refractory to current therapies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/301973 |
| 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 31/522 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/0008 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/71 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14145 (20130101) |
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| US 09440891 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiyang Liu (Pasadena, California); Brian M. Stoltz (San Marino, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Alexey Fedorov (Zurich, Switzerland); Kelly E. Kim (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of forming olefins, especially linear alpha olefins from fatty acids or anhydrides, each method comprising: contacting an amount of precursor carboxylic acid anhydride with a palladium catalyst comprising a bidentate bis-phosphine ligand in a reaction mixture so as to form an olefin in a product with the concomittant formation and removal of CO and water from the reaction mixture, either directly or indirectly, wherein the reaction mixture is maintained with a sub-stoichiometric excess of a sacrificial carboxylic acid anhydride, an organic acid, or both, said sub-stoichiometric excess being relative to the amount of the precursor carboxylic acid anhydride. The precursor carboxylic acid anhydride may be added to the reaction mixture directly or formed in situ by the reaction between at least one precursor carboxylic acid with a stoichiometric amount of the sacrificial acid anhydride. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/091466 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 1/2078 (20130101) C07C 1/2078 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/24 (20130101) C07C 2531/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09440920 | Weibel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Benjamin Weibel (Madison, Wisconsin); Katherine Ann Hurley (Madison, Wisconsin); Katherine Cassidy Faulkner (Boxborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are antimicrobial compounds identified via a high-throughput screen to identify compounds that produce anucleate cells in E. coli after cell division occurs. Compound 1 (5-nonyloxytryptamine) and its analogs are small molecule inhibitors of the nucleoid occlusion system and/or proteins that are responsible for maintaining the structure of the chromosome. The antimicrobial compounds are useful to treat bacterial infections as well as to inhibit bacterial growth. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/790380 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| 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 33/10 (20130101) A01N 33/10 (20130101) A01N 43/38 (20130101) A01N 43/38 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09440948 | Kem et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Reade Kem (Gainesville, Florida); Ferenc Soti (Gainesville, Florida); Anne Rouchaud (Brussels, Belgium); Hong Xing (Gainesville, Florida); Jon Lindstrom (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Kristin Marie Andrud (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida); THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Reade Kem (Gainesville, Florida); Ferenc Soti (Gainesville, Florida); Anne Rouchaud (Brussels, Belgium); Hong Xing (Gainesville, Florida); Jon Lindstrom (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Kristin Marie Andrud (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for compounds such as those shown in FIG. 1.1 (compounds A, B, C, and D), 2′substituted nicotine compounds, azetidine compounds, ether linked nicotine compounds (FIG. 1.2, compounds E, F, G, and H), methods of synthesis of the compounds, methods of treatment of a condition using compounds A, B, C, D, 2′substituted nicotine compounds, azetidine compounds, or ether linked nicotine compounds, methods of selectively stimulating alpha7 nAChR and/or alpha4beta2 receptors, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/819067 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09440982 | Kamenecka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eolas Therapeutics, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eolas Therapeutics, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore M. Kamenecka (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Yuanjun He (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Rong Jiang (Millersville, Maryland); William Nguyen (Jupiter, Florida); Xinyi Song (Bristol, Pennsylvania); Robert Jason Herr (Voorheesville, New York); Qin Jiang (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compounds that modulate the bioactivity of an orexin receptor such as OX1 or OX2, or both; to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising a compound of the invention; to methods of treatment of malconditions in patients wherein modulation of an orexin receptor is medically indicated; and to methods of preparation of compounds of the invention. For example, orexin receptor-modulatory compounds of the present invention can be used in treatment of an eating disorder, obesity, alcoholism or an alcohol-related disorder, drug abuse or addiction including addiction to cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, or nicotine, a sleep disorder, a cognitive dysfunction in a psychiatric or neurologic disorder, depression, anxiety, panic disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, headache, migraine, pain, gastrointestinal diseases, epilepsy, inflammations, immune-related diseases, endocrine-related diseases, cancer, hypertension, behavior disorder, mood disorder, manic depression, dementia, sex disorder, psychosexual disorder, or renal disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/460289 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/22 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) C07D 417/06 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09441005 | David et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil A. David (Lawrence, Kansas); Nikunj M. Shukla (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides novel imidazoquinoline derived compounds, derivatives thereof, analogues thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of making and using such compounds. The present disclosure also provides TLR7 agonists and TLR7/TLR8 dual agonists, probes, tissue-specific molecules, adjuvants, immunogenic compositions, therapeutic compositions, and self-adjuvanting vaccines including the imidazoquinoline derived compounds, derivatives thereof, analogues thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Derivatives of the imidazoquinoline derived compounds also include dendrimers and dimers of the imidazoquinoline derived compounds, and methods of making and using the dendrimeic and dimeric imidazoquinoline derived compounds. The present disclosure also provides dual TLR2/TLR7 hybrid agonists that include imidazoquinoline derived compounds of the present disclosure. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/279416 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/022 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09441013 | Gillies et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Gillies (Tampa, Florida); David L. Morse (Tampa, Florida); Natalie M. Barkey (Tampa, Florida); Kevin N. Sill (Tampa, Florida); Josef Vagner (Tucson, Arizona); Narges K. Tafreshi (Tampa, Florida); Jonathan L. Sessler (Austin, Texas); Christian Preihs (Austin, Texas); Victor J. Hruby (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (Tampa, Florida); INTEZYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC (Tampa, Florida); ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona); BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Gillies (Tampa, Florida); David L. Morse (Tampa, Florida); Natalie M. Barkey (Tampa, Florida); Kevin N. Sill (Tampa, Florida); Josef Vagner (Tucson, Arizona); Narges K. Tafreshi (Tampa, Florida); Jonathan L. Sessler (Austin, Texas); Christian Preihs (Austin, Texas); Victor J. Hruby (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to a modified MC1R peptide ligand comprising a peptide that is a melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) ligand and a functionality or linker, such as a click functionality, for conjugation to a surface or agent. The modified MC1R peptide ligand can be coupled, e.g., via a click reaction with a complementary click functionality attached, to a moiety to form an MC1R-targeted agent. Drugs, contrast agents, polymers, particles, micelles, surfaces of larger structures, or other moieties can be targeted to the MC1R. The subject invention also pertains to a MC1R peptide ligand-micelle complex comprising a peptide that is a melanocortin 1 receptor ligand connected via a click reaction product to a micelle. The micelle is stable in vivo and can target melanoma tumor cells by association of the peptide ligand with the MC1R or the tumor and selectively provide a detectable and/or therapeutic agent (such as an imageable contrast agent and/or anti-cancer agent) selectively to the tumor cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/117949 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/488 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 49/14 (20130101) A61K 49/101 (20130101) A61K 49/1809 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/1024 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/723 (20130101) |
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| US 09441014 | Hsu 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) | Tracy Hsu (Newhall, California); Samir M. Mitragotri (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides peptides and peptide compositions, which facilitate the delivery of an active agent or an active agent carrier wherein the compositions are capable of penetrating the stratum corneum (SC) and/or the cellular membranes of viable cells. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/262453 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/64 (20130101) |
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| US 09441019 | Nabel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Nabel (Washington, District of Columbia); Masaro Kanekiyo (Silver Spring, Maryland); Chih-Jen Wei (Potomac, Maryland); Patrick M. McTamney (Bethesda, Maryland); Hadi M. Yassine (Rockville, Maryland); Jeffrey C. Boyington (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel vaccines are provided that elicit broadly neutralizing anti-influenza antibodies. Some vaccines comprise nanoparticles that display hemagglutinin trimers from influenza virus on their surface. The nanoparticles comprise fusion proteins comprising a monomeric subunit of ferritin joined to at least a portion of an influenza hemagglutinin protein. Some portions comprise the ectodomain while some portions are limited to the stem region. The fusion proteins self-assemble to form the hemagglutinin-displaying nanoparticles. Some vaccines comprise only the stem region of an influenza hemagglutinin protein joined to a trimerization domain. Such vaccines can be used to vaccinate an individual against infection by heterologous influenza viruses and influenza virus that are antigenically divergent from the virus from which the nanoparticle hemagglutinin protein was obtained. Also provided are fusion proteins and nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/346849 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/105 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/6031 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/16034 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16234 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 09441022 | Calvo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Calvo (Bethesda, Maryland); Osvaldo Marinotti (Aliso Viejo, California); Jose M. C. Ribeiro (Rockville, Maryland); Ivo M. Francischetti (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery of the Aegyptin gene and Aegyptin protein, a molecule that interacts with collagen and inhibits platelet adhesion, activation and aggregation. Novel biological tools, prophylactics, therapeutics, diagnostics, and methods of use of the foregoing are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/488983 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/49 (20130101) A61K 38/49 (20130101) A61K 39/0003 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/43563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2500/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09441027 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Candace Y.W. Lee (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada); John C. Burnett, Jr. (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides methods and materials related to natriuretic polypeptides and the use of natriuretic polypeptides to treat cardiovascular and/or renal conditions. For example, chimeric polypeptides having at least one amino acid segment (e.g., N-terminus tail, ring structure, C-terminus tail, or a combination thereof) of a natriuretic peptide (e.g., ANP, BNP, CNP, URO, or DNP) and an amino acid segment of an angiotensin polypeptide (e.g., Ang-(1-7)) are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/791047 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/2242 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09441041 | Arthos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Arthos (Rockville, Maryland); Diana Goode (Bellingham, Massachusetts); Claudia Cicala (Bethesda, Maryland); Anthony S. Fauci (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the treatment of a HIV infection. The methods can include administering to a subject with an HIV infection a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that interferes with the interaction of gp120 and α4 integrin, such as a α4β1 or α4β7 integrin antagonist, thereby treating the HIV infection. In several examples, the α4 integrin antagonist is a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to a α4, β1 or β7 integrin subunit or a cyclic hexapeptide with the amino acid sequence of CWLDVC. Methods are also provided to reduce HIV replication or infection. The methods include contacting a cell with an effective amount of an agent that interferes with the interaction of gp120 and α4 integrin, such as a α4β1 or α4β7 integrin antagonist. Moreover, methods are provided for determining if an agent is useful to treat HIV. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/859675 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2839 (20130101) C07K 16/2842 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2333/7055 (20130101) G01N 2333/70503 (20130101) G01N 2333/70553 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09441045 | Marasco et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne A. Marasco (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Jianhua Sui (Waltham, Massachusetts); Quan Zhu (Needham, Massachusetts); De-Kuan Chang (Malden, Massachusetts); Thomas S. Kupper (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides affinity matured humanized monoclonal antibodies, bi-specific antibodies, antibody conjugates, and fusion proteins that bind to the chemokine receptor CCR4. This antibody is derived from mAb 1567 and recognizes the same epitope. Binding of the antibodies disclosed herein to CCR4 inhibits ligand-mediated activities and is used to treat symptoms of cancer. Moreover, the antibody is used in combination with vaccines to suppress the activity of regulatory T cells. |
| FILED | Monday, May 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/398910 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48546 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/2866 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/35 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/64 (20130101) C07K 2317/72 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) C07K 2317/734 (20130101) |
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| US 09441048 | Bigner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darell Bigner (Mebane, North Carolina); Chien-Tsun Kuan (Cary, North Carolina); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Hailan Piao (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darell Bigner (Mebane, North Carolina); Chien-Tsun Kuan (Cary, North Carolina); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Hailan Piao (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | High affinity antibodies were made to gangliosides expressed on tumor cells. The antibodies can be used analytically, diagnostically, therapeutically, and theranostically. The antibodies may be used to target cytotoxic reagents to tumor cells, thus minimizing full-body toxicity. The antibodies may also be used with out added cytotoxin. The antibodies may be detectably labeled or labelable for analytic and diagnostic purposes. The combination of specificity and affinity of the antibodies render them particularly useful. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/988696 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48369 (20130101) A61K 47/48415 (20130101) A61K 47/48484 (20130101) A61K 47/48623 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 16/3084 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09441202 | Khetani 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) | Salman R. Khetani (Fort Collins, Colorado); Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods to stabilize and/or improve the function of parenchymal cells. Also provided are systems of co-cultures of hepatocyte-stabilizing non-parenchymal cells used in bioreactor microenvironments to identify hepatic stabilizing factors by gene-expression profiling. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/454327 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 5/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/42 (20130101) C12N 2501/73 (20130101) C12N 2501/165 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2502/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5032 (20130101) G01N 33/5067 (20130101) G01N 33/5073 (20130101) |
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| US 09441208 | Stafford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrel W. Stafford (Carrboro, North Carolina); Tao Li (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for improving the productivity of recombinant vitamin K dependent protein expression in host cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/490244 |
| 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 9/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/50 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (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 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/04001 (20130101) C12Y 304/21006 (20130101) C12Y 401/0109 (20130101) |
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| US 09441221 | Gunderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Silagene Inc. (Hillsborough, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Silagene, Inc. (Hillsborough, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel Ian Gunderson (Piscataway, New Jersey); Rafal Goraczniak (Hillsborough, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for modulating the expression of a protein of interest are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/529923 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 47/48092 (20130101) A61K 47/48323 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) |
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| US 09441223 | Dubnau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, LLC (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josh Dubnau (Huntington, New York); Wanhe Li (New York, New York); Lisa Prazak (Massapequa Park, New York); Molly Hammell (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Ying Jin (Syosset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method that includes measuring the expression level of at least one transposon in a biological sample from a subject; and determining whether the measured transposon expression exceeds a predetermined level, and if so, administering to the subject a transposon inhibitor in an amount effective to reduce the expression level of a transposon. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/019380 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09441224 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel H. Kim (Los Angeles, California); Barbara J. Wold (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are identified that enhance pluripotency reprogramming of somatic cells as well as differentiation of pluripotent cells. Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell generation from somatic cells leads to the upregulation and downregulation of identified lncRNAs. The modulation of these lncRNAs are capable of enhancing pluripotency of somatic cells as well as enhancing differentiation of a pluripotent cell. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120786 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09441226 | Shekhar et al. |
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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) | Anantha Shekhar (Indianapolis, Indiana); Philip L. Johnson (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions that down regulate the activity of orexins to treat panic disorder and panic-like responses associated with hypercapnic conditions are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/495411 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/438 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) G01N 2800/301 (20130101) |
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| US 09441227 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California); INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California); INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Azusa, California); Mark A. Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Dongho Kim (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compositions and methods for selectively reducing the expression of a gene product from a desired target gene in a cell, as well as for treating diseases caused by the expression of the gene. More particularly, the invention is directed to compositions that contain double stranded RNA (“dsRNA”), and methods for preparing them, that are capable of reducing the expression of target genes in eukaryotic cells. The dsRNA has a first oligonucleotide sequence that is between 25 and about 30 nucleotides in length and a second oligonucleotide sequence that anneals to the first sequence under biological conditions. In addition, a region of one of the sequences of the dsRNA having a sequence length of at least 19 nucleotides is sufficiently complementary to a nucleotide sequence of the RNA produced from the target gene to trigger the destruction of the target RNA by the RNAi machinery. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/537578 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/33 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/533 (20130101) C12N 2320/35 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) |
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| US 09441247 | Rayner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AlphaVax, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALPHAVAX, INC. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon O. Rayner (Apex, North Carolina); Jonathan F. Smith (Cary, North Carolina); Bolyn Hubby (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Elizabeth A. Reap (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides TC-83 VEE-derived replicons, alphaviral replicon particles and immunogenic compositions containing TC-83 alphaviral replicon particles which direct the expression of at least one antigen when introduced into a suitable host cell. The TC-83 VEE-derived ARPs described herein are improved in that they are subject to a lower vector-specific immune response than prior art ARPs. |
| FILED | Monday, July 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/792247 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) C12N 2770/36143 (20130101) C12N 2770/36152 (20130101) C12N 2770/36162 (20130101) C12N 2840/203 (20130101) |
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| US 09441253 | San et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ka-Yiu San (Houston, Texas); George N. Bennett (Houston, Texas); Hui Wu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to a metabolic transistor in bacteria where a competitive pathway is introduced to compete with a product pathway for available carbon so as to control the carbon flux in the bacteria. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/176008 |
| 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 9/001 (20130101) C12N 9/0008 (20130101) C12N 9/0073 (20130101) C12N 9/80 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 9/1085 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 1/04 (20130101) C12P 7/18 (20130101) C12P 7/40 (20130101) C12P 7/46 (20130101) C12P 7/54 (20130101) C12P 7/56 (20130101) C12P 7/065 (20130101) C12P 13/04 (20130101) C12P 13/06 (20130101) C12P 13/08 (20130101) C12P 13/14 (20130101) C12P 13/18 (20130101) C12P 13/222 (20130101) C12P 13/225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 102/01025 (20130101) C12Y 102/04004 (20130101) C12Y 102/07007 (20130101) C12Y 103/01076 (20130101) C12Y 103/05005 (20130101) C12Y 114/13027 (20130101) C12Y 205/01001 (20130101) C12Y 205/01032 (20130101) C12Y 205/01093 (20130101) C12Y 305/01022 (20130101) C12Y 305/99002 (20130101) C12Y 401/01024 (20130101) C12Y 602/01011 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/17 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09441263 | Blanchard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott C. Blanchard (New York, New York); Michael Brian Feldman (Setauket, New York); Leyi Wang (New York, New York); James H. Doudna Cate (Berkeley, California); Arto Pulk (Berkeley, California); Roger B. Altman (New York, New York); Michael R. Wasserman (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott C. Blanchard (New York, New York); Michael Brian Feldman (Setauket, New York); Leyi Wang (New York, New York); James H. Doudna Cate (Berkeley, California); Arto Pulk (Berkeley, California); Roger B. Altman (New York, New York); Michael R. Wasserman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods to identify molecules that binds in the neomycin binding pocket of a bacterial ribosome using structures of an intact bacterial ribosome that reveal how the ribosome binds tRNA in two functionally distinct states, determined by x-ray crystallography. One state positions tRNA in the peptidyl-tRNA binding site. The second, a fully rotated state, is stabilized by ribosome recycling factor (RRF) and binds tRNA in a highly bent conformation in a hybrid peptidyl/exit (P/E) site. Additionally, the invention relates to various assays, including single-molecule assay for ribosome recycling, and methods to identify compounds that interfere with ribosomal function by detecting newly identified intermediate FRET states using known and novel FRET pairs on the ribosome. The invention also provides vectors and compositions with an N-terminally tagged S13 protein. |
| FILED | Saturday, April 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/111947 |
| 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 1/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/9446 (20130101) G01N 2333/245 (20130101) |
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| US 09441275 | Sadee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wolfgang Sadee (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Danxin Wang (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wolfgang Sadee (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Danxin Wang (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for predicting a subject's risk factors for CYP3A4-related disorders includes detecting the allelic status of a SNP in a nucleic acid sample of the subject. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/259514 |
| 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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5038 (20130101) G01N 2800/044 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09441277 | Bowcock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anne M. Bowcock (St. Louis, Missouri); J. William Harbour (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses compositions and methods for detecting cancer metastasis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/811560 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) G01N 33/57496 (20130101) G01N 2333/916 (20130101) |
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| US 09441948 | Vakoc et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin J. Vakoc (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin J. Vakoc (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus, method and storage medium which can provide at least one first electro-magnetic radiation to a sample and at least one second electromagnetic radiation to a reference, such that the first and/or second electromagnetic radiations have a spectrum which changes over time. In addition, a first polarization component of at least one third radiation associated with the first radiation can be combined with a second polarization component of at least one fourth radiation associated with the second radiation with one another. The first and second polarizations may be specifically controlled to be at least approximately orthogonal to one another. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/502330 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02004 (20130101) G01B 9/02044 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 9/02072 (20130401) G01B 9/02081 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) G01B 2290/45 (20130101) G01B 2290/70 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/45 (20130101) G01J 2009/0265 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/21 (20130101) G01N 21/274 (20130101) G01N 21/4795 (20130101) |
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| US 09442085 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ICAGEN, INC. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ICAGEN, INC. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lori J. Peterson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cameron A. Mortillaro (Phoenix, Arizona); Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Nathan H. Zahler (Ashland, Massachusetts); Pratima Bharti (Portage, Michigan); Chang-Tai Hsieh (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Emilia A. Solomon (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method to quantify biomarkers. The method uses an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to perform an X-ray fluorescence analysis on the sample to obtain spectral features derived from the biomarker; and quantifying the X-ray fluorescence signal of the biomarker. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/715218 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/223 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/487 (20130101) G01N 33/4833 (20130101) G01N 2223/076 (20130101) G01N 2223/0766 (20130101) G01N 2223/6126 (20130101) |
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| US 09442198 | Lewellen 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) | Thomas K. Lewellen (Port Ludlow, Washington); William C. J. Hunter (Lynnwood, Washington); Robert S. Miyaoka (Shoreline, Washington); Lawrence MacDonald (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation detector is disclosed that includes a scintillation crystal and a plurality of photodetectors positioned to detect low-energy scintillation photons generated within the scintillation crystal. The scintillation crystals are processed using subsurface laser engraving to generate point-like defects within the crystal to alter the path of the scintillation photons. In one embodiment, the defects define a plurality of boundaries within a monolithic crystal to delineate individual detector elements. In another embodiment, the defects define a depth-of-interaction boundary that varies longitudinally to vary the amount of light shared by neighboring portions of the crystal. In another embodiment the defects are evenly distributed to reduce the lateral spread of light from a scintillation event. Two or more of these different aspects may be combined in a single scintillation crystal. Additionally, or alternatively, similar SSLE defects may be produced in other light-guiding elements of the radiation detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/692617 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/037 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/1642 (20130101) G01T 1/2002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/2018 (20130101) G01T 1/2023 (20130101) |
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| US 09443056 | Dewey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick Dewey (Redwood City, California); Euan A. Ashley (Menlo Park, California); Jake Byrnes (San Francisco, California); Carlos Daniel Bustamante (Emerald Hills, California); Atul J. Butte (Menlo Park, California); Rong Chen (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick Dewey (Redwood City, California); Euan A. Ashley (Menlo Park, California); Jake Byrnes (San Francisco, California); Carlos Daniel Bustamante (Emerald Hills, California); Atul J. Butte (Menlo Park, California); Rong Chen (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the present invention is a methodology for prioritizing variants relevant to inherited Mendelian (“single gene”) disease syndromes according to disease phenotype, gene, and variant level information. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445925 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/18 (20130101) G06F 19/22 (20130101) G06F 19/24 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09443128 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng Chen (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gustavo Kunde Rohde (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John A. Ozolek (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Wei Wang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method performed by one or more processors, includes: receiving an image to be segmented into one or more representations of one or more biological structures; accessing data representing a set of biological structures that are derived from other biological structures delineated in a training image, wherein the training image is associated with a level of modality that corresponds to a level of modality associated with the image to be segmented; computing a normalized cross correlation of the received image against one or more of the biological structures in the set of biological structures; generating, based on computing, seed data representing an estimate of a spatial organization of the one or more biological structures in the received image; and segmenting, based on a normalized cross correction of the received image to the seed data, the received image into the one or more representations of the one or more biological structures. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/348342 |
| 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 9/0014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0081 (20130101) G06T 2207/10056 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) |
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| US 09443226 | Berry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pauline M. Berry (Menlo Park, California); Adam Cheyer (Oakland, California); Melinda Gervasio (Mountain View, California); Thierry Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Stephen Hardt (Redwood City, California); Kenneth Nitz (Redwood City, California); Bart Peintner (Palo Alto, California); Leslie Pound (Sunnyvale, California); Neil Yorke-Smith (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pauline M. Berry (Menlo Park, California); Adam Cheyer (Oakland, California); Melinda Gervasio (Mountain View, California); Thierry Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Stephen Hardt (Redwood City, California); Kenneth Nitz (Redwood City, California); Bart Peintner (Palo Alto, California); Leslie Pound (Sunnyvale, California); Neil Yorke-Smith (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for processing data on a computing device includes at least one extractor for extracting data from an email to produce extracted data, a user model for generating a high-level model of an email environment on the computing device, based on the extracted data, and at least one predictor for generating a prediction related to the email, based on the extracted data and on the high-level model. In another embodiment, a system for scheduling an event includes an extractor for extracting constraints from a request for the event, a user model for receiving and storing scheduling preferences from a user, and a predictor coupled to the extractor and to the user model, for generating a candidate schedule for the event in accordance with the constraints and the scheduling preferences. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/538475 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30908 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09443631 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongle Pan (Ellicott City, Maryland); Brandon F. Redding (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for trapping and holding airborne particles. In the various embodiments, an optical trap is provided which uses a focused hollow-beam for trapping and holding both absorbing and non-absorbing airborne particles. The optical trap comprises: a trapping region where a particle can be present to be trapped; a light source for generating a coherent beam of light; optics for forming a hollow beam having a ring geometry from the coherent beam of light; and a focusing element for focusing the hollow beam to a point in the trapping region. In this arrangement, the particle is trapped at or near the focal point of the focused hollow beam. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/638536 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 3/04 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byeong-Chel Lee (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for compositions and methods for administering one or more UDP compound, alone or in combination with another hematopoietic progenitor cell mobillizing compound (for example, but not limited to G-CSF), to mobilize hematopoietic progenitor cells for transplant or other purposes. The methods of the invention may be particularly advantageous as applied to improve the stem cell yield in so-called “poor mobilizing” patients. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/495663 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 35/00 (20130101) A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel R. Haynes (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TAKEDA VACCINES, INC. (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel R. Haynes (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric Influenza virus-like particles including gag polypeptides are described. Virus-like particles are generated with a gag polypeptide, a neuraminidase polypeptide and optionally a hemagglutinin polypeptide. Preferred methods of generation include expression in insect cells. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/375376 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 2039/58 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/6068 (20130101) A61K 2039/6075 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) A61K 2039/55583 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/735 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/10022 (20130101) C12N 2740/13022 (20130101) C12N 2740/13023 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16123 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) |
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| US 09440002 | Bandyopadhyay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of surface-modified devices, components, and associated methods of manufacturing are described herein. In one embodiment, an implantable device suitable for being implanted in a patient includes an implantable material having a utile shape and a surface and a modification material deposited on at least a portion of the surface of the implantable material. The modification material has a release rate in an implantation environment in the patient. The modification material at the release rate is effective as bactericidal without being cytotoxic to the patient. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/006941 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/306 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09440357 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Hu (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Yi-Je Lim (Boxborough, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John Hu (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Yi-Je Lim (Boxborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system comprises a platform being configured for locomotion in a plurality of directions over a surface. A robotic unit is configured for dexterous manipulation comprising at least lifting of objects. The robotic unit is joined to the platform. At least one extender unit is joined to the platform and is configured for controlled extension beyond the platform to contact the surface to stabilize the system at least during the manipulation by the robotic unit. At least one controlling unit is configured to be operable for at least determining a center of gravity and a zero moment point for the system and for at least controlling an extension of the extender unit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461728 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — 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 5/007 (20130101) B25J 11/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09440858 | Lipka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen M. Lipka (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Christopher R. Swartz (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUDATION (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen M. Lipka (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Christopher R. Swartz (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition generally includes carbon particles. The particles are prepared by dissolving a carbohydrate-based precursor in water to form a precursor solution and placing the precursor solution in a pressure vessel. The precursor solution is placed in a pressure vessel. The pressure vessel is heated to a reaction temperature to form carbon particles. The carbon particles are subjected to a chemical activation and a physical activation. The composition includes, by weight, about 5% to about 30% oxygen. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/003978 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/02 (20130101) C01B 31/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/32 (20130101) C01P 2004/60 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/14 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/24 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/0029 (20130101) H01G 11/06 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/587 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neha Mehta (Succasunna, New Jersey); Karl Oyler (New York, New York); Gartung Cheng (Edison, New Jersey); Jerry Salan (Salem, Connecticut); Shannon Lenahan (Ivorytown, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neha Mehta (Succasunna, New Jersey); Karl Oyler (New York, New York); Gartung Cheng (Edison, New Jersey); Jerry Salan (Salem, Connecticut); Shannon Lenahan (Ivorytown, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacture of the primary explosive material copper(I) 5-nitrotetazolate (DBX-1) by a synthesis starting with 5-aminotetrazolate (5-AT); wherein, the synthesis provides intermediates acid copper salt of 5-NT and sodium 5-nitrotetrazolate (NaNT) sodium 5-nitrotetrazolate (NaNT)—that are both, free of any 5-aminotetrazolate (5-AT) starting material—such that the subsequent production of the DBX-1 is not inhibited. Further, this method utilizes an internal filter within the reactor—to minimize handling of explosively dangerous intermediates. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/628753 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 257/04 (20130101) C07D 257/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 271/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09440936 | Damavarapu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 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 of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reddy S. Damavarapu (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Raja G. Duddu (Hackettstown, New Jersey); John H. Hoare (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method for preparing 3-chlorocarbohydroxymoyl-4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadiazole by reacting 4-amino-3-chlorocarbohydroxymoyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole with H2O2 and a tungsten based catalyst and use of the prepared 3-chlorocarbohydroxymoyl-4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadiazole for synthesizing 3,4-Bis(4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadizaol-3-yl)-1,2,5-oxadiazole-N-oxide (DNTF). |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/060928 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 271/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 413/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09440942 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd A. Thompson (Madison, Wisconsin); George Wilding (Verona, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the prevention and/or alleviation of androgen-mediated disorders treatable by administering a chroman-derived anti-androgen compound are provided by the present invention. The invention further provides pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compositions containing chroman-derived anti-androgen compounds useful in the prevention and/or alleviation of androgen-mediated disorders, particularly prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/327942 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/353 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09441080 | Trexler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Morgana M. Trexler (Baltimore, Maryland); Jeffrey P. Maranchi (Clarksburg, Maryland); Jennifer L. Breidenich (Atlanta, Georgia); Xiomara Calderon-Colon (Laurel, Maryland); Julia B. Patrone (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jennifer H. Elisseeff (Baltimore, Maryland); Marcia W. Patchan (Columbia, Maryland); Jenna L. Graham (Columbia, Maryland); Oliver D. Schein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides cellulose hydrogels having one or more of the following properties: high water content, high transparency, high oxygen permeability, high biocompatibility, high tensile strength and desirable thermal stability. The present invention further provides a process for preparing a cellulose hydrogel comprising (i) a step of activating cellulose, in which the activating step comprises contacting the cellulose with a solvent to activate the cellulose for a time duration from about 2 hours to about 30 hours; (ii) substantially dissolving the activated cellulose to form a solution; and (iii) gelling the solution to form a gel, in which the gelling step comprises allowing the solution to gel in an environment comprising a relative humidity from about 30% to about 80% at 35° C. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/827447 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| 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 2/145 (20130101) Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00096 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 1/003 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2301/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/02 (20130101) C08L 1/08 (20130101) C08L 29/04 (20130101) C08L 33/10 (20130101) C08L 33/20 (20130101) C08L 33/20 (20130101) C08L 33/26 (20130101) C08L 33/26 (20130101) C08L 33/066 (20130101) C08L 39/06 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 83/04 (20130101) C08L 101/14 (20130101) C08L 2205/02 (20130101) C08L 2205/16 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/043 (20130101) G02B 1/043 (20130101) G02B 1/043 (20130101) Spectacles; Sunglasses or Goggles Insofar as They Have the Same Features as Spectacles; Contact Lenses G02C 7/049 (20130101) |
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| US 09441117 | Schultz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Schultz (La Jolla, California); James Glass (Cardiff By The Sea, California); Benjamin W. C. Garcia (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to mixtures and methods that can be used to produce materials comprising an electrically and/or thermally conductive coating as well as compositions that are materials that possess an electrically and/or thermally conductive coating. The mixtures and methods can be used to fabricate transparent conductive films and other transparent conductive materials. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/843271 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/06 (20130101) C08K 2003/0806 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 5/26 (20130101) C09D 7/001 (20130101) C09D 7/1291 (20130101) C09D 101/26 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/22 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/25 (20150115) Y10T 428/31678 (20150401) Y10T 428/31975 (20150401) |
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| US 09441163 | 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); Jason R. Cox (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments described herein relate to compositions, devices, and methods for the alignment of certain materials including liquid crystals. In some cases, a photoresponsive material include a moiety capable of undergoing a di-pi-methane rearrangement. Methods described herein may provide chemically and/or thermally stable alignment materials for use in a various technologies, including transistors, luminescent devices, and liquid crystal devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/786904 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 16/00 (20130101) C08G 61/02 (20130101) C08G 2261/41 (20130101) C08G 2261/72 (20130101) C08G 2261/92 (20130101) C08G 2261/94 (20130101) C08G 2261/95 (20130101) C08G 2261/3422 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 19/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 19/12 (20130101) C30B 30/00 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/133788 (20130101) |
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| US 09441183 | Bulluck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TEXAS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Werner Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas); Nathan C. Hoppens (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel lubricating grease that is useful for underwater applications is made up of lubricating oil that contains a co-polymer of a hydrocarbon backbone for promoting good adhesion and a fluorine containing backbone for promoting lubricity. The grease formulation is resistant to water washout and does not off-gas toxic compounds. In addition to the lubricating oil, the grease formulation includes fumed silica, and may contain one or more corrosion inhibitors, an extreme pressure filler such as boron nitride, and optionally one or more polyurethane initiators. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/121757 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 169/044 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09441488 | Johnson |
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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) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jamie Jay Johnson (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new configuration for film cooling holes for gas turbine airfoils, such as rotor blades and stator vanes, provides both improved performance and is easier to manufacture than prior art holes. The new configuration machines a shallow trench across a row of prior art shaped cooling holes. Unlike prior art holes cut through a trench, where shaped holes are difficult to machine through a trench, the shallow trench can be easily machined across a row of shaped cooling holes. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/074648 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/186 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/187 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/123 (20130101) F05D 2240/124 (20130101) F05D 2240/306 (20130101) F05D 2260/202 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leon Moy (Montclair, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon Moy (Montclair, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A bleeding mechanism for use in the propulsion system of a recoilless, insensitive munition utilizing a utilizing a fluidic countermass. The present bleeding mechanism utilizes a firing pin or a similar puncture or tear device. A heat sensitive material blocks the movement of the firing pin. A mechanical locking mechanism locks the firing pin in position until it is unlocked by the melting of the heat sensitive material. When the insensitive munition is exposed to heat, the reaction of the heat sensitive material within the bleeding mechanism allows the firing pin to be released and to rupture a cartridge seal. The cartridge may be filled with a compressed compound, which releases gas under pressure to the countermass container, causing a countermass cover to rupture, thereby emptying the countermass fluid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/276240 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09441924 | Frericks |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lonnie Frericks (King George, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie Frericks (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A configurable shape charge liner includes a cone. The cone is hollow and includes a cone bottom portion, which has a cone bottom diameter. The configurable shape charge liner includes at least one circular ring section. Each of at least one circular ring section is hollow and includes a circular ring section top diameter and a circular ring section bottom diameter. The circular ring section top diameter is less than the circular ring section bottom diameter. The cone and at least one circular ring section are connectable therebetween to form different overall diameters for the configurable shape charge liner. The configurable shape charge liner includes a conical shape. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/121427 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 1/028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 1/032 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09441928 | Geaney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Geaney (Lafayette, New Jersey); Jason Cahayla (West Milford, New Jersey); Lloyd Khuc (Wharton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Geaney (Lafayette, New Jersey); Jason Cahayla (West Milford, New Jersey); Lloyd Khuc (Wharton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of autonomously tailoring a detonation delay time of a gun launched munition by utilizing target impact signatures including but not limited to a MOUT target set; earth and timber bunker, triple brick wall, double reinforced concrete, and light armor. While the present method is applicable to countless munition configurations, the projectile architecture used to develop the discrimination algorithm includes a tandem warhead configuration. Upon target impact the forward warhead detonates and pre-damages the target to allow the rear warhead to break through. Target impact data is used to set a detonation delay in the rear warhead providing increased performance behind the target. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/037575 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/204 (20130101) F42B 12/208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09441931 | Caruso et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Department of the Navy (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy Caruso (Alexandria, Virginia); Thinh Hoang (Beltsville, Maryland); Daniel Jean (Odenton, Maryland); Kevin Cochran (Falls Church, Virginia); Andrew Jen (Alexandria, Virginia); Scott Rauscher (Washington, District of Columbia); Kristopher Nodianos (Strabane, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus used in a fuze device, which includes a MEMS micro-rotor. The micro-rotor of the apparatus may move an explosive material, for example, a fuze material, from an out-of-line position to an in-line position. The micro-rotor includes an integral cavity in which the material may be safely loaded and held in the out-of-line position. At an appropriate time, the fuze device of a fully assembled ordnance may be armed. When the apparatus is activated, the micro-rotor carefully moves the explosive material to the in-line position, where the ordnance is armed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756652 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0024 (20130101) B81B 2201/031 (20130101) B81B 2201/034 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/0019 (20130101) B81C 1/00531 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 15/188 (20130101) F42C 19/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09441965 | Gibson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert P. Gibson (Panama City, Florida); Joshua A. Lappen (Panama City, Florida); Amanda Mackintosh (Panama City, Florida); Jessica Haig (Panama City, Florida); Robert S. Pagliari (Ft. Walton Beach, Florida); Richard F. Paradis (Groton, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert P. Gibson (Panama City, Florida); Joshua A. Lappen (Panama City, Florida); Amanda Mackintosh (Panama City, Florida); Jessica Haig (Panama City, Florida); Robert S. Pagliari (Ft. Walton Beach, Florida); Richard F. Paradis (Groton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus collects data along water columns. A telescoping shell has an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder. An expansible chamber is defined within the outer cylinder. A fluid flow path is formed between the expansible chamber and the outer cylinder's open end. A gas source is vented to the expansible chamber. Sensors, including a pressure sensor, are coupled to the shell such that they are exposed to an ambient water environment when the apparatus is deployed therein. A vent mounted in the outer cylinder vents the expansible chamber to the ambient water environment. A controller controls the gas source and vent based on sensed pressure of the ambient water environment such that water from the ambient water environment is admitted to or expelled from the expansible chamber via the fluid flow path. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930023 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09441973 | Bandyopadhyay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRX Systems, Inc. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRX Systems, Inc. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amrit Bandyopadhyay (College Park, Maryland); Brian Beisel (Ellicott City, Maryland); John Karvounis (Bowie, Maryland); Benjamin Funk (Hanover, Maryland); Carole Teolis (Glenn Dale, Maryland); Christopher Giles (Prince Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods and systems for mapping irregular features. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method may include obtaining tracking data that has dead reckoning tracking data for a tracked subject along a path and performing shape correction on the tracking data to provide a first estimate of the path. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/916487 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 21/165 (20130101) G01C 21/206 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 5/0205 (20130101) G01S 5/0263 (20130101) G01S 5/0268 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 64/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442070 | Hug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Photon Systems (Covina, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Photon Systems, Inc. (Covina, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Hug (Altadena, California); Rohit Bhartia (Pasadena, California); Ray D. Reid (Glendora, California); Arthur L. Lane (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Naphthalene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and other volatile organic compounds VOCs have been identified as serious health hazards. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus for near-real-time in-situ detection and accumulated dose measurement of exposure to naphthalene vapor and other hazardous gaseous VOCs. The methods and apparatus employ excitation of fluorophors native or endogenous to compounds of interest using light sources emitting in the ultraviolet below 300 nm and measurement of native fluorescence emissions in distinct wavebands above the excitation wavelength. The apparatus of some embodiments are cell-phone-sized sensor/dosimeter “badges” to be worn by personnel potentially exposed to hazardous VOCs. The badge sensor of some embodiments provides both real time detection and data logging of exposure to naphthalene or other VOCs of interest from which both instantaneous and accumulated dose can be determined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313994 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/8806 (20130101) G01N 2201/126 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442072 | Boyd |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Boyd (La Cañada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying a sample includes placing the sample in proximity to a plurality of nanoparticles and irradiating the plurality of nanoparticles with laser radiation. A plasmon resonance process results in heating of the plurality of nanoparticles due to the laser irradiation. The method also includes transferring energy from the plurality of nanoparticles to the sample, obtaining a Raman spectrum associated with sample, and identifying the sample based on the Raman spectrum. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/539758 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442110 | Menon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suresh M. Menon (San Diego, California); David E. Newman (Poway, California); Terry J. Henderson (Baltimore, Maryland); J. Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MENON BIOSENSORS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh M. Menon (San Diego, California); David E. Newman (Poway, California); Terry J. Henderson (Baltimore, Maryland); J. Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided to detect target analytes based on magnetic resonance measurements. Magnetic structures produce distinct magnetic field regions having a size comparable to the analyte. When the analyte is bound in those regions, magnetic resonance signals from the sample are changed, leading to detection of the analyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/837308 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) G01N 24/084 (20130101) G01N 33/54333 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54373 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/281 (20130101) G01R 33/383 (20130101) G01R 33/3806 (20130101) G01R 33/5601 (20130101) G01R 33/34053 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/92 (20130101) Y10S 977/702 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Johnathan M. Lancaster (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnathan M. Lancaster (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of predicting clinical tumor outcome by providing gene expression from a tumor sample. The method utilizes a novel genetic screen to identify genes that contribute to chemotherapeutic responsiveness, using formalin fixed paraffin embedded clinical samples of epithelial cancer, specifically serous ovarian cancer. The method is useful in predicting tumor responsiveness to chemotherapeutics, including alkylating agents, cisplatin, antimetabolites, plant alkaloids, and antitumor antibiotics. A microarray screen showed formalin fixed paraffin embedded samples can identify genes related to chemotherapeutic response with 86% efficiency. |
| FILED | Friday, April 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/765995 |
| 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 | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5023 (20130101) G01N 33/57449 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/44 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442250 | Suchowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haim Suchowski (Tel Aviv, Israel); Michael Mrejen (Jerusalem, Israel); Chihhui Wu (Berkeley, California); Yuan Wang (Albany, California); Xiang Zhang (Alamo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haim Suchowski (Tel Aviv, Israel); Michael Mrejen (Jerusalem, Israel); Chihhui Wu (Berkeley, California); Yuan Wang (Albany, California); Xiang Zhang (Alamo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to nanophotonics. In one aspect, an arrangement of waveguides includes a substrate and three waveguides. Each of the three waveguides may be a linear waveguide. A second waveguide is positioned between a first waveguide and a third waveguide. The dimensions and positions of the first, the second, and the third waveguides are specified to substantially eliminate coupling between the first waveguide and the third waveguide over a distance of about 1 millimeter to 2 millimeters along lengths of the first waveguide, the second waveguide, and the third waveguide. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/813440 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/122 (20130101) G02B 6/1226 (20130101) G02B 6/29331 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12097 (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 1/00 (20130101) G02F 1/0118 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442255 | Pommer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard J. Pommer (Carlsbad, California); George F. Ahadian (San Marcos, California); Charles B. Kuznia (Encinitas, California); Richard T. Hagan (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ULTRA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Vista, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Pommer (Carlsbad, California); George F. Ahadian (San Marcos, California); Charles B. Kuznia (Encinitas, California); Richard T. Hagan (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described for creating a very cost effective optical/electrical interface connecting system with high tolerance to misalignment. Low cost sealed optical devices can be fabricated with easily detachable top cable assemblies. This approach can be used for hermetically sealed optical devices without the need for hermetic fiber feed-through. The system also has features that enable fiber optic components to operate and survive in harsh environments, particularly in large temperature extremes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/807591 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/424 (20130101) G02B 6/4214 (20130101) G02B 6/4245 (20130101) G02B 6/4248 (20130101) G02B 6/4292 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49 (20150115) Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442285 | Rogers |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are devices, and related methods, for controlling curvature of an array of optical components on, embedded, or partially embedded in, a deformable substrate. The array of optical components, in an aspect, comprises a deformable substrate having a contact surface and an array of mechanically interconnected optical components supported by the contact surface. An actuator is operably connected to the contact surface, wherein the actuator variably controls a curvature of said contact surface. The contact surface may have a curvature that spans concave to convex, which is tunable. In an aspect, the array of optical components is part of an optical device, such as a camera with a continuously adjustable zoom whose focus is maintained by adjusting a photodetector array curvature. In an aspect, the method is adjusting the curvature of a substrate that supports the array of optical components by applying a force to the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349336 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/14 (20130101) G02B 26/0825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 26/0875 (20130101) G02B 27/28 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442314 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit is described. This integrated circuit includes a ferroelectric layer disposed on top of the ring resonator, which has a resonance wavelength. The ferroelectric layer is positioned between electrical contacts. Moreover, there may be amorphous semiconductor materials between the electrical contacts and the ferroelectric layer. For example, the amorphous semiconductor materials may include: p-type amorphous silicon and/or n-type amorphous silicon. By applying a reverse-bias voltage across the electrical contacts, an electric field is generated in a plane approximately parallel to a top surface of the ring resonator. This electric field electro-optically tunes the resonance wavelength. The ring resonator may operate at low voltage and can be integrated with a silicon optical waveguide on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/457925 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 2006/12047 (20130101) G02B 2006/12061 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/225 (20130101) G02F 1/0508 (20130101) |
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| US 09442565 | Lohrenz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maura C Lohrenz (Marion, Massachusetts); Marlin L Gendron (Long Beach, Mississippi); Melissa R. Beck (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Megin Murphy (Long Beach, Mississippi); Linda Burns (Long Beach, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maura C Lohrenz (Marion, Massachusetts); Marlin L Gendron (Long Beach, Mississippi); Melissa R. Beck (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for analyzing multiple participants' eye-movements over a visual display to determine which features on the display universally attract the most attention, or are the most distracting. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592500 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/0481 (20130101) G06F 2203/04806 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/40 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 2340/0407 (20130101) G09G 2340/0414 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09443191 | Stocks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nigel G Stocks (Coventry, United Kingdom); Alexander Nikitin (Coventry, United Kingdom); Adi R. Bulsara (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel G Stocks (Coventry, United Kingdom); Alexander Nikitin (Coventry, United Kingdom); Adi R. Bulsara (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The dynamics of a nonlinear sensor are configured to mimic threshold crossing dynamics of an integrate-fire neuron with negatively correlated inter-spike intervals. The configuration of the sensor results in a biomimetic sensor that provides results with an accuracy that mimic neuron sensing. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/039627 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/0635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09443203 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Young (Chicago, Illinois); Levi Hargrove (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the systems and methods described herein relate to a control unit comprising a memory having stored thereon a feature database that includes feature data, a portion of which is labeled with a transition from an ambulation mode and a memory having stored thereon a pattern recognition controller that is trained using the labeled feature data, wherein the pattern recognition controller is configured to predict the ambulation mode of an assistive device and the control unit is configured to communicate with sensors coupled to the assistive device. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/925668 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| 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 2/60 (20130101) A61F 2/70 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30424 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09443226 | Berry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pauline M. Berry (Menlo Park, California); Adam Cheyer (Oakland, California); Melinda Gervasio (Mountain View, California); Thierry Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Stephen Hardt (Redwood City, California); Kenneth Nitz (Redwood City, California); Bart Peintner (Palo Alto, California); Leslie Pound (Sunnyvale, California); Neil Yorke-Smith (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pauline M. Berry (Menlo Park, California); Adam Cheyer (Oakland, California); Melinda Gervasio (Mountain View, California); Thierry Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Stephen Hardt (Redwood City, California); Kenneth Nitz (Redwood City, California); Bart Peintner (Palo Alto, California); Leslie Pound (Sunnyvale, California); Neil Yorke-Smith (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for processing data on a computing device includes at least one extractor for extracting data from an email to produce extracted data, a user model for generating a high-level model of an email environment on the computing device, based on the extracted data, and at least one predictor for generating a prediction related to the email, based on the extracted data and on the high-level model. In another embodiment, a system for scheduling an event includes an extractor for extracting constraints from a request for the event, a user model for receiving and storing scheduling preferences from a user, and a predictor coupled to the extractor and to the user model, for generating a candidate schedule for the event in accordance with the constraints and the scheduling preferences. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/538475 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30908 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09443631 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongle Pan (Ellicott City, Maryland); Brandon F. Redding (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for trapping and holding airborne particles. In the various embodiments, an optical trap is provided which uses a focused hollow-beam for trapping and holding both absorbing and non-absorbing airborne particles. The optical trap comprises: a trapping region where a particle can be present to be trapped; a light source for generating a coherent beam of light; optics for forming a hollow beam having a ring geometry from the coherent beam of light; and a focusing element for focusing the hollow beam to a point in the trapping region. In this arrangement, the particle is trapped at or near the focal point of the focused hollow beam. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/638536 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 3/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09443709 | Allsworth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Max Allsworth (London, United Kingdom); Matthew Hart (London, United Kingdom); John Somerville (Royston, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Owlstone Limited (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max Allsworth (London, United Kingdom); Matthew Hart (London, United Kingdom); John Somerville (Royston, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A corona discharge ionizer device which emits ions generated by corona discharge to a gas flow to be ionized includes a discharge electrode having a pin configured tip portion. A second grid electrode positioned at a spaced distance from the discharge electrode is provided. The grid electrode is preferably formed from a sheet configured material which has at least one hole formed therein adapted and configured to permit the gas flow to pass therethrough. A power supply is coupled to the discharge electrode and grid electrode configured cause ion emission from the discharge electrode. The power supply is preferably an alternating current power supply configured to produce an alternating electric field region in close proximity to the tip portion of the discharge electrode sufficient to cause avalanche breakdown in the gas flowing in close proximity to the tip portion of the discharge electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/355481 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/168 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444029 | Bryce 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) | Brian A. Bryce (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Josephine B. Chang (Mahopac, New York); Marcelo A. Kuroda (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a piezoelectronic transistor (PET), the PET, and a semiconductor device including the PET are described. The method includes forming a piezoelectric (PE) element with a trench and forming a pair of electrodes on the PE element in a coplanar arrangement in a first plane, both of the pair of electrodes being on a same side of the PE element. The method also includes forming a piezoresistive (PR) element above the pair of electrodes and forming a clamp above the PR element. Applying a voltage to the pair of electrodes causes displacement of the PE element perpendicular to the first plane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/747137 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/047 (20130101) H01L 41/083 (20130101) H01L 41/183 (20130101) H01L 41/314 (20130101) H01L 41/0805 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/1875 (20130101) H01L 41/1876 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444030 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xudong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Yanchao Mao (Madison, Wisconsin); Ping Zhao (Duluth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Piezoelectric materials based on nanoporous polymer foams are provided. Also provided are nanogenerators incorporating the piezoelectric materials, piezoelectric energy harvesters incorporating the nanogenerators and methods of making and using the same. The piezoelectric materials comprise a unitary nanoporous matrix composed of a piezoelectrically active organic polymer, in which the pores are interconnected and have nanoscale diameters. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/891291 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/45 (20130101) H01L 41/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/193 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444134 | Fontecchio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam K. Fontecchio (Exton, Pennsylvania); Kapil R. Dandekar (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Timothy Kurzweg (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optically transparent conformal polymer antenna and a method for producing the antenna from optically transparent conductive polymers. The method includes selecting an antenna design; providing an optically transparent conductive polymer material capable of being printed using an ink-jet printer device; and printing layers of the polymer in the desired antenna design pattern onto a substrate. The surface tension of the polymer solution is adjusted to allow the material to pass through a printer head for printing on a flexible substrate. The material is modified to have a higher conductivity than regular conductive polymer materials so that a suitable antenna may be formed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/554828 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/07773 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/36 (20130101) H01Q 1/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/2208 (20130101) H01Q 1/2225 (20130101) H01Q 9/16 (20130101) H01Q 9/065 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444147 | Zaghloul et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir Ibrahim Zaghloul (Bethesda, Maryland); Youn Moo Lee (Clifton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-wideband antenna assembly comprising: an electromagnetic reflective structure for reflecting electromagnetic waves; the electromagnetic reflective structure operating to reflect electromagnetic waves in a first direction; an antenna operatively associated with the electromagnetic reflective structure such that electromagnetic waves emitted from the antenna towards the electromagnetic wave reflective structure are reflected back by the electromagnetic reflective structure in the first direction; the antenna being substantially planar and extending in a first plane; the first direction being substantially perpendicular to the first plane; and at least one director operatively associated with the antenna for focusing the electromagnetic waves transmitted by the antenna in the first direction; the at least one director being substantially planar and extending in a second plane wherein the second plane is substantially parallel to the first plane. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/018661 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 5/25 (20150115) H01Q 9/30 (20130101) H01Q 15/008 (20130101) H01Q 19/005 (20130101) H01Q 19/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09444224 — Nitride laser diode with engineered non-uniform alloy composition in the n-cladding layer
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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) | Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California); Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Zhihong Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultraviolet laser diode having multiple portions in the n-cladding layer is described herein. The laser diode comprises a p-cladding layer, an n-cladding layer, a waveguide, and a light-emitting region. The n-cladding layer includes at least a first portion and a second portion. The first portion maintains material quality of the laser diode, while the second portion pulls the optical mode from the p-cladding layer toward the active region. The first portion may have a higher aluminum composition than the second portion. The waveguide is coupled to the n-cladding layer and the light-emitting region is coupled to the waveguide. The light-emitting region is located between the n-cladding layer and the p-cladding layer. Other embodiments are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/563847 |
| 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 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/309 (20130101) H01S 5/2031 (20130101) H01S 5/3013 (20130101) H01S 5/3211 (20130101) H01S 5/3213 (20130101) H01S 5/3215 (20130101) H01S 5/32341 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444394 | Thomas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Grant M. Thomas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas W. Murphey (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grant M. Thomas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas W. Murphey (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular deployable structure that includes at least two panels, one of which is configured to be pivotably attached to a further structure for deployment therefrom and return thereto. Interfaces pivotably interconnect each two panels, and are in the form of a pin clevis joint arrangement. Dogbone links are pivotably attached to the interfaces to effect pivoting of the panels. Linkage members extend adjacent to the panels and are pivotable relative to the dogbone links. The linkage members pivotably interengage one another, for example via gears. A drive mechanism effects pivoting of one of the linkage members to in turn effect synchronized pivoting of all of the linkage members and the panels. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/554918 |
| ART UNIT | 3631 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/38 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02S 20/20 (20141201) H02S 20/30 (20141201) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444430 | Abdo 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) | Baleegh Abdo (Carmel, New York); Jerry M. Chow (White Plains, New York); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York); Hanhee Paik (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique relates to a microwave device. A qubit is connected to a first end of a first coupling capacitor and a first end of a second coupling capacitor. A resonator is connected to a second end of the first coupling capacitor and a second end of the second coupling capacitor. The resonator includes a fundamental resonance mode. A filter is connected to both the qubit and the first end of the first or second coupling capacitor. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873745 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 38/14 (20130101) H01F 2038/146 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/223 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 11/0405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 2011/0488 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/1958 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444501 | Kirkpatrick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eridan Communications, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eridan Communications, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Kirkpatrick (San Francisco, California); Earl W. McCune, Jr. (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Radio frequency (RF) transmitters and methods of their operation are disclosed. An exemplary RF transmitter includes an RF power amplifier (RFPA), a dynamic power supply (DPS), and a baseband processing unit. The baseband processing unit generates an amplitude modulation (AM) signal that the DPS follows to generate a DPS voltage VDD(t). The DPS voltage VDD(t) serves as a power supply for an output stage of the RFPA. Under most operating conditions the output stage is configured to operate in a compressed mode (C-mode), but is reconfigured to operate in a product mode (or “P-mode) during times low-magnitude events in the AM signal are conveyed to the DPS and become present in the DPS voltage VDD(t) produced by the DPS. Operating the output stage in P-mode overcomes the inability of C-mode operation to reproduce low-magnitude events contained in the AM signal at the RF output of the RFPA. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/182549 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 1/0205 (20130101) H03F 3/21 (20130101) H03F 3/193 (20130101) H03F 2200/102 (20130101) H03F 2200/451 (20130101) H03F 2201/3215 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/0475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 2001/045 (20130101) H04B 2001/0408 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444556 | Cahalan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ceebus Technologies, LLC (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceebus Technologies, LLC (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Cahalan (Longmont, Colorado); Ted Noonan (Louisville, Colorado); Michel Hendricks (Boulder, Colorado); Jeffrey Croghan (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater communication system comprises a plurality of location and messaging units for sending and receiving ultrasonic energy through water. In accordance with one aspect, each of the location and messaging units comprising an array of transducers, a transceiver adapted to generate a code element, generate a data element, generate a modulation element, and combine the code element, the data element and the modulation element into an analog wave form. The system is further adapted to transmit the analog wave form through one of the ultrasonic transducers and receive the analog wave-form generated by at least one of the location and messaging units. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/483631 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Launching, Hauling-out, or Dry-docking of Vessels; Life-saving in Water; Equipment for Dwelling or Working Under Water; Means for Salvaging or Searching for Underwater Objects B63C 11/26 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 1/72 (20130101) G01S 3/80 (20130101) G01S 3/808 (20130101) G01S 3/8083 (20130101) G01S 5/14 (20130101) G01S 11/14 (20130101) Transmission H04B 11/00 (20130101) H04B 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444558 | Carbone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher P Carbone (Cranston, Rhode Island); Steven M Kay (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher P Carbone (Cranston, Rhode Island); Steven M Kay (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for beamforming digitized signals from a sensor array to enhance signals originating from a preselected angle of interest and a preselected range bin while suppressing interference signals from other angles of arrival. Snapshots of sensor data are acquired and used to estimate an autocorrelation function. An autoregressive model of power is determined over angles of arrival as polynomial coefficients and roots are calculated as associated with the interference signals. Roots are selected for suppression by providing nulls. Exponentials are constructed from the roots. The exponentials are used with variances from the autoregressive model to provide a synthetic covariance matrix having weights that suppress the interference signals. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/010110 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 24/08 (20130101) H04W 84/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444680 | Agrawal 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) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Chatschik Bisdikian (Chappaqua, New York); Kang-Won Lee (Nanuet, New York); Ramya Raghavendra (White Plains, New York); Ho Yin Starsky Wong (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An aspect of this invention is a computer-executable method for distributing one or more features associated with information to be transported by a communications network that includes a plurality of end nodes interconnected via a plurality of network nodes. The method includes receiving one or more features associated with information to be transported by the communications network, wherein the one or more features are specified at an end node of the plurality of end nodes for receipt by a network node of the plurality of network nodes; responsive to the one or more received features, configuring at least a portion of the communications network to perform actions on information based upon the features; receiving the information using the plurality of network nodes; and based at least on the received features and the configuring, performing one or more actions with the information. Illustratively, the one or more actions comprise sending the information to one or more edge entity nodes in accordance with the configuring and the received features. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/652730 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/082 (20130101) H04L 41/0803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 41/5054 (20130101) H04L 45/04 (20130101) H04L 47/23 (20130101) H04L 47/24 (20130101) H04L 47/32 (20130101) H04L 47/2441 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 28/0268 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444751 | Alresaini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Majed Alresaini (Rosemead, California); Bhaskar Krishnamachari (Los Angeles, California); Michael J. Neely (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Routing technologies are disclosed. A described technology includes routing packets through a network based on backpressure scheduling; when a number of packets in a transmitter queue satisfies a first threshold, retaining copies of at least a portion of the packets; and once the number of packets in the transmitter queue satisfies a second threshold, transmitting the retained copies of the packets to perform the routing. Retaining the copies can include copying a packet from the transmitter queue into a duplicate buffer when the number of packets in the transmitter queue is below the first threshold. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/956143 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/32 (20130101) H04L 47/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 47/2458 (20130101) H04L 49/9084 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444842 | Porras et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip A. Porras (Cupertino, California); Martin W. Fong (Redwood City, California); Vinod Yegneswaran (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A network security policy may be implemented at network switches as a set of active packet disposition directives. In a dynamically programmable network, the network switches can be dynamically reprogrammed with new packet disposition directives. A security mediation service permits such dynamic reprogramming as long as the new directives are consistent with the then-current network security policy. The security mediation service evaluates candidate packet disposition directives for conflicts with the currently active security policy, before instantiating the candidate packet disposition directives at the network switches. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/801855 |
| ART UNIT | 2495 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/107 (20130101) H04L 63/126 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444978 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanhua Shih (Ellicott City, Maryland); Hui Chen (Baltimore, Maryland); Tao Peng (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbulence-free CCD camera system with nonclassical imaging resolution, for applications in long- distance imaging, such as satellite and aircraft-to-ground based distant imaging, utilizing an intensity- fluctuation correlation measurement of thermal light. The proposed camera system has the following advantages over classic imaging technology: (1) it is turbulence-free; (2) its spatial resolution is mainly determined by the angular diameter of the light source. For example, using sun as the light source, this camera may achieve a spatial resolution of 200 micrometer for any object on Earth. 200-micrometer resolution is insignificant for short distance imaging, however, taking a picture of a target at 10-kilometer, a classic camera must have a lens of 90-meter diameter in order to achieve 200-micrometer resolution. Unlike a classic camera, the proposed turbulence-free CCD camera system has adequate spatial resolution zoom a long distance and still distinguish the objects within a small area, even with a small lens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/306469 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 2001/428 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2021/4106 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 2207/10032 (20130101) G06T 2207/30181 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/372 (20130101) H04N 5/2173 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/2256 (20130101) H04N 5/2258 (20130101) H04N 5/2354 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Foster (Morrisville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for determining lens position includes a first sensor component disposed on a stationary housing of a camera. A second sensor component is disposed on a rotating lens component of the camera. A processor is operatively connected to the first and second sensory components to identify the position of the rotating lens component of the camera based on an angle between the first and second sensor components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/326067 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 13/36 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) H04N 5/247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 13/0239 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09445115 | DeWeert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. DeWeert (Kailua, Hawaii); Brian P. Farm (South Portland, Maine); Miles Topping (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A coded image system enables a user to recover an object scene from an encoded image. The coded the image system comprises: a physical object scene; an encoding logic creating an encoded image, the encoding logic including a programmable aperture mask spaced a distance away from the physical object scene to encode the encoded image via a doubly-Toeplitz matrix, the doubly-Toeplitz matrix including two one-dimensional vectors; and a decoding logic operatively coupled to the programmable aperture mask to decode the encoded image recovering a visual representation of the object scene from the encoded image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/547485 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 19/42 (20141101) H04N 19/44 (20141101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09445208 | Zirkind |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 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 of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Naomi Esther Zirkind (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments associated with a commencement sound and a conclusion sound are described. The commencement sound can be a firing sound, such as a sound of a bullet exiting a rifle. The conclusion sound can be an impact sound, such as a sound of the bullet impacting a concrete wall. These sounds can replicate what it sounds like to have an experience around someone without actually subjecting that person to the experience. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/476778 |
| ART UNIT | 2688 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Card, Board, or Roulette Games; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing Bodies; Video Games; Games Not Otherwise Provided for A63F 13/54 (20140902) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 3/002 (20130101) H04R 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09445263 | Reddy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranga Reddy (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Thomas Kiernan (Little Silver, New Jersey); Apurva N. Mody (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, authentication, confidentiality, and privacy are enhanced for a wireless network of cognitive radios by encryption of network management and control messages as well as data traffic, thereby protecting information pertaining to node identification, node location, node-sensed incumbent transmissions, CRN frequency channel selections, and such like. During initial network registration, a temporary ID can be issued to a node, and then replaced once encrypted communication has been established. This prevents association of initial, clear-text messages with later encrypted transmissions. Elliptic curve cryptography can be used for mutual authentication between subscribers and the base station. ECC-based implicit digital certificates can be embedded in co-existence beacons used by CRN nodes to coordinate use of frequency channels, thereby preventing denial of service attacks due to transmitting of falsified beacons. Similar certificates can be embedded within identity beacons used to protect certain incumbents from interference by the CRN. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/528464 |
| ART UNIT | 2497 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Secret Communication; Jamming of Communication H04K 3/25 (20130101) H04K 3/65 (20130101) H04K 2203/18 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0822 (20130101) H04L 9/0891 (20130101) H04L 9/3066 (20130101) H04L 9/3247 (20130101) H04L 9/3263 (20130101) H04L 63/0457 (20130101) H04L 63/0823 (20130101) H04L 2209/80 (20130101) H04L 2463/062 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 12/06 (20130101) H04W 12/08 (20130101) H04W 16/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09439984 | Raymond 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) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Jide Xu (Richmond, California); Tiffany A. Pham (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides macrocycles useful in chelating metal ions, particularly radionuclides, to provide metal ion complexes. The invention also provides methods of using the compounds and complexes of the invention, such as in therapeutic and diagnostic applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/403401 |
| 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 51/0482 (20130101) Original (OR) Class General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/004 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 259/00 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09440182 | O'Brien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Joseph O'Brien (Niskayuna, New York); Robert James Perry (Niskayuna, New York); Tunchiao Hubert Lam (Clifton Park, New York); Grigorii Lev Soloveichik (Latham, New York); Sergei Kniajanski (Clifton Park, New York); Larry Neil Lewis (Scotia, New York); Malgorzata Iwona Rubinsztajn (Ballston Spa, New York); Dan Hancu (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Joseph O'Brien (Niskayuna, New York); Robert James Perry (Niskayuna, New York); Tunchiao Hubert Lam (Clifton Park, New York); Grigorii Lev Soloveichik (Latham, New York); Sergei Kniajanski (Clifton Park, New York); Larry Neil Lewis (Scotia, New York); Malgorzata Iwona Rubinsztajn (Ballston Spa, New York); Dan Hancu (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon dioxide absorbent composition is described, including (i) a liquid, nonaqueous silicon-based material, functionalized with one or more groups that either reversibly react with CO2 or have a high-affinity for CO2; and (ii) a hydroxy-containing solvent that is capable of dissolving both the silicon-based material and a reaction product of the silicon-based material and CO2. The absorbent may be utilized in methods to reduce carbon dioxide in an exhaust gas, and finds particular utility in power plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/332843 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/1475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/1493 (20130101) B01D 2252/20 (20130101) B01D 2252/202 (20130101) B01D 2252/205 (20130101) B01D 2252/504 (20130101) B01D 2252/2025 (20130101) B01D 2252/2028 (20130101) B01D 2252/2041 (20130101) B01D 2252/2056 (20130101) B01D 2252/20405 (20130101) B01D 2252/20415 (20130101) B01D 2252/20421 (20130101) B01D 2252/20426 (20130101) B01D 2252/20468 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) Removal or Treatment of Combustion Products or Combustion Residues; Flues F23J 2215/50 (20130101) F23J 2219/40 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09440217 | Moore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Moore (Edgewood, New Mexico); Mark D. Tucker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Rigali (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for sequestering selenium is disclosed. The method includes contacting selenium with a stannous modified apatite under conditions whereby the selenium is absorbed by the apatite. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/890022 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/027 (20130101) B01J 20/048 (20130101) B01J 20/0262 (20130101) B01J 20/0292 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/281 (20130101) |
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| US 09440237 | Dooley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Corn-stover biomass feedstocks characterized by tight particle size distribution profiles at field moisture contents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/676133 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Horticulture; Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops or Seaweed; Forestry; Watering A01G 13/0262 (20130101) Crushing, Pulverising, or Disintegrating in General; Milling Grain B02C 18/16 (20130101) B02C 23/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 5/363 (20130101) C10L 5/442 (20130101) C10L 5/445 (20130101) Fibrous Raw Materials or Their Mechanical Treatment D21B 1/061 (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 09440850 | Bourlinos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Athanasios Bourlinos (Acharnon, Greece); Theodore Steriotis (Pireas, Greece); Athanasios Stubos (Neo Psychiko, Greece); Michael A Miller (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athanasios Bourlinos (Acharnon, Greece); Theodore Steriotis (Pireas, Greece); Athanasios Stubos (Neo Psychiko, Greece); Michael A Miller (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to carbon based materials that are employed for hydrogen storage applications. The material may be described as the pyrolysis product of a molecular precursor such as a cyclic quinone compound. The pyrolysis product may then be combined with selected transition metal atoms which may be in nanoparticulate form, where the metals may be dispersed on the material surface. Such product may then provide for the reversible storage of hydrogen. The metallic nanoparticles may also be combined with a second metal as an alloy to further improve hydrogen storage performance. |
| FILED | Monday, November 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/272488 |
| 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) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/325 (20130101) |
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| US 09440882 | Brindza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Daniel Brindza (Yorktown, Virginia); Bert Clayton Metzger (Seatord, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Daniel Brindza (Yorktown, Virginia); Bert Clayton Metzger (Seatord, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A lightweight concrete containing polyethylene terephthalate in an amount of 20% by total volume. The concrete is enriched with hydrogen and is therefore highly effective at thermalizing neutrons. The concrete can be used independently or as a component of an advanced neutron radiation shielding system. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/068619 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 16/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 24/283 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/18 (20130101) C08K 3/20 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09440892 | Beck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Taylor Beck (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian Blank (Monona, Wisconsin); Casey Jones (Madison, Wisconsin); Elizabeth Woods (Middleton, Wisconsin); Randy Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, catalysts, and reactor systems for producing in high yield aromatic chemicals and liquid fuels from a mixture of oxygenates comprising di- and polyoxygenates are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods, catalysts, and reactor systems for producing aromatic chemicals and liquid fuels from oxygenated hydrocarbons such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like; and methods, catalysts, and reactor systems for producing the mixture of oxygenates from oxygenated hydrocarbons such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like. The disclosed catalysts for preparing the mixture of oxygenates comprise a Group VIII metal and a crystalline alumina support. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210925 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/066 (20130101) B01J 23/14 (20130101) B01J 23/835 (20130101) B01J 23/888 (20130101) B01J 23/6527 (20130101) B01J 29/46 (20130101) B01J 29/90 (20130101) B01J 37/0201 (20130101) B01J 37/0213 (20130101) B01J 38/02 (20130101) B01J 38/12 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 1/2072 (20130101) C07C 29/60 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 301/02 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/46 (20130101) C10G 3/47 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2400/30 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/584 (20151101) Y02P 20/588 (20151101) Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09441075 | Kane |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marie C. Kane (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method including combining an aniline monomer, an oxidant, water and an organic solvent; subjecting the combination to acoustic mixing to form an emulsion; and recovering a polyaniliine from the combination. A method including combining a aniline monomer, an oxidant, water and an organic solvent; forming a polyaniline by acoustic mixing the combination; and recovering the polyaniliine from the combination. A method including forming a combination of an aniline monomer, an oxidant, water and an organic solvent in the absence of an emulsifier; acoustic mixing the combination for a time period to form a polyaniline; and recovering a polyaniliine from the combination. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/249057 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0266 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/128 (20130101) |
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| US 09441113 | Naskar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit K. Naskar (Knoxville, Tennessee); Mariappan Parans Paranthaman (Knoxville, Tennessee); Zhonghe Bi (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of recovering carbon black includes the step of providing a carbonaceous source material containing carbon black. The carbonaceous source material is contacted with a sulfonation bath to produce a sulfonated material. The sulfonated material is pyrolyzed to produce a carbon black containing product comprising a glassy carbon matrix phase having carbon black dispersed therein. A method of making a battery electrode is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/945239 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/482 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) |
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| US 09441154 | Payne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); FISK UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); Fisk University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Payne (Castro Valley, California); Nerine Cherepy (Piedmont, California); Christian Pedrini (Villeurbanne, France); Arnold Burger (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a crystal includes at least one metal halide; and an activator dopant comprising ytterbium. In another general embodiment, a scintillator optic includes: at least one metal halide doped with a plurality of activators, the plurality of activators comprising: a first activator comprising europium, and a second activator comprising ytterbium. In yet another general embodiment, a method for manufacturing a crystal suitable for use in a scintillator includes mixing one or more salts with a source of at least one dopant activator comprising ytterbium; heating the mixture above a melting point of the salt(s); and cooling the heated mixture to a temperature below the melting point of the salts. Additional materials, systems, and methods are presented. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/220904 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7733 (20130101) C09K 11/7772 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 11/00 (20130101) C30B 29/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09441170 | Gordon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FIELD UPGRADING LIMITED (Calgary, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FIELD UPGRADING LIMITED (Calgary, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Howard Gordon (Salt Lake City, Utah); Javier Alvare (Cottonwood Heights, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A reactor has two chambers, namely an oil feedstock chamber and a source chamber. An ion separator separates the oil feedstock chamber from the source chamber, wherein the ion separator allows alkali metal ions to pass from the source chamber, through the ion separator, and into the oil feedstock chamber. A cathode is at least partially housed within the oil feedstock chamber and an anode is at least partially housed within the source chamber. A quantity of an oil feedstock is within the oil feedstock chamber, the oil feedstock comprising at least one carbon atom and a heteroatom and/or one or more heavy metals, the oil feedstock further comprising naphthenic acid. When the alkali metal ion enters the oil feedstock chamber, the alkali metal reacts with the heteroatom, the heavy metals and/or the naphthenic acid, wherein the reaction with the alkali metal forms inorganic products. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679696 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 29/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 32/02 (20130101) C10G 2300/202 (20130101) C10G 2300/205 (20130101) C10G 2300/1033 (20130101) |
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| US 09441178 | Pol et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vilas G. Pol (Willowbrook, Illinois); Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Kuldeep Mistry (Darien, Illinois); Ali Erdemir (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to carbon-based materials as anti-friction and anti-wear additives for advanced lubrication purposes. The materials comprise carbon nanotubes suspended in a liquid hydrocarbon carrier. Optionally, the compositions further comprise a surfactant (e.g., to aid in dispersion of the carbon particles). Specifically, the novel lubricants have the ability to significantly lower friction and wear, which translates into improved fuel economies and longer durability of mechanical devices and engines. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/223502 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2239 (20130101) B01J 2531/845 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 125/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10M 129/72 (20130101) C10M 169/04 (20130101) C10M 177/00 (20130101) C10M 2201/041 (20130101) C10M 2201/061 (20130101) C10M 2201/065 (20130101) C10M 2201/085 (20130101) C10M 2201/0413 (20130101) C10M 2205/0285 (20130101) C10M 2207/12 (20130101) C10M 2207/28 (20130101) C10M 2207/283 (20130101) C10M 2207/289 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2210/01 (20130101) C10N 2210/04 (20130101) C10N 2210/05 (20130101) C10N 2210/06 (20130101) C10N 2210/08 (20130101) C10N 2220/08 (20130101) C10N 2220/082 (20130101) C10N 2230/06 (20130101) C10N 2240/10 (20130101) C10N 2250/10 (20130101) C10N 2250/16 (20130101) C10N 2270/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09441214 | Schoonneveld-Bergmans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schoonneveld-Bergmans (Delft, Netherlands); Wilbert Herman Marie Heijne (Dordrecht, Netherlands); Rene Marcel De Jong (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Robbertus Antonius Damveld (Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schoonneveld-Bergmans (Delft, Netherlands); Wilbert Herman Marie Heijne (Dordrecht, Netherlands); Rene Marcel De Jong (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Robbertus Antonius Damveld (Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/805148 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2434 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) C12N 9/2445 (20130101) C12N 15/8257 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01021 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09441235 | Wilkerson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis Wilkerson (Swartz Creek, Michigan); John Ralph (Madison, Wisconsin); Saunia Withers (Durham, North Carolina); Shawn D. Mansfield (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin); BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Michigan); THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA/UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRIAL LIAISON OFFICE (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis Wilkerson (Swartz Creek, Michigan); John Ralph (Madison, Wisconsin); Saunia Withers (Durham, North Carolina); Shawn D. Mansfield (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to nucleic acids encoding a feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase and the feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzyme that enables incorporation of monolignol ferulates, for example, including p-coumaryl ferulate, coniferyl ferulate, and sinapyl ferulate, into the lignin of plants. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/811823 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds of Unknown Constitution C07G 1/00 (20130101) Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 6/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1029 (20130101) C12N 15/8255 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09441248 | Laible et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip D. Laible (Villa Park, Illinois); Seth W. Snyder (Lincolnwood, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip D. Laible (Villa Park, Illinois); Seth W. Snyder (Lincolnwood, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for a novel type of biofuel; a method for cleaving anchors from photosynthetic organisms; and a method for producing biofuels using photosynthetic organisms, the method comprising identifying photosynthesis co-factors and their anchors in the organisms; modifying the organisms to increase production of the anchors; accumulating biomass of the organisms in growth media; and harvesting the anchors. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/159340 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 2300/202 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/026 (20130101) C10L 2200/0469 (20130101) 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) Original (OR) Class C12P 23/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/01014 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09441256 | Scharf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Scharf (Battle Ground, Indiana); Amit Sethi (Johnston, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Termites have specialized digestive systems that overcome the lignin barrier in wood to release fermentable simple sugars. Using the termite Reticulitermes flavipes and its gut symbionts, high-throughput titanium pyrosequencing and proteomics approaches experimentally compared the effects of lignin-containing diets on host-symbiont digestome composition. Proteomic investigations and functional digestive studies with recombinant lignocellulases conducted in parallel provided strong evidence of congruence at the transcription and translational levels and provide enzymatic strategies for overcoming recalcitrant lignin barriers in biofuel feedstocks. Briefly described, therefore, the disclosure provides a system for generating a fermentable product from a lignified plant material, the system comprising a cooperating series of at least two catalytically active polypeptides, where said catalytically active polypeptides are selected from the group consisting of: cellulase Cell-1, β-glu cellulase, an aldo-keto-reductase, a catalase, a laccase, and an endo-xylanase. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/379990 |
| 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 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 9/0008 (20130101) C12N 9/0061 (20130101) C12N 9/0065 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) C12N 9/2445 (20130101) C12N 9/2482 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 111/01006 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09441263 | Blanchard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott C. Blanchard (New York, New York); Michael Brian Feldman (Setauket, New York); Leyi Wang (New York, New York); James H. Doudna Cate (Berkeley, California); Arto Pulk (Berkeley, California); Roger B. Altman (New York, New York); Michael R. Wasserman (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott C. Blanchard (New York, New York); Michael Brian Feldman (Setauket, New York); Leyi Wang (New York, New York); James H. Doudna Cate (Berkeley, California); Arto Pulk (Berkeley, California); Roger B. Altman (New York, New York); Michael R. Wasserman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods to identify molecules that binds in the neomycin binding pocket of a bacterial ribosome using structures of an intact bacterial ribosome that reveal how the ribosome binds tRNA in two functionally distinct states, determined by x-ray crystallography. One state positions tRNA in the peptidyl-tRNA binding site. The second, a fully rotated state, is stabilized by ribosome recycling factor (RRF) and binds tRNA in a highly bent conformation in a hybrid peptidyl/exit (P/E) site. Additionally, the invention relates to various assays, including single-molecule assay for ribosome recycling, and methods to identify compounds that interfere with ribosomal function by detecting newly identified intermediate FRET states using known and novel FRET pairs on the ribosome. The invention also provides vectors and compositions with an N-terminally tagged S13 protein. |
| FILED | Saturday, April 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/111947 |
| 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 1/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/9446 (20130101) G01N 2333/245 (20130101) |
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| US 09441295 | Rozenzon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yan Rozenzon (San Carlos, California); Robert T. Trujillo (Saratoga, California); Steven C. Beese (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SolarCity Corporation (San Mateo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yan Rozenzon (San Carlos, California); Robert T. Trujillo (Saratoga, California); Steven C. Beese (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a gas-delivery system for delivering reaction gas to a reactor chamber. The gas-delivery system includes a main gas-inlet port for receiving reaction gases and a gas-delivery plate that includes a plurality of gas channels. A gas channel includes a plurality of gas holes for allowing the reaction gases to enter the reactor chamber from the gas channel. The gas-delivery system further includes a plurality of sub-gas lines coupling together the main gas-inlet port and the gas-delivery plate, and a respective sub-gas line is configured to deliver a portion of the received reaction gases to a corresponding gas channel. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/952127 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/45512 (20130101) C23C 16/45514 (20130101) C23C 16/45561 (20130101) C23C 16/45563 (20130101) C23C 16/45565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/45578 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/14 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/8158 (20150401) |
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| US 09441544 | McConnaughhay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnie Franklin McConnaughhay (Greenville, South Carolina); Christopher Paul Keener (Woodruff, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Heath Michael Ostebee (Piedmont, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a combustor for use with a gas turbine engine. The combustor may include a number of micro-mixer fuel nozzles, a fuel manifold system in communication with the micro-mixer fuel nozzles to deliver a flow of fuel thereto, and a linear actuator to maneuver the micro-mixer fuel nozzles and the fuel manifold system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/760092 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — 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 7/222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/26 (20130101) F23R 3/283 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) F23R 2900/00013 (20130101) |
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| US 09441644 | Lind et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall F. Lind (Loudon, Tennessee); Lonnie J. Love (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Hydraulic actuation systems having variable displacements and energy recovery capabilities include cylinders with pistons disposed inside of barrels. When operating in energy consuming modes, high speed valves pressurize extension chambers or retraction chambers to provide enough force to meet or counteract an opposite load force. When operating in energy recovery modes, high speed valves return a working fluid from extension chambers or retraction chambers, which are pressurized by a load, to an accumulator for later use. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/468611 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 11/006 (20130101) F15B 11/036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F15B 15/228 (20130101) F15B 21/14 (20130101) F15B 2211/88 (20130101) F15B 2211/625 (20130101) F15B 2211/761 (20130101) F15B 2211/7055 (20130101) F15B 2211/7107 (20130101) F15B 2211/30575 (20130101) |
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| US 09441889 | Tugurlan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maria C. Tugurlan (Pasco, Washington); Francis K. Tuffner (Richland, Washington); David P. Chassin (Pasco, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria C. Tugurlan (Pasco, Washington); Francis K. Tuffner (Richland, Washington); David P. Chassin (Pasco, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermal energy storage devices, systems, and thermal energy storage device monitoring methods are described. According to one aspect, a thermal energy storage device includes a reservoir configured to hold a thermal energy storage medium, a temperature control system configured to adjust a temperature of the thermal energy storage medium, and a state observation system configured to provide information regarding an energy state of the thermal energy storage device at a plurality of different moments in time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/247926 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid Heaters, e.g Water or Air Heaters, Having Heat Generating Means, in General F24H 1/20 (20130101) F24H 9/2007 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 20/0039 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 27/00 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/142 (20130101) |
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| US 09441940 | Sumant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Plainfield, Illinois); Xinpeng Wang (Franklin Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A UNCD nanowire comprises a first end electrically coupled to a first contact pad which is disposed on a substrate. A second end is electrically coupled to a second contact pad also disposed on the substrate. The UNCD nanowire is doped with a dopant and disposed over the substrate. The UNCD nanowire is movable between a first configuration in which no force is exerted on the UNCD nanowire and a second configuration in which the UNCD nanowire bends about the first end and the second end in response to a force. The UNCD nanowire has a first resistance in the first configuration and a second resistance in the second configuration which is different from the first resistance. The UNCD nanowire is structured to have a gauge factor of at least about 70, for example, in the range of about 70 to about 1,800. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/601908 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/042 (20130101) H01L 21/043 (20130101) H01L 21/308 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/167 (20130101) H01L 29/0669 (20130101) H01L 29/1602 (20130101) |
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| US 09442094 | Sinha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cristian Pantea (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cristian Pantea (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for noninvasively monitoring steam quality and flow and in pipes or conduits bearing flowing steam, are described. By measuring the acoustic vibrations generated in steam-carrying conduits by the flowing steam either by direct contact with the pipe or remotely thereto, converting the measured acoustic vibrations into a frequency spectrum characteristic of the natural resonance vibrations of the pipe, and monitoring the amplitude and/or the frequency of one or more chosen resonance frequencies, changes in the steam quality in the pipe are determined. The steam flow rate and the steam quality are inversely related, and changes in the steam flow rate are calculated from changes in the steam quality once suitable calibration curves are obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/414457 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/666 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09442101 | Huff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shean P. Huff (Knoxville, Tennessee); Christopher James Janke (Oliver Springs, Tennessee); Michael D. Kass (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Samuel Arthur Lewis, Sr. (Andersonville, Tennessee); Steven J. Pawel (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Timothy J. Theiss (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A measurement device or system configured to measure the content of biofuels within a fuel blend. By measuring a state of a responsive material within a fuel blend, a biofuel content of the fuel blend may be measured. For example, the solubility of a responsive material to biofuel content within a fuel blend, may affect a property of the responsive material, such as shape, dimensional size, or electrical impedance, which may be measured and used as a basis for determining biofuel content. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/939479 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/2852 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09442250 | Suchowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haim Suchowski (Tel Aviv, Israel); Michael Mrejen (Jerusalem, Israel); Chihhui Wu (Berkeley, California); Yuan Wang (Albany, California); Xiang Zhang (Alamo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haim Suchowski (Tel Aviv, Israel); Michael Mrejen (Jerusalem, Israel); Chihhui Wu (Berkeley, California); Yuan Wang (Albany, California); Xiang Zhang (Alamo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to nanophotonics. In one aspect, an arrangement of waveguides includes a substrate and three waveguides. Each of the three waveguides may be a linear waveguide. A second waveguide is positioned between a first waveguide and a third waveguide. The dimensions and positions of the first, the second, and the third waveguides are specified to substantially eliminate coupling between the first waveguide and the third waveguide over a distance of about 1 millimeter to 2 millimeters along lengths of the first waveguide, the second waveguide, and the third waveguide. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/813440 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/122 (20130101) G02B 6/1226 (20130101) G02B 6/29331 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12097 (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 1/00 (20130101) G02F 1/0118 (20130101) |
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| US 09442755 | Lindholm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Erik Lindholm (Saratoga, California); Tero Tapani Karras (Helsinki, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a system are provided for hardware scheduling of indexed barrier instructions. Execution of a plurality of threads to process instructions of a program that includes a barrier instruction is initiated and when each thread reaches the barrier instruction, the thread pauses execution of the instructions. A first sub-group of threads in the plurality of threads is associated with a first sub-barrier index and a second sub-group of threads in the plurality of threads is associated with a second sub-barrier index. When the barrier instruction can be scheduled for execution, threads in the first sub-group are executed serially and threads in the second sub-group are executed serially and at least one thread in the first sub-group is executed in parallel with at least one thread in the second sub-group. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/844541 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/522 (20130101) G06F 9/3834 (20130101) G06F 9/3851 (20130101) G06F 9/30087 (20130101) |
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| US 09442960 | Pascucci |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valerio Pascucci (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valerio Pascucci (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, a system, and a computer-readable medium are provided which provide an efficient data layout for image data and fast access to samples of an image stored in hierarchical z-order format. An array of image data of a physical entity is ordered in a hierarchical z-order at a computing device. Data blocks are created from the array ordered based on the hierarchical z-order. Data files containing a predetermined number of successive data blocks are created from the created data blocks. A directory structure is created in a file system of a second computing device based on the hierarchical z-order. The created data files are stored in the created directory structure based on the hierarchical z-order. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/466488 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09442999 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EATON CORPORATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EATON CORPORATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Yang (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Liang Du (Atlanta, Georgia); Dawei He (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for different electric loads includes sensors structured to sense voltage and current signals for each of the different electric loads; a hierarchical load feature database having a plurality of layers, with one of the layers including a plurality of different load categories; and a processor. The processor acquires voltage and current waveforms from the sensors for a corresponding one of the different electric loads; maps a voltage-current trajectory to a grid including a plurality of cells, each of which is assigned a binary value of zero or one; extracts a plurality of different features from the mapped grid of cells as a graphical signature of the corresponding one of the different electric loads; derives a category of the corresponding one of the different electric loads from the database; and identifies one of a plurality of different electric load types for the corresponding one of the different electric loads. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/912819 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 1/14 (20130101) G01D 1/16 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30598 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09443627 | Moore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Moore (Edgewood, New Mexico); Mark D. Tucker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Rigali (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for sequestering technetium is disclosed. The method includes contacting technetium with apatite under reducing conditions whereby the technetium is absorbed by the apatite. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/276804 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/048 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 9/302 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09443636 | Stupp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Alexander K. Shveyd (Rochester, New York); Alok S. Tayi (Niskayuna, New York); Chi-Hau Sue (Berkley, California); Ashwin Narayanan (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Alexander K. Shveyd (Rochester, New York); Alok S. Tayi (Niskayuna, New York); Chi-Hau Sue (Berkley, California); Ashwin Narayanan (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic charge-transfer (CT) co-crystals in a crossed stack system are disclosed. The co-crystals exhibit bidirectional charge transfer interactions where one donor molecule shares electrons with two different acceptors, one acceptor face-to-face and the other edge-to-face. The assembly and charge transfer interaction results in a pleochroic material whereby the optical absorption continuously changes depending on the polarization angle of incident light. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526215 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09443664 | Lu 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) | Yuhao Lu (Vancouver, Washington); Long Wang (Vancouver, Washington); Jong-Jan Lee (Camas, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for charging a supercapacitor. The method initially provides a supercapacitor with a metal cyanometallate (MCM) particle anode, an electrolyte including a salt (DB) made up of cations (D+) anions (B−), and a cathode including carbonaceous materials (□). The method connects an external charging device between the anode and cathode, and the charging device supplies electrons to the anode and accepting electrons from the cathode. In response to the charging device, cations are inserted into the anode while anions are absorbed on the surface of the cathode. A supercapacitor device is also presented. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/274686 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/30 (20130101) H01G 11/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/345 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09443708 | Farmer, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orville T. Farmer, III (Kennewick, Washington); Martin Liezers (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orville T. Farmer, III (Kennewick, Washington); Martin Liezers (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and process are disclosed for ultrasensitive determination of target isotopes of analytical interest in a sample. Target isotopes may be implanted in an implant area on a high-purity substrate to pre-concentrate the target isotopes free of contaminants. A known quantity of a tracer isotope may also be implanted. Target isotopes and tracer isotopes may be determined in a mass spectrometer. The present invention provides ultrasensitive determination of target isotopes in the sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/482332 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/44 (20130101) G01N 1/405 (20130101) G01N 2001/388 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/05 (20130101) H01J 37/3171 (20130101) H01J 49/04 (20130101) H01J 49/0459 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09444065 | Vardeny et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zeev Valentine Vardeny (Salt Lake City, Utah); Leonard Wojcik (Holladay, Utah); Tomer Drori (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zeev Valentine Vardeny (Salt Lake City, Utah); Leonard Wojcik (Holladay, Utah); Tomer Drori (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer mixture emits a broad spectrum of visible light that appears white or near-white in the aggregate. The polymer mixture comprises two (or more) components in the active layer. A heavy atom, such as platinum and/or iridium, present in the backbone of the mixture acts via a spin-orbit coupling mechanism to cause the ratio of fluorescent to phosphorescent light emission bands to be of approximately equal strength. These two broad emissions overlap, resulting in an emission spectrum that appears to the eye to be white. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/300416 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 2211/185 (20130101) C09K 2211/1425 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0035 (20130101) H01L 51/0085 (20130101) H01L 51/0087 (20130101) H01L 51/5016 (20130101) H01L 51/5036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09444090 | Liu 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) | Gao Liu (Piedmont, California); Vince Battaglia (San Anselmo, California); Lei Wang (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention combines the superior performance of a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) or polyethyleneoxide (POE) binder, the strong binding force of a styrene-butadiene (SBR) binder, and a source of lithium ions in the form of solid lithium metal powder (SLMP) to form an electrode system that has improved performance as compared to PVDF/SBR binder based electrodes. This invention will provide a new way to achieve improved results at a much reduced cost. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/347957 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0416 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/623 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09444091 | Meinhardt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kerry D. Meinhardt (Richland, Washington); Vincent L. Sprenkle (Richland, Washington); Gregory W. Coffey (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The approaches and apparatuses for fabricating cathodes can be adapted to improve control over cathode composition and to better accommodate batteries of any shape and their assembly. For example, a first solid having an alkali metal halide, a second solid having a transition metal, and a third solid having an alkali metal aluminum halide are combined into a mixture. The mixture can be heated in a vacuum to a temperature that is greater than or equal to the melting point of the third solid. When the third solid is substantially molten liquid, the mixture is compressed into a desired cathode shape and then cooled to solidify the mixture in the desired cathode shape. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/156135 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/043 (20130101) H01M 4/62 (20130101) H01M 4/0433 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/0483 (20130101) H01M 10/399 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) Y10T 29/53139 (20150115) |
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| US 09444096 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qian Huang (Richland, Washington); John P. Lemmon (Kennewick, Washington); Daiwon Choi (Richland, Washington); Lelia Cosimbescu (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are embodiments of active materials for organometallic and organometallic-inorganic hybrid electrodes and particularly active materials for organometallic and organometallic-inorganic hybrid cathodes for lithium-ion batteries. In certain embodiments the organometallic material comprises a ferrocene polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/167944 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — 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 4/137 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/604 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/54 (20151101) |
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| US 09444908 | Gooding |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Distributing an executable job load file to compute nodes in a parallel computer, the parallel computer comprising a plurality of compute nodes, including: determining, by a compute node in the parallel computer, whether the compute node is participating in a job; determining, by the compute node in the parallel computer, whether a descendant compute node is participating in the job; responsive to determining that the compute node is participating in the job or that the descendant compute node is participating in the job, communicating, by the compute node to a parent compute node, an identification of a data communications link over which the compute node receives data from the parent compute node; constructing a class route for the job, wherein the class route identifies all compute nodes participating in the job; and broadcasting the executable load file for the job along the class route for the job. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/303208 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/52 (20130101) G06F 9/5016 (20130101) G06F 9/5077 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/32 (20130101) H04L 67/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09445526 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Shailesh Joshi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Power electronics modules having modular jet impingement assembly utilized to cool heat generating devices are disclosed. The modular jet impingement assemblies include a modular manifold having a distribution recess, one or more angled inlet connection tubes positioned at an inlet end of the modular manifold that fluidly couple the inlet tube to the distribution recess and one or more outlet connection tubes positioned at an outlet end of the modular manifold that fluidly coupling the outlet tube to the distribution recess. The modular jet impingement assemblies include a manifold insert removably positioned within the distribution recess and include one or more inlet branch channels each including an impinging slot and one or more outlet branch channels each including a collecting slot. Further a heat transfer plate coupled to the modular manifold, the heat transfer plate comprising an impingement surface including an array of fins that extend toward the manifold insert. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/578906 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20263 (20130101) H05K 7/20272 (20130101) H05K 7/20281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09445529 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Pritish R. Parida (Fishkill, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Pritish R. Parida (Fishkill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Input data, specifying aspects of a thermal design of a liquid cooled data center, is obtained. The input data includes data indicative of ambient outdoor temperature for a location of the data center; and/or data representing workload power dissipation for the data center. The input data is evaluated to obtain performance of the data center thermal design. The performance includes cooling energy usage; and/or one pertinent temperature associated with the data center. The performance of the data center thermal design is output. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479265 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/2079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 7/20836 (20130101) |
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| US 09440002 | Bandyopadhyay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of surface-modified devices, components, and associated methods of manufacturing are described herein. In one embodiment, an implantable device suitable for being implanted in a patient includes an implantable material having a utile shape and a surface and a modification material deposited on at least a portion of the surface of the implantable material. The modification material has a release rate in an implantation environment in the patient. The modification material at the release rate is effective as bactericidal without being cytotoxic to the patient. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/006941 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/306 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09440302 | Gianchandani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yogesh B. Gianchandani (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kenichi Takahata (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yogesh B. Gianchandani (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kenichi Takahata (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly and planar structure for use therein which is expandable into a 3-D structure such as a stent and device for making the planar structure are provided. The planar structure permits the use of planar batch manufacturing technologies to fabricate coronary artery stents. Stents with different wall patterns are fabricated from 50 μm thick stainless steel foil using micro-electro-discharge machining, and expanded to tubular shapes by using angioplasty balloons. The stents are free-standing. The free-standing stents exhibit diameter variations of <±4%, almost zero radial recoil after deflation of the balloon, and longitudinal shrinkage of <3% upon expansion. A variation of the stents uses breakable links to provide additional customization of electrical and mechanical properties. Loading tests reveal that the radial strengths match commercially available stents, while longitudinal compliance, at 0.02 m/N for a 4 mm long section of the stent, is substantially higher. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/737314 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| 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 2/88 (20130101) A61F 2/89 (20130101) A61F 2/91 (20130101) A61F 2/844 (20130101) Working of Metal by the Action of a High Concentration of Electric Current on a Workpiece Using an Electrode Which Takes the Place of a Tool; Such Working Combined With Other Forms of Working of Metal B23H 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09441059 | Schrock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Royce Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Jian Yuan (Albany, California); Jonathan Clayton Axtell (Harpursville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides, among other things, compounds and methods for metathesis reactions. In some embodiments, a provided compound has the structure of formula I, II or III. In some embodiments, R1 of formula I, II or III comprises an electron-withdrawing group. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods for preparing provided compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/311111 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 4/00 (20130101) C08F 132/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 132/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09441076 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuyang Pan (Southgate, Michigan); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuyang Pan (Southgate, Michigan); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocomposite composition having a silicone elastomer matrix having therein a filler loading of greater than 0.05 wt %, based on total nanocomposite weight, wherein the filler is functional graphene sheets (FGS) having a surface area of from 300 m2/g to 2630 m2/g; and a method for producing the nanocomposite and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945043 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 77/18 (20130101) C08G 77/20 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09441156 | Bawendi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Klavs F. Jensen (Lexington, Massachusetts); Bashir O. Dabbousi (Dharan, Saudi Arabia); Javier Rodriguez-Viejo (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain); Frederic Victor Mikulec (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocrystal capable of light emission includes a nanoparticle having photoluminescence having quantum yields of greater than 30%. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/472453 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 17/20 (20130101) C01B 19/007 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/52 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2004/80 (20130101) C01P 2004/86 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/224 (20130101) C07F 9/5304 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/02 (20130101) C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 11/885 (20130101) C09K 11/892 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 7/14 (20130101) C30B 29/46 (20130101) C30B 29/48 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) C30B 29/605 (20130101) C30B 29/605 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/777 (20130101) Y10S 977/813 (20130101) Y10S 977/824 (20130101) Y10S 977/832 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) Y10T 428/2993 (20150115) Y10T 428/12035 (20150115) Y10T 428/12049 (20150115) Y10T 428/12181 (20150115) Y10T 428/12986 (20150115) |
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| US 09441273 | Quake et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Hei-Mun Christina Fan (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Hei-Mun Christina Fan (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present methods are exemplified by a process in which maternal blood containing fetal DNA is diluted to a nominal value of approximately 0.5 genome equivalent of DNA per reaction sample. Digital PCR is then be used to detect aneuploidy, such as the trisomy that causes Down Syndrome. Since aneuploidies do not present a mutational change in sequence, and are merely a change in the number of chromosomes, it has not been possible to detect them in a fetus without resorting to invasive techniques such as amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling. Digital amplification allows the detection of aneuploidy using massively parallel amplification and detection methods, examining, e.g., 10,000 genome equivalents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/816043 |
| 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 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6851 (20130101) C12Q 1/6851 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6881 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2527/137 (20130101) C12Q 2531/113 (20130101) C12Q 2531/113 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) C12Q 2537/157 (20130101) C12Q 2545/114 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09441483 | Van de Ven et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota); Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota); Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Van de Ven (Long Lake, Minnesota); Shawn R. Wilhelm (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a crank-slider linkage and a rocker link. The crank-slider linkage has a crank coupled to the slider by a jointed connecting rod. The jointed connecting rod has a first link and a second link. The first link is coupled to the second link by a first revolute joint. The first link is coupled to the crank and has a longitudinal axis. The rocker link has a rocker end and a ground end. The rocker end is coupled to the jointed connecting rod. The ground end is coupled to ground by a second revolute joint. The rocker link and the second link are disposed on a common side of the longitudinal axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/012677 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines or Engines, in General or of Positive-displacement Type, e.g Steam Engines F01B 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 75/045 (20130101) F02B 75/048 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 15/02 (20130101) Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 39/0022 (20130101) F04B 39/0094 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/18208 (20150115) |
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| US 09442079 | Pate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brooks Hart Pate (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kevin K. Lehmann (Crozet, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A pulse train comprising chirped pulses can be used to excite a sample, such as for spectroscopic analysis. The respective chirped pulses can include a frequency sweep to establish a first frequency-domain comb. A width of frequency-domain comb peaks can be established at least in part by a total duration of the pulse train, and a bandwidth of the first frequency-domain comb can be determined at least in part by a bandwidth of the frequency sweep of the respective chirped pulses. A free-space or enclosed sample interaction region can be used. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/718624 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/10 (20130101) G01J 3/4338 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3586 (20130101) G01N 22/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 3/0057 (20130101) |
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| US 09442087 | Bao 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) | Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California); Mark E. Roberts (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor includes an organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) that operates under low voltage conditions in an aqueous environment. According to an example embodiment, an OTFT includes an organic channel that electrically connects source and drain electrodes, with a gate electrode separated from the channel by a dielectric layer. The channel, gate and dielectric layer are arranged to facilitate switching of the channel region to pass current between the source and drain electrodes, in response to a low voltage applied to the gate electrode, when the channel is exposed to an aqueous solution. The current that is passed is indicative of characteristics of the aqueous solution, and is used to characterize the same. For various implementations, the low voltage operation of the sensor facilitates such characterization with substantially no ionic conduction through an analyte in the aqueous solution. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/537690 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/052 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) |
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| US 09442153 | 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 (Tallahasee, Florida); Mischa Steurer (Crawfordville, Florida); Hui Li (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist in identifying the location of the fault by continuing to inject a direct current (DC) signal from the controllable voltage source converter of at least one DC voltage distributed resource into the distribution system and modulating an alternating current (AC) signal on top of the direct current (DC) signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/962583 |
| 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 09442285 | Rogers |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are devices, and related methods, for controlling curvature of an array of optical components on, embedded, or partially embedded in, a deformable substrate. The array of optical components, in an aspect, comprises a deformable substrate having a contact surface and an array of mechanically interconnected optical components supported by the contact surface. An actuator is operably connected to the contact surface, wherein the actuator variably controls a curvature of said contact surface. The contact surface may have a curvature that spans concave to convex, which is tunable. In an aspect, the array of optical components is part of an optical device, such as a camera with a continuously adjustable zoom whose focus is maintained by adjusting a photodetector array curvature. In an aspect, the method is adjusting the curvature of a substrate that supports the array of optical components by applying a force to the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349336 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/14 (20130101) G02B 26/0825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 26/0875 (20130101) G02B 27/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09442917 | Dou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dejing Dou (Eugene, Oregon); Stephen Fickas (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Semantic errors in a natural language text document are automatically detected by matching sentences in the document with stored ontology-based extraction rules that express both logically correct and logically incorrect relationships between the classes and properties of an ontology for a predefined knowledge domain of relevance to the natural language text document. The matching identifies logically correct and incorrect statements in the document which may be used for various applications such as automatic grading. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/329888 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/273 (20130101) G06F 17/2785 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09443050 | Postman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Postman (Corvallis, Oregon); Patrick Yin Chiang (Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Postman (Corvallis, Oregon); Patrick Yin Chiang (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic design automation (EDA) technologies are disclosed that analyze a circuit design for candidate low-voltage swing (LVS) modifications, report the impact of the candidate LVS modifications on circuit characteristics (such as area, timing and energy) and implement selected LVS modifications based on their impact on the circuit characteristics. Candidate LVS modifications comprise replacing existing standard low-voltage swing drivers and receivers, or inserting low-voltage swing drivers and receivers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/956140 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) G06F 17/5045 (20130101) G06F 17/5068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5077 (20130101) G06F 17/5081 (20130101) G06F 2217/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09443240 | Tsudik 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) | Gene Tsudik (Irvine, California); Ersin Uzun (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A display enabled RFID tag (DERT) receives transaction details from the reader. DERT verifies that the details match their counterparts in the reader public key certificate. The process is aborted in case of a mismatch. DERT extracts and displays user-verifiable data. It then enters a countdown stage that lasts for a predetermined duration. A user observes the transaction information and, if the transaction amount and other details are deemed correct, presses an accept button provided on the DERT before the timer runs out. DERT signs the time-stamped transaction statement and sends it to the reader. This signed statement is then sent to the payment gateway and eventually to the financial institution that issued the payment DERT. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/782764 |
| ART UNIT | 3685 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/34 (20130101) G06F 21/36 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 20/40 (20130101) G06Q 20/352 (20130101) G06Q 20/401 (20130101) G06Q 20/3278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coin-freed or Like Apparatus G07F 7/0846 (20130101) G07F 7/0853 (20130101) G07F 7/0873 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0838 (20130101) H04L 9/3226 (20130101) H04L 63/126 (20130101) H04L 63/0823 (20130101) H04L 2209/56 (20130101) H04L 2209/805 (20130101) H04L 2463/082 (20130101) H04L 2463/102 (20130101) H04L 2463/121 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09443419 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony Joey Wilson (Holladay, Utah); Neal K. Patwari (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Joey Wilson (Holladay, Utah); Neal K. Patwari (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are disclosed for the use of sensor links in a network to estimate the breathing rate of a breathing subject within a structure, estimate the location of the subject within the structure, and detect if the subject is breathing. The structure may be a bed, a building, or a room in the building. The received signal strength of the sensor links is obtained and is then used in various breathing models to determine the breathing rate estimation, the location estimation, and the breathing detection. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/238791 |
| ART UNIT | 2469 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0816 (20130101) A61B 5/6889 (20130101) A61B 5/6891 (20130101) Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/006 (20130101) H04W 84/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09443632 | Wereley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Wereley (West Lafayette, Indiana); Agbai A Nnanna (Crown Point, Indiana); Alexandra Boltasseva (West Lafayette, Indiana); Justus C Ndukaife (Hammond, Indiana); Avanish Mishra (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to plasmonic substrates and specifically to high-throughput trapping of particles on a plasmonic substrate. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/732673 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09443662 | Ladanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail Ladanov (Tampa, Florida); Paula C. Algarin Amaris (Greensboro, North Carolina); Garrett Matthews (Temple Terrance, Florida); Manoj Kumar Ram (Palm Harbor, Florida); Sylvia W. Thomas (Orlando, Florida); Ashok Kumar (Tampa, Florida); Jing Wang (Tampa, Florida); Arash Takshi (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming an ordered nanorods array in a confined space is used to form a high surface area device where an ensemble of parallel trenches has micrometer dimensions for the width and depth of the trenches, which are decorated with crystalline nanowires radiating from the sidewalls and bases of the trenches. The high surface area device is formed by depositing a conformal crystalline seed coating in the trenches, forming microchannels from these trenches by placing a barrier layer on the open surface of the trenches, contacting the conformal coating with a crystal precursor solution that is caused to flow through the microchannels. In an embodiment, a very high surface area electrode is constructed with ZnO nanowires radiating from the sidewalls and base of trenches formed on a silicon substrate. The device can be a dye-sensitized solar cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/074280 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 9/2045 (20130101) H01G 9/2059 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/542 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24099 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Headrick (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a crystalline film of a material is provided, including depositing a solution, having a base critical speed separating deposition regimes, on a substrate such that a crystalline film is formed. The solution is deposited at a speed greater than the base critical speed and the crystalline film has a crystal structure characteristic of a crystalline film formed from the solution at a speed less than the base critical speed. In another aspect, a crystalline film is formed on a base film by depositing a solution on the base film. The solution has a critical speed between deposition regimes, and the solution is deposited at a speed greater than or equal to the critical speed, such that a crystalline film is formed on the base film. A device is disclosed, the device having a film made from any of the disclosed methods and an electrical lead. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/412846 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/005 (20130101) C30B 29/54 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0012 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/0055 (20130101) H01L 51/0074 (20130101) H01L 51/0094 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) |
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| US 09444265 | Karalis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andre B. Kurs (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert Moffatt (Reston, Virginia); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Peter H. Fisher (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andre B. Kurs (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert Moffatt (Reston, Virginia); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Peter H. Fisher (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured to transfer energy non-radiatively with a second resonator structure over a distance greater than a characteristic size of the second resonator structure. The non-radiative energy transfer is mediated by a coupling of a resonant field evanescent tail of the first resonator structure and a resonant field evanescent tail of the second resonator structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477459 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/182 (20130101) B60L 2210/20 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 7/00 (20130101) H01Q 9/04 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 17/00 (20130101) H02J 50/12 (20160201) Transmission H04B 5/0037 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/725 (20130101) Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7072 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/122 (20130101) Y02T 90/127 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4902 (20150115) |
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| US 09444275 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qin Huang (Cary, North Carolina); Yu Du (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qin Huang (Cary, North Carolina); Yu Du (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy storage system is provided. The system includes a plurality of energy storage modules connected in parallel. Each energy storage module has an energy storage source, a bidirectional current converter configured for supplying charge to the energy storage source from a power source and for discharging current for use by an electrical device, a monitoring module for monitoring the energy storage source and the current converter, and a controller configured to control the current converter based upon monitored characteristics of the storage source and the current converter to produce a respective output signal for each module. A communications module is in connection with each output signal of the energy storage modules and configured for communicating a combined output signal with one of the power source and the electrical device. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/600280 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 21/00 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/04 (20130101) H02J 7/16 (20130101) H02J 7/0029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 7/34 (20130101) H02J 7/0068 (20130101) |
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| US 09444515 | Khan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Osama U. Khan (Berkeley, California); David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An 8.1 nJ/bit 2.4 GHz receiver with integrated digital baseband supporting Q-QPSK DSSS modulation compliant with the IEEE 802.15.4 standard is presented that targets short-range, Internet of Things applications (IoTs). The sensitivity of a wireless communication receiver in general trades with power consumption. This receiver exploits this tradeoff to achieve a total power consumption of 2.02 mW including ADCs and digital baseband processing, at a sensitivity of −52.5 dBm at 250 Kbps. The energy-efficiency of the radio frequency (RF) front-end alone is nearly two times better than the prior art. The receiver was fabricated in 65 nm CMOS with an area of 0.86 mm2. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/695387 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/7073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/40 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/008 (20130101) H04W 24/02 (20130101) H04W 24/08 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09444532 | Sayeed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akbar M. Sayeed (Madison, Wisconsin); John H. Brady (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Beam measurement values are computed by transforming a signal to a beamspace representation using a beamforming matrix that includes a plurality of columns that define a plurality of beams. A second plurality of beams is selected from the plurality of beams based on a power captured by each beam derived from the computed beam measurement values. For each beam of the second plurality of beams as a first beam, a spatial phase shift component and a temporal delay component is computed based on the fixed spatial angle associated with the first beam and a carrier frequency, a filter is defined using the spatial phase shift component and the temporal delay component, a beam measurement value associated with the first beam from the computed beam measurement values is selected, and the defined filter is applied to the selected beam measurement value to define a filtered value. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/628382 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 7/0456 (20130101) |
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| US 09444751 | Alresaini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Majed Alresaini (Rosemead, California); Bhaskar Krishnamachari (Los Angeles, California); Michael J. Neely (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Routing technologies are disclosed. A described technology includes routing packets through a network based on backpressure scheduling; when a number of packets in a transmitter queue satisfies a first threshold, retaining copies of at least a portion of the packets; and once the number of packets in the transmitter queue satisfies a second threshold, transmitting the retained copies of the packets to perform the routing. Retaining the copies can include copying a packet from the transmitter queue into a duplicate buffer when the number of packets in the transmitter queue is below the first threshold. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/956143 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/32 (20130101) H04L 47/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 47/2458 (20130101) H04L 49/9084 (20130101) |
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| US 09439875 | Rimando et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Agnes M. Rimando (Oxford, Mississippi); Abir El-Alfy (Frankfort, Illinois); Md Al Rahim (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Agnes M. Rimando (Oxford, Mississippi); Abir El-Alfy (Frankfort, Illinois); Md Al Rahim (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | We report for the first time that pterostilbene, a natural analog of resveratrol, shows anxiolytic-like action by downregulating phosphorylated levels of ERKs in the hippocampus of mice. Mice administered pterostilbene (1-10 mg/kg BW) by oral gavage were subjected to the Elevated-plus maze (EPM) test. Pterostilbene manifested anxiolytic activity at 1 and 2 mg/kg doses, demonstrated by an increase in percent permanence time and number of entries in open arms, critical determinants correlated with anxiety. This anxiolytic activity of pterostilbene was comparable to that of diazepam at 1 and 2 mg/kg in the EPM. The percent traveled distance and the percent permanence time in the enclosed arms were decreased with the 1 and 2 mg/kg doses. The 5 and 10 mg/kg doses did not show any anxiolytic effect. Locomotor activity was unaffected in all doses. Western blot analysis corroborated the observed behaviors in the EPM, revealing a decrease in both ERK1 and ERK2 phosphorylation in hippocampal homogenates from mice treated with 1 and 2 mg/kg doses; the 5 and 10 mg/kg doses showed no significant effect on the phosphorylation of ERKs. Pterostilbene was detected in serum and brain tissue following a single oral administration, demonstrating that the compound can cross the blood-brain barrier to reach the brain regions, including hippocampus, and thereby exert its anxiolytic effect. Resveratrol, the parent molecule of pterostilbene, did not have any anxiolytic effect. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/105470 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/045 (20130101) A61K 31/075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09441050 | Hnasko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M Hnasko (Port Costa, California); Larry Stanker (Livermore, California); Stanley Prusiner (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptide sequences that specifically bind infectious prion protein for the generation of antibodies and therapeutic agents are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/949905 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2872 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) G01N 2800/2828 (20130101) |
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| US 09441233 | Apuya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nestor Apuya (Culver City, California); Vijay Sharma (Wildwood, Missouri); Chuan-Yin Wu (Newbury Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceres, Inc. (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nestor Apuya (Culver City, California); Vijay Sharma (Wildwood, Missouri); Chuan-Yin Wu (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials for modulating biomass levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased biomass levels and plant products produced from plants having increased biomass levels. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/696506 |
| 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 9/1048 (20130101) C12N 15/8242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8261 (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 1/6895 (20130101) C12Q 2600/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09441241 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Luo (Clemson, South Carolina); Halina Knap (Clemson, South Carolina); Zhigang Li (Clemson, South Carolina); April Warner (Seneca, South Carolina); Qian Hu (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing transgenic plants having increased resistance to biotic and/or abiotic stress and comprising an exogenous nucleotide sequence encoding a cysteine protease inhibitor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/173639 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/8139 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8271 (20130101) C12N 15/8273 (20130101) C12N 15/8279 (20130101) C12N 15/8285 (20130101) C12N 15/8286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US PP27141 | Mehlenbacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn A. Mehlenbacher (Corvallis, Oregon); David C. Smith (Corvallis, Oregon); Rebecca L. McCluskey (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn A. Mehlenbacher (Corvallis, Oregon); David C. Smith (Corvallis, Oregon); Rebecca L. McCluskey (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘Wepster’ characterized by high vigor and an upright-spreading plant habit, yellowish-green developing and fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer, resistance to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller, presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and 268-580 amplified by the polymerase chain reaction and which are linked to a dominant allele for resistance to eastern filbert blight from the cultivar Gasaway, expression of incompatibility alleles S1 and S2 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 8 of 20 microsatellite marker loci differ from both parents OSU 440.005 and ‘Tonda Pacifica’, and from one parent at an additional 12 marker loci. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998648 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP27154 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhanao Deng (Riverview, Florida); Brent K. Harbaugh (Bradenton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Cosmic Delight’, characterized by its outwardly arching growth habit, wide lance leaves that have a creamy-white center, creamy-white veins, light pink to red spots, green mottling, and green margins, tolerance to sunburns, high tuber yield potential, and good performance in sunny or shady landscapes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/998920 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP27155 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhanao Deng (Riverview, Florida); Brent K. Harbaugh (Bradenton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Hearts Desire’, characterized by its mounding growth habit, heart-shaped green leaves that have a white center, white mid and primary veins, numerous red purple spots and speckles along the netted veins, and plants that are attractive in containers and sunny or shady landscapes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/998921 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09440752 | Stackpoole 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 (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret M. Stackpoole (Santa Clara, California); Christian Espinoza (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for increasing density of a region of a porous, phenolic bonded (“PPB”) body adjacent to a selected surface to increase failure tensile strength of the adjacent region and/or to decrease surface recession at elevated temperatures. When the surface-densified PPB body is brought together with a substrate, having a higher failure tensile strength, to form a composite body with a PPB body/substrate interface, the location of tensile failure is moved to a location spaced apart from the interface, the failure tensile strength of the PPB body is increased, and surface recession of the material at elevated temperature is reduced. The method deposits and allows diffusion of a phenolic substance on the selected surface. The PPB body and the substrate may be heated and brought together to form the composite body. The phenolic substance is allowed to diffuse into the PPB body, to volatilize and to cure, to provide a processed body with an increased surface density. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/091250 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 5/00 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 38/08 (20130101) Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/226 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09441076 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuyang Pan (Southgate, Michigan); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuyang Pan (Southgate, Michigan); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocomposite composition having a silicone elastomer matrix having therein a filler loading of greater than 0.05 wt %, based on total nanocomposite weight, wherein the filler is functional graphene sheets (FGS) having a surface area of from 300 m2/g to 2630 m2/g; and a method for producing the nanocomposite and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945043 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 77/18 (20130101) C08G 77/20 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442070 | Hug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Photon Systems (Covina, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Photon Systems, Inc. (Covina, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Hug (Altadena, California); Rohit Bhartia (Pasadena, California); Ray D. Reid (Glendora, California); Arthur L. Lane (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Naphthalene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and other volatile organic compounds VOCs have been identified as serious health hazards. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus for near-real-time in-situ detection and accumulated dose measurement of exposure to naphthalene vapor and other hazardous gaseous VOCs. The methods and apparatus employ excitation of fluorophors native or endogenous to compounds of interest using light sources emitting in the ultraviolet below 300 nm and measurement of native fluorescence emissions in distinct wavebands above the excitation wavelength. The apparatus of some embodiments are cell-phone-sized sensor/dosimeter “badges” to be worn by personnel potentially exposed to hazardous VOCs. The badge sensor of some embodiments provides both real time detection and data logging of exposure to naphthalene or other VOCs of interest from which both instantaneous and accumulated dose can be determined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313994 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/8806 (20130101) G01N 2201/126 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442083 | Turner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | D. Clark Turner (Payson, Utah); Ross Whitaker (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aribex, Inc. (Orem, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Clark Turner (Payson, Utah); Ross Whitaker (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for imaging an object using backscattered radiation are described. The imaging system comprises both a radiation source for irradiating an object that is rotationally movable about the object, and a detector for detecting backscattered radiation from the object that can be disposed on substantially the same side of the object as the source and which can be rotationally movable about the object. The detector can be separated into multiple detector segments with each segment having a single line of sight projection through the object and so detects radiation along that line of sight. Thus, each detector segment can isolate the desired component of the backscattered radiation. By moving independently of each other about the object, the source and detector can collect multiple images of the object at different angles of rotation and generate a three dimensional reconstruction of the object. Other embodiments are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/396388 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/10 (20130101) G01N 23/203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 23/20008 (20130101) G01N 23/20066 (20130101) G01N 2223/053 (20130101) G01N 2223/063 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444548 | Hamory et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA (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) | Philip J Hamory (Lancaster, California); Allen R Parker, Jr. (Lancaster, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an improved method of processing conglomerate data. The method employs a Triband Wavelet Transform that decomposes and decimates the conglomerate signal to obtain a final result. The invention may be employed to improve performance of Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/514752 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/25 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Multiplex Communication H04J 14/02 (20130101) Selecting H04Q 11/0005 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0016 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0022 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09440237 | Dooley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Corn-stover biomass feedstocks characterized by tight particle size distribution profiles at field moisture contents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/676133 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Horticulture; Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops or Seaweed; Forestry; Watering A01G 13/0262 (20130101) Crushing, Pulverising, or Disintegrating in General; Milling Grain B02C 18/16 (20130101) B02C 23/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 5/363 (20130101) C10L 5/442 (20130101) C10L 5/445 (20130101) Fibrous Raw Materials or Their Mechanical Treatment D21B 1/061 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) Y02E 50/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09440357 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Hu (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Yi-Je Lim (Boxborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Hu (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Yi-Je Lim (Boxborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system comprises a platform being configured for locomotion in a plurality of directions over a surface. A robotic unit is configured for dexterous manipulation comprising at least lifting of objects. The robotic unit is joined to the platform. At least one extender unit is joined to the platform and is configured for controlled extension beyond the platform to contact the surface to stabilize the system at least during the manipulation by the robotic unit. At least one controlling unit is configured to be operable for at least determining a center of gravity and a zero moment point for the system and for at least controlling an extension of the extender unit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461728 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — 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 5/007 (20130101) B25J 11/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09441973 | Bandyopadhyay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRX Systems, Inc. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRX Systems, Inc. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amrit Bandyopadhyay (College Park, Maryland); Brian Beisel (Ellicott City, Maryland); John Karvounis (Bowie, Maryland); Benjamin Funk (Hanover, Maryland); Carole Teolis (Glenn Dale, Maryland); Christopher Giles (Prince Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods and systems for mapping irregular features. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method may include obtaining tracking data that has dead reckoning tracking data for a tracked subject along a path and performing shape correction on the tracking data to provide a first estimate of the path. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/916487 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 21/165 (20130101) G01C 21/206 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 5/0205 (20130101) G01S 5/0263 (20130101) G01S 5/0268 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 64/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442070 | Hug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Photon Systems (Covina, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Photon Systems, Inc. (Covina, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Hug (Altadena, California); Rohit Bhartia (Pasadena, California); Ray D. Reid (Glendora, California); Arthur L. Lane (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Naphthalene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and other volatile organic compounds VOCs have been identified as serious health hazards. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus for near-real-time in-situ detection and accumulated dose measurement of exposure to naphthalene vapor and other hazardous gaseous VOCs. The methods and apparatus employ excitation of fluorophors native or endogenous to compounds of interest using light sources emitting in the ultraviolet below 300 nm and measurement of native fluorescence emissions in distinct wavebands above the excitation wavelength. The apparatus of some embodiments are cell-phone-sized sensor/dosimeter “badges” to be worn by personnel potentially exposed to hazardous VOCs. The badge sensor of some embodiments provides both real time detection and data logging of exposure to naphthalene or other VOCs of interest from which both instantaneous and accumulated dose can be determined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313994 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/8806 (20130101) G01N 2201/126 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09442854 | Hyde et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elwha LLC, a limited liability corporation of the state of Delaware (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elwha LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, Washington); Nicholas F. Pasch (Bellevue, Washington); Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system includes but is not limited to a primary processing circuitry, a bus coupled to the primary processing circuitry, and memory circuitry coupled to the bus. The memory circuitry is physically separated from the primary processing circuitry. The memory circuitry includes at least one integrated memory circuit and computational circuitry. The at least one integrated memory circuit configured to store and retrieve data and to provide to the bus, during accessing intervals, requested data for the primary processing circuitry. The computational circuitry co-located with the at least one integrated memory circuit, the computational circuitry co-located with integrated memory circuit can be configured for performing supplemental functions at least partially during time periods that are not accessing intervals. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/841042 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0831 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 13/16 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 7/1006 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442917 | Dou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dejing Dou (Eugene, Oregon); Stephen Fickas (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Semantic errors in a natural language text document are automatically detected by matching sentences in the document with stored ontology-based extraction rules that express both logically correct and logically incorrect relationships between the classes and properties of an ontology for a predefined knowledge domain of relevance to the natural language text document. The matching identifies logically correct and incorrect statements in the document which may be used for various applications such as automatic grading. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/329888 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/273 (20130101) G06F 17/2785 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP27141 | Mehlenbacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn A. Mehlenbacher (Corvallis, Oregon); David C. Smith (Corvallis, Oregon); Rebecca L. McCluskey (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn A. Mehlenbacher (Corvallis, Oregon); David C. Smith (Corvallis, Oregon); Rebecca L. McCluskey (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘Wepster’ characterized by high vigor and an upright-spreading plant habit, yellowish-green developing and fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer, resistance to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller, presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and 268-580 amplified by the polymerase chain reaction and which are linked to a dominant allele for resistance to eastern filbert blight from the cultivar Gasaway, expression of incompatibility alleles S1 and S2 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 8 of 20 microsatellite marker loci differ from both parents OSU 440.005 and ‘Tonda Pacifica’, and from one parent at an additional 12 marker loci. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998648 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09441904 | Seymore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jody Seymore (Altoona, Pennsylvania); Jason Edwards (Altoona, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Browder (Altoona, Pennsylvania); Brian Marks (Altoona, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This application is directed to a firearm that is functional, but is not fully functional as it is incapable of discharging ammunition, e.g., causing ammunition to ignite and discharge a bullet. Related methods, techniques, and approaches are also discussed. In embodiments, the firearm is functional, but not fully functional and it is impractical and/or irreversible to alter the firearm to make it fully functional through replacement of interchangeable parts that correspond to that particular firearm model. In embodiments, the firearm is also identifiable as being less than fully functional, e.g., it is incapable of discharging ammunition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/869182 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 3/12 (20130101) F41A 19/13 (20130101) F41A 19/14 (20130101) F41A 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09442110 | Menon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suresh M. Menon (San Diego, California); David E. Newman (Poway, California); Terry J. Henderson (Baltimore, Maryland); J. Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MENON BIOSENSORS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh M. Menon (San Diego, California); David E. Newman (Poway, California); Terry J. Henderson (Baltimore, Maryland); J. Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided to detect target analytes based on magnetic resonance measurements. Magnetic structures produce distinct magnetic field regions having a size comparable to the analyte. When the analyte is bound in those regions, magnetic resonance signals from the sample are changed, leading to detection of the analyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/837308 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) G01N 24/084 (20130101) G01N 33/54333 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54373 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/281 (20130101) G01R 33/383 (20130101) G01R 33/3806 (20130101) G01R 33/5601 (20130101) G01R 33/34053 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/92 (20130101) Y10S 977/702 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09443220 | Raney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent A. Raney (Purcellville, Virginia); Daryl S. Hamilton (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Anthony M. Ferlaino, Jr. (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Providing an information system in an item delivery system comprises reading a tracking indicia on a unit load, updating a database with first data from the tracking indicia, and updating the database with information that the unit load has been terminated. In addition, receiving second data to be included in a label, and printing the label may be included. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/964336 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/08 (20130101) G06Q 10/0833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Ticket-issuing Apparatus; Fare-registering Apparatus; Franking Apparatus G07B 17/00435 (20130101) G07B 2017/00443 (20130101) Displaying; Advertising; Signs; Labels or Name-plates; Seals G09F 3/0297 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444625 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo J. Campbell (Arlington, Virginia); Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Charles R. Chamberlain (Arlington, Virginia); Michael J. McGrath (Fairfax, Virginia); Isadore Schoen (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are disclosed for authenticating electronic messages. A data structure is generated by a computer server which allows for the authentication of the contents and computer server identity of a received electronic message and provides a trusted stamp to authenticate when the message was sent. Data which can authenticate the message, the computer server identity, and the time the message was sent is included into a data structure which is called an Electronic PostMark (EPM). |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/936568 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Ticket-issuing Apparatus; Fare-registering Apparatus; Franking Apparatus G07B 17/00733 (20130101) G07B 2017/00766 (20130101) G07B 2017/00798 (20130101) G07B 2017/00927 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/321 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 9/3247 (20130101) H04L 9/3297 (20130101) H04L 2209/56 (20130101) H04L 2209/76 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09439573 | Narayan 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); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Wouter-Jan Rappel (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of analyzing a complex rhythm disorder in a human heart includes accessing signals from a plurality of sensors disposed spatially in relation to the heart, where the signals are associated with activations of the heart, and identifying a region of the heart having an activation trail that is rotational or radially emanating, where the activation trail is indicative of the complex rhythm disorder and is based on activation times associated with the activations of the heart. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473456 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02 (20130101) A61B 5/04 (20130101) A61B 5/044 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0245 (20130101) A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04011 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/6859 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 18/1206 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 2018/00214 (20130101) A61B 2018/00357 (20130101) A61B 2018/00375 (20130101) A61B 2018/00839 (20130101) A61B 2018/1435 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09440751 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Edward Smith (Phoenix, Arizona); John C. Garcia (Peoria, Arizona); Callen Gordon (Freeport, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An acquisition circuit for a vehicle or other system is provided. The system, for example, may include, but is not limited to a control moment gyroscope, and a fully differential ground isolated acquisition circuit communicatively connected to the control moment gyroscope and configured to acquire a differential data signal on the control moment gyroscope and output the differential data signal to at least one output node. The acquisition circuit may include, but is not limited to a ground reference correction circuit configured to recenter the differential data signal on at least one output node, and at least one ultra-high impedance output circuit coupled between the ground reference correction circuit and the input differential circuit. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/285425 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/24 (20130101) B64G 1/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/286 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09443189 | Chelian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suhas E. Chelian (Encino, California); Narayan Srinivasa (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system, method, and computer program product for feature detection with spiking dynamics. The system is configured to perform operations of first receiving an input pattern comprising a plurality of features. The input pattern is then translated into a spike-coded representation of the input pattern. The spike-coded representation of the input pattern is transferred to a feature detector layer of a feature detector network comprising a set of feature detector neurons having input weights. Each feature detector neuron in the set of feature detector neurons then competes for the feature detector neuron whose input weights best represent the input pattern. Finally, the input weights which compressively code frequently seen input patterns are updated according to a set of learning rules. Also presented is a novel set of rules that transform the functional properties of rate-coded models into the spiking domain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/742346 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09444480 | Zanchi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfio Zanchi (Huntington Beach, California); Mehdi Katoozi (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes at least first thru third ADC slices configured to sample input signal and transmit first thru third digitally converted values thereof, at least one reference ADC slice configured to sample input signal and transmit a digitally converted reference value, first thru third and reference registers coupled to first thru third and reference ADC slices, respectively, a delay register having an input and output, and configured to produce a sample time adjustment signal, where the sample time adjustment signal facilitates adjustment of a phase of a next time sampling of the input signal by the second ADC slice, and a plurality of computational circuit elements coupled to the input, output, and the registers, and configured to determine values of an error, an approximate time derivative of the input signal estimated from the third, second and first sampled time point, and the sample time adjustment signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/053238 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/34 (20130101) H03M 1/1009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, September 13, 2016.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
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