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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 01, 2016
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| US 09480409 | Giszter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon F. Giszter (Havertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A single sensing probe comprising multiple, spatially separate, sensing sites is utilized to sense neural activity. The sensing probe includes multiple conductors each with multiple sensing sites in a fixed geometric arrangement. The sensing probe is configured to comprise multiple combined sensing sites in polytrode configuration. By appropriately combining the wire groupings at each combined sensing site, activity sensed from a single wire with multiple sensing sites, can be coupled with other wires to unmix signals from the spatially separate sites and leverage the power of combinatorics to maximize total recording bandwidth and single neuron/unit yield per wire and per probe. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784200 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/40 (20130101) A61B 5/72 (20130101) A61B 5/04001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6868 (20130101) 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 21/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09480425 | Culver et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P. Culver (Webster Groves, Missouri); Brian R. White (Clayton, Missouri); Bradley L. Schlaggar (St. Louis, Missouri); Abraham Z. Snyder (St. Louis, Missouri); Marcus E. Raichle (Warson Woods, Missouri); Michael D. Fox (St. Louis, Missouri); Justin L. Vincent (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Culver (Webster Groves, Missouri); Brian R. White (Clayton, Missouri); Bradley L. Schlaggar (St. Louis, Missouri); Abraham Z. Snyder (St. Louis, Missouri); Marcus E. Raichle (Warson Woods, Missouri); Michael D. Fox (St. Louis, Missouri); Justin L. Vincent (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for utilizing an optical system for mapping brain function includes determining a time series of light intensity measurements for spatially distributed source and detector pairs, receiving light measurements over a period of time, and producing at least one map of a respective strength of each of a plurality of temporal correlations, wherein the temporal correlations are based on the time series of the spatially distributed source and detector pairs and the light measurements. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/425743 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0042 (20130101) A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 5/14553 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2018/2261 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) |
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| US 09480470 | Roberts |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt Eric Roberts (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A device that can be delivered into a body cavity to manipulate tissue intracorporeally while being controlled extracorporeally and a method of using the device to perform a single-port laparoscopic or natural orifice surgery are provided. The device is capable of being passed through an interior diameter of a single port into the body cavity. The device may include an anchor or suspension element that is attachable or mountable to the tissue intracorporeally, a guide element attached to the anchor or suspension element that allows for manipulation of at least one structure in at least one direction, and at least one structure attached to a suture or thread that is passable through the interior diameter of the port and positionable by the guide element. The structure is controllable extracorporeally by manipulating the suture or thread so that the structure moves in at least one direction intracorporeally. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/338060 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/0218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/00234 (20130101) A61B 18/14 (20130101) A61B 18/18 (20130101) A61B 2017/00212 (20130101) A61B 2017/0225 (20130101) A61B 2017/00283 (20130101) A61B 2017/0464 (20130101) A61B 2017/0608 (20130101) A61B 2017/00876 (20130101) |
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| US 09480653 | Brinker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); SANDIA CORPORATION (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Erin Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Xingmao Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Juewen Liu (Kitchener, Canada); David S. Peabody (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Walker Richard Wharton (Corrales, New Mexico); Eric Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bryce Chackerian (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cheryl L. Willman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments provide materials and methods for synthesizing protocells for use in targeted delivery of cargo components to cancer cells. In one embodiment, the lipid bilayer can be fused to the porous particle core to form a protocell. The lipid bilayer can be modified with targeting ligands or other ligands to achieve targeted delivery of cargo components that are loaded within the protocell to a target cell, e.g., a type of cancer. Shielding materials can be conjugated to the surface of the lipid bilayer to reduce undesired non-specific binding. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/627739 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1277 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 49/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09480658 | Barres et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ben A. Barres (Palo Alto, California); Alexander H. Stephan (Stanford, California); Beth A. Stevens (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben A. Barres (Palo Alto, California); Alexander H. Stephan (Stanford, California); Beth A. Stevens (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | C1q is shown to be expressed in neurons, where it acts as a signal for synapse elimination. Methods are provided for protecting or treating an individual suffering from adverse effects of synapse loss. These findings have broad implications for a variety of clinical conditions, including treating and preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/586556 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/727 (20130101) A61K 31/727 (20130101) A61K 38/482 (20130101) A61K 38/1774 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/564 (20130101) G01N 33/5058 (20130101) G01N 33/6872 (20130101) G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2333/4716 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2800/28 (20130101) G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) |
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| US 09480675 | Philp 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) | Andrew Philp (Birmingham, United Kingdom); Simon Schenk (La Jolla, California); Keith Baar (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described providing therapeutic preparations of sirtuin inhibitors, such as SIRT1 inhibitors, for stimulating load-induced skeletal muscle growth in the body of a patient. The natural stimulation of SIRT1 activity can be suppressed through increased caloric intake and loading in conjunction with the inhibition of sirtuin activity to improve the inhibitory effect. In addition, known muscle growth promoting agents such as amino acids and hormones can be administered at the same time as the sirtuin inhibitor. The size of the tissue structure to be treated or the body size may be used to determine the therapeutic dose of sirtuin inhibitor. The sirtuin inhibitor and muscle stimulating agents are either locally or systemically delivered at therapeutic doses for the desired effect. The SIRT1 inhibitor Splitomycin is particularly effective. |
| FILED | Monday, July 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/792388 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/166 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09480684 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Bath (Bath, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lewis (Winscombe, United Kingdom); Stephen Husbands (Bath, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of treating anxiety or a compulsive disorder in a subject comprising administering to the subject a compound having formula 2: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and X are as defined in the specification. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/001553 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/485 (20130101) A61K 31/4748 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 489/12 (20130101) C07D 491/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09480692 | Ren |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shunlin Ren (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shunlin Ren (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of liver damage or disease in a subject in need thereof are provided. The methods involve providing the sulfated oxysterol 25-hydroxycholesterol-3-sulfate (25HC3S) to the subject e.g. by 1) administering 25HC3S to the subject; or 2) overexpressing, in the subject, the hydroxysterol sulfotransferase enzyme SULT2B1b, which catalyzes the sulfation of 25-hydroxycholesterol (25HC) to form 25HC3S. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689822 |
| 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 | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/027 (20130101) A01K 2207/25 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0362 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/13 (20130101) C12N 2799/022 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/893 (20130101) |
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| US 09480696 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J. Collins (Newton, Massachusetts); Kyle R. Allison (Flint, Michigan); Mark P. Brynildsen (Pennington, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Collins (Newton, Massachusetts); Kyle R. Allison (Flint, Michigan); Mark P. Brynildsen (Pennington, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods to improve treatment of chronic infections, and reduce, delay, or inhibit formation of biofilms, using specific combinations of aminoglycoside antibiotics and high, localized concentrations of one or more PMF stimulating compounds. These novel methods are easily adapted to clinical settings as toxicity and efficacy of the antibiotics and metabolites used have already been studied in vivo, and as dosing for both the antibiotics and metabolites are known. These approaches and therapeutic methods are also useful with non-metabolic chemicals that induce proton-motive force in bacteria. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/115528 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — 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 31/047 (20130101) A61K 31/7004 (20130101) A61K 31/7004 (20130101) A61K 31/7036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7036 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09480699 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions for the treatment of cancers associated with overexpression of a BCL2 gene and/or gene product in a subject, and methods and compositions for the improvement of anti-cancer therapy, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Also provided are methods for determining the efficacy of a cancer therapy in a subject, methods for diagnosing cancer, methods for assessing patient prognosis, and methods for inducing apoptosis of a cell. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/341145 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (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) |
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| US 09480715 | Tu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wenwei Tu (Ap Lei Chau, China Hong Kong); Yu-Lung Lau (Hong Kong, China Hong Kong); David Bram Lewis (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VERSITECH LIMITED (Hong Kong, China Hong Kong); THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenwei Tu (Ap Lei Chau, China Hong Kong); Yu-Lung Lau (Hong Kong, China Hong Kong); David Bram Lewis (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for inducing, expanding, and/or generating alloantigen-specific regulatory T cells. Alloantigen-specific regulatory T cells can be induced, expanded, and/or generated from naive CD4+CD25− T cells by using CD40-activated B cells. The regulatory T cells can be human T cells. In one embodiment, the alloantigen-specific human regulatory T cells can be CD4highCD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/152269 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2035/122 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 2501/23 (20130101) C12N 2501/52 (20130101) C12N 2502/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09480719 | Marban et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eduardo Marban (Lutherville, Maryland); Ronald A. Li (Baltimore, Maryland); Suk-Ying Tsang (Shatin, China Hong Kong); Heecheol Cho (Columbia, Maryland); Tian Xue (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel compositions and methods to induce, and/of modulate bio-electrical rhythms (e.g. in cardiac, neuronal and pancreatic cells) by fine-tuning the activity of HCN-encoded pacemaker channels via a novel protein- and genetic-engineering approach to augment or attenuate the associated physiological responses (e.g. heart beat, neuronal firing, insulin secretion, etc) for achieving various therapeutic purposes (e.g. sick sinus syndrome, epilepsy, neuropathic pain, diabetes, etc). |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/159919 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/30 (20130101) A61K 35/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09480741 | Fabene 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) | Paolo Francesco Fabene (Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy); Eugene C. Butcher (Portola Valley, California); Gabriela Constantin (San Floriano, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the prevention and treatment of seizures and epilepsy. It is shown herein that leukocyte recruitment plays a key role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Treatment with an agent that inhibits leukocyte recruitment has therapeutic and preventative effects in blocking recurrent seizures and epilepsy. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/773416 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 16/2821 (20130101) C07K 16/2836 (20130101) C07K 16/2842 (20130101) C07K 16/2845 (20130101) C07K 16/2854 (20130101) C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09480773 | Murphy 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) | William L. Murphy (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Martin C. Peters (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David J. Mooney (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are advantageous methods for patterning and/or mineralizing biomaterial surfaces. The techniques described are particularly useful for generating three-dimensional or contoured bioimplant materials with patterned surfaces or patterned, mineralized surfaces. Also provided are various methods of using the mineralized and/or patterned biomaterials in tissue engineering, such as bone tissue engineering, providing more control over ongoing biological processes, such as mineralization, growth factor release, cellular attachment and tissue growth. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/724206 |
| 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 | 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 27/00 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/44 (20130101) A61L 27/44 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09480776 | Badylak 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) | Stephen F. Badylak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas W. Gilbert (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alejandro Nieponice (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are medical devices for implantation in patients having suffered the loss of or damage to at least part of their esophagus. The medical device connects the esophagus or remaining part thereof with the stomach to form a gastro-esophageal junction that promotes healing and encourages new host tissue growth while distributing the load and decreasing tension at the anastomotic site. The medical device comprises extracellular matrix shaped into a conformation that more closely approximates the geometry of the native gastro-esophageal junction than does direct attachment of the stomach to the shortened esophagus. Molds useful in manufacturing the medical device and methods of use of the device are also described herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/564624 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 2/04 (20130101) A61F 2002/044 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/38 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/362 (20130101) A61L 27/3629 (20130101) A61L 27/3633 (20130101) A61L 27/3679 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3882 (20130101) A61L 2430/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09480785 | Meyerhoff 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) | Mark E. Meyerhoff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lajos Hofler (Oxford, United Kingdom); Dipankar Koley (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hang Ren (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An example of a nitric oxide delivery device includes a medium, a working electrode in contact with the medium, and a reference/counter electrode in contact with the medium and electrically isolated from the working electrode. The medium includes a source of nitrite ions and a Cu(II)-ligand complex. A nitric oxide permeable material separates the medium from an external environment that is to contain blood. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099942 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/00 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/342 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/1698 (20130101) A61M 16/12 (20130101) A61M 25/0043 (20130101) A61M 2025/0057 (20130101) A61M 2202/0275 (20130101) |
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| US 09481615 | Van Dam 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) | R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California); Supin Chen (Los Angeles, California); Huijiang Ding (Hanchuan, China PRC); Gaurav Jitendra Shah (Los Angeles, California); Pei Yuin Keng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of performing microchemical reactions and electro-wetting-on-dielectric devices (EWOD devices) for use in performing those reactions. These devices and method are particularly suited for preparing radiochemical compounds, particularly compounds containing 18F. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/879623 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07B 59/001 (20130101) C07B 59/002 (20130101) C07B 59/005 (20130101) C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 201/12 (20130101) C07C 227/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/18 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09481645 | Fleming et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY GHOST (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fraser Fergusson Fleming (Falls Church, Virginia); Jesus Armando Lujan-Montelongo (Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to novel isonitriles, including arylthio isonitriles, and methods for their preparation. The isonitriles include a conjugated ring system. The structure is designed with the flexibility to have multiple substitution patterns. The isonitriles may be used in applications including, but not limited to, pharmaceutical compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/627360 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 249/02 (20130101) C07C 323/25 (20130101) C07C 323/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2101/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09481646 | Posner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary H. Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Kimberly S. Petersen (College Park, Maryland); Lindsey C. Hess (Baltimore, Maryland); Douglas T. Genna (Timonium, Maryland); Scott Borella (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary H. Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Kimberly S. Petersen (College Park, Maryland); Lindsey C. Hess (Baltimore, Maryland); Douglas T. Genna (Timonium, Maryland); Scott Borella (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides compounds, compositions and methods using these compounds and compositions to stimulate the differentiation of cells and inhibit excessive cell proliferation of certain cells, including cancer cells and skin cells, which may be useful in the treatment of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation and/or cell differentiation such as leukemia, myelofibrosis and psoriasis without the well known effect on calcium metabolism, which gives rise to hypercalcemia. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/596252 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 401/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2101/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09481662 | Fenical 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) | William Fenical (Del Mar, California); Paul R. Jensen (San Diego, California); James J. La Clair (San Diego, California); Lynnie Trzoss (San Diego, California); Takashi Fukuda (Ibaraki, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided, inter alia, derivatives of seriniquinone and methods useful for the treatment of cancer, and in particular treatment of melanoma and prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/606938 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/381 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/56 (20130101) C07D 209/80 (20130101) C07D 307/77 (20130101) C07D 307/92 (20130101) C07D 333/50 (20130101) C07D 333/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 339/08 (20130101) C07D 409/06 (20130101) C07D 409/12 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/65742 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) |
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| US 09481675 | Creighton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher J Creighton (San Diego, California); Leslie William Tari (San Diego, California); Zhiyong Chen (San Diego, California); Mark Hilgers (San Diego, California); Thanh To Lam (San Diego, California); Xiaoming Li (San Diego, California); Michael Trzoss (San Diego, California); Junhu Zhang (San Diego, California); John Finn (San Diego, California); Daniel Bensen (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. (Rahway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J Creighton (San Diego, California); Leslie William Tari (San Diego, California); Zhiyong Chen (San Diego, California); Mark Hilgers (San Diego, California); Thanh To Lam (San Diego, California); Xiaoming Li (San Diego, California); Michael Trzoss (San Diego, California); Junhu Zhang (San Diego, California); John Finn (San Diego, California); Daniel Bensen (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel gyrase inhibitors and related compositions and methods are useful for impeding bacterial growth. Compounds of Formula I are disclosed: wherein Y is N or CH; Z is N or CR5; R5 is H, a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl residue (1-3C) containing 0-2 heteroatoms selected from O, S and N, or is an inorganic residue; L is O, S, NR7, or CR8R9; R7 is H or C1-3 alkyl; R8 and R9 are each independently H or C1-3 alkyl; R2 is H, a hydrocarbyl residue (1-40C) containing 0-10 heteroatoms selected from O, S and N optionally substituted with an inorganic residue; R4 is H, an inorganic residue, or a hydrocarbyl residue (1-30C) containing 0-12 heteroatoms selected from O, S and N and containing 0-10 inorganic residues, wherein R5 and R4 together may join to form a fused ring; and R6 is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-5 alkyl, C2-5 alkenyl, C2-5 alkynyl, halo C1-5 alkyl, halo C2-5 alkenyl, halo C2-5 alkynyl, C1-5 hydroxyalkyl, C1-5 alkyl chloride, C2-5 alkenyl chloride, and C2-5 alkynyl chloride; or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, ester, or prodrug thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/394985 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/16 (20130101) C07D 491/048 (20130101) C07D 513/04 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09481678 | Gangjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY GHOST (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleem Gangjee (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Larry H. Matherly (Novi, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, and pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, useful in therapeutically treating patients with cancer are disclosed. These compounds selectively target folate receptors (FR) of cancerous tumor cells and inhibit purine synthesis and hence, DNA synthesis. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/617332 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09481683 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC (Notre Dame, Indiana); Marvin J. Miller (South Bend, Indiana); Rohit Tiwari (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin J. Miller (South Bend, Indiana); Rohit Tiwari (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound, having the following formula: or resonance form thereof, or salt thereof, or salt of resonance form thereof is provided, wherein R1-R4 and n are defined herein. Compositions and methods including the compound are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/734095 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 491/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09481691 | Tavares et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | G1 THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis X. Tavares (Durham, North Carolina); Jay C. Strum (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/712630 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/499 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/14 (20130101) C07D 487/20 (20130101) C07D 498/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09481701 | Gelb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Gelb (Seattle, Washington); Sophie Blanchard (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for selective 2-sulfation of glycosides. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456822 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) C07H 13/04 (20130101) C07H 17/075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09481705 | Satyamurthy 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) | Nagichettiar Satyamurthy (Los Angeles, California); Jorge R. Barrio (Agoura Hills, California); Bernard Amarasekera (Winnetka, California); R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Sebastian Olma (Muenster, Germany); Dirk Williams (Northridge, California); Mark Eddings (San Pedro, California); Clifton Kwang-Fu Shen (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular chemical production system includes multiple modules for performing a chemical reaction, particularly of radiochemical compounds, from a remote location. One embodiment comprises a reaction vessel including a moveable heat source with the position thereof relative to the reaction vessel being controllable from a remote position. Alternatively the heat source may be fixed in location and the reaction vial is moveable into and out of the heat source. The reaction vessel has one or more sealing plugs, the positioning of which in relationship to the reaction vessel is controllable from a remote position. Also the one or more reaction vessel sealing plugs can include one or more conduits there through for delivery of reactants, gases at atmospheric or an elevated pressure, inert gases, drawing a vacuum and removal of reaction end products to and from the reaction vial, the reaction vial with sealing plug in position being operable at elevated pressures. The modular chemical production system is assembled from modules which can each include operating condition sensors and controllers configured for monitoring and controlling the individual modules and the assembled system from a remote position. Other modules include, but are not limited to a Reagent Storage and Delivery Module, a Cartridge Purification Module, a Microwave Reaction Module, an External QC/Analysis/Purification Interface Module, an Aliquotting Module, an F-18 Drying Module, a Concentration Module, a Radiation Counting Module, and a Capillary Reactor Module. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/941164 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/004 (20130101) B01J 19/126 (20130101) B01J 2219/24 (20130101) B01J 2219/00049 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/001 (20130101) C07B 59/002 (20130101) C07B 59/005 (20130101) C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 201/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/46 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 5/02 (20130101) C07H 19/06 (20130101) C07H 19/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/12 (20150115) Y10T 436/115831 (20150115) |
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| US 09481717 | Markovitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Markovitz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Swanson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Irwin Goldstein (East Ann Arbor, Michigan); Harry Winter (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic and research use. In particular, the present invention provides antiviral and antimicrobial lectin compounds and methods of their use. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/505169 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09481724 | Ravetch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York); Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York); Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Ravetch (New York, New York); Andrew Pincetic (New York, New York); Ping Wang (New York, New York); Sam Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides that bind to DC-SIGN and/or its homologues and methods for using such peptides for the treatment of various disorders are described. DC-SIGN and its homologues are receptors that bind IgG antibodies or Fc fragments and mediate intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)-related reversal of inflammation associated with various immune disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/366528 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7028 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 7/02 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/95 (20130101) |
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| US 09481728 | June et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl H. June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Bruce L. Levine (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); David L. Porter (Springfield, Pennsylvania); Michael D. Kalos (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael C. Milone (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention includes relates to administering a genetically modified T cell to express a CAR wherein the CAR comprises an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/984371 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/1774 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/585 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/525 (20130101) C07K 14/7051 (20130101) C07K 14/70517 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) C07K 14/70596 (20130101) C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 16/3061 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/80 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/74 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/15034 (20130101) C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) |
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| US 09481778 | Giese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger W. Giese (Quincy, Massachusetts); Gang Shao (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger W. Giese (Quincy, Massachusetts); Gang Shao (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are gel and plastic compositions comprising tightened layers of polymerized vinyl monomers, as well as methods of making the same, where the layers are tightened in having smaller pores. The tightened layers comprise tightened inner layers and exterior layers, and the compositions comprise polymer-attached (pendant) initiator or helper residues. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/395325 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/285 (20130101) B01J 20/291 (20130101) B01J 2220/64 (20130101) B01J 2220/86 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/245 (20130101) C08J 9/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2205/022 (20130101) C08J 2333/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09481866 | Kim 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) | Yong Chan Kim (Rockville, Maryland); Ethan Shevach (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for producing cell populations enriched for stable, regulatory T cells (Tregs). In particular, the invention relates to methods for culturing T cells such that the final culture is enriched for stable, regulatory T cells. It also relates to methods for stabilizing regulatory T cells. Also provided are compositions enriched for stable, regulatory T cells, which are useful for treating individuals in need of such treatment. The methods and compositions disclosed herein can also be used to treat an individual suffering from an immune-mediated disease. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/716900 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 5/0636 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0637 (20130101) |
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| US 09481877 | Georgiou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Georgiou (Austin, Texas); Everett Stone (Austin, Texas); Wei-Cheng Lu (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions relating to the engineering of an improved protein with methionine-γ-lyase enzyme activity are described. For example, in certain aspects there may be disclosed a modified cystathionine-γ-lyase (CGL) comprising one or more amino acid substitutions and capable of degrading methionine. Furthermore, certain aspects of the invention provide compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer with methionine depletion using the disclosed proteins or nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/472750 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/51 (20130101) A61K 38/51 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 404/01001 (20130101) |
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| US 09481878 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey); IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey); IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chien-Hsing Chang (Downingtown, Pennsylvania); David M. Goldenberg (Mendham, New Jersey); Edmund A. Rossi (Woodland Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for forming immunotoxin complexes having a high efficacy and low systemic toxicity. In preferred embodiments, the toxin moiety is a ranpirnase (Rap), such as Rap(Q). In more preferred embodiments, the immunotoxin is made using dock-and-lock (DNL) technology. The immunotoxin exhibits improved pharmacokinetics, with a longer serum half-life and significantly greater efficacy compared to toxin alone, antibody alone, unconjugated toxin plus antibody or even other types of toxin-antibody constructs. In a most preferred embodiment the construct comprises an anti-Trop-2 antibody conjugated to Rap, although other combinations of antibodies, antibody fragments and toxins may be used to form the subject immunotoxins. The immunotoxins are of use to treat a variety of diseases, such as cancer, autoimmune disease or immune dysfunction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017885 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 47/48746 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) A61K 51/1027 (20130101) A61K 2039/625 (20130101) A61K 2039/6056 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/468 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/2833 (20130101) C07K 16/2887 (20130101) C07K 16/3007 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/96 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09481880 | Glass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John I. Glass (Germantown, Maryland); Nina Alperovich (Germantown, Maryland); Clyde A. Hutchison, III (La Jolla, California); Carole Lartigue (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Charles E. Merryman (Sykesville, Maryland); Sanjay Vashee (Boyds, Maryland); J. Craig Venter (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John I. Glass (Germantown, Maryland); Nina Alperovich (Germantown, Maryland); Clyde A. Hutchison, III (La Jolla, California); Carole Lartigue (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Charles E. Merryman (Sykesville, Maryland); Sanjay Vashee (Boyds, Maryland); J. Craig Venter (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed invention relates to methods of installing a genome isolated from one species (the donor) into suitably prepared cells of a second species (the recipient). Introduction of the donor genetic material into the recipient host cell effectively converts the recipient host cell into a new cell that, as a result of the operation of the donated genetic material, is functionally classified as belonging to the genus and species of the donor genetic material. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598414 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/74 (20130101) C12N 15/1079 (20130101) |
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| US 09481885 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Muller Fabbri (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides materials and methods related to the discovery that tumor secreted miR-21 and miR-29a can function by binding as ligands to receptors of the Tolllike receptor family, murine TLR7 and human TLR8, in immune cells, triggering a TLR-mediated prometastatic inflammatory response, which leads to tumor growth and metastasis. Thus, by acting as paracrine agonists of TLRs, secreted miRNAs are key regulators of the tumor microenvironment. This mechanism of action of miRNAs is important in the tumor-immune system communication, in tumor growth and spread, and in cancer treatment. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/364159 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7125 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (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 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (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 2600/118 (20130101) |
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| US 09481888 | Curtiss, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Curtiss, III (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Wei Kong (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Curtiss, III (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Wei Kong (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a recombinant bacterium and methods of using the recombinant bacterium to induce an immune response. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/302575 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/092 (20130101) A61K 39/0275 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/36 (20130101) C12N 9/1048 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09481896 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai School (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon Keller (Toronto, Canada); Stefan Irion (Toronto, Canada); Herve Luche (Ulm, Germany); Paul Gadue (New York, New York); Hans J. Fehling (Ulm, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for generating a transgenic eukaryotic cell population having a modified human Rosa26 locus, which method includes introducing a functional DNA sequence into the human Rosa26 locus of starting eukaryotic cells. Also provided are targeting vectors useful in the method, as well as a cell population and a transgenic non-human animal comprising a modified human Rosa26 locus. Finally, the invention provides an isolated DNA sequence corresponding to the human Rosa26 locus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/717472 |
| 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 | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2207/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0606 (20130101) C12N 15/907 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2800/30 (20130101) C12N 2840/44 (20130101) |
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| US 09481908 | Olasagasti 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) | Felix A. Olasagasti (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain); Kathy R. Lieberman (Santa Cruz, California); Seico Benner (Ustunomiya, Japan); Mark A. Akeson (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention herein disclosed provides for devices and methods that can detect and control an individual polymer in a mixture is acted upon by another compound, for example, an enzyme, in a nanopore in the absence of requiring a terminating nucleotide. The devices and methods are also used to determine rapidly (˜>50 Hz) the nucleotide base sequence of a polynucleotide under feedback control or using signals generated by the interactions between the polynucleotide and the nanopore. The invention is of particular use in the fields of drug discovery, molecular biology, structural biology, cell biology, molecular switches, molecular circuits, and molecular computational devices, and the manufacture thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/192785 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2522/101 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 3/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
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| US 09482620 | Volckens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Volckens (Fort Collins, Colorado); Kimberly Anderson (Fort Collins, Colorado); David Leith (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Mwangi T. Ndonga (Broomfield, Colorado); Azer Yalin (Fort Collins, Colorado); Christopher M. Limbach (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for characterizing particles in an aerosol are disclosed. A system includes a collection container that utilizes the principles of elutriation to collect particles of selected aerodynamic diameter ranges within a measurement region. A particle detector is used to detect and characterize particles that have settled into the measurement region. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/918798 |
| 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 3/443 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/2202 (20130101) G01N 15/10 (20130101) G01N 21/718 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/2223 (20130101) G01N 2015/0046 (20130101) |
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| US 09482638 | Star 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) | Alexander Star (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Narasimha Harindra Vedala (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gregg Peter Kotchey (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A device including a composition formed by oxidation of graphene oxide to form holey graphene oxide having defects therein and reduction of the holey graphene oxide. A composition includes graphene oxide sheets including holes therein formed by oxidation to form a network of interconnected graphene oxide nanoribbons. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/554912 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0476 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 3/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/127 (20130101) G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5438 (20130101) G01N 33/56916 (20130101) G01N 2333/245 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/898 (20130101) |
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| US 09482728 | Bottomley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul A. Bottomley (Columbia, Maryland); Shashank Sathyanarayana (Bangalore, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Bottomley (Columbia, Maryland); Shashank Sathyanarayana (Bangalore, India) |
| ABSTRACT | Featured are a device with localized sensitivity to magnetic resonance signals, an imaging system using such a device and MRI methods for performing internal MRI or MRI Endoscopy. Such an MRI method includes introducing an MRI antenna or probe into the specimen to be imaged, the antenna being configured in accordance with the devices described herein, so that the spatial coordinate frame of imaging is inherently locked or defined with respect to the introduced antenna thereby providing imaging of the specimen from the point of view of the antenna. Further such imaging is conducted so that the MRI signal is confined substantially to a volume with respect to a particular region of the antenna or probe. |
| FILED | Monday, December 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/521570 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/285 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/421 (20130101) G01R 33/422 (20130101) G01R 33/445 (20130101) G01R 33/3685 (20130101) G01R 33/4833 (20130101) G01R 33/34053 (20130101) G01R 33/34084 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
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| US 09483609 | Merz, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Malcolm Merz, Jr. (Gainesville, Florida); Dhruva Chakravorty (Holt, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to methods of identifying compounds that bind to a binding pocket on metal ion binding proteins of the ArsR/SmtB family and modulate their regulatory activity by increasing the propensity of the proteins to remain in a conformationally trapped form such as the metal ion bound conformation or disulfide-linked conformation, the DNA bound conformation, or the apo-conformation. The invention provides methods of identifying such compounds using computer software programs. The invention also provides bioassays for identifying such compounds. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds that modulate metalloregulatory activities of the metal ion binding proteins of the ArsR/SmtB family. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/769587 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6875 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/706 (20130101) |
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| US 09483685 | Chennubhotla 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) | Chakra S. Chennubhotla (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Shannon P. Quinn (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John R. Durkin (Quakertown, Pennsylvania); Maliha Zahid (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Richard John Bruce Francis (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Cecilia Wen Ya Lo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of classifying ciliary motion includes receiving digital video data representing the ciliary motion generated by an image capture device, wherein the digital video data includes a plurality of frames. The method further includes receiving an indication of a region of interest applicable to each of the frames, wherein the region of interest includes a plurality of pixels in each of the frames, calculating time series elemental motion data for at least one elemental motion parameter for the region of interest based on the digital video data, and using the time series elemental motion data to classify the ciliary motion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/697742 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00335 (20130101) G06K 9/522 (20130101) G06K 9/6212 (20130101) G06K 9/6269 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0016 (20130101) G06T 7/206 (20130101) G06T 7/2066 (20130101) G06T 2207/10056 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) |
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| US 09483866 | Stetson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. (Dublin, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC. (Dublin, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Stetson (Piedmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an OCT imaging system user interface for efficiently providing relevant image displays to the user. These displays are used during image acquisition to align patients and verify acquisition image quality. During image analysis, these displays indicate positional relationships between displayed data images, automatically display suspicious analysis, automatically display diagnostic data, simultaneously display similar data from multiple visits, improve access to archived data, and provide other improvements for efficient data presentation of relevant information. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/245910 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/102 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/748 (20130101) A61B 5/7445 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/321 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 15/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 19/00 (20130101) G06T 2219/028 (20130101) |
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| US 09483957 | Fuemmeler |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Frank Fuemmeler (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for promoting behavioral intervention via evidence-based recommendations and game mechanics. According to one aspect, a method for promoting behavioral intervention via evidence-based recommendations is provided. The method occurs at a computing platform including a processor and memory. The method includes receiving information regarding characteristics and/or activities of a user, wherein the user is associated with a medical condition or an age group. The method further includes determining, using the received information and predetermined health information associated with the medical condition or the age group, an action for promoting behavioral intervention. The method also includes providing the action or information associated with the action to the user. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/038051 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernest William Kovacs (Cohoes, New York); Erik Leeming Kvam (Niskayuna, New York); Bing Li (Clifton Park, New York); Frank John Mondello (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid substrate for the extraction, stabilization, and storage of proteins is provided. The substrate includes: a polysaccharide, such as melezitose under a substantially dry state. The substrate is configured to extract proteins from a sample and stabilize the extracted proteins in a dry format under ambient conditions for a prolonged period of time. Methods for collecting and recovering the proteins stored in the dry solid substrate are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/261900 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/24 (20130101) B01J 20/3212 (20130101) B01J 20/3242 (20130101) B01J 20/3246 (20130101) B01J 20/28033 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/145 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1006 (20130101) C12N 15/1017 (20130101) |
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| US 09481414 | Thielman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerhard W. Thielman (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Benjamin-Fausto S. Thielman (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerhard W. Thielman (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Benjamin-Fausto S. Thielman (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A spherical tractor operating mobile platform (STOMP) is provided for internally propelling and steering along an external surface. The STOMP includes a spherical shell having interior and exterior surfaces, an internal chassis containing an electrical power supply and a propulsion controller; a tractor drive system and an overhead wheel assembly. The tractor drive system provides propulsion and steering of the shell along the surface. The drive system includes a frame that connects to the chassis from below and contains a motor unit. The frame includes port and starboard sides that support respective wheel sets surrounded by corresponding continuous tracks. These tracks engage the shell's interior surface. Each wheel set includes a drive wheel, an idler wheel and a tension wheel for engaging a corresponding track. The overhead wheel assembly connects to the chassis from above to maintain the chassis and the drive system in compression with the shell. To propel the shell, the propulsion controller commands the motor unit to provide torque to both the port and starboard drive wheels. For steering the shell towards starboard, the motor provides torque to the port drive wheel. For steering the shell towards port, the motor provides torque to the starboard drive wheel. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/841246 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 7/02 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0011 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09481456 | Dempsey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Dempsey (New Haven, Connecticut); Matthew A. White (Milford, Connecticut); Aaron Kellner (Bloomfield, Connecticut); Joshua King (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are directed to obtaining data from a plurality of sensors located on a rotorcraft, wherein a first plurality of the sensors is associated with a hub of the rotorcraft and a second plurality of the sensors is associated with blades of the rotorcraft, processing the data to isolate blade dynamics using the data from the sensors associated with the blade from rotorcraft maneuvering dynamics using the data from the sensors associated with the hub, obtaining at least one parameter associated with the blade dynamics based on the processing, and analyzing the at least one parameter to control at least one of the rotorcraft and the blades. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/164724 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 11/06 (20130101) B64C 11/30 (20130101) B64C 11/301 (20130101) B64C 13/16 (20130101) B64C 27/008 (20130101) B64C 27/51 (20130101) B64C 27/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 27/57 (20130101) B64C 27/78 (20130101) B64C 27/80 (20130101) B64C 2027/7255 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09481459 | Staskevich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gennady Staskevich (Utica, New York); Erik P. Blasch (Rome, New York); Brian Abbe (Cicero, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for employing autonomous air vehicles to perform high risk observation, interaction, and interrogation with individuals. Invention comprises an autonomously controlled air vehicle with mounting and transporting means being attachable to automobiles and other first responder vehicle types. Mounting and transporting means serves also as a base station for commanding autonomous air vehicle and relaying communications to and from autonomous air vehicle to and from remote data base sources. Autonomously controlled air vehicle is equipped with a variety of sensors which air in observation and detection of suspects, their vehicles and possessions therein, and any documentation produced during the interrogation. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/563072 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear 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 11/1829 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 47/08 (20130101) Ground or Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted for Use in Connection With Aircraft; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining or Repairing Aircraft, Not Otherwise Provided For; Handling, Transporting, Testing or Inspecting Aircraft Components, Not Otherwise Provided for B64F 1/007 (20130101) B64F 1/20 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0011 (20130101) G05D 1/101 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00288 (20130101) G06K 9/00442 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/185 (20130101) |
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| US 09481571 | Helvajian |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photostructurable ceramic is processed using photostructuring process steps for embedding devices within a photostructurable ceramic volume, the devices may include one or more of chemical, mechanical, electronic, electromagnetic, optical, and acoustic devices, all made in part by creating device material within the ceramic or by disposing a device material through surface ports of the ceramic volume, with the devices being interconnected using internal connections and surface interfaces. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/564406 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) B01J 2219/00788 (20130101) B01J 2219/00835 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 2300/12 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0874 (20130101) B01L 2400/0439 (20130101) B01L 2400/0478 (20130101) B01L 2400/0633 (20130101) Shaping Clay or Other Ceramic Compositions; Shaping Slag; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g Plaster B28B 1/001 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2201/051 (20130101) B81B 2203/0338 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 1/00634 (20130101) Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 21/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115) |
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| US 09481614 | Daniels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Daniels (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ronald J. Heaps (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ronald S. Wallace (Ucon, Idaho); Michelle L. Pantoya (Lubbock, Texas); Eric S. Collins (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An energetic material comprising an elemental fuel, an oxidizer or other element, and a carbon nanofiller or carbon fiber rods, where the carbon nanofiller or carbon fiber rods are substantially homogeneously dispersed in the energetic material. Methods of tailoring the electrostatic discharge sensitivity of an energetic material are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050642 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 23/009 (20130101) C06B 27/00 (20130101) C06B 33/00 (20130101) C06B 45/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C06B 45/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09481840 | Smith, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Smith, Jr. (Huntsville, Alabama); Gregory E. Ogden (Tucson, Arizona); Clinton J. Brown (Huntsville, Alabama); Paul M. Frisby (Huntsville, Alabama); Sahar A. Torabzadeh (Harvest, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (HSV, Alabama); OGDEN ENGINEERING and ASSOCIATES, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Smith, Jr. (Huntsville, Alabama); Gregory E. Ogden (Tucson, Arizona); Clinton J. Brown (Huntsville, Alabama); Paul M. Frisby (Huntsville, Alabama); Sahar A. Torabzadeh (Harvest, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure include one-step synthesis to prepare a hypergolic green Fuel (HGF) propellant from 2-Hydroxyethylhydrazine (HEH) via a “one-step synthesis method”. In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure include fully nitrated HGF and partially nitrated HGF and formulations containing Hydroxyethylhydrazinium Nitrate (HEHN) and acetone, where the HEHN is produced independently. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/798787 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 47/00 (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 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09481880 | Glass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John I. Glass (Germantown, Maryland); Nina Alperovich (Germantown, Maryland); Clyde A. Hutchison, III (La Jolla, California); Carole Lartigue (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Charles E. Merryman (Sykesville, Maryland); Sanjay Vashee (Boyds, Maryland); J. Craig Venter (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John I. Glass (Germantown, Maryland); Nina Alperovich (Germantown, Maryland); Clyde A. Hutchison, III (La Jolla, California); Carole Lartigue (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Charles E. Merryman (Sykesville, Maryland); Sanjay Vashee (Boyds, Maryland); J. Craig Venter (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed invention relates to methods of installing a genome isolated from one species (the donor) into suitably prepared cells of a second species (the recipient). Introduction of the donor genetic material into the recipient host cell effectively converts the recipient host cell into a new cell that, as a result of the operation of the donated genetic material, is functionally classified as belonging to the genus and species of the donor genetic material. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598414 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/74 (20130101) C12N 15/1079 (20130101) |
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| US 09481933 | Mohanty |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pravansu S. Mohanty (Canton, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pravansu S. Mohanty (Canton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A cold spray nozzle assembly for applying a coating of particles to a substrate includes a nozzle defining an inner passage with a nozzle exit. The nozzle assembly also includes a particle supply member in communication with the inner passage. The particle supply member supplies the particles to flow and accelerate through the inner passage and out of the nozzle via the nozzle exit toward the substrate to be coated thereon. Furthermore, the nozzle assembly includes a laser that emits a laser beam that is transmitted through the inner passage. The laser heats at least one of the particles and the substrate to promote coating of the substrate with the particles. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/959523 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 7/16 (20130101) B05B 7/0075 (20130101) B05B 7/1404 (20130101) B05B 7/1481 (20130101) Apparatus for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05C 19/008 (20130101) Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/12 (20130101) B05D 3/06 (20130101) Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/144 (20151001) B23K 26/1476 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 24/04 (20130101) C23C 24/08 (20130101) C23C 24/082 (20130101) C23C 24/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09481949 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mei Zhang (Plano, Texas); Shaoli Fang (Richardson, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Anvar A. Zakhidov (McKinney, Texas); Kenneth Ross Atkinson (Victoria, Australia); Ali E. Aliev (Dallas, Texas); Sergey Li (Dallas, Texas); Chris Williams (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets; to methods of making said yarns, ribbons, and sheets; and to applications of said yarns, ribbons, and sheets. In some embodiments, the nanotube yarns, ribbons, and sheets comprise carbon nanotubes. Particularly, such carbon nanotube yarns of the present invention provide unique properties and property combinations such as extreme toughness, resistance to failure at knots, high electrical and thermal conductivities, high absorption of energy that occurs reversibly, up to 13% strain-to-failure compared with the few percent strain-to-failure of other fibers with similar toughness, very high resistance to creep, retention of strength even when heated in air at 450° C. for one hour, and very high radiation and UV resistance, even when irradiated in air. Furthermore these nanotube yarns can be spun as one micron diameter yarns and plied at will to make two-fold, four-fold, and higher fold yarns. Additional embodiments provide for the spinning of nanofiber sheets having arbitrarily large widths. In still additional embodiments, the present invention is directed to applications and devices that utilize and/or comprise the nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332632 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 47/0059 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/02 (20130101) B32B 5/12 (20130101) B32B 18/00 (20130101) B32B 2262/106 (20130101) B32B 2310/00 (20130101) B32B 2313/04 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0293 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/62231 (20130101) C04B 35/62272 (20130101) C04B 35/62281 (20130101) C04B 35/62855 (20130101) C04B 35/62892 (20130101) C04B 35/62897 (20130101) C04B 2235/422 (20130101) C04B 2235/526 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5264 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/12 (20130101) D01F 9/127 (20130101) D01F 9/1275 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/16 (20130101) D02G 3/28 (20130101) D02G 3/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 3/002 (20130101) Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases or Vapours D06B 15/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses of Section D, Relating to Textiles D10B 2101/122 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 2001/1515 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/5206 (20130101) H01L 51/5234 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8605 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/745 (20130101) Y10S 977/843 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/848 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/30 (20150115) |
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| US 09481971 | Maglio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Coraggio K. Maglio (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Brandan M. Scully (Charleston, South Carolina); Nathan D. Lovelace (Mobile, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Coraggio K. Maglio (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Brandan M. Scully (Charleston, South Carolina); Nathan D. Lovelace (Mobile, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a water control system with the reservoir level versatility of a weir stack and the relatively easy drainage of a water control gate. Multiple stack beams constrained between two opposed guide channels create a fluid reservoir having an incrementally adjustable fluid level. Increasing or decreasing the reservoir level is a matter of adding or removing one or more stack beams. To create an opening for draining fluid from any level of the reservoir, a picker mechanism captures at least one of the stack beams. By lifting the captured stack beam, and any stack beams atop the captured stack beam, the picker mechanism opens a gate at any level of the reservoir through which fluid may flow. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/677547 |
| ART UNIT | 3678 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic Engineering E02B 7/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E02B 7/36 (20130101) E02B 8/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09482105 | Gorokhovsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Gorokhovsky (San Antonio, Texas); Victor K. Champagne (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Gorokhovsky (San Antonio, Texas); Victor K. Champagne (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A wear resistant coating protects against corrosion and erosion of the thin metal protective sheath on turbomachinery applications. The coating has a metal layer overlaid by a ceramic layer. Multiple metal and ceramic layers can make up the coating with the layers varying in thickness allowing the layers nearer the substrate to remain more malleable to bend with the sheath and those layers nearer the top of the coating to be more brittle and resistant to wear. A cold spray metallic layer applied to the substrate provides a lightweight, flexible layer beneath the corrosion and erosion resistant protective multilayer coating. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/790691 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/00 (20130101) F01D 5/12 (20130101) F01D 5/28 (20130101) F01D 5/141 (20130101) F01D 5/147 (20130101) F01D 5/284 (20130101) F01D 5/286 (20130101) F01D 5/288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick J Borrell (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Reprented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick J Borrell (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal rocket initiator mechanism, including a housing; a primer carriage translatable within the housing; a percussion primer disposed within the primer carriage; and a pair of actuator rods disposed within the housing where one of the pair of actuator rods is coupled to the primer carriage and the other pair of actuator rods is coupled to the housing. The mechanism further includes a rocker arm coupling the pair of actuator rods to one another where the pair of actuator rods are manufactured from a shape memory alloy that changes dimensions upon heating, translating the primer carriage within the housing and correspondingly actuating the percussion primer. The pair of actuator rods includes a long actuator rod and a short actuator rod. The percussion primer is actuated through a ramp structure coupled to the primer carriage and a spring structure coupled to the housing. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 13/999384 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/95 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 15/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09482499 | Gotzmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carl Gotzmer (Accokeek, Maryland); Amos Dare (Cheltenham, Maryland); Steven Kim (Crofton, Maryland); Jeff St. Clair (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl Gotzmer (Accokeek, Maryland); Amos Dare (Cheltenham, Maryland); Steven Kim (Crofton, Maryland); Jeff St. Clair (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is an explosively formed projectile (EFP). On detonation of an explosive charge, an explosively formed projectile is formed from two separate metal elements, an open-poled dished liner and a cavitation pin. The open-poled dished liner is made of a metal more dense than a metal of the cavitation pin. The cavitation pin lies on the open-poled dished liner longitudinal axis and in contact therewith. The cavitation pin has a truncated right conical shape with a base diameter to length ratio of 0.7:1 to 1.5:1. The ratio of the open-poled dished liner diameter:cavitation pin fore portion major base diameter is 2:1 to 4:1. Upon detonation, the cavitation pin leads the explosively forged liner in the explosively formed projectile assembly. The leading pin causes cavitation in water resulting in an increase in the velocity of the explosively formed projectile. |
| FILED | Friday, October 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998510 |
| 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) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven E. Anderson (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven E. Anderson (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A marine cable cutter is provided for wirelessly severing wire responsive to an electromagnetic command signal. The cutter includes an explosive package for wrapping around the wire, and a clamshell case for containing the package around the wire. The package includes a wireless receiver to receive the command signal, an electric pulse generator triggered by the receiver, an explosive initiated by the generator, and a platform for containing the receiver, generator and explosive. The clamshell case includes a pair of envelopes connected along mutual first edges by a hinge and mutual second edges by respective clamps. The envelopes pivot on the hinge to open and receive the package with disposal of the wire therein, and subsequently to close and secure by the clamps. The envelopes can be composed of sheet metal with the clamps being flanges with aligned holes for receiving bolt fasteners. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/542416 |
| 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 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Blasting F42D 3/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09482528 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick T. Baker (Washington, District of Columbia); Geoffrey G. Hazel (Raleigh, North Carolina); David J. Fields (Burke, Virginia); Anna O. Bilska-Wolak (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Logos Technologies LLC (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick T. Baker (Washington, District of Columbia); Geoffrey G. Hazel (Raleigh, North Carolina); David J. Fields (Burke, Virginia); Anna O. Bilska-Wolak (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In general, the present disclosure relates to persistent surveillance (PS), wide medium and small in area, and large volume data streaming (LVSD), e.g., from orbiting aircraft or spacecraft, and PS/LVSD specific data compression. In certain aspects, the PS specific data or LVSD compression and image alignment may utilize registration of images via accurate knowledge of camera position, pointing, calibration, and a 3D model of the surveillance area. Photogrammetric systems and methods to compress PS specific data or LVSD while minimizing loss are provided. In certain embodiments, to achieve data compression while minimizing loss, a depth model is generated, and imagery is registered to the depth model. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/496829 |
| ART UNIT | 2484 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/0221 (20130101) |
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| US 09482535 | Heck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Heck (Berkeley, California); Haisheng Rong (Pleasanton, California); Richard Jones (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Heck (Berkeley, California); Haisheng Rong (Pleasanton, California); Richard Jones (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system having an optomechanical gyroscope device. An optomechanical disk acts as an optical ring resonator and a mechanical disk resonator. A drive laser generates an optical drive signal. A drive channel acts as a waveguide for the optical drive signal and includes drive electrodes in a first proximity with respect to the optomechanical disk. The drive electrodes to excite the ring by evanescent coupling. A drive photodetector is configured to receive an output optical signal from the drive channel. A sense laser generates a optical sense signal. A sense channel acts as a waveguide for the optical sense signal and includes sense electrodes in a second proximity with respect to the optomechanical disk. A sense photodetector is configured to receive an output optical signal from the sense channel. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/996669 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/661 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 19/5684 (20130101) |
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| US 09482553 | Weinberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc S. Weinberg (Needham, Massachusetts); Eugene H. Cook (Melrose, Massachusetts); Stephen L. Finberg (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Murali V. Chaparala (Newton, Massachusetts); Thayne R. Henry (Waltham, Massachusetts); Thomas A. Campbell (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for calibrating a gyroscope without rotating the instrument. In one example, a calibration method includes operating the gyroscope in a self-oscillation loop to generate x-axis and y-axis drive signals, adding forcing signals to the x-axis and y-axis drive signals to produce pick-off x-axis and y-axis signals, measuring the pick-off x-axis and y-axis signals to produce measurement data, determining a relative phase between the pick-off x-axis and y-axis signals, based on the measurement data and the relative phase, estimating parameters of the gyroscope, based on the measurement data and the estimated parameters, calculating estimated position signals to calibrate the gyroscope. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/501083 |
| ART UNIT | 2854 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/56 (20130101) G01C 25/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09482595 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew A. White (Milford, Connecticut); Patrick J. Dempsey (New Haven, Connecticut); Aaron Kellner (Bloomfield, Connecticut); Joshua King (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor state sensor system is provided for use with a rotor including a hub, a hub arm and a blade coupled to the hub by the hub arm. The sensor system includes sensors disposed on the hub arm to define a first plane, which emit emissions and receive reflected emissions, and which generate a signal according to the received reflected emissions, reflector plates disposed on the blade which define a second plane at locations where the emissions from the sensors are incident on the reflector plates and from which the reflected emissions are reflected towards the sensors and a computing device which receives the signal from the sensors, determines relative orientations of the first and second planes according to the received signal and determines a condition of the rotor based on the determined relative orientations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/173374 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/57 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01M 17/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09482608 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravinder Jain (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mani Hossein-Zadeh (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravinder Jain (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mani Hossein-Zadeh (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns an optical molecular sensing device and related method. The optical molecular sensing device has an optical resonator adapted to be connected to an excitation source. The excitation source may be a laser operating at a 2.7-2.8 um spectral range. The optical molecular sensing device has an emission spectrum comprised of a plurality wavelengths. Also included are a detection unit and a RF frequency counter to detect at least one RF beat note resulting from detecting the emission spectrum of the optical resonator. A change in frequency of the RF beat note indicates the presence of a target molecule. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/659579 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/27 (20130101) G01N 21/3504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0686 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) |
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| US 09482626 | Ghasr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammad Tayeb Ghasr (Rolla, Missouri); Matthew Kempin (Overland Park, Kansas); Reza Zoughi (Wildwood, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An open-ended waveguide probe including a finite flange extending outwardly and functioning as an infinite flange. A signal source provides a microwave signal to the waveguide, which in turn transmits microwave electromagnetic energy incident upon an object to be tested. The finite flange at the waveguide's aperture is shaped to reduce scattering of the electromagnetic field reflected from the object and received by the aperture. The probe is adapted for coupling to a receiver for sampling the reflected electromagnetic field received by the aperture and the receiver is adapted for coupling to a processor for determining at least one material characteristic of the object based on sampled electromagnetic field reflected from the object. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026754 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 22/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 22/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09482666 | Domenyuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valeriy Domenyuk (Tempe, Arizona); Chris Diehnelt (Chandler, Arizona); Stephen Johnston (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valeriy Domenyuk (Tempe, Arizona); Chris Diehnelt (Chandler, Arizona); Stephen Johnston (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for identifying cell binding and/or lytic polypeptides that permit production of specific polypeptide therapeutics in a high throughput manner. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/359389 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/18 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5008 (20130101) |
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| US 09482850 | Ford 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) | Joseph E. Ford (Solana Beach, California); Eric Tremblay (Fruitvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided to enable the capture of large (e.g., Gigapixel) images with high image quality using optical imaging systems that have a small form factor. The disclosed systems can be manufactured in a cost effective fashion, and can be readily assembled, aligned, tested and utilized. One such system comprises a monocentric primary optics section that includes one or more surfaces adapted to form a symmetrical arrangement around a common point of origin. The system also includes a secondary optics section that includes a plurality of secondary optics subsections, where each secondary optics subsection can intercept at least a portion of the light collected by the monocentric primary optics section. The combination of the primary optics section and the secondary optics section is adapted to form an image. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/589879 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/08 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0062 (20130101) G02B 7/027 (20130101) G02B 13/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 13/06 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2258 (20130101) |
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| US 09483302 | Sonnek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adventium Enterprises, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Adventium Enterprises, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason D. Sonnek (Lino Lakes, Minnesota); Steven A. Harp (Coon Rapids, Minnesota); J. Thomas Haigh (Golden Valley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure includes methods and systems for providing virtual machine services. A number of embodiments can include a user VM with a virtual workstation, a number of service modules that can provide a number of services without communicating with the user VM and/or the virtual workstation, a communication channel that allows the number of service modules to communicate with each other, a computing device, and a manager. A number of embodiments can also include a virtual machine monitor to enforce an isolation policy within the system. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/662352 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/53 (20130101) G06F 2009/4557 (20130101) |
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| US 09483376 | Sethumadhavan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshminarasimhan Sethumadhavan (New York, New York); John Demme (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for providing precise microprocessor performance counter readings including detecting a swap back to a monitored process executing in a microprocessor. In response to the detected swap back to the monitored process, if the value read from the performance counter does not exceed the defined overflow threshold, the value of the performance counter stored in the first memory location is restored to the performance counter. If the value read from the performance counter exceeds the defined overflow threshold, the performance counter is set to zero and the value of the performance counter stored in the first memory location is used to increment an overflow memory location. If the value read from the performance counter exceeds the defined overflow threshold, at least one performance counter reading instruction is detected and in response to the detected at least one performance counter reading instruction, setting the counter output register to zero. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/478367 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3024 (20130101) G06F 11/3409 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/3466 (20130101) G06F 2201/88 (20130101) G06F 2201/815 (20130101) |
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| US 09483605 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Morris (Portland, Connecticut); Benjamin D. Hall (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Lauren Gray (Newington, Connecticut); Ming-Ta Yang (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Perry Bowes (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel probabilistic method for analyzing high cycle fatigue (HCF) in a design of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The method may comprise identifying a component of the gas turbine engine for high cycle fatigue analysis, inputting parametric data of the component over a predetermined parameter space into at least one computer processor, using the at least one computer processor to build a plurality of flexible models of the component based on the parametric data of the component over the predetermined parameter space, using the at least one computer processor to build a plurality of emulators of the component based on the plurality of flexible models, and using the at least one computer processor to predict a probability of HCF based at least in part on the parametric data of the component over the predetermined parameter space and the plurality of emulators. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/134530 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/16 (20130101) F01D 21/003 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/81 (20130101) F05D 2260/961 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5018 (20130101) G06F 17/5086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2217/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09483635 | Azab et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Azab (Raleigh, North Carolina); Peng Ning (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for active monitoring, memory protection, and integrity verification of a target device are disclosed. For example, a normal world virtual processor and a secure world virtual processor are instantiated on a target device. A target operating system is executed on the normal world virtual processor. An integrity verification agent is executed on the secure world virtual processor. One or more predetermined operations attempted on the normal world virtual processor are trapped to the secure world virtual processor. The integrity verification agent is used to determine the effect of the execution of the trapped operations on the target device. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/419222 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3024 (20130101) G06F 11/3089 (20130101) G06F 21/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/53 (20130101) G06F 2201/815 (20130101) G06F 2221/034 (20130101) |
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| US 09483867 | Haanpaa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cybernet Systems Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cybernet Systems Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Haanpaa (Dexter, Michigan); Charles J. Cohen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Glenn J. Beach (Grass Lake, Michigan); Charles J. Jacobus (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for performing object identification combines pose determination, EO/IR sensor data, and novel computer graphics rendering techniques. A first module extracts the orientation and distance of a target in a truth chip given that the target type is known. A second is a module identifies the vehicle within a truth chip given the known distance and elevation angle from camera to target. Image matching is based on synthetic image and truth chip image comparison, where the synthetic image is rotated and moved through a 3-Dimensional space. To limit the search space, it is assumed that the object is positioned on relatively flat ground and that the camera roll angle stays near zero. This leaves three dimensions of motion (distance, heading, and pitch angle) to define the space in which the synthetic target is moved. A graphical user interface (GUI) front end allows the user to manually adjust the orientation of the target within the synthetic images. The system also includes the generation of shadows and allows the user to manipulate the sun angle to approximate the lighting conditions of the test range in the provided video. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/799124 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/3241 (20130101) G06K 9/6202 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/20 (20130101) G06T 3/60 (20130101) G06T 7/20 (20130101) G06T 15/00 (20130101) G06T 15/10 (20130101) G06T 15/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10012 (20130101) G06T 2207/30212 (20130101) |
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| US 09484158 | Aksay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey); VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATION (Jessup, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey); VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATION (Jessup, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Michael Pope (Princeton, New Jersey); Christian Punckt (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of making a graphene-ionic liquid composite. The composite can be used to make elec-trodes for energy storage devices, such as batteries and supercapacitors. Dis-closed and claimed herein is method of making a graphene-ionic liquid com-posite, comprising combining a graphene source with at least one ionic liquid and heating the combination at a temperature of at least about 130 ° C. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/379145 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — 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 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0446 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 25/06 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/28 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/38 (20130101) H01G 11/44 (20130101) H01G 11/86 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/54 (20151101) |
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| US 09484195 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sandilya Venkata Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason David Harper (Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Alan Charipar (Batavia, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for transferring ions for analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample including an ionizing source for converting molecules of a sample into gas phase ions in a region at about atmospheric pressure, an ion analysis device, and an ion transfer member operably coupled to a gas flow generating device, in which the gas flow generating device produces a laminar gas flow that transfers the gas phase ions through the ion transfer member to an inlet of the ion analysis device. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/880613 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/622 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) H01J 49/10 (20130101) H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/0027 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/40 (20130101) H01J 49/0404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0409 (20130101) H01J 49/0422 (20130101) H01J 49/0459 (20130101) H01J 49/4215 (20130101) |
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| US 09484284 | Gambin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Falls Church, Virginia); GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia); General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Gambin (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Benjamin D. Poust (Hawthorne, California); Dino Ferizovic (Torrance, California); Stanton E. Weaver (Broadalbin, New York); Gary D. Mandrusiak (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A MMIC power amplifier circuit assembly comprised of a SiC substrate having a plurality of microchannels formed therein, where a diamond layer is provided within each of the microchannels. A plurality of GaN HEMT devices are provided on the substrate where each HEMT device is positioned directly opposite to a microchannel. A silicon manifold is coupled to the substrate and includes a plurality of micro-machined channels formed therein that include a jet impingement channel positioned directly adjacent each microchannel, a return channel directly positioned adjacent to each microchannel, a supply channel supplying a cooling fluid to the impingement channels and a return channel collecting heated cooling fluid from the supply channels so that an impingement jet is directed on to the diamond layer for removing heat generated by the HEMT devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/072242 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/66 (20130101) H01L 23/3677 (20130101) H01L 23/3732 (20130101) H01L 23/4735 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/095 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7784 (20130101) H01L 2223/6644 (20130101) H01L 2223/6683 (20130101) Amplifiers H03F 3/195 (20130101) H03F 3/213 (20130101) H03F 3/1935 (20130101) H03F 2200/451 (20130101) |
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| US 09484413 | Van Brunt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Robert Van Brunt (Morrisville, North Carolina); Alexander V. Suvorov (Durham, North Carolina); Vipindas Pala (Durham, North Carolina); Lin Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device structure according to some embodiments includes a silicon carbide substrate having a first conductivity type, a silicon carbide drift layer having the first conductivity type on the silicon carbide substrate and having an upper surface opposite the silicon carbide substrate, and a buried junction structure in the silicon carbide drift layer. The buried junction structure has a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type and has a junction depth that is greater than about one micron. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/297074 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/046 (20130101) H01L 21/047 (20130101) H01L 21/26506 (20130101) H01L 21/26586 (20130101) H01L 29/0619 (20130101) H01L 29/861 (20130101) H01L 29/872 (20130101) H01L 29/0878 (20130101) H01L 29/1095 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/6606 (20130101) H01L 29/7802 (20130101) H01L 29/7828 (20130101) |
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| US 09484475 | Rappe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew M Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Peter K Davies (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Don Vincent West (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew M Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Peter K Davies (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Don Vincent West (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are ferroelectric perovskites characterized as having a band gap, Egap, of less than 2.5 eV. Also disclosed are compounds comprising a solid solution of KNbO3 and BaNi1/2Nb1/2O3-delta, wherein delta is in the range of from 0 to about 1. The specification also discloses photovoltaic devices comprising one or more solar absorbing layers, wherein at least one of the solar absorbing layers comprises a semiconducting ferroelectric layer. Finally, this patent application provides solar cell, comprising: a heterojunction of n- and p-type semiconductors characterized as comprising an interface layer disposed between the n- and p-type semiconductors, the interface layer comprising a semiconducting ferroelectric absorber layer capable of enhancing light absorption and carrier separation. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/649154 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 33/00 (20130101) C01G 53/66 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/34 (20130101) C01P 2002/50 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/495 (20130101) C04B 2235/79 (20130101) C04B 2235/664 (20130101) C04B 2235/768 (20130101) C04B 2235/3201 (20130101) C04B 2235/3215 (20130101) C04B 2235/3279 (20130101) C04B 2235/3298 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/072 (20130101) H01L 31/03529 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09484589 | Hsu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lewis Hsu (Lomita, California); Wayne Po-Wen Liu (San Diego, California); David Bartholomew Chadwick (San Diego, California); Jeffrey Asher Kagan (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lewis Hsu (Lomita, California); Wayne Po-Wen Liu (San Diego, California); David Bartholomew Chadwick (San Diego, California); Jeffrey Asher Kagan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microbial fuel cell comprising: an anode; an anode chamber configured to house the anode and an oxygen-reduced, nutrient-rich solution from a sediment bottom of a natural water body, wherein the anode chamber shields the anode from surrounding oxygen-rich water; a cathode disposed outside the anode chamber in the oxygen-rich water and electrically coupled in series to the anode via an electrical load; and an agitator configured to periodically agitate the sediment bottom to increase the quantity of nutrients in the nutrient-rich solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/307036 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/04798 (20130101) |
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| US 09484917 | Raychowdhury et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arijit Raychowdhury (Hillsboro, Oregon); Charles Augustine (West Lafayette, Indiana); James W. Tschanz (Portland, Oregon); Vivek K. De (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arijit Raychowdhury (Hillsboro, Oregon); Charles Augustine (West Lafayette, Indiana); James W. Tschanz (Portland, Oregon); Vivek K. De (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is an apparatus which comprises: a clamp coupled between a first power supply and a second power supply; and a circuit to operate with the second power supply, wherein the clamp is operable to adjust the second power supply when the apparatus enters a low power mode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/718372 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Regulating Electric or Magnetic Variables G05F 1/10 (20130101) G05F 1/59 (20130101) G05F 1/461 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 19/0016 (20130101) |
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| US 09484918 | Kuan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yen-Cheng Kuan (Los Angeles, California); Ining Ku (Irvine, California); Zhiwei A. Xu (Davis, California); Susan L. Morton (Pittsford, New York); Donald A. Hitko (Grover Beach, California); Peter Petre (Oak Park, California); Jose Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park, California); Alan E. Reamon (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A pulse domain 1 to 2N demultiplexer has a (i) pair of N stage counters each of which is responsive to an incoming pulse train in the pulse domain, one of the counters being responsive to leading edges of the pulses in the incoming pulse train and the other one of the counters being responsive to trailing edges of the pulses in the incoming pulse train and (ii) a control logic responsive to the states through which the pair of counters count, the control logic including 2N gate arrangements, each of the 2N gate arrangements generating a output signal of the pulse domain 1 to 2N demultiplexer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/834837 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/0016 (20130101) H03K 19/00369 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09485218 | Harp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Alex Harp (Coon Rapids, Minnesota); J Thomas Haigh (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Johnathan A Gohde (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Richard C O'Brien (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Charles N Payne, Jr. (Stillwater, Minnesota); Ryan A VanRiper (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Adventium Enterprises, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Alex Harp (Coon Rapids, Minnesota); J Thomas Haigh (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Johnathan A Gohde (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Richard C O'Brien (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Charles N Payne, Jr. (Stillwater, Minnesota); Ryan A VanRiper (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A device to prevent, detect and respond to one or more security threats between one or more controlled hosts and one or more services accessible from the controlled host. The device determines the authenticity of a user of a controlled host and activates user specific configurations under which the device monitors and controls all communications between the user, the controlled host and the services. As such, the device ensures the flow of only legitimate and authorized communications. Suspicious communications, such as those with malicious intent, malformed packets, among others, are stopped, reported for analysis and action. Additionally, upon detecting suspicious communication, the device modifies the activated user specific configurations under which the device monitors and controls the communications between the user, the controlled host and the services. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730201 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/102 (20130101) H04L 63/164 (20130101) H04L 63/0227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/0281 (20130101) H04L 63/0853 (20130101) H04L 63/1441 (20130101) |
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| US 09485552 | Dupuis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUISNESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicolas Dupuis (New York, New York); Daniel M. Kuchta (Patterson, New York); Benjamin G. Lee (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Alexander Rylyakov (Staten Island, New York); Clint L. Schow (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for bias control in an optical switch fabric include monitoring optical power at outputs of a plurality of switch elements in an N×N switch fabric that has N inputs, N outputs, and M≧2 stages. A bias control of a first of the plurality of switch elements is adjusted. It is determined whether the optical power at the outputs of the first switch element after bias control adjustment conform more closely to a predetermined criterion relative to the monitored optical power at the outputs of the first switch element prior to adjustment. The adjusting and determining steps are repeated for each of the remainder of the plurality of switch elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/009084 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Selecting H04Q 11/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04Q 2011/0039 (20130101) |
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| US 09485847 | Umstadter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Umstadter (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for temporally and spatially aligning a laser-based x-ray source and maintaining alignment is disclosed. A pump laser beam, which interacts with a plasma source to create an electron beam, is aligned with the electron beam. A scattering laser beam is overlapped with the pump laser beam at an intersection point. The pump laser beam and scattering laser beam alignments are monitored and adjusted to maintain optimal alignment during operation of the laser-based x-ray source. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/212787 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray Technique H05G 2/001 (20130101) H05G 2/003 (20130101) H05G 2/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09485849 | Vetter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur M. Vetter (Renton, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur M. Vetter (Renton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency particle accelerator structure and particle acceleration method are disclosed. Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from a fundamental power coupler coupled between a first electromagnetic resonant cavity sequentially coupled a second electromagnetic resonant cavity. The radio frequency electromagnetic energy is resonated in the first electromagnetic resonant cavity and the second electromagnetic resonant cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/280349 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0903 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/04 (20130101) H05H 7/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05H 2007/041 (20130101) H05H 2007/225 (20130101) H05H 2007/227 (20130101) |
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| US 09480856 | Pravica, Sr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education of Behalf of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Pravica, Sr. (Henderson, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides methods, systems, and devices for inducing a decomposition reaction by directing x-rays towards a location including a particular compound. The x-rays can have an irradiation energy that corresponds to a bond distance of a bond in the particular compound in order to break that bond and induce a decomposition of that particular compound. In some cases, the particular compound is a hazardous substance or part of a hazardous substance. In some cases, the particular compound is delivered to a desired location in an organism and x-rays induce a decomposition reaction that creates a therapeutic substance (e.g., a toxin that kills cancer cells) in the location of the organism. In some cases, the particular compound decomposes to produce a reactant in a reactor apparatus (e.g., fuel cell or semiconductor fabricator). |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/595431 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 2005/1098 (20130101) Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/174 (20130101) A62D 2101/02 (20130101) A62D 2101/06 (20130101) A62D 2101/22 (20130101) A62D 2101/26 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/125 (20130101) Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/02 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/0606 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09480935 | Mariella, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond P. Mariella, Jr. (Danville, California); George M. Dougherty (Albany, California); John M. Dzenitis (Danville, California); Robin R. Miles (Danville, California); David S. Clague (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond P. Mariella, Jr. (Danville, California); George M. Dougherty (Albany, California); John M. Dzenitis (Danville, California); Robin R. Miles (Danville, California); David S. Clague (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for separating particles and/or toxins from a sample fluid. A method according to one embodiment comprises simultaneously passing a sample fluid and a buffer fluid through a chamber such that a fluidic interface is formed between the sample fluid and the buffer fluid as the fluids pass through the chamber, the sample fluid having particles of interest therein; applying a force to the fluids for urging the particles of interest to pass through the interface into the buffer fluid; and substantially separating the buffer fluid from the sample fluid. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024762 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 17/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/4077 (20130101) G01N 2001/4072 (20130101) G01N 2015/0288 (20130101) |
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| US 09481582 | Tisdale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Tisdale (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ferry Prins (Barendrecht, Netherlands); Mark Weidman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Megan Beck (St. Maries, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Tisdale (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ferry Prins (Barendrecht, Netherlands); Mark Weidman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Megan Beck (St. Maries, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing monodisperse MX semiconductor nanocrystals can include contacting an M-containing precursor with an X donor to form a mixture, where the molar ratio between the M containing precursor and the X donor is large. Alternatively, if additional X donor is added during the reaction, a smaller ratio between the M containing precursor and the X donor can be used to prepare monodisperse MX semiconductor nanocrystals. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/552410 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/007 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 21/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/52 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) |
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| US 09481614 | Daniels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Daniels (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ronald J. Heaps (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ronald S. Wallace (Ucon, Idaho); Michelle L. Pantoya (Lubbock, Texas); Eric S. Collins (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An energetic material comprising an elemental fuel, an oxidizer or other element, and a carbon nanofiller or carbon fiber rods, where the carbon nanofiller or carbon fiber rods are substantially homogeneously dispersed in the energetic material. Methods of tailoring the electrostatic discharge sensitivity of an energetic material are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050642 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 23/009 (20130101) C06B 27/00 (20130101) C06B 33/00 (20130101) C06B 45/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C06B 45/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09481615 | Van Dam 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) | R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California); Supin Chen (Los Angeles, California); Huijiang Ding (Hanchuan, China PRC); Gaurav Jitendra Shah (Los Angeles, California); Pei Yuin Keng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of performing microchemical reactions and electro-wetting-on-dielectric devices (EWOD devices) for use in performing those reactions. These devices and method are particularly suited for preparing radiochemical compounds, particularly compounds containing 18F. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/879623 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07B 59/001 (20130101) C07B 59/002 (20130101) C07B 59/005 (20130101) C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 201/12 (20130101) C07C 227/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/18 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09481705 | Satyamurthy 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) | Nagichettiar Satyamurthy (Los Angeles, California); Jorge R. Barrio (Agoura Hills, California); Bernard Amarasekera (Winnetka, California); R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Sebastian Olma (Muenster, Germany); Dirk Williams (Northridge, California); Mark Eddings (San Pedro, California); Clifton Kwang-Fu Shen (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular chemical production system includes multiple modules for performing a chemical reaction, particularly of radiochemical compounds, from a remote location. One embodiment comprises a reaction vessel including a moveable heat source with the position thereof relative to the reaction vessel being controllable from a remote position. Alternatively the heat source may be fixed in location and the reaction vial is moveable into and out of the heat source. The reaction vessel has one or more sealing plugs, the positioning of which in relationship to the reaction vessel is controllable from a remote position. Also the one or more reaction vessel sealing plugs can include one or more conduits there through for delivery of reactants, gases at atmospheric or an elevated pressure, inert gases, drawing a vacuum and removal of reaction end products to and from the reaction vial, the reaction vial with sealing plug in position being operable at elevated pressures. The modular chemical production system is assembled from modules which can each include operating condition sensors and controllers configured for monitoring and controlling the individual modules and the assembled system from a remote position. Other modules include, but are not limited to a Reagent Storage and Delivery Module, a Cartridge Purification Module, a Microwave Reaction Module, an External QC/Analysis/Purification Interface Module, an Aliquotting Module, an F-18 Drying Module, a Concentration Module, a Radiation Counting Module, and a Capillary Reactor Module. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/941164 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/004 (20130101) B01J 19/126 (20130101) B01J 2219/24 (20130101) B01J 2219/00049 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/001 (20130101) C07B 59/002 (20130101) C07B 59/005 (20130101) C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 201/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/46 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 5/02 (20130101) C07H 19/06 (20130101) C07H 19/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/12 (20150115) Y10T 436/115831 (20150115) |
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| US 09481897 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NOVOZYMES, INC. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Tarana Shaghasi (Dixon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides hybrid polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity. The present invention also provides polynucleotides encoding the hybrid polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and processes of using the hybrid polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/367160 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2402 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 19/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09481898 | Liao 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) | James C. Liao (Los Angeles, California); Kwang Myung Cho (Sungnam-si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a process that converts CO2 to higher alcohols (e.g. isobutanol) using electricity as the energy source. This process stores electricity (e.g. from solar energy, nuclear energy, and the like) in liquid fuels that can be used as high octane number gasoline substitutes. Instead of deriving reducing power from photosynthesis, this process derives reducing power from electrically generated mediators, either H2 or formate. H2 can be derived from electrolysis of water. Formate can be generated by electrochemical reduction of CO2. After delivering the reducing power in the cell, formate becomes CO2 and recycles back. Therefore, the biological CO2 fixation process can occur in the dark. |
| FILED | Monday, October 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/875655 |
| 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 9/88 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/04 (20130101) C12P 7/16 (20130101) C12P 7/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 101/01001 (20130101) C12Y 401/01072 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) Y02P 20/59 (20151101) Y02P 20/134 (20151101) |
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| US 09481923 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jung-Pyung Choi (Richland, Washington); Kenneth Scott Weil (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung-Pyung Choi (Richland, Washington); Kenneth Scott Weil (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of aluminizing the surface of a metal substrate. The methods of the present invention do not require establishment of a vacuum or a reducing atmosphere, as is typically necessary. Accordingly, aluminization can occur in the presence of oxygen, which greatly simplifies and reduces processing costs by allowing deposition of the aluminum coating to be performed, for example, in air. Embodiments of the present invention can be characterized by applying a slurry that includes a binder and powder granules containing aluminum to the metal substrate surface. Then, in a combined step, a portion of the aluminum is diffused into the substrate and a portion of the aluminum is oxidized by heating the slurry to a temperature greater than the melting point of the aluminum in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469888 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — 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 10/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 10/30 (20130101) C23C 10/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09481930 | Hamza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alex V. Hamza (Livermore, California); Juergen Biener (San Leandro, California); Christoph Wild (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany); Eckhard Woerner (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex V. Hamza (Livermore, California); Juergen Biener (San Leandro, California); Christoph Wild (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany); Eckhard Woerner (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method for fabricating diamond shells is introduced. The fabrication of such shells is a multi-step process, which involves diamond chemical vapor deposition on predetermined mandrels followed by polishing, microfabrication of holes, and removal of the mandrel by an etch process. The resultant shells of the present invention can be configured with a surface roughness at the nanometer level (e.g., on the order of down to about 10 nm RMS) on a mm length scale, and exhibit excellent hardness/strength, and good transparency in the both the infra-red and visible. Specifically, a novel process is disclosed herein, which allows coating of spherical substrates with optical-quality diamond films or nanocrystalline diamond films. |
| FILED | Friday, October 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/584205 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/0051 (20130101) B22F 9/28 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) Implements for Writing or Drawing B43K 1/082 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/52 (20130101) C04B 2235/94 (20130101) C04B 2235/95 (20130101) C04B 2235/427 (20130101) C04B 2235/963 (20130101) C04B 2235/6028 (20130101) C04B 2235/9661 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/01 (20130101) C23C 16/271 (20130101) C23C 16/272 (20130101) C23C 16/274 (20130101) C23C 16/458 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/4417 (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 25/12 (20130101) C30B 25/18 (20130101) C30B 29/04 (20130101) C30B 29/607 (20130101) C30B 35/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/02 (20130101) Fusion Reactors G21B 1/19 (20130101) |
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| US 09481939 | Masel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dioxide Materials, Inc. (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dioxide Materials, Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard I. Masel (Boca Raton, Florida); Qingmei Chen (Savoy, Illinois); Zengcai Liu (Savoy, Illinois); Robert Kutz (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical device converts carbon dioxide to a reaction product. The device includes an anode and a cathode, each comprising a quantity of catalyst. The anode and cathode each has reactant introduced thereto. A polymer electrolyte membrane is interposed between the anode and the cathode. At least a portion of the cathode catalyst is directly exposed to gaseous carbon dioxide during electrolysis. The average current density at the membrane is at least 20 mA/cm2, measured as the area of the cathode gas diffusion layer that is covered by catalyst, and CO selectivity is at least 50% at a cell potential of 3.0 V. In some embodiments, the polymer electrolyte membrane comprises a polymer in which a constituent monomer is (p-vinylbenzyl)-R, where R is selected from the group consisting of imidazoliums, pyridiniums and phosphoniums. In some embodiments, the polymer electrolyte membrane is a Helper Membrane comprising a polymer containing an imidazolium ligand, a pyridinium ligand, or a phosphonium ligand. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/704934 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 41/14 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 3/04 (20130101) C25B 9/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 13/08 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1023 (20130101) H01M 8/1044 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) |
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| US 09482108 | Garcia Crespo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andres Jose Garcia Crespo (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a turbomachine blade assembly having a blade portion, a shank portion, and a mounting portion, wherein the blade portion, the shank portion, and the mounting portion comprise a first plurality of plies extending from a tip of the airfoil to a base of the dovetail. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/856303 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/22 (20130101) F01D 5/081 (20130101) F01D 5/147 (20130101) F01D 5/282 (20130101) F01D 5/284 (20130101) F01D 5/3023 (20130101) F01D 11/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/6033 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 20/16 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09482449 | Cole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Corey Cole (Richmond, California); Zachary Ardell-Smith (San Leandro, California); John Ciasulli (San Diego, California); Soren Jensen (Mill Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SUNPOWER CORPORATION (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Corey Cole (Richmond, California); Zachary Ardell-Smith (San Leandro, California); John Ciasulli (San Diego, California); Soren Jensen (Mill Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar energy collection system can include support devices configured to accommodate misalignment of components during assembly. For example, the system can include piles fixed to the earth and an adjustable bearing assembly at the upper end of the pile. The adjustable bearing assembly can include at least one of a vertical adjustment device, a lateral adjustment device and an angular adjustment device. The solar energy collection system can also include a plurality of solar energy collection device pre-wired together and mounted to a support member so as to form modular units. The system can also include enhanced supports for wire trays extending between rows of solar energy collection devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176276 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/523 (20130101) F24J 2/541 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F24J 2002/5468 (20130101) F24J 2002/5489 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09482887 | Horie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Horie (Pasadena, California); Amir Arbabi (Pasadena, California); Andrei Faraon (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for controlling the phase of electromagnetic waves are disclosed. A device can consist of a guided resonance grating layer, a spacer, and a reflector. A plurality of devices, arranged in a grid pattern, can control the phase of reflected electromagnetic phase, through refractive index control. Carrier injection, temperature control, and optical beams can be applied to control the refractive index. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/814421 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/0107 (20130101) G02F 1/292 (20130101) G02F 2001/0154 (20130101) |
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| US 09483703 | Medioni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerard Medioni (Los Angeles, California); Zhuoliang Kang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard Medioni (Los Angeles, California); Zhuoliang Kang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A product may receive each image in a stream of video image of a scene, and before processing the next image, generate information indicative of the position and orientation of an image capture device that captured the image at the time of capturing the image. The product may do so by identifying distinguishable image feature points in the image; determining a coordinate for each identified image feature point; and for each identified image feature point, attempting to identify one or more distinguishable model feature points in a three dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the scene that appears likely to correspond to the identified image feature point. Thereafter, the product may find each of the following that, in combination, produce a consistent projection transformation of the 3D model onto the image: a subset of the identified image feature points for which one or more corresponding model feature points were identified; and, for each image feature point that has multiple likely corresponding model feature points, one of the corresponding model feature points. The product may update a 3D model of at least a portion of the scene following the receipt of each video image and before processing the next video image base on the generated information indicative of the position and orientation of the image capture device at the time of capturing the received image. The product may display the updated 3D model after each update to the model. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120370 |
| ART UNIT | 2484 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00201 (20130101) G06K 9/00637 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0046 (20130101) G06T 7/0071 (20130101) G06T 2207/10032 (20130101) G06T 2207/30184 (20130101) |
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| US 09484113 | Roberts |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Roberts (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory read operation is directed at a group of semiconductor devices from which a first semiconductor device has been removed. An error in data for the memory read operation is detected based on error-correction coding (ECC). The error is caused at least in part by the first semiconductor device having been removed. ECC is used to determine corrected data for the memory read operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/253638 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/1048 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/1673 (20130101) G11C 29/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 2029/0409 (20130101) G11C 2029/0411 (20130101) |
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| US 09484158 | Aksay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey); VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATION (Jessup, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey); VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATION (Jessup, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Michael Pope (Princeton, New Jersey); Christian Punckt (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of making a graphene-ionic liquid composite. The composite can be used to make elec-trodes for energy storage devices, such as batteries and supercapacitors. Dis-closed and claimed herein is method of making a graphene-ionic liquid com-posite, comprising combining a graphene source with at least one ionic liquid and heating the combination at a temperature of at least about 130 ° C. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/379145 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — 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 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0446 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 25/06 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/28 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/38 (20130101) H01G 11/44 (20130101) H01G 11/86 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/54 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09484176 | Schenkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Schenkel (San Francisco, California); Qing Ji (Albany, California); Arun Persaud (El Cerrito, California); Amy V. Sy (Berkeley, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Schenkel (San Francisco, California); Qing Ji (Albany, California); Arun Persaud (El Cerrito, California); Amy V. Sy (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for ion generation. In one aspect, an apparatus includes an anode, a first cathode, a second cathode, and a plurality of cusp magnets. The anode has a first open end and a second open end. The first cathode is associated with the first open end of the anode. The second cathode is associated with the second open end of the anode. The anode, the first cathode, and the second cathode define a chamber. The second cathode has an open region configured for the passage of ions from the chamber. Each cusp magnet of the plurality of cusp magnets is disposed along a length of the anode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/018028 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 27/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09484216 | Bauer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Bauer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andrew John Gross (Redwood City, California); Peggy J. Clews (Tijeras, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for etching semiconductor devices, such aluminum nitride resonators. The methods herein allow for devices having improved etch profiles, such that nearly vertical sidewalls can be obtained. In some examples, the method employs a dry etch step with a primary etchant gas that omits BCl3, a common additive. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/728810 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/308 (20130101) H01L 21/3065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/31116 (20130101) H01L 21/31122 (20130101) H01L 21/32136 (20130101) H01L 21/32139 (20130101) H01L 41/18 (20130101) H01L 41/331 (20130101) H01L 41/332 (20130101) |
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| US 09484474 | Sumant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York); The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Plainfield, Illinois); John Smedley (Shirley, New York); Erik Muller (South Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming electrical contacts on a diamond substrate comprises producing a plasma ball using a microwave plasma source in the presence of a mixture of gases. The mixture of gases include a source of a p-type or an n-type dopant. The plasma ball is disposed at a first distance from the diamond substrate. The diamond substrate is maintained at a first temperature. The plasma ball is maintained at the first distance from the diamond substrate for a first time, and a UNCD film, which is doped with at least one of a p-type dopant and an n-type dopant, is disposed on the diamond substrate. The doped UNCD film is patterned to define UNCD electrical contacts on the diamond substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/790995 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/028 (20130101) H01L 31/115 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/022408 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09484475 | Rappe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew M Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Peter K Davies (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Don Vincent West (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew M Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Peter K Davies (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Don Vincent West (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are ferroelectric perovskites characterized as having a band gap, Egap, of less than 2.5 eV. Also disclosed are compounds comprising a solid solution of KNbO3 and BaNi1/2Nb1/2O3-delta, wherein delta is in the range of from 0 to about 1. The specification also discloses photovoltaic devices comprising one or more solar absorbing layers, wherein at least one of the solar absorbing layers comprises a semiconducting ferroelectric layer. Finally, this patent application provides solar cell, comprising: a heterojunction of n- and p-type semiconductors characterized as comprising an interface layer disposed between the n- and p-type semiconductors, the interface layer comprising a semiconducting ferroelectric absorber layer capable of enhancing light absorption and carrier separation. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/649154 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 33/00 (20130101) C01G 53/66 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/34 (20130101) C01P 2002/50 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/495 (20130101) C04B 2235/79 (20130101) C04B 2235/664 (20130101) C04B 2235/768 (20130101) C04B 2235/3201 (20130101) C04B 2235/3215 (20130101) C04B 2235/3279 (20130101) C04B 2235/3298 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/072 (20130101) H01L 31/03529 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09484480 | Wanlass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W Wanlass (Golden, Colorado); Jeffrey J Carapella (Golden, Colorado); Myles A Steiner (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | High performance, high bandgap, lattice-mismatched, photovoltaic cells (10), both transparent and non-transparent to sub-bandgap light, are provided as devices for use alone or in combination with other cells in split spectrum apparatus or other applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313720 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/032 (20130101) H01L 31/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/0693 (20130101) H01L 31/1844 (20130101) H01L 31/1892 (20130101) H01L 31/02168 (20130101) H01L 31/06875 (20130101) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
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| US 09484569 | Doherty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 24M Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 24M Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tristan Doherty (Sommerville, Massachusetts); Pimpa Limthongkul (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Asli Butros (Boston, Massachusetts); Mihai Duduta (Sommerville, Massachusetts); James C. Cross, III (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments described herein generally relate to semi-solid suspensions, and more particularly to systems and methods for preparing semi-solid suspensions for use as electrodes in electrochemical devices such as, for example batteries. In some embodiments, a method for preparing a semi-solid electrode includes combining a quantity of an active material with a quantity of an electrolyte to form an intermediate material. The intermediate material is then combined with a conductive additive to form an electrode material. The electrode material is mixed to form a suspension having a mixing index of at least about 0.80 and is then formed into a semi-solid electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/832861 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — 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 11/38 (20130101) H01G 11/86 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/02 (20130101) H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/0411 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09484578 | 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); Sean Vail (Vancouver, Washington); Jong-Jan Lee (Camas, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are presented for synthesizing metal cyanometallate (MCM). A first method provides a first solution of AXM2Y(CN)Z, to which a second solution including M1 is dropwise added. As a result, a precipitate is formed of ANM1PM2Q(CN)R.FH2O, where N is in the range of 1 to 4. A second method for synthesizing MCM provides a first solution of M2C(CN)B, which is dropwise added to a second solution including M1. As a result, a precipitate is formed of M1[M2S(CN)G]1/T. DH2O, where S/T is greater than or equal to 0.8. Low vacancy MCM materials are also presented. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/289746 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 3/11 (20130101) C01C 3/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/50 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09484606 | Sloop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hulico LLC (Bend, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hulico LLC (Bend, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven E. Sloop (Bend, Oregon); Marshall Allen (Bend, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to recycling and refurbishing battery electrode materials. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising obtaining a quantity of spent electrode material, reacting the spent electrode material with an aqueous lithium solution in an autoclave while heating the spent electrode material and the aqueous lithium solution to form a hydrothermally reacted spent electrode material, removing the hydrothermally reacted spent electrode material from the aqueous lithium solution, and sintering the hydrothermally reacted spent material to form a recycled electrode material. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/216861 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09484840 | Amirahmadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmadreza Amirahmadi (Orlando, Florida); Haibing Hu (Orlando, Florida); Issa Batarseh (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A power inverter combination includes a half-bridge power inverter including first and second semiconductor power switches receiving input power having an intermediate node therebetween providing an inductor current through an inductor. A controller includes input comparison circuitry receiving the inductor current having outputs coupled to first inputs of pulse width modulation (PWM) generation circuitry, and a predictive control block having an output coupled to second inputs of the PWM generation circuitry. The predictive control block is coupled to receive a measure of Vin and an output voltage at a grid connection point. A memory stores a current control algorithm configured for resetting a PWM period for a switching signal applied to control nodes of the first and second power switch whenever the inductor current reaches a predetermined upper limit or a predetermined lower limit. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/471961 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/083 (20130101) H02M 7/53873 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 2001/0058 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 70/1491 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09484842 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (, None) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Long Lin (Atlanta, Georgia); Sihong Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Jun Chen (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A generator includes a disc shaped first unit, a disc shaped second unit and an axle. The first unit includes a substrate layer, a double complementary electrode layer and an electrification material layer. The electrode layer includes a first electrode member and a second electrode member. The first electrode member includes evenly spaced apart first electrode legs extending inwardly. The second electrode member is complementary in shape to the first electrode member. The legs of the first electrode member and the second electrode member are interleaved with each other and define a continuous gap therebetween. The electrification material includes a first material that is in a first position on the triboelectric series. The second unit defines elongated openings and corresponding elongated leg portions, and includes a second material that is at a second position on a triboelectric series, different than the first position. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/258630 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09485847 | Umstadter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Umstadter (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for temporally and spatially aligning a laser-based x-ray source and maintaining alignment is disclosed. A pump laser beam, which interacts with a plasma source to create an electron beam, is aligned with the electron beam. A scattering laser beam is overlapped with the pump laser beam at an intersection point. The pump laser beam and scattering laser beam alignments are monitored and adjusted to maintain optimal alignment during operation of the laser-based x-ray source. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/212787 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray Technique H05G 2/001 (20130101) H05G 2/003 (20130101) H05G 2/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09485873 | Shah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kedar G. Shah (San Francisco, California); Satinderpall S. Pannu (Pleasanton, California); Vanessa Tolosa (Oakland, California); Angela C. Tooker (Dublin, California); Heeral J. Sheth (Oakland, California); Sarah H. Felix (Oakland, California); Terri L. Delima (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Thicker electrodes are provided on microelectronic device using thermo-compression bonding. A thin-film electrical conducting layer forms electrical conduits and bulk depositing provides an electrode layer on the thin-film electrical conducting layer. An insulating polymer layer encapsulates the electrically thin-film electrical conducting layer and the electrode layer. Some of the insulating layer is removed to expose the electrode layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210233 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0553 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/007 (20130101) H05K 3/4007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 2201/099 (20130101) H05K 2201/0338 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49147 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon F. Giszter (Havertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A single sensing probe comprising multiple, spatially separate, sensing sites is utilized to sense neural activity. The sensing probe includes multiple conductors each with multiple sensing sites in a fixed geometric arrangement. The sensing probe is configured to comprise multiple combined sensing sites in polytrode configuration. By appropriately combining the wire groupings at each combined sensing site, activity sensed from a single wire with multiple sensing sites, can be coupled with other wires to unmix signals from the spatially separate sites and leverage the power of combinatorics to maximize total recording bandwidth and single neuron/unit yield per wire and per probe. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784200 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/40 (20130101) A61B 5/72 (20130101) A61B 5/04001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6868 (20130101) 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 21/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09480462 | Pan 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) | Tingrui Pan (Woodland, California); Siyuan Xing (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention includes the implementation of several unconventional droplet manipulations on a superhydrophobic-patterned surface microfluidic platform, which may be applied to automated biological analyzes and point-of-care diagnostic applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/203977 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/0064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09480618 | Hsiao-Wecksler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler (Urbana, Illinois); K. Alex Shorter (Urbana, Illinois); Vito Gervasi (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Douglas L. Cook (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Richard Remmers (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Geza F. Kogler (Springfield, Illinois); William K. Durfee (Edina, Minnesota) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler (Urbana, Illinois); K. Alex Shorter (Urbana, Illinois); Vito Gervasi (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Douglas L. Cook (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Richard Remmers (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Geza F. Kogler (Springfield, Illinois); William K. Durfee (Edina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable active fluid-powered ankle foot orthosis. A lower leg mount and a foot bed are pivotally coupled at or proximate to an ankle position. A fluid powered rotary actuator is configured to receive power from a wearable fluid power source and provide controlled force and resistance to aid or inhibit relative rotation of the foot bed and the lower leg mount. An integral controller is provided for receiving data from sensors and controlling the fluid powered rotary actuator to actively assist gait of a user. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/419958 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 1/0266 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61H 3/00 (20130101) A61H 2201/165 (20130101) A61H 2201/5041 (20130101) A61H 2201/5061 (20130101) A61H 2201/5069 (20130101) A61H 2201/5071 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Laurie Sanderson (Gloucester Point, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A mass transfer device includes a wall structure having a first surface and a second surface. The wall structure has slots extending there through between the first and second surfaces. Each slot has a width, a length and a height. For purposes of mass transfer applications to include cross-flow fluid filtering, the length is at least approximately 3 times the width for each of the slots, and a width-to-height ratio for each of the slots is less than approximately 5. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/619377 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 21/0003 (20130101) B01D 45/04 (20130101) B01D 45/16 (20130101) B01D 63/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 65/08 (20130101) B01D 69/02 (20130101) B01D 69/04 (20130101) B01D 2321/2016 (20130101) B01D 2325/021 (20130101) Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 5/06 (20130101) B01F 5/0475 (20130101) B01F 5/0661 (20130101) B01F 2005/0002 (20130101) B01F 2005/0017 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09481031 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HANS TECH, LLC (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HANS TECH, LLC (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingyou Han (West Lafayette, Indiana); Lu Shao (West Lafayette, Indiana); Clause Xu (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A molten metal processing device including a molten metal containment structure for reception and transport of molten metal along a longitudinal length thereof. The device further includes a cooling unit for the containment structure including a cooling channel for passage of a liquid medium therein, and an ultrasonic probe disposed in relation to the cooling channel such that ultrasonic waves are coupled through the liquid medium in the cooling channel and through the molten metal containment structure into the molten metal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/019375 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 1/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22D 11/22 (20130101) B22D 11/114 (20130101) B22D 11/117 (20130101) B22D 11/141 (20130101) B22D 11/144 (20130101) B22D 21/007 (20130101) B22D 35/04 (20130101) B22D 35/06 (20130101) B22D 37/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09481582 | Tisdale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Tisdale (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ferry Prins (Barendrecht, Netherlands); Mark Weidman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Megan Beck (St. Maries, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Tisdale (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ferry Prins (Barendrecht, Netherlands); Mark Weidman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Megan Beck (St. Maries, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing monodisperse MX semiconductor nanocrystals can include contacting an M-containing precursor with an X donor to form a mixture, where the molar ratio between the M containing precursor and the X donor is large. Alternatively, if additional X donor is added during the reaction, a smaller ratio between the M containing precursor and the X donor can be used to prepare monodisperse MX semiconductor nanocrystals. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/552410 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/007 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 21/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/52 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09482577 | 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); Justin L. Neill (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An emission can be obtained from a sample in response to excitation using a specified range of excitation frequencies. Such excitation can include generating a specified chirped waveform and a specified downconversion local oscillator (LO) frequency using a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), upconverting the chirped waveform via mixing the chirped waveform with a specified upconversion LO frequency, frequency multiplying the upconverted chirped waveform to provide a chirped excitation signal for exciting the sample, receiving an emission from sample, the emission elicited at least in part by the chirped excitation signal, and downconverting the received emission via mixing the received emission with a signal based on the specified downconversion LO signal to provide a downconverted emission signal within the bandwidth of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The specified chirped waveform can include a first chirped waveform during a first duration, and a second chirped waveform during a second duration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/494315 |
| 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 3/443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/453 (20130101) G01J 3/2889 (20130101) G01J 3/4338 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/35 (20130101) G01N 21/3586 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09482608 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravinder Jain (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mani Hossein-Zadeh (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravinder Jain (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mani Hossein-Zadeh (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns an optical molecular sensing device and related method. The optical molecular sensing device has an optical resonator adapted to be connected to an excitation source. The excitation source may be a laser operating at a 2.7-2.8 um spectral range. The optical molecular sensing device has an emission spectrum comprised of a plurality wavelengths. Also included are a detection unit and a RF frequency counter to detect at least one RF beat note resulting from detecting the emission spectrum of the optical resonator. A change in frequency of the RF beat note indicates the presence of a target molecule. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/659579 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/27 (20130101) G01N 21/3504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0686 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09482720 | Chakrabarty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishnendu Chakrabarty (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sergej Deutsch (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A design for test (DfT) architecture is provided that enables pre-bond parametric testing of through-silicon vias (TSVs). A grouping of N number of input/output (I/O) segments are configured to receive a test signal in a feedback loop, where each I/O segment includes one or more buffers (or inverters) and a TSV connected at one end to the one or more buffers. The TSV acts as a shunt-connected capacitor—when defect free—and includes a load resistance when the TSV contains a defect. Each I/O segment can also include one or two multiplexers to control whether the I/O segment receives a test or functional signal and, optionally, whether the I/O segment is bypassed or included in the ring oscillator. The varying loads caused by the defects cause variations in the delay across the buffers (or inverters) of an I/O segment that can be detected in the output signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/767089 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2601 (20130101) G01R 31/318558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09482736 | Ray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Ray (Hanover, New Hampshire); Teresa Ou (Pearl City, Hawaii); Carsten Schafer (Buren, Germany); Alaa Abdeen (Hanover, New Hampshire); Harrison Hall (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and device phase-aligns and sums signals from a very large array of sensors, such as microphones or ultrasonic transducers, without prior knowledge of time delays of signals reaching each sensor, so as to accommodate effects of reverberant fields or acoustic or ultrasonic media containing multiple reflectors or scatterers and/or having heterogeneous, unknown acoustic properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/703989 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 3/808 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09483635 | Azab et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Azab (Raleigh, North Carolina); Peng Ning (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for active monitoring, memory protection, and integrity verification of a target device are disclosed. For example, a normal world virtual processor and a secure world virtual processor are instantiated on a target device. A target operating system is executed on the normal world virtual processor. An integrity verification agent is executed on the secure world virtual processor. One or more predetermined operations attempted on the normal world virtual processor are trapped to the secure world virtual processor. The integrity verification agent is used to determine the effect of the execution of the trapped operations on the target device. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/419222 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3024 (20130101) G06F 11/3089 (20130101) G06F 21/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/53 (20130101) G06F 2201/815 (20130101) G06F 2221/034 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Mason Research Foudation, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Research Foundation, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xinyuan Wang (Clifton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system may be employed to verify program execution integrity by receiving a request to launch a program that has been instrumented to include at least one integrity marker, instantiating the program with an integrity marker value, and verifying the execution integrity of the program based on the integrity marker value and information received from the program during execution. A computer system may also be employed for program instrumentation by modifying the program to include at least one instruction for passing an integrity marker value to an operating system kernel during execution of the instruction. |
| FILED | Monday, July 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/324932 |
| ART UNIT | 2491 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/51 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/54 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09483815 | Boyadzhiev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivaylo Boyadzhiev (Ithaca, New York); Kavita Bala (Ithaca, New York); Sylvain Paris (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for creating a digital image is described. The device that may receive two or more input images. The input images may have a common viewpoint with unique lighting configurations. The device may utilize basis light functions and modifiers to create a final composite image. The device may include a computing device configured to provide user a graphical user interface enabling a user to create a final composite image. Devices described herein may be useful for computational light workflows in photography. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/522425 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 11/60 (20130101) G06T 2200/21 (20130101) G06T 2207/20221 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09484475 | Rappe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew M Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Peter K Davies (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Don Vincent West (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew M Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Peter K Davies (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Don Vincent West (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are ferroelectric perovskites characterized as having a band gap, Egap, of less than 2.5 eV. Also disclosed are compounds comprising a solid solution of KNbO3 and BaNi1/2Nb1/2O3-delta, wherein delta is in the range of from 0 to about 1. The specification also discloses photovoltaic devices comprising one or more solar absorbing layers, wherein at least one of the solar absorbing layers comprises a semiconducting ferroelectric layer. Finally, this patent application provides solar cell, comprising: a heterojunction of n- and p-type semiconductors characterized as comprising an interface layer disposed between the n- and p-type semiconductors, the interface layer comprising a semiconducting ferroelectric absorber layer capable of enhancing light absorption and carrier separation. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/649154 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 33/00 (20130101) C01G 53/66 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/34 (20130101) C01P 2002/50 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/495 (20130101) C04B 2235/79 (20130101) C04B 2235/664 (20130101) C04B 2235/768 (20130101) C04B 2235/3201 (20130101) C04B 2235/3215 (20130101) C04B 2235/3279 (20130101) C04B 2235/3298 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/072 (20130101) H01L 31/03529 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09484489 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ju Li (Weston, Massachusetts); Xiaofeng Qian (Winchester, Massachusetts); Menghao Wu (Hubei, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | An optoelectronic device as well as its methods of use and manufacture are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optoelectronic device includes first and second semiconducting atomically thin layers with corresponding first and second lattice directions. The first and second semiconducting atomically thin layers are located proximate to each other, and an angular difference between the first lattice direction and the second lattice direction is between about 0.000001° and 0.5°, or about 0.000001° and 0.5° deviant from of a Vicnal angle of the first and second semiconducting atomically thin layers. Alternatively, or in addition to the above, the first and second semiconducting atomically thin layers may form a Moiré superlattice of exciton funnels with a period between about 50 nm to 3 cm. The optoelectronic device may also include charge carrier conductors in electrical communication with the semiconducting atomically thin layers to either inject or extract charge carriers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/818035 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 31/072 (20130101) H01L 31/109 (20130101) H01L 33/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/04 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09484896 | Taskin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baris Taskin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ying Teng (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic rotary traveling wave oscillator circuit includes plurality of multi-output spot-advancing blocks (MOSABs) forming a main-loop and a plurality of multi-input spot-advancing blocks (MISABs) forming a sub-loop. Depending on a desired division ratio, a connection connects blocks on the MOSABs and MISABs to create the desired division ratio. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/876038 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 5/18 (20130101) H03B 27/00 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 3/0315 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 21/02 (20130101) H03K 21/08 (20130101) H03K 21/10 (20130101) H03K 23/54 (20130101) H03K 27/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas McCrea Weller (Lutz, Florida); Ibrahim Turki Nassar (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas McCrea Weller (Lutz, Florida); Ibrahim Turki Nassar (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a dual-channel transceiver includes two harmonic repeaters each having a receive antenna, a transmit antenna, and a frequency multiplier connected to the antennas that is configured to increase the frequency of a signal received by the receive antenna to enable transmission by the transmit antenna of a reply signal having a higher frequency, wherein the harmonic repeaters operate at different frequencies from each other. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/090277 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey S. Marshall (Jericho, Vermont); Darren Hitt (Jericho, Vermont); Jun-ru Wu (South Burlington, Vermont); Nicholas M. Vachon (Newport, Vermont); Di Chen (Colchester, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Marshall (Jericho, Vermont); Darren Hitt (Jericho, Vermont); Jun-ru Wu (South Burlington, Vermont); Nicholas M. Vachon (Newport, Vermont); Di Chen (Colchester, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed herein provides for high particle removal rate and/or heat transfer from surfaces. The device removes particulate matter from a surface using a bounded vortex generated over the surface, with suction in the vortex center and jets for blowing air along the periphery. The jets are tilted in the tangential direction to induce vortex motion within the suction region. The vortex is said to be bounded because streamlines originating in the downward jets are entrained back into the central vortex. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/191299 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Domestic Washing or Cleaning; Suction Cleaners in General A47L 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A47L 9/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09482611 | Dasgupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Purnendu K. Dasgupta (Arlington, Texas); Brian N. Stamos (Arlington, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for scanning and detecting analytes in real time as they move through a separation conduit is provided. The apparatus may include a detector mounted on a scanner containing a separation conduit positions under the scanner such that the scanner may move back and forth along the conduit, producing time and space data of the column as the analyte moves through and providing information regarding elution of the analyte in real time. A method for real time analysis of analytes as they move through a separation conduit is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/502536 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/59 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 27/4473 (20130101) G01N 30/64 (20130101) G01N 30/74 (20130101) G01N 30/6082 (20130101) G01N 2030/645 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09482796 | Arbabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir Arbabi (Pasadena, California); Andrei Faraon (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device has a first metasurface disposed over a substrate. A high-contrast pattern of the first metasurface is operable for modifying, over a first phase profile, a phase front of an incident light beam. A second metasurface, is disposed over a plane parallel to the first metasurface with a second high-contrast pattern and operable for shaping, over a second phase profile, the modified phase front of the incident light beam into a converging spherical phase front. A spacer layer, in which the modified phase front of the incident light beam diffracts, is disposed in a controllably changeable separation between the first and second metasurfaces. Controllably changing the separation between the first and the second metasurfaces by a first distance correspondingly changes the position of the focus point of the converging spherical phase front by a second distance significantly greater than the first distance. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/610862 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) G02B 3/0087 (20130101) G02B 5/1828 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/1847 (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 1/0018 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 3/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49844 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09482887 | Horie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Horie (Pasadena, California); Amir Arbabi (Pasadena, California); Andrei Faraon (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for controlling the phase of electromagnetic waves are disclosed. A device can consist of a guided resonance grating layer, a spacer, and a reflector. A plurality of devices, arranged in a grid pattern, can control the phase of reflected electromagnetic phase, through refractive index control. Carrier injection, temperature control, and optical beams can be applied to control the refractive index. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/814421 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/0107 (20130101) G02F 1/292 (20130101) G02F 2001/0154 (20130101) |
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| US 09483674 | Fink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick W. Fink (Missouri City, Texas); Gregory Y. Lin (Friendswood, Texas); Phong H. Ngo (Friendswood, Texas); Timothy F. Kennedy (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an RFID-based torque sensor that can be used to quickly monitor off the shelf fasteners including fasteners that are used in expensive satellites or other uses where fastener failure can be very costly. In one embodiment, an antenna, RFID ring and spring comprise a sensor tag that can be interrogated with an interrogation signal produced by an interrogator device. When sufficient torque is applied to the fastener, an RFID circuit is connected, and produces a radio frequency (RF) signal that can be read by the interrogator. In one embodiment, the RFID circuit does not transmit when the spring member is not compressed, thereby indicating insufficient tensioning of the fastener. The present invention offers the ability to remotely, quickly, and inexpensively verify that any number of fasteners are torqued properly upon initial installation. Where applicable, the present invention allows low cost monitoring over the life of the fastener. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/200122 |
| ART UNIT | 2687 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 31/028 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 5/243 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/10366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09484613 | Simons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rainee N Simons (North Olmsted, Ohio); Christine T Chevalier (Cleveland, Ohio); Edwin G Wintucky (Willoughby, Ohio); Jon C Freeman (Beachwood, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rainee N Simons (North Olmsted, Ohio); Christine T Chevalier (Cleveland, Ohio); Edwin G Wintucky (Willoughby, Ohio); Jon C Freeman (Beachwood, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more embodiments of the present invention describe an apparatus and method to combine unequal powers. The apparatus includes a first input port, a second input port, and a combiner. The first input port is operably connected to a first power amplifier and is configured to receive a first power from the first power amplifier. The second input port is operably connected to a second power amplifier and is configured to receive a second power from the second power amplifier. The combiner is configured to simultaneously receive the first power from the first input port and the second power from the second input port. The combiner is also configured to combine the first power and second power to produce a maximized power. The first power and second power are unequal. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879713 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/213 (20130101) H01P 5/04 (20130101) H01P 5/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09480261 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented By the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phyllis A. Martin (Lanham, Maryland); Terrence A. Price (Bowie, Maryland); Dawn E. Gundersen-Rindal (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are biocontrol agents for the control of insects (e.g., Halyomorpha halys), in particular, to a certain Serratia strain capable of killing insects such as Halyomorpha halys. More specifically, disclosed is the Serratia strain NRRL B-50575. Also disclosed is a biocontrol strategy whereby insects (e.g., BMSB) are exposed to the Serratia strain NRRL B-50575 as a method for killing insects. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/298048 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/425 (20130101) |
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| US 09481886 | Ding 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) | Shou-Wei Ding (Riverside, California); Hong-Wei Li (Riverside, California); Wan-Xiang Li (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides recombinant DNA constructs for inactivation of viral or endogenous genes in a cell, wherein the construct comprises viral sequence sufficient to activate RNA silencing. In another aspect, the invention provides methods for identifying RNA silencing suppressors by sequence analysis and functional tests. In yet another aspect, the invention provides a method for identifying inhibitors of RNA silencing suppressors. In still other aspects, the invention comprises methods for identifying genes in the antiviral RNA silencing pathway, enhancers of the antiviral pathway, and methods of treating or preventing viral infections using enhancers of the pathway. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/668811 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/1131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2770/30022 (20130101) C12N 2830/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09481913 | Burns |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank R. Burns (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a rapid method for detection and characterization of Escherichia coli bacteria serotype O157:H7 based on the presence of nucleic acid sequences, in particular, to a PCR-based method for detection, and to oligonucleotide molecules and reagents and kits useful therefore. This method is preferably employed to detect E. coli O157:H7 in a food or water sample, such as a beef enrichment. The present invention further relates to replication compositions and kits for carrying out the method of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/475035 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) |
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| US PP27323 | NeSmith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Scott NeSmith (Molena, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The new variety ‘TH-948’ is provided. The new and distinct variety ripens around early May in southern Georgia and mid May in middle Georgia. The fruit of the new variety ‘TH-948’ are large, firm, have good flavor and scar. The new variety ‘TH-948’ is vigorous with an estimated chilling requirement of about 500 to 550 hours at or below approximately 7° C. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively. |
| FILED | Friday, July 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/545952 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/157 |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09482655 | Vilkov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MORPHO DETECTION, INC. (Newark, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MORPHO DETECTION, LLC (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrey N. Vilkov (Tustin, California); Jack A. Syage (Corona del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting a chemical substance includes collecting a sample of a substance of interest and mixing the sample and at least one additive within a reaction chamber. The at least one additive includes a plurality of isotopes. The method also includes producing a plurality of adduct ions of the sample. The plurality of adduct ions has a plurality of isotopes. The method further includes performing a spectrometric analysis of the plurality of adduct ions and performing sample identification using comparative spectrometric data of the isotopes of the plurality of adduct ions. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/133921 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09484195 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sandilya Venkata Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason David Harper (Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Alan Charipar (Batavia, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for transferring ions for analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample including an ionizing source for converting molecules of a sample into gas phase ions in a region at about atmospheric pressure, an ion analysis device, and an ion transfer member operably coupled to a gas flow generating device, in which the gas flow generating device produces a laminar gas flow that transfers the gas phase ions through the ion transfer member to an inlet of the ion analysis device. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/880613 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/622 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) H01J 49/10 (20130101) H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/0027 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/40 (20130101) H01J 49/0404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0409 (20130101) H01J 49/0422 (20130101) H01J 49/0459 (20130101) H01J 49/4215 (20130101) |
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| US 09485847 | Umstadter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Umstadter (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for temporally and spatially aligning a laser-based x-ray source and maintaining alignment is disclosed. A pump laser beam, which interacts with a plasma source to create an electron beam, is aligned with the electron beam. A scattering laser beam is overlapped with the pump laser beam at an intersection point. The pump laser beam and scattering laser beam alignments are monitored and adjusted to maintain optimal alignment during operation of the laser-based x-ray source. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/212787 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray Technique H05G 2/001 (20130101) H05G 2/003 (20130101) H05G 2/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09481778 | Giese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger W. Giese (Quincy, Massachusetts); Gang Shao (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger W. Giese (Quincy, Massachusetts); Gang Shao (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are gel and plastic compositions comprising tightened layers of polymerized vinyl monomers, as well as methods of making the same, where the layers are tightened in having smaller pores. The tightened layers comprise tightened inner layers and exterior layers, and the compositions comprise polymer-attached (pendant) initiator or helper residues. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/395325 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/285 (20130101) B01J 20/291 (20130101) B01J 2220/64 (20130101) B01J 2220/86 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/245 (20130101) C08J 9/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2205/022 (20130101) C08J 2333/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09481840 | Smith, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Smith, Jr. (Huntsville, Alabama); Gregory E. Ogden (Tucson, Arizona); Clinton J. Brown (Huntsville, Alabama); Paul M. Frisby (Huntsville, Alabama); Sahar A. Torabzadeh (Harvest, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (HSV, Alabama); OGDEN ENGINEERING and ASSOCIATES, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Smith, Jr. (Huntsville, Alabama); Gregory E. Ogden (Tucson, Arizona); Clinton J. Brown (Huntsville, Alabama); Paul M. Frisby (Huntsville, Alabama); Sahar A. Torabzadeh (Harvest, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure include one-step synthesis to prepare a hypergolic green Fuel (HGF) propellant from 2-Hydroxyethylhydrazine (HEH) via a “one-step synthesis method”. In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure include fully nitrated HGF and partially nitrated HGF and formulations containing Hydroxyethylhydrazinium Nitrate (HEHN) and acetone, where the HEHN is produced independently. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/798787 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 47/00 (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 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09484606 | Sloop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hulico LLC (Bend, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hulico LLC (Bend, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven E. Sloop (Bend, Oregon); Marshall Allen (Bend, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to recycling and refurbishing battery electrode materials. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising obtaining a quantity of spent electrode material, reacting the spent electrode material with an aqueous lithium solution in an autoclave while heating the spent electrode material and the aqueous lithium solution to form a hydrothermally reacted spent electrode material, removing the hydrothermally reacted spent electrode material from the aqueous lithium solution, and sintering the hydrothermally reacted spent material to form a recycled electrode material. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/216861 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09482535 | Heck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Heck (Berkeley, California); Haisheng Rong (Pleasanton, California); Richard Jones (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Heck (Berkeley, California); Haisheng Rong (Pleasanton, California); Richard Jones (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system having an optomechanical gyroscope device. An optomechanical disk acts as an optical ring resonator and a mechanical disk resonator. A drive laser generates an optical drive signal. A drive channel acts as a waveguide for the optical drive signal and includes drive electrodes in a first proximity with respect to the optomechanical disk. The drive electrodes to excite the ring by evanescent coupling. A drive photodetector is configured to receive an output optical signal from the drive channel. A sense laser generates a optical sense signal. A sense channel acts as a waveguide for the optical sense signal and includes sense electrodes in a second proximity with respect to the optomechanical disk. A sense photodetector is configured to receive an output optical signal from the sense channel. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/996669 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/661 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 19/5684 (20130101) |
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| US 09484155 | Peckerar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin C. Peckerar (Silver Spring, Maryland); Neil Goldsman (Takoma Park, Maryland); Yves Ngu (Essex, Vermont); Zeynep Dilli (Hyattsville, Maryland); George M. Metze (Millersville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland); National Security Agency (Ft. Meade, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin C. Peckerar (Silver Spring, Maryland); Neil Goldsman (Takoma Park, Maryland); Yves Ngu (Essex, Vermont); Zeynep Dilli (Hyattsville, Maryland); George M. Metze (Millersville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin, rechargeable, flexible electrochemical energy cell includes a battery cell, or a capacitor cell, or a battery/capacitor hybrid cell that can be stackable in any number and order. The cell can be based on a powdery mixture of hydrated ruthenium oxide particles or nanoparticles with activated carbon particles or nanoparticles suspended in an electrolyte. The electrolyte may contain ethylene glycol, boric acid, citric acid, ammonium hydroxide, organic acids, phosphoric acid, and/or sulphuric acid. An anode electrode may be formed with a thin layer of oxidizable metal (Zn, Al, or Pb). The cathode may be formed with a graphite backing foil. The energy cell may have a voltage at or below 1.25V for recharging. The thickness 15 of the cell structure can be in the range of 0.5 mm-1 mm, or lower. |
| FILED | Monday, July 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/505823 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — 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 9/28 (20130101) H01G 9/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 9/058 (20130101) H01G 9/155 (20130101) H01G 11/30 (20130101) H01G 11/42 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/48 (20130101) H01M 4/0402 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 10/36 (20130101) H01M 10/0436 (20130101) H01M 12/005 (20130101) H01M 2002/0205 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49114 (20150115) Y10T 29/49115 (20150115) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09481949 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mei Zhang (Plano, Texas); Shaoli Fang (Richardson, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Anvar A. Zakhidov (McKinney, Texas); Kenneth Ross Atkinson (Victoria, Australia); Ali E. Aliev (Dallas, Texas); Sergey Li (Dallas, Texas); Chris Williams (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets; to methods of making said yarns, ribbons, and sheets; and to applications of said yarns, ribbons, and sheets. In some embodiments, the nanotube yarns, ribbons, and sheets comprise carbon nanotubes. Particularly, such carbon nanotube yarns of the present invention provide unique properties and property combinations such as extreme toughness, resistance to failure at knots, high electrical and thermal conductivities, high absorption of energy that occurs reversibly, up to 13% strain-to-failure compared with the few percent strain-to-failure of other fibers with similar toughness, very high resistance to creep, retention of strength even when heated in air at 450° C. for one hour, and very high radiation and UV resistance, even when irradiated in air. Furthermore these nanotube yarns can be spun as one micron diameter yarns and plied at will to make two-fold, four-fold, and higher fold yarns. Additional embodiments provide for the spinning of nanofiber sheets having arbitrarily large widths. In still additional embodiments, the present invention is directed to applications and devices that utilize and/or comprise the nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332632 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 47/0059 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/02 (20130101) B32B 5/12 (20130101) B32B 18/00 (20130101) B32B 2262/106 (20130101) B32B 2310/00 (20130101) B32B 2313/04 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0293 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/62231 (20130101) C04B 35/62272 (20130101) C04B 35/62281 (20130101) C04B 35/62855 (20130101) C04B 35/62892 (20130101) C04B 35/62897 (20130101) C04B 2235/422 (20130101) C04B 2235/526 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5264 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/12 (20130101) D01F 9/127 (20130101) D01F 9/1275 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/16 (20130101) D02G 3/28 (20130101) D02G 3/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 3/002 (20130101) Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases or Vapours D06B 15/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses of Section D, Relating to Textiles D10B 2101/122 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 2001/1515 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/5206 (20130101) H01L 51/5234 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8605 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/745 (20130101) Y10S 977/843 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/848 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/30 (20150115) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09480418 | Fausti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America As Represented By The Department Of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Fausti (Tigard, Oregon); Roger Ellingson (Portland, Oregon); Wendy Helt (Vancouver, Washington); Peter Jacobs (Portland, Oregon); Grayson Silaski (Portland, Oregon); Debra Wilmington (Vancouver, Washington); Samuel Gordon (Newberg, Oregon); Marilyn Dille (Vancouver, Washington); Garnett McMillan (Portalnd, Oregon); Kelly Reavis (Portland, Oregon); Dawn Martin (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for monitoring or testing the hearing of a user using a portable unit include presenting a plurality of test frequencies for selection by a user and storing data about those frequencies, and the user's response to stimuli presented at those frequencies, and comparing the stored data to previously acquired hearing data. Using mathematical prediction algorithms, changes in baseline hearing values can be used to identify potential hearing issues, especially hearing issues associated with ototoxicity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/989613 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/121 (20130101) A61B 5/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 09481949 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mei Zhang (Plano, Texas); Shaoli Fang (Richardson, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Anvar A. Zakhidov (McKinney, Texas); Kenneth Ross Atkinson (Victoria, Australia); Ali E. Aliev (Dallas, Texas); Sergey Li (Dallas, Texas); Chris Williams (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets; to methods of making said yarns, ribbons, and sheets; and to applications of said yarns, ribbons, and sheets. In some embodiments, the nanotube yarns, ribbons, and sheets comprise carbon nanotubes. Particularly, such carbon nanotube yarns of the present invention provide unique properties and property combinations such as extreme toughness, resistance to failure at knots, high electrical and thermal conductivities, high absorption of energy that occurs reversibly, up to 13% strain-to-failure compared with the few percent strain-to-failure of other fibers with similar toughness, very high resistance to creep, retention of strength even when heated in air at 450° C. for one hour, and very high radiation and UV resistance, even when irradiated in air. Furthermore these nanotube yarns can be spun as one micron diameter yarns and plied at will to make two-fold, four-fold, and higher fold yarns. Additional embodiments provide for the spinning of nanofiber sheets having arbitrarily large widths. In still additional embodiments, the present invention is directed to applications and devices that utilize and/or comprise the nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332632 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 47/0059 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/02 (20130101) B32B 5/12 (20130101) B32B 18/00 (20130101) B32B 2262/106 (20130101) B32B 2310/00 (20130101) B32B 2313/04 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0293 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/62231 (20130101) C04B 35/62272 (20130101) C04B 35/62281 (20130101) C04B 35/62855 (20130101) C04B 35/62892 (20130101) C04B 35/62897 (20130101) C04B 2235/422 (20130101) C04B 2235/526 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5264 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/12 (20130101) D01F 9/127 (20130101) D01F 9/1275 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/16 (20130101) D02G 3/28 (20130101) D02G 3/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 3/002 (20130101) Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases or Vapours D06B 15/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses of Section D, Relating to Textiles D10B 2101/122 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 2001/1515 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/5206 (20130101) H01L 51/5234 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8605 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/745 (20130101) Y10S 977/843 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/848 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/30 (20150115) |
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U.S. State Government
| US 09482666 | Domenyuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valeriy Domenyuk (Tempe, Arizona); Chris Diehnelt (Chandler, Arizona); Stephen Johnston (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valeriy Domenyuk (Tempe, Arizona); Chris Diehnelt (Chandler, Arizona); Stephen Johnston (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for identifying cell binding and/or lytic polypeptides that permit production of specific polypeptide therapeutics in a high throughput manner. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/359389 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/18 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5008 (20130101) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09482477 | Starkovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Starkovich (Redondo Beach, California); Jesse B. Tice (Torrance, California); Edward M. Silverman (Encino, California); Hsiao H. Peng (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal interface material (TIM) using high thermal conductivity nano-particles, particularly ones with large aspect ratios, for enhancing thermal transport across boundary or interfacial layers that exist at bulk material interfaces is disclosed. The nanoparticles do not need to be used in a fluid carrier or as filler material within a bonding adhesive to enhance thermal transport, but simply in a dry solid state. The nanoparticles may be equiaxed or acicular in shape with large aspect ratios like nanorods and nanowires. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/444095 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 5/14 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 21/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28F 2013/006 (20130101) F28F 2255/20 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/42 (20130101) H01L 23/373 (20130101) H01L 23/3737 (20130101) |
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| US 09484594 | Amatucci et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glenn G. Amatucci (Peapack, New Jersey); Anna Halajko (Parlin, New Jersey); Fadwa Badway (Old Bridge, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn G. Amatucci (Peapack, New Jersey); Anna Halajko (Parlin, New Jersey); Fadwa Badway (Old Bridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The described invention provides compositions related to an electronically insulating amorphous or nanocrystalline mixed ionic conductor composition comprising a metal fluoride composite to which an electrical potential is applied to form 1) a negative electrode, and 2) a positive electrode, wherein the negative electrode and positive electrode are formed in situ. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/639812 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/663 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0561 (20130101) H01M 2300/008 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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