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| US 09504394 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Quan Zhang (Winchester, Massachusetts); Gary Strangman (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Quan Zhang (Winchester, Massachusetts); Gary Strangman (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-optical system, apparatus, and method allow long-term, ambulatory measurements to be made on a patient using light transmitted into the patient and resulting light received from the patient. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/995352 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0002 (20130101) A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/1455 (20130101) A61B 5/02438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4094 (20130101) A61B 5/4509 (20130101) A61B 5/7232 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/12 (20130101) G06F 19/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09504415 | Modarres |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mo Modarres (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurowave Systems Inc (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mo Modarres (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new neuro-behavioral test with analysis algorithms has been developed for use in screening individuals for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and for the quantitative evaluation of ADHD medication/therapy in diagnosed patients. This technique combines a 15 minute auditory-based test of attention with simultaneous EEG monitoring by a wireless, portable data acquisition device. This system acquires both behavioral response (i.e., reaction times to target stimuli, as well as errors of omission/commission) and EEG waveforms. All of the data is simultaneously processed by the algorithms to produce several representative indices. These indices are then combined to produce an overall neuro-behavioral index that represents the degree by which both “behavioral” and “EEG” attention is maintained throughout the test. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899632 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0006 (20130101) A61B 5/048 (20130101) A61B 5/168 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0476 (20130101) A61B 5/0478 (20130101) A61B 5/0484 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/4088 (20130101) A61B 5/4806 (20130101) A61B 5/04842 (20130101) A61B 5/04845 (20130101) A61B 5/4848 (20130101) |
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| US 09504575 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Hyeon Joo Kim (Cupertino, California); Gerard Kugel (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Hyeon Joo Kim (Cupertino, California); Gerard Kugel (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods and compositions comprising a mixture of silk polymer and hydroxyapatite. The methods described herein can be used to prepare a mixture of silk polymer and hydroxyapatite and further provide mixtures that can be molded into a desired shape. Also encompassed herein are compositions comprising a mixture of silk polymer and hydroxyapatite having a desired shape, which can further be implanted, for example, to facilitate bone healing or tooth structure or support. Such compositions can also include agents, such as therapeutic agents, or cells. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/866256 |
| ART UNIT | 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/2846 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/2817 (20130101) A61F 2310/00293 (20130101) A61F 2310/00365 (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 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 2300/64 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2300/602 (20130101) A61L 2430/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09504674 | Ye |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keqiang Ye (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and methods related to the activation of the TrkB receptor are provided. The methods include administering a 7,8-dihydroxyflavone derivative with modified flavone or heterocyclic ring to a subject in need thereof. Methods and compounds for the treatment of disorders including neurologic disorders, neuropsychiatric disorders, and metabolic disorders (e.g., obesity) are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/639343 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/37 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09504675 | Boger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds are disclosed that are effective in inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase, an enzyme responsible for catabolism of endogenous cannabinoids such as anandamide. The compounds are useful as analgesic compounds and as sleep-inducing compounds, that can be orally administered, and that can have a relatively long duration of effect. Methods of preparation of the compounds are also provided. The compounds are conformationally constrained analogs of heterocyclylketones such as oxazolylketones. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/983369 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/421 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4245 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 263/32 (20130101) C07D 263/34 (20130101) C07D 271/10 (20130101) C07D 413/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09504687 | Xiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mumetel, LLC (Saint Charles, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mumetel, LLC (Saint Charles, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jialing Xiang (Chicago, Illinois); Li Ma (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Discovery of a new Bax isoform, BaxΔ2, in cancer cell lines and primary tumors is described. The BaxΔ2 isoform resulted from combination of Bax microsatellite mutation and alternative splicing Bax exon 2. It is also discovered that BaxΔ2 renders cancer cells sensitive to certain chemotherapeutic drugs that target caspase 8. Also provided are methods for treating colorectal cancer by administering to a colorectal cancer patient a chemotherapeutic agent that is capable of activating caspase 8, wherein the patient contains a cancer cell that expresses a BaxΔ2 protein (SEQ ID NO. 2). |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/460352 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/17 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09504688 | Ginsburg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan); THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan); THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Ginsburg (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Scott D. Larsen (South Lyon, Michigan); Bryan Yestrepsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hongmin Sun (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic and research use. In particular, the present invention provides compounds as therapeutic agents against bacterial infections (e.g., biofilms). |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397798 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 43/54 (20130101) A01N 43/84 (20130101) A01N 43/90 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (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 31/08 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 2300/404 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/56 (20130101) C07D 239/70 (20130101) C07D 471/10 (20130101) C07D 487/10 (20130101) C07D 491/107 (20130101) |
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| US 09504701 | Casola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Antonella Casola (Galveston, Texas); Olivier Escaffre (Galveston, Texas); Alexander N. Freiberg (League City, Texas); Roberto P. Garofalo (Galveston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonella Casola (Galveston, Texas); Olivier Escaffre (Galveston, Texas); Alexander N. Freiberg (League City, Texas); Roberto P. Garofalo (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments are directed to methods of treating respiratory infection by administering an H2S donor. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/941340 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/10 (20130101) A61K 31/385 (20130101) A61K 31/385 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/5375 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) A61K 33/04 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09504706 | Starczynowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Starczynowski (Cincinnati, Ohio); Garrett W. Rhyasen (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for the treatment of disorders such as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The disclosed methods include administering to an individual in need of such treatment a composition that may include an IRAK1/4 inhibitor. In other aspects, the method may include administration of a BLC2 inhibitor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/842049 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/635 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) |
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| US 09504715 | Strober et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel Strober (Stanford, California); Suparna Dutt (Palo Alto, California); Robert Lowsky (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided to augment the conversion of mixed hematopoietic cell chimerism to complete donor cell chimerism following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), where such transplantation may be utilized for treatment of cancer such as leukemia and lymphoma or for other conditions requiring reconstitution of the hematopoietic system, e.g. treatment of anemias, thalassemias, autoimmune conditions, and the like. The present invention improves on conventional DLI by utilizing a composition of substantially purified donor memory CD8+ T cells as DLI following allogeneic HCT, where the cells are administered at a suitable time following transplantation. The methods provide for a more complete donor chimerism, and have the further benefit of killing tumor cells without GVHD. The memory CD8+ T cells may include one or both of central and effector memory T cells, usually both. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/686646 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0637 (20130101) |
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| US 09504729 | Zudaire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrique Zudaire (Germantown, Maryland); Marta Aparicio (Rockville, Maryland); Frank Cuttitta (Adamstown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of inhibiting undesired angiogenesis are provided, which methods include administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the compounds described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/882271 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/10 (20130101) A61K 31/63 (20130101) A61K 31/63 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/285 (20130101) A61K 31/285 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/5365 (20130101) A61K 31/5365 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09504733 | Karp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher L. Karp (Seattle, Washington); Senad Divanovic (Cincinatti, Ohio); Jessica L. Allen (Saxapahaw, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and compositions for modulating energy metabolism and weight in mammals, in particular by modulating thermogenesis associated with brown fat, including thermogenesis by brown fat or brown fat cells, adaptive thermogenesis by brown fat or brown fat cells, thermogenic capacity of brown fat or brown fat cells, or a combination thereof. More specifically, methods and compositions provided herein for treating or preventing obesity, or methods and compositions for identifying compounds effective for treating or preventing obesity are taught in connection with ligands such as B-cell activating factor (BAFF) and a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL), their receptors, and molecules that modulate the interactions between the ligands and receptors. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/252498 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 31/739 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 38/19 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/1793 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/525 (20130101) |
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| US 09504738 | Pravin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kaumaya Pravin (Westerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of cancers. The compositions comprise at least one VEGF peptide mimic, HER-2 epitope, immunogenic VEGF peptides, and HER-2 immunogenic epitopes. The peptides and epitopes may be linear, cyclized, retro-inverso, or a combination of such forms. Also provided herein are antibodies raised to VEGF peptide mimics, HER-2 epitopes, immunogenic VEGF peptides, and HER-2 immunogenic epitopes. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662024 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/52 (20130101) C07K 14/71 (20130101) C07K 16/22 (20130101) C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) |
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| US 09504761 | Santra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Swadeshmukul Santra (Orlando, Florida); James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Astha Malhotra (Orlando, Florida); Padmavathy Tallury (Chennai, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Swadeshmukul Santra (Orlando, Florida); James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Astha Malhotra (Orlando, Florida); Padmavathy Tallury (Chennai, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A stabilized chitosan-based nanoparticle is provided having a chitosan polymer and a hydrophilic dispersing agent. In the stabilized nanoparticle, chains of the chitosan polymer electrostatically interact with chains of the hydrophilic dispersing agent to form an entangled network between the chitosan polymer and the hydrophilic dispersing agent. The stabilized chitosan-based nanoparticle has optimal particle integrity and stability properties under physiological conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/090732 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48107 (20130101) A61K 47/48907 (20130101) A61K 47/48923 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/003 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/16 (20130101) C08J 2305/08 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/08 (20130101) C08L 5/08 (20130101) C08L 77/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09505729 | Lindsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Alex G. Waterson (Murfreesboro, Tennessee); R. Daniel Beauchamp (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to N-((arylamino)alkyl)-5-arylisoxazole-3-carboxamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as mediators of transcriptional induction of E-cadherin; synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders associated with E-cadherin activity using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/828286 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/14 (20130101) C07D 261/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09505741 | Ratan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajiv R. Ratan (Scarsdale, New York); Irina Gazaryan (White Plains, New York); Natalya Smirnova (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajiv R. Ratan (Scarsdale, New York); Irina Gazaryan (White Plains, New York); Natalya Smirnova (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds for inhibiting hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) prolyl-4-hydroxylases (PHDs) having the general formula (1). Methods of using these and related compounds for treating a patient having a condition that would benefit from inhibiting HIF PHD are also described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/579646 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/18 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09505753 | Tsukamoto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Takashi Tsukamoto (Ellicott City, Maryland); Barbara Stauch Slusher (Baltimore, Maryland); Dana V. Ferraris (Eldersburg, Maryland); Camilo Rojas (Baltimore, Maryland); Niyada Hin (Laurel, Maryland); Bridget Duvall (Nottingham, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) inhibitors and methods of their use, either alone or in combination with D-serine or D-alanine, to facilitate allosteric activation of NMDA receptor-mediated neurotransmission and methods of their use as therapeutic agents for treating a subject afflicted with one or more cognitive-disorders, such as schizophrenia, including subjects suffering from negative symptoms and cognitive impairments, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or pain, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/420236 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 253/06 (20130101) C07D 253/075 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 409/06 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09505766 | Taunton, Jr. 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) | John William Taunton, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Rebecca Maglathlin (San Francisco, California); Iana Serafimova (San Francisco, California); Michael S. Cohen (New York, New York); Rand Miller (San Francisco, California); Ville Paavilainen (San Francisco, California); Jesse McFarland (Oakland, California); Shyam Krishnan (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of inhibiting kinases using kinase inhibitors having olefin moieties are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/462158 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/416 (20130101) C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 473/00 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09505768 | Carson 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) | Dennis A. Carson (La Jolla, California); Howard B. Cottam (Escondido, California); Tomoko Hayashi (San Diego, California); Michael Chan (San Diego, California); Mary P. Corr (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein, inter alia, are methods and compositions for modulating TLR-4. |
| FILED | Friday, March 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/671820 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/688 (20130101) A61K 39/0005 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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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) | Jolanta Grembecka (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tomasz Cierpicki (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dmitry Borkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jay Hess (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Duxin Sun (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaoqin Li (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to thienopyrimidine and thienopyridine compounds and methods of use thereof. In particular embodiments, the present disclosure provides compositions comprising thienopyrimidine and thienopyridine compounds of Formula 4b: and methods of use to inhibit the interaction of menin with MLL1, MLL2 and MLL-fusion oncoproteins. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/773686 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 495/16 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09505782 | Grembecka 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) | Jolanta Grembecka (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tomasz Cierpicki (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dmitry Borkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jay L. Hess (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Duxin Sun (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaoqin Li (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to thienopyrimidine and thienopyridine compounds and methods of use thereof. In particular embodiments, the present disclosure provides compositions comprising thienopyrimidine and thienopyridine compounds of Formula 2: and methods of use to inhibit the interaction of menin with MLL1, MLL2 and MLL-fusion oncoproteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/937421 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 495/16 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09505784 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hwan Geun Choi (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Taebo Sim (Seoul, South Korea); Nathanael Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts); Jae Won Chang (San Diego, California); Jianming Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ellen Weisberg (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to therapeutic organic compounds, compositions comprising an effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound; and methods for treating and preventing disease comprising administering and effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/321242 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 513/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09505789 | Hoye et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Hoye (St. Paul, Minnesota); Beeraiah Baire (St. Paul, Minnesota); Dawen Niu (St. Paul, Minnesota); Patrick H. Willoughby (St. Paul, Minnesota); Brian P. Woods (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for cyclizing poly-yne compounds under mild conditions to provide cyclic compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/756069 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/88 (20130101) C07D 311/94 (20130101) C07D 491/048 (20130101) C07D 493/04 (20130101) C07D 493/14 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 7/0827 (20130101) C07F 7/1876 (20130101) C07F 7/1892 (20130101) |
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| US 09505798 | Littman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan R. Littman (New York, New York); Jun R. Huh (Newton, Massachusetts); Nicolas Gabriel Albert Manel (Paris, France); Daniel A. Ryan (San Diego, California); David Y. Gin (Pelham, New York); Mary S. Gin (Pelham, New York); Michael R. Krout (Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York); Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan R. Littman (New York, New York); Jun R. Huh (Newton, Massachusetts); Nicolas Gabriel Albert Manel (Paris, France); Daniel A. Ryan (San Diego, California); David Y. Gin (Pelham, New York); Michael R. Krout (Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Steroid compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: and wherein m, n, t, u1, u2, v1, v2, R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R3c, R3d, and Y are as described herein. The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and graft-versus-host disease. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/989973 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) Steroids C07J 17/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07J 19/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09505801 | Verdine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory L. Verdine (Lexington, Massachusetts); Christian E. Schafmeister (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel stabilized crosslinked compounds having secondary structure motifs, libraries of these novel compounds, and methods for the synthesis of these compounds libraries thereof. The synthesis of these novel stabilized compounds involves (1) synthesizing a peptide from a selected number of natural or non-natural amino acids, wherein the peptide comprises at least two moieties capable of undergoing reaction to promote carbon-carbon bond formation; and (2) contacting the peptide with a reagent to generate at least one crosslinker and to effect stabilization of a secondary structure motif. The present invention, in a preferred embodiment, provides stabilized p53 donor helical peptides. Additionally, the present invention provides methods for disrupting the p53/MDM2 binding interaction comprising (1) providing a crosslinked stabilized α-helical structure; and (2) contacting the crosslinked stabilized α-helical structure with MDM2. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/068844 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/02 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 1/047 (20130101) C07K 1/113 (20130101) C07K 14/001 (20130101) C07K 14/4746 (20130101) |
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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) | Biao He (Bogart, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides safe, stable, efficacious, and cost-effective vaccines based on viral expression vectors that include a parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) genome including a heterologous nucleotide sequence expressing a heterologous polypeptide. In some embodiments, the heterologous nucleotide sequence is inserted closer to the leader than between the hemagglutinin-neuroaminidase (HN) gene and the large RNA polymerase protein (L) gene of the PIV5 genome. In some embodiments, the heterologous nucleotide sequence is inserted between the small hydrophobic protein (SH) gene and the hemagglutinin-neuroaminidase (HN) gene of the PIV 5 genome. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/374061 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/155 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/585 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/18034 (20130101) C12N 2760/18721 (20130101) C12N 2760/18732 (20130101) C12N 2760/18743 (20130101) C12N 2760/20134 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert I. Ko (Salvador, Brazil); Mitermayer Galvão Reis (Salvador, Brazil); Julio Henrique Rosa Croda (Salvador, Brazil); Isadora Cristina Siqueira (Salvador, Brazil); David A. Haake (Los Angeles, California); James Matsunaga (Los Angeles, California); Lee W. Riley (Berkeley, California); Michele Barocchi (Los Angeles, California); Tracy Ann Young (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to three isolated DNA molecules that encode for proteins, BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3, in the Leptospira sp bacterium which have repetitive Bacterial-Ig-like (Big) domains and their use in diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccine applications. According to the present invention, the isolated molecules encoding for BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3 proteins are used for the diagnosis and prevention of infection with Leptospira species that are capable of producing disease in humans and other mammals, including those of veterinary importance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/134168 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09505811 | Schroeder 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) | Julian I. Schroeder (La Jolla, California); Maria Israelsson-Nordstrom (Taby, Sweden); Josef M. Kuhn (Schifferstadt, Germany); Yingzhen Yang (Geneva, New York); Honghong Hu (San Diego, California); Aurelien Boisson-Dernier (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for manipulating the exchange of water and/or carbon dioxide (CO2) through plant stomata by controlling CO2 sensor genes. The invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing or optimizing biomass accumulation in a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for opening or closing a stomatal pore on a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for increasing or decreasing oxygenation efficiency and/or carbon fixation in a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant by manipulating expression of a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. The invention provides promoters for regulating expression of a nucleic acid in a plant guard cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198551 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8222 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) C12N 15/8273 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 60/247 (20151101) |
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| US 09505816 | Walensky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loren D. Walensky (Newton Centre, Massachusetts); Michelle L. Stewart (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A series of stapled BCL-2 family peptide helices were identified as able to target the survival protein MCL-I with high affinity and a subset with unprecedented selectivity. Agents and methods for selective pharmacologic neutralization of MCL-I are provided for drug discovery and therapeutic uses, including use in overcoming the apoptotic resistance of cancer and other diseases associated with impaired cell death. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/713379 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4747 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Rapraeger (Stoughton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for peptides from syndecan 1 and methods of use therefor. These peptides can inhibit α4β6 interaction with HER2, thereby preventing tumor cell growth and tissue invasion. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/688927 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/4703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/70596 (20130101) C07K 2319/23 (20130101) |
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| US 09505819 | Schiemann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William P. Schiemann (Denver, Colorado); Allan R. Albig (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a panel of biomarkers associated with angiogenesis, and the use of such biomarkers (genes, proteins, homologues and analogs thereof) to regulate angiogenesis. Methods for identifying compounds useful for regulating angiogenesis and conditions related thereto are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099433 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1703 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4725 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5017 (20130101) G01N 33/5029 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2333/4722 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09505821 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianjie Ma (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Jae-Kyun Ko (Piscataway, New Jersey); Chul-Woo Kim (Seoul, South Korea); Noah Weisleder (Elizabeth, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianjie Ma (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Jae-Kyun Ko (Piscataway, New Jersey); Chul-Woo Kim (Seoul, South Korea); Noah Weisleder (Elizabeth, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode pro-apoptotic polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the aforementioned polypeptide, polynucleotide, or antibody. The invention further discloses therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of proliferative disorders and bacterial infections using the nucleic acids and proteins of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/444288 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4747 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/10 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09506027 | Borden 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) | Mark A. Borden (Boulder, Colorado); Eric G. Lima (Patterson, New York); Clark T. Hung (Ardsley, New York); Shashank Ramesh Sirsi (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogel tissue engineering scaffold having microbubbles dispersed therein is disclosed. Also, a system for cell culturing including a controller and actuator to apply dynamic deformational loading to a hydrogel is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for producing hydrogels with microbubbles and for culturing cells using hydrogels with microbubbles. |
| FILED | Friday, November 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/087276 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 41/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0655 (20130101) C12N 2533/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09506032 | Maltsev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Victor Maltsev (Parkville, Maryland); Edward G. Lakatta (Bel Air, Maryland); Ihor Zahanich (Towson, Maryland); Syevda Sirenko (Dortmund, Germany); Maxim Mikheev (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yoram Vodovotz (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Pittsburgh of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Maltsev (Parkville, Maryland); Edward G. Lakatta (Bel Air, Maryland); Ihor Zahanich (Towson, Maryland); Syevda Sirenko (Dortmund, Germany); Maxim Mikheev (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yoram Vodovotz (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Biological pacemakers engineered to intrinsically generate rhythmic excitations are disclosed. In addition, methods of producing the biological pacemakers are disclosed. Methods of treating or preventing arrhythmia and heart disease associated with a defective pacemakers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/322066 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2500/14 (20130101) C12N 2501/01 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) C12N 2830/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09506035 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart K. Williams (Harrods Creek, Kentucky); James Beatty Hoying (Louisville, Kentucky); Laxminarayanan Krishnan (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart K. Williams (Harrods Creek, Kentucky); James Beatty Hoying (Louisville, Kentucky); Laxminarayanan Krishnan (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to methods, compositions and uses thereof for enhancing vascularization of a tissue or cell transplant for transplantation into a subject. In particular, one aspect of the present invention provides methods and compositions comprising the use of a population of stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells to encapsulate or surround a tissue or cell transplant to enhance vascularization of the tissue or cell transplant. Another aspect of the present invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing vascularization of a tissue or cell transplant by combining a population of SVF cells with a tissue or cell transplant to form a transplant mixed with SVF cells. In some embodiments, the SVF cells can be on the surface or embedded within a three-dimensional matrix. In some embodiments, the SVF cells can be generically engineered to secrete therapeutic proteins or pro-angiogenic factors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/502090 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/34 (20130101) A61K 35/34 (20130101) A61K 35/35 (20130101) A61K 35/35 (20130101) A61K 35/39 (20130101) A61K 35/39 (20130101) A61K 35/44 (20130101) A61K 35/44 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0677 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2502/1305 (20130101) |
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| US 09506037 | Gerecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon Gerecht (Baltimore, Maryland); Sravanti Kusuma (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A bicellular vascular population derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) undergoes morphogenesis and assembly in a synthetic hydrogel. It is shown that hPSCs can be induced to co-differentiate into early vascular cells (EVCs) in a clinically-relevant strategy dependent upon Notch activation. These EVCs mature into ECs and pericytes, and self-organize to form vascular networks in an engineered matrix. Upon in vivo implantation, multicellular human vascular networks are functionally perfused. Thus, a derived bicellular population is exploited for its intrinsic self-assembly capability to create functional microvasculature in a deliverable matrix. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/844313 |
| 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 5/069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0691 (20130101) C12N 5/0692 (20130101) C12N 2501/15 (20130101) C12N 2501/17 (20130101) C12N 2501/42 (20130101) C12N 2501/165 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) C12N 2533/80 (20130101) |
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| US 09506041 | Kaczmarczyk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanislaw J Kaczmarczyk (Frederick, Maryland); Deb K. Chatterjee (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions relating to alphavirus-based virus-like particles (VLPs) and methods for making and using the described VLPs. The described compositions include VLPs and vectors and cells used to produce the VLPs. Also included are related methods to produce the VLPs, to transduce cells using the VLPs, and to produce a protein or polynucleotide of interest in a target cell using the VLPs. Also described are alphavirus-based replicons that allow for expression of proteins or polynucleotides of interest in a target cell without a cytopathic effect. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/388441 |
| 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 35/76 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2740/11022 (20130101) C12N 2740/11023 (20130101) C12N 2740/11042 (20130101) C12N 2740/11051 (20130101) C12N 2740/13022 (20130101) C12N 2740/13051 (20130101) C12N 2770/36123 (20130101) C12N 2770/36143 (20130101) C12N 2770/36145 (20130101) C12N 2770/36152 (20130101) C12N 2800/24 (20130101) C12N 2810/6081 (20130101) |
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| US 09506056 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); David A. Giljohann (Chicago, Illinois); Dwight Seferos (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); David A. Giljohann (Chicago, Illinois); Dwight Seferos (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods for modulating cellular uptake of functionalized nanoparticles are provided. Also provided are materials and methods for modulating the effectiveness of a therapeutic agent with a functionalized nanoparticle. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/130643 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/351 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09506057 | Behlke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Aaron Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Kimberly Ann Lennox (North Liberty, Iowa); Ashley Mae Jacobi (Tiffin, Iowa); Richard Owczarzy (Coralville, Iowa); Joseph Alan Walder (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention pertains to modifications for antisense oligonucleotides, wherein the modifications are used to improve stability and provide protection from nuclease degradation. The modifications could also be incorporated into double-stranded nucleic acids, such as synthetic siRNAs and miRNAs. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/776397 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/344 (20130101) C12N 2310/352 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) |
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| US 09506059 | Behlke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Aaron Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Richard Owczarzy (Coralville, Iowa); Yong You (Iowa City, Iowa); Joseph Alan Walder (Chicago, Illinois); Kim Lennox (North Liberty, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention pertains to modifications for antisense oligonucleotides, wherein the modifications are used to improve stability and provide protection from nuclease degradation. The modifications could also be incorporated into double-stranded nucleic acids, such as synthetic siRNAs and miRNAs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/281646 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/344 (20130101) C12N 2310/352 (20130101) C12N 2310/3529 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) |
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| US 09506060 | Bandaru et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Belrose Pharma Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts); ENZON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Cranford, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajanikanth Bandaru (Warren, New Jersey); Yixian Zhang (Piscataway, New Jersey); Zhengxing Qu (Warren, New Jersey); Lee Greenberger (Montclair, New Jersey); Christopher Ott (Boston, Massachusetts); James Elliott Bradner (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to oligonucleotide compounds (oligomers) that target Myc mRNA in a cell, leading to reduced expression of Myc. Reduction of Myc expression is beneficial for the treatment of certain disorders, such as hyperproliferative disorders (e.g., cancer). The disclosure provides therapeutic compositions comprising oligomers and methods for modulating the expression of Myc using said oligomers, including methods of treatment. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/378698 |
| 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 31/711 (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 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/341 (20130101) C12N 2310/351 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09506064 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Jiehua Zhou (Duarte, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for delivery of siRNA to specific cells or tissue. More particularly, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for cell type-specific delivery of anti-HIV siRNAs via fusion to an anti-gp120 aptamer. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/844230 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 15/1132 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09506065 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Chang-Gong Liu (Pearland, Texas); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas); Cinzia Sevignani (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | MicroRNA genes are highly associated with chromosomal features involved in the etiology of different cancers. The perturbations in the genomic structure or chromosomal architecture of a cell caused by these cancer-associated chromosomal features can affect the expression of the miR gene(s) located in close proximity to that chromosomal feature. Evaluation of miR gene expression can therefore be used to indicate the presence of a cancer-causing chromosomal lesion in a subject. As the change in miR gene expression level caused by a cancer-associated chromosomal feature may also contribute to cancerigenesis, a given cancer can be treated by restoring the level of miR gene expression to normal. microRNA expression profiling can be used to diagnose cancer and predict whether a particular cancer is associated with an adverse prognosis. The identification of specific mutations associated with genomic regions that harbor miR genes in CLL patients provides a means for diagnosing CLL and possibly other cancers. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/846193 |
| 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 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/31 (20130101) C12N 2310/32 (20130101) C12N 2310/33 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09506068 | Inturrisi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Inturrisi (Torrington, Connecticut); Qinghao Xu (New York, New York); Sandra M. Garraway (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This application describes methods and compositions for reducing, inhibiting and/or treating pain that involve use of ERK2 inhibitors. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/605392 |
| 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 31/506 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2799/025 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/11024 (20130101) |
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| US 09506069 | Ambati et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balamurali K. Ambati (Sandy, Utah); Hironori Uehara (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of inhibiting lymphangiogenesis and/or angiogenesis in a subject are provided. In one aspect, for example, a method of inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject can include binding an antisense morpholino to an mRNA splicing site of VEGFR1 selected from exon13_intron13 junction, intron13_exon14 junction, or a combination thereof. In another aspect, the morpholino includes a member selected from VEGFR1_MOe13, VEGFR1_MOi13, or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/394726 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1138 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/3233 (20130101) C12N 2320/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09506073 | Gardner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin H. Gardner (Dallas, Texas); Laura B. Motta-Mena (Dallas, Texas); Brian D. Zoltowski (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for light-dependent gene regulation using a light-responsive DNA-binding protein. Also provided are related nucleic acid molecules, and protein molecules, such as those encoding or comprising the light-responsive DNA-binding protein or DNA-binding sites recognizing the light-responsive DNA-binding protein. Kits using the present light-dependent gene regulation system are further provided by the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/359030 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/09 (20130101) C07K 2319/71 (20130101) C07K 2319/80 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0069 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506078 | Chapman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of North Texas (Denton, Texas); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); University of North Texas (Dentons, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent D. Chapman (Denton, Texas); Richard G. W. Anderson (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses gene targets and methods for the genetic control of lipid accumulation in vegetative (non-seed) portions of plants. Enhanced lipid, e.g. triacylglycerol (TAG), accumulation in vegetative portions of plants may be obtained by down-regulation of activity of At4g24160 or a homolog thereof. Plants, plant parts, seeds comprising down-regulated AT4G24160 activity, or activity of a homolog thereof, are also provided, as well as products prepared therefrom. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/966019 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506079 | Mason et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh S Mason (Phoenix, Arizona); Zhong Huang (Tempe, Arizona); Qiang Chen (Chandler, Arizona); Charles J Arntzen (Gold Canyon, Arizona); Shuo Yuan (Tempe, Arizona); Brooke Hjelm (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Plant viral vectors have great potential in rapid production of proteins, but no simple Here a geminivirus-based system for high-yield and rapid production of oligomeric protein complexes, including virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is described. In particular, a single vector that contains two non-competing replicons for transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves is described. The correct assembly of these subunit proteins into functional oligomeric structures (VLPs or full-size mAb) is also described. This system advances plant transient expression technology by eliminating the need for non-competing viruses, and thus, enhances the realistic commercial application of this technology for producing multiple-subunit protein complexes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944589 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8203 (20130101) C12N 15/8257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8258 (20130101) |
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| US 09506080 | Lagarias 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) | John Clark Lagarias (Davis, California); Yi-Shin Su (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the discovery of mutant phytochromes that when introduced into a plant alter the photomorphogenic properties of that plant. In certain embodiments transfection of plants by nucleic acid constructs expressing the mutant phytochromes produced plants having a phenotype characterized by light-independent’ activation. Thus, in certain embodiments, this invention provides a transgenic plant or plant cell comprising a mutant phytochrome where the mutant phytochrome is a light-stable phytochrome; and the transgenic plant shows decreased shade avoidance as compared to the same species or strain of plant lacking the mutant phytochrome. In various embodiments the mutant phytochrome comprises a mutation at the position corresponding to tyrosine residue 276 in an Arabidopsis phytochrome where the mutation is to a residue other than tyrosine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/249257 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8209 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506082 | Williams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nature Technology Corporation (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to recombinant DNA molecules such as plasmids, non-viral vectors, viral vectors and hybrids thereof, and more particularly to vector modifications that improve expression of said DNA molecules in cell lines and organisms. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/082666 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2830/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09506105 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC (Carlsbad, California); HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC (Carlsbad, California); UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. Brown (Clearwater Beach, Florida); Jonathan E. Silver (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for amplifying a target nucleic acid present in a sample includes introducing, via an entrance opening of a planar fluidic assembly, a sample containing one or more target nucleic acids into a flow channel of the planar fluidic assembly, the flow channel extending from the entrance opening to an exit vent and having a substantially uniform cross-section. A plurality of nucleic acid primers that are complementary to a portion of the one or more target nucleic acids are disposed at locations within and along the flow channel. The method further includes subjecting the sample introduced into the flow channel to a primer-based amplification reaction using the nucleic acid primers, wherein the primer-based amplification reaction produces amplified product of the one or more target nucleic acids, and retaining the amplified product at one or more of the locations within the flow channel during the primer-based amplification reaction. The method also includes detecting localized accumulation of the retained amplified product, the localized accumulation occurring at the one or more locations. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456592 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00621 (20130101) B01J 2219/00637 (20130101) B01J 2219/00644 (20130101) B01J 2219/00659 (20130101) B01J 2219/00677 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/5085 (20130101) B01L 3/5088 (20130101) B01L 3/50851 (20130101) B01L 2200/06 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/16 (20130101) B01L 2200/0642 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 60/14 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/805 (20130101) Y10S 436/809 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/2575 (20150115) |
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| US 09506740 | Brezinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Brezinski (Marblehead, Massachusetts); Bin Liu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ehsan Azimi (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Brezinski (Marblehead, Massachusetts); Bin Liu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ehsan Azimi (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for enhancing spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT] are provided. In particular, a system and method for calibration of spectral interference signals using an acquired calibration signal are provided. The calibration signal may be logarithmically amplified to further improve the accuracy of the calibration. From the calibration signal, a series of more accurate calibration data are calculated. An acquired spectral interference signal is calibrated using these calibration data. Moreover, systems that include logarithmic amplification of the spectral interference signal and variable band-pass filtering of the spectral interference signal are provided. Such systems increase the dynamic range and visualization capabilities relative to conventional spectral domain OCT systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/513052 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02074 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) G01N 2021/1787 (20130101) |
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| US 09506741 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuan Liu (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Jin U. Kang (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system having magnitude and direction of motion detection has a light source, and a scanning system arranged in an optical path of the light source. The scanning system is configured to scan an illumination beam of light in a spatial pattern around each of a plurality of points of interest of an object under observation for a corresponding plurality of instants of time in which each of the plurality of points of interest are displaced from each other due to motion of at least one of the OCT system or the object under observation. The OCT system also includes an OCT detection system configured and arranged to receive at least a portion of the illumination beam of light after being at least one of reflected or scattered from said the under observation, and a signal processor configured to communicate with the OCT detection system to receive detection signals therefrom. The signal processor is configured to process the detection signals to determine both magnitude and direction of relative motion of the OCT system from a first one of the plurality of points at a first corresponding time to a second one of the plurality of points at a second corresponding time. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/299968 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/0203 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506843 | Peters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Peters (Iowa City, Iowa); Lorenzo Cena (North Liberty, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A personally portable nanoparticle respiratory deposition (NRD) sampler configured to collect nanoparticles based upon a sampling criterion. In an aspect, the NRD sampler has an impactor stage, and a diffusion stage. In another aspect, the NRD sampler includes a particle size separator in addition to an impactor stage and a diffusion stage. |
| FILED | Monday, February 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/769565 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/2208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 1/2273 (20130101) G01N 2001/2276 (20130101) |
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| US 09506915 | Tackett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan J. Tackett (Little Rock, Arkansas); Stephanie Byrum (Little Rock, Arkansas); Sean Taverna (Little Rock, Arkansas); Kevin Raney (Little Rock, Arkansas); Zachary Waldrip (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan J. Tackett (Little Rock, Arkansas); Stephanie Byrum (Little Rock, Arkansas); Sean Taverna (Little Rock, Arkansas); Kevin Raney (Little Rock, Arkansas); Zachary Waldrip (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses methods of identifying proteins and protein modifications of proteins specifically associated with a chromatin. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/744844 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6875 (20130101) G01N 2440/00 (20130101) G01N 2570/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09506917 | Fan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rong Fan (Cheshire, Connecticut); Yao Lu (New Haven, Connecticut); Jonathan Chen (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a system, device, and method for the high throughput multiplexed detection of a wide number of compounds. The invention comprises of a microwell array coupled to a capture agent array to form a plurality of interfaces between a microwell and a set of immobilized capture agents. The set of capture agents comprises a plurality of distinguishable features, with each feature corresponding to the detection of a particular compound of interest. In certain embodiments, each microwell is configured to contain a single cell. The invention is therefore capable of performing a high throughput analysis of single cell profiles, including profiles of secreted compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/629164 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54306 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54366 (20130101) G01N 33/54386 (20130101) G01N 2570/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/7028 (20130101) |
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| US 09506919 | Gaster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Samuel Gaster (Los Altos, California); Drew Hall (Stanford, California); Shan X. Wang (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Samuel Gaster (Los Altos, California); Drew Hall (Stanford, California); Shan X. Wang (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensor assay methods for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample are provided. Aspects of the methods include providing a sensor, e.g., a proximity sensor, in contact with an assay composition that includes a sample and a proximity label. Next, a capture probe configured to bind to the proximity label and the analyte is introduced into the assay composition to produce a labeled analyte. Following capture probe introduction, a signal is obtained from the sensor to detect the presence of the labeled analyte in the sample. Also provided are sensor devices, including hand-held devices, and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/759584 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 27/745 (20130101) G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25 (20150115) |
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| US 09506922 | Lewinsohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon); Deborah A. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing an immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are disclosed herein. In several examples, the immune response is a protective immune response. In additional embodiments, methods are disclosed for inhibiting an infection with Mtb, preventing an infection with Mtb, or treating an infection with Mtb. Pharmaceutical compositions for the inhibition, prevention and/or treatment of tuberculosis are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/590810 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0021 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/04 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 49/00 (20130101) A61K 49/0006 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5695 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/35 (20130101) G01N 2469/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09506924 | Casciola-Rosen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Livia A. Casciola-Rosen (Pikesville, Maryland); Lisa Christopher-Stine (Baltimore, Maryland); Andrew Mammen (Baltimore, Maryland); Antony Rosen (Pikesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for diagnosing, monitoring, and otherwise characterizing a myopathy and for detecting the presence of autoantibodies in a biological sample. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/143728 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/564 (20130101) G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/902 (20130101) G01N 2333/904 (20130101) G01N 2800/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09506926 | Spellman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul T. Spellman (Portland, Oregon); Joe W. Gray (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Anguraj Sadanandam (Pollachi, India); Laura M. Heiser (Lake Oswego, Oregon); William J. Gibb (San Anselmo, California); Wen-lin Kuo (Lin-Kou Town, Taiwan); Nicholas J. Wang (Porland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul T. Spellman (Portland, Oregon); Joe W. Gray (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Anguraj Sadanandam (Pollachi, India); Laura M. Heiser (Lake Oswego, Oregon); William J. Gibb (San Anselmo, California); Wen-lin Kuo (Lin-Kou Town, Taiwan); Nicholas J. Wang (Porland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein is described the use of a collection of 50 breast cancer cell lines to match responses to 77 conventional and experimental therapeutic agents with transcriptional, proteomic and genomic subtypes found in primary tumors. Almost all compounds produced strong differential responses across the cell lines produced responses that were associated with transcriptional and proteomic subtypes and produced responses that were associated with recurrent genome copy number abnormalities. These associations can now be incorporated into clinical trials that test subtype markers and clinical responses simultaneously. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/401780 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09506928 | Eriksen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Eriksen (Houston, Texas); Craig Vollert (Shenandoah, Texas); Steven Bark (Houston, Texas); Wilna Moree (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods, compounds, mixtures and formulations of antigen retrieval agent useful in retrieving antigens and improving the detection of amino acids, peptides and proteins or epitopes thereon in a tissue fixed with aldehyde-based cross-linking agents. Contacting the fixed tissue with a solution of the aldehyde scavenging agent causes reactivity with the aldehyde moieties to retrieve antigens and improve detection of the amino acids, peptides and proteins or epitopes. Also provided are kits comprising the antigen retrieval agent and, optionally, components for staining or detecting the proteins or the antigens or epitopes and instructions for using the kit. Further provided is a method for identifying an antigen retrieval agent. A fixed protein is contacted with an agent to be tested and heated in solution therewith. Detection of protein peaks via mass spectrometry indicates the tested agent is an antigen retrieval agent. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/530142 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506929 | Strongin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Strongin (Portland, Oregon); Yixing Guo (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Lovemore Hakuna (Portland, Oregon); Mark Allen Lowry (Portland, Oregon); Jorge Omar Escobedo Córdova (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Probes for selectively detecting compounds comprising a thiol group and an amino group (“thiols”) are disclosed. Exemplary thiols include cysteine, homocysteine, and glutathione. Embodiments of the disclosed probes produce a detectable change in absorbance spectrum and/or emission spectrum when reacted with one or more thiols in solution. Methods and kits for performing the detection also are disclosed. The probes have a general formula where each bond depicted as “ |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/380704 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 265/38 (20130101) C07D 493/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/52 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/6815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6848 (20130101) |
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| US 09506931 | Warner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ICAGEN, INC. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ICAGEN, INC. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Lori J. Peterson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jennifer A. Berger (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Eva R. Birnbaum (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Rebecca L. Miller (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method and apparatus for measuring the transport of an analyte through a cell membrane. One or more cells expressing a plurality of ion channels are provided. These cells are loaded with the analyte so that the cells contain at least 10 picograms of the analyte within a volume defined by the area of an x-ray excitation beam and a depth of five times the 1/e attenuation depth for at least one characteristic x-ray signal of the analyte as attenuated by water. The unloaded analyte is removed and the amount of the analyte in the cells is measured with x-ray fluorescence. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/669923 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/223 (20130101) G01N 33/502 (20130101) G01N 33/6872 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2223/076 (20130101) |
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| US 09508163 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhou Yu (Waukesha, Wisconsin); Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man (Clifton Park, New York); Jean-Baptiste Thibault (Waukesha, Wisconsin); Debashish Pal (Waukesha, Wisconsin); Lin Fu (Niskayuna, New York); Charles A. Bouman (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jeffrey Allen Fessler (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hung Nien (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A framework for an iterative reconstruction algorithm is described which combines two or more of an ordered subset method, a preconditioner method, and a nested loop method. In one type of implementation a nested loop (NL) structure is employed where the inner loop sub-problems are solved using ordered subset (OS) methods. The inner loop may be solved using OS and a preconditioner method. In other implementations, the inner loop problems are created by augmented Lagrangian methods and then solved using OS method. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918517 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2211/424 (20130101) G06T 2211/428 (20130101) |
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| US 09509400 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Faquir C Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos (West Hartford, Connecticut); Robert A Croce, Jr. (Guilford, Connecticut); Pawan Gogna (Clinton, Massachusetts); Syed Kamrul Islam (Knoxville, Tennessee); Liang Zuo (San Jose, California); Kai Zhu (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Faquir C Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos (West Hartford, Connecticut); Robert A Croce, Jr. (Guilford, Connecticut); Pawan Gogna (Clinton, Massachusetts); Syed Kamrul Islam (Knoxville, Tennessee); Liang Zuo (San Jose, California); Kai Zhu (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable bio-sensing platform architecture that enables the wireless selection, calibration and reading of multiple sensors, as well as checking the power levels of the solar powering source energizing various electronic and optoelectronic devices and circuits embedded in the platform. It also permits checking the operation of the potentiostats interfacing with each amperometric analyte sensor. The platform is flexible to include FET based sensors for protein sensing as well as other applications including pH sensing. In addition, other physiological sensors can be integrated in the platform. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/149908 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0031 (20130101) A61B 5/14503 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09504307 | Burnett 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) | Gregory M Burnett (Dayton, Ohio); Peter Voland (Fairborn, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible load bearing system includes a plurality of vertebrae. Each vertebra has a first portion, a second portion, and a socket formed in it. A plurality of links each has a ball at a first end and at a second end. At least one of the plurality of balls is disposed in one of the plurality of sockets, thus forming a column. A tension mechanism is mated to the first portion and to the second portion and configured to pull or push the first portion and the second portion together or apart, respectively. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/499285 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Travelling or Camp Equipment: Sacks or Packs Carried on the Body A45F 3/04 (20130101) A45F 3/08 (20130101) A45F 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A45F 3/047 (20130101) |
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| US 09504477 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Larry J. Miller (Spring Branch, Texas); David S. Bolleter (San Antonio, Texas); Robert W. Titkemeyer (San Antonio, Texas); Christopher B. Kilcoin (Santa Cruz, California); Matthew T. Harmon (Santa Cruz, California); Ruben Trevino (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vidacare LLC (Wayne, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry J. Miller (Spring Branch, Texas); David S. Bolleter (San Antonio, Texas); Robert W. Titkemeyer (San Antonio, Texas); Christopher B. Kilcoin (Santa Cruz, California); Matthew T. Harmon (Santa Cruz, California); Ruben Trevino (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods are provided to penetrate a bone and associated bone marrow using a powered driver having a gear assembly and a motor. The powered driver may include an indicator operable to show status of a power supply associated with the powered driver. The power supply may include a battery power pack having a diamond shaped cross section. The powered driver may have a handle with a corresponding cross section. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025580 |
| ART UNIT | 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/025 (20130101) A61B 17/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/1637 (20130101) A61B 17/3472 (20130101) A61B 17/3476 (20130101) A61B 17/32002 (20130101) A61B 17/32053 (20130101) A61B 90/11 (20160201) A61B 2010/0258 (20130101) A61B 2017/0046 (20130101) A61B 2017/00398 (20130101) A61B 2017/00734 (20130101) Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 17/46 (20130101) F41A 17/52 (20130101) F41A 17/54 (20130101) |
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| US 09504745 | Harrison, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger G. Harrison, Jr. (Norman, Oklahoma); Daniel E. Resasco (Norman, Oklahoma); Luis Filipe Ferreira Neves (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions for detecting and/or destroying cancer tumors and/or cancer cells via photodynamic therapy are disclosed, as well as methods of use thereof. The compositions comprise a linking protein or peptide attached to or otherwise physically associated with a carbon nanotube to form a targeted protein-carbon nanotube complex. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100892 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 41/0052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48869 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/406 (20130101) A61N 2/02 (20130101) A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 2005/0659 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09505492 | Scott |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark W. Scott (Bethany, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Scott (Bethany, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a plurality of rotor blades operably connected to a rotor shaft. Two or more active adaptive devices are located at one or more rotor blades of the plurality of rotor blades. The one or more active adaptive devices are operably connected to an aircraft flight control system such that, when activated, the one or more active adaptive devices change one or more operational characteristics of the rotor assembly. A method of operating a rotor assembly of a rotary wing aircraft includes rotating a plurality of rotor blades about a rotor shaft. Two or more active adaptive devices located at one or more rotor blades of the plurality of rotor blades are activated and change one or more operational characteristics of the rotor assembly. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/403364 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/325 (20130101) B64C 27/463 (20130101) B64C 27/615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09505615 | Misra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abha Misra (Bangalore, India); Chiara Daraio (Pasadena, California); Jordan R. Raney (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling the microstructural arrangement of nominally-aligned arrays of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a foam structure of CNTs are disclosed. The method includes a functionalization of CNT surfaces, for example, a non-covalent functionalization. The non-covalent functionalization of CNT surfaces can be obtained by way of a wetting process, for example by the use of a solution of surfactant or silica (SiO2) nanoparticles to wet the CNTs. In particular, the CNT array is first detached from the growth substrate and then a functionalization substance (surfactant or SiO2) is added to the CNT array. The functionalization substance can be dissolved in a volatile solvent, such that CNT arrays densify after the solvent evaporates. A method for synthesizing nominally-aligned arrays of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is further disclosed, wherein the synthesizing method is combined with the wetting process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868952 |
| 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) Original (OR) Class B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0226 (20130101) C01B 31/0273 (20130101) C01B 31/0438 (20130101) C01B 2202/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
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| US 09505710 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HAWAII BIOTECH, INC. (Aiea, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HAWAII BIOTECH, INC. (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Thomas Johnson (Kaneohe, Hawaii); Seong Jin Kim (Honolulu, Hawaii); Sean O'Malley (Honolulu, Hawaii); Henry Lee Jackson (Pearl City, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formula I are provided: R1 is an alkoxy or O(CH2)pX, p is an integer from 2 to 3 and X is OH, NH2, or CO2H, m is an integer from 0 to 5, n is an integer from 0 to 5, each R2 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxymethyl, heterocyclyl, hetereocyclylmethyl, amino, amido, hydroxamido, any of which may be optionally substituted with one or more of acyl, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxyalkyl, or halogen, each R3 is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, carboxy, hydroxymethyl, amido, and at least one of R2 and R3 is not hydrogen. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/099438 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 259/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 259/10 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/337 (20130101) C07D 211/34 (20130101) C07D 213/56 (20130101) C07D 231/12 (20130101) C07D 233/64 (20130101) C07D 239/26 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 295/16 (20130101) C07D 295/155 (20130101) C07D 295/185 (20130101) C07D 303/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09505812 | Doolan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Denise Doolan (Camp Hill, Australia); Angela Trieu (Enogera, Australia); Phillip L. Felgner (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented bt the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denise Doolan (Camp Hill, Australia); Angela Trieu (Enogera, Australia); Phillip L. Felgner (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to antigens, associated with sterile immunity, and methods of their use, in an immunogenic formulation to confer an immune response against Plasmodium falciparum. The inventive antigens were identified by their association with sterile immunity against malaria. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/027536 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09505936 | Crawford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America Army Research Laboratory (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dawn Marie Crawford (Bel Air, Maryland); John Andrew Escarsega (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Several low observable aqueously dispersed polymeric materials with dual cure properties utilizing both ambient and UV curing modalities are provided. Compositions are suitable for coating a substrate such as those used in military, hunting, or other applications for which low visibility is desired. A water dispersible low observable curable composition includes an aqueously dispersed hydroxyl functional polyurethane resin, an aqueously dispersed urethane acrylate resin; and one or more low solar absorbing pigments. In some embodiments, the acrylate resin present at less than 50% total resin weight. Preferred pigments include those that are cobalt free, do not absorb significant UV radiation during cure, and provide reduced surface temperature resulting in low IR signature. Illustrative pigments include chromium oxide green, magnesium ferrite, red iron oxide (Fe2O3), black iron oxide (Fe3O4), zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4), or combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/932119 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09505978 | Halpert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan E. Halpert (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Polina O. Anikeeva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan E. Halpert (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Polina O. Anikeeva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A blue light emitting semiconductor nanocrystal having an quantum yield of greater than 20% can be incorporated in a light emitting device. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/376364 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/025 (20130101) C09K 11/565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/08 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09506074 | Buelter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GEVO, Inc. (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GEVO, INC. (Englewood, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Buelter (Englewood, Colorado); Andrew Hawkins (Parker, Colorado); Stephanie Porter-Scheinman (Conifer, Colorado); Peter Meinhold (Denver, Colorado); Catherine Asleson Dundon (Englewood, Colorado); Aristos Aristidou (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); Jun Urano (Aurora, Colorado); Doug Lies (Parker, Colorado); Matthew Peters (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); Melissa Dey (Aurora, Colorado); Justas Jancauskas (Englewood, Colorado); Julie Kelly (Denver, Colorado); Ruth Berry (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to recombinant microorganisms comprising biosynthetic pathways and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce various beneficial metabolites. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may further comprise one or more modifications resulting in the reduction or elimination of 3 keto-acid (e.g., acetolactate and 2-aceto-2-hydroxybutyrate) and/or aldehyde-derived by-products. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the Saccharomyces Glade, Crabtree-negative yeast microorganisms, Crabtree-positive yeast microorganisms, post-WGD (whole genome duplication) yeast microorganisms, pre-WGD (whole genome duplication) yeast microorganisms, and non-fermenting yeast microorganisms. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/031400 |
| 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 15/81 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/16 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/01 (20130101) C12Y 102/01005 (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) |
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| US 09506113 | Eshoo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | IBIS BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IBIS BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Eshoo (San Diego, California); John Picuri (Carlsbad, California); Stanley T. Motley (Carlsbad, California); Curtis Phillipson (Carlson, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for nucleic acid ligation. In particular, the present disclosure provides oligonucleotide adaptors for use in nucleic acid ligation reactions. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/369641 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/10 (20130101) C12N 15/66 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (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 1/6855 (20130101) C12Q 1/6855 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2525/191 (20130101) C12Q 2525/301 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) |
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| US 09506153 | Will-Cole |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melanie Will-Cole (Churchville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated heterostructure material is achieved by combining the attributes of two perovskite oxide film growth methods, RF sputtering and the metallo-organic solution deposition (MOSD) technique, in combination with employing a novel integrated material design consisting of a SrTO3 thin film layer which serves as a template to achieve a property enhanced, BST-based thin film overgrowth. In specific the integrated materials design consists of a thin RF sputtered SrTiO3 film (lower layer) which underlies a substantially thicker MOSD over-growth Mg doped BST-based film (upper layer). The inventive material design and combinational film growth fabrication method thereof enables beneficial critical material/device characteristics which include enhanced dielectric permittivity in concert with low loss; low leakage current density; high voltage breakdown strength; high tunability; controlled and optimized film microstructure; and a smooth surface morphology with minimal surface defects. The invention enables miniature highly (voltage) tunable frequency agile devices and/or charge mediated voltage controlled magnetic devices for RF/microwave communications, RADAR, and electronic warfare applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/488771 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 41/5041 (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 14/34 (20130101) C23C 14/083 (20130101) C23C 28/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506166 | Kolis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph W. Kolis (Central, South Carolina); Colin D. McMillen (Liberty, South Carolina); J. Matthew Mann (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are heterogeneous crystals for use in a laser cavity and methods of forming the crystals. A crystal can be a monolithic crystal containing a garnet-based activator region and a garnet-based Q-switch. Disclosed methods include hydrothermal growth techniques for the growth of differing epitaxial layers on a host. A YAG host material can be doped in one region with a suitable activator ion for lasing and can be formed with another region that is doped with a saturable absorber to form the Q-switch. Regions can be formed with controlled thickness in conjunction. Following formation, a heterogeneous crystal can be cut, polished and coated with mirror films at each end for use in a laser cavity to provide short pulses of high power emissions using high frequency pulse modes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332672 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 17/0025 (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 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506167 | Shetty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Reshma Shetty (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas F. Knight, Jr. (Belmont, Massachusetts); Randall D. Rettberg (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GINKGO BIOWORKS, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reshma Shetty (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas F. Knight, Jr. (Belmont, Massachusetts); Randall D. Rettberg (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, libraries, kits, and computer software tools are provided for designing and producing engineered cells. Such engineered cells can be used for cell state quantification, such as genome, transcriptome and/or proteome quantification. In one aspect, an engineered cell having a plurality of artificially designed oligonucleotides introduced into the genome of the cell is provided. The oligonucleotides are each located in proximity of a gene of interest encoding a protein of interest, and are different from one another. The oligonucleotides can each encode a unique peptide tag for each protein of interest, wherein each peptide tag has a unique quantitatively measurable value such as mass-to-charge ratio which can be quantified by a mass spectrometer. The engineered cell is capable of expressing a plurality of proteins of interest each fused to its corresponding unique peptide tag, wherein each peptide tag is capable of being released therefrom. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/560527 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506365 | Smoke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Smoke (Phoenix, Arizona); Bradley Reed Tucker (Chandler, Arizona); Ardeshir Riahi (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ed Zurmehly (Phoenix, Arizona); Alexander MirzaMoghadam (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a gas turbine engine component having sealed stress relief slots are provided, as are embodiments of a gas turbine engine containing such a component and embodiments of a method for fabricating such a component. In one embodiment, the gas turbine engine includes a core gas flow path, a secondary cooling flow path, and a turbine nozzle or other gas turbine engine component. The component includes, in turn, a component body through which the core gas flow path extends, a radially-extending wall projecting from the component body and into the secondary cooling flow path, and one or more stress relief slots formed in the radially-extending wall. The stress relief slots are filled with a high temperature sealing material, which impedes leakage between the second cooling and core gas flow paths and which fractures to alleviate thermomechanical stress within the radially-extending wall during operation of the gas turbine engine. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/257485 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 19/00 (20130101) B22D 25/02 (20130101) B22D 25/06 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 1/06 (20130101) F01D 9/041 (20130101) F01D 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2230/30 (20130101) F05D 2240/55 (20130101) F05D 2260/20 (20130101) F05D 2260/941 (20130101) |
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| US 09506423 | Izquierdo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felix Izquierdo (Boynton Beach, Florida); Robert H. Bush (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Timothy J. McAlice (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine includes a core engine, a first bypass passage disposed about the core engine and a second bypass passage disposed about the first bypass passage. A flow control is disposed within the second bypass for controlling bypass airflow through the second bypass. The flow control translates axially between an open position and a closed position to vary and control airflow through the second bypass passage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/206232 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/08 (20130101) F02K 1/28 (20130101) F02K 1/46 (20130101) F02K 1/383 (20130101) F02K 3/075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02K 3/077 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2270/051 (20130101) |
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| US 09506455 | Mazzeo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron D. Mazzeo (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Stephen A. Morin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Robert F. Shepherd (Brooktondale, New York); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); William B. Kalb (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter includes a laminated robotic actuator. The laminated robotic actuator includes a strain-limiting layer comprising a flexible, non-extensible material in the form of a sheet or thin film, a flexible inflatable layer in the form of a thin film or sheet in facing relationship with the strain-limiting layer, wherein the inflatable layer is selectively adhered to the strain-limiting layer, and wherein a portion of an un-adhered region between the strain-limiting layer and the inflatable layer defines a pressurizable channel, and at least one fluid inlet in fluid communication with the pressurizable channel. The first flexible non-extensible material has a stiffness that is greater than the stiffness of the second flexible elastomeric material and the flexible elastomer is non-extensible under actuation conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/329506 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/142 (20130101) B25J 9/1075 (20130101) Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506485 | Gershenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Adam Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jonathan Daniel Ward (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Adam Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jonathan Daniel Ward (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A hierarchical digital material comprises a set of self-similar digital voxels and connectors. Each voxel is connectable to other self-similar digital voxels by means of the connectors and each voxel is configured to accept connectors of differing sizes. Voxels and connectors may be of differing sizes. Voxels and connectors of the same or differing sizes are connectable to each other in order to assemble two- and three-dimensional structures. The voxels within a structure may be made of differing materials, as may the connectors. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/669434 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 67/0051 (20130101) Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16B 3/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 403/70 (20150115) Y10T 403/74 (20150115) |
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| US 09506729 | Patel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Divyakant L. Patel (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-cost, reliable and easy to use kit for neutralizing surface exposed landmine and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian demining is based on a liquid fuel and a solid/soluble fuel. Both fuels are premeasured in separate, sealed containers. The addition of a small quantity of solid/soluble fuel into the liquid creates an explosive. The resulting mixture is capable of detonating with a standard No. 8 blasting cap. The solid/soluble fuel can be in the form of a powder, tablet, or its saturated solution in water. The solid/soluble fuel is hexamethylenetetramine. The liquid fuel, nitromethane, is provided in premeasured quantities. User is provided instructions for choosing the appropriate quantity of liquid fuel, the corresponding solid/soluble fuel required, the method of mixing, placement and detonation of the kits. Also disclosed is a simple wooden stand to hold the bottle of explosive in place. A special fuel, liquid 2-ethylhexylnitrate, is provided to desensitize the mixed and sensitized explosive. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/867236 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 23/002 (20130101) C06B 25/00 (20130101) C06B 25/36 (20130101) C06B 47/00 (20130101) Frames, Casings or Beds of Engines, Machines or Apparatus, Not Specific to Engines, Machines or Apparatus Provided for Elsewhere; Stands; Supports F16M 11/043 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 11/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/00 (20130101) F42B 3/10 (20130101) F42B 3/26 (20130101) F42B 12/207 (20130101) |
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| US 09506855 | Papautsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian Papautsky (Mason, Ohio); Li Shen (Cincinnati, Ohio); Joshua Hagen (Cincinnati, Ohio); Morley Stone (Spring Valley, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a method, system and computer program for analyzing a colorimetric assay that includes obtaining an image of the assay, optionally correcting for ambient lighting conditions in the image, converting the intensity data for at least one of the red channel, the green channel, or the blue channel to a first data point, recalling a predetermined standardized curve, comparing the first data point with the standardized curve, and identifying the value for the assay parameter from the standardized curve. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/376324 |
| 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 3/46 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/25 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 21/278 (20130101) G01N 21/293 (20130101) G01N 2201/13 (20130101) G01N 2201/061 (20130101) G01N 2201/127 (20130101) |
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| US 09506898 | Matthews et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin L. Matthews (Port Deposit, Maryland); Kwok Y. Ong (Joppa, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for generating vapor concentrations of a chemical. The device comprises a reservoir including a mixing chamber and a delta tube inlet section attached to the mixing chamber for supplying a first mixture of a carrier gas and a vapor of the chemical to the mixing chamber. A dilution gas inlet section is also attached to the mixing chamber and supplies a stream of dilution gas to the mixing chamber to blend with the first mixture of the carrier gas and the vapor of the chemical resulting in a second mixture of the carrier gas, the vapor of the chemical, and the dilution gas. An exit port section attached to the mixing chamber directs the second mixture of the carrier gas, the vapor of the chemical, and the dilution gas to an analyzer or system after it emerges from the reservoir. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/163636 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/0004 (20130101) G01N 33/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25625 (20150115) Y10T 436/25875 (20150115) |
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| US 09506919 | Gaster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Samuel Gaster (Los Altos, California); Drew Hall (Stanford, California); Shan X. Wang (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Samuel Gaster (Los Altos, California); Drew Hall (Stanford, California); Shan X. Wang (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensor assay methods for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample are provided. Aspects of the methods include providing a sensor, e.g., a proximity sensor, in contact with an assay composition that includes a sample and a proximity label. Next, a capture probe configured to bind to the proximity label and the analyte is introduced into the assay composition to produce a labeled analyte. Following capture probe introduction, a signal is obtained from the sensor to detect the presence of the labeled analyte in the sample. Also provided are sensor devices, including hand-held devices, and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/759584 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 27/745 (20130101) G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25 (20150115) |
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| US 09506945 | Sane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harshad S. Sane (Southbury, Connecticut); Joseph T. Driscoll (Prospect, Connecticut); Igor Cherepinsky (Sandy Hook, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An aircraft is provided and includes an airframe. The airframe includes first and second rotor apparatuses at upper and tail portions of the aircraft, respectively, to provide for control and navigational drive. The aircraft further includes a stabilizer component disposed at the tail portion in a position displaced from downwash of the first and second rotor apparatuses at airspeed ranges and a control system configured to apply a dither actuation signal to the stabilizer component at the airspeed ranges by which an aircraft response to a stabilizer component input is measurable for airspeed estimation purposes. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/682733 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 5/02 (20130101) B64C 5/10 (20130101) B64C 13/16 (20130101) B64C 27/00 (20130101) B64C 2027/8263 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 43/02 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 5/02 (20130101) G01P 5/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09507035 | Ryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Ryan (Lee, New Hampshire); Jason Scott Legere (Sanford, Maine); Peter F. Bloser (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of the present invention is capable of detecting, imaging and measuring both neutrons and gamma rays. In some cases, the system has a plurality of parallel plates each containing a plurality of detectors. The plates comprise non-PSD organic scintillation detectors, scintillation detectors having pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) properties, and inorganic scintillation detectors. In some other cases, the system has a plurality of scintillation rods radially distributed about a central axis, and the scintillation rods comprise non-PSD organic scintillation detectors, scintillation detectors having pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) properties, and inorganic scintillation detectors. A first plate or rod and a second plate or rod are used in connection to detect, image and measure neutrons and/or gamma rays. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/209054 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/20 (20130101) G01T 1/2008 (20130101) G01T 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09507069 | Gupta |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neelam Gupta (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for obtaining spectral images from polarized light comprising a polarization sensitive filter; the polarization sensitive filter being configured to receive light at at least one predetermined polarization orientation; and an achromatic waveplate operatively associated with the polarization sensitive filter; the achromatic waveplate being rotatable; whereby rotation of the achromatic waveplate enables light to enter the polarization sensitive spectral filter at at least two predetermined polarization orientations. A method comprising providing a polarization sensitive filter; the polarization sensitive filter being configured to receive light at at least one predetermined polarization orientation; providing an achromatic waveplate operatively associated with the polarization sensitive filter; the achromatic waveplate being rotatable; whereby rotation of the achromatic waveplate enables light to enter the polarization sensitive spectral filter at the at least two predetermined polarization orientations. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/578043 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/3083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09507090 | Sanghera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Catalin M. Florea (Washington, District of Columbia); Rafael R. Gattass (Washington, District of Columbia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Catalin M. Florea (Washington, District of Columbia); Rafael R. Gattass (Washington, District of Columbia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for shaping an output light beam from an optical fiber by controlling the phase and amplitude of the beam by producing beam shaping elements on an exit facet of the optical fiber by direct surface texturing of the exit facet, where a controlled phase difference is achieved across the fiber cross-section over a predefined pattern. The optical fiber can be a single mode fiber or a multi-mode fiber. Either a binary or a complex phase difference can be achieved. Also disclosed is the related system for shaping an output light beam from an optical fiber. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210480 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/005 (20130101) G02B 6/262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09507104 — Apparatus providing simplified alignment of optical fiber in photonic integrated circuits
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| APPLICANT(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gurtej Sandhu (Boise, Idaho); Roy Meade (Boise, Idaho); Lei Bi (Boise, Idaho); John Smythe (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure for optically aligning an optical fiber to a photonic device and method of fabrication of same. The structure optically aligns an optical fiber to the photonic device using a lens between the two which is moveable by actuator heads. The lens is moveable by respective motive sources associated with the actuator heads. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/134167 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/30 (20130101) G02B 6/32 (20130101) G02B 6/4206 (20130101) G02B 6/4225 (20130101) G02B 6/4226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/4227 (20130101) G02B 6/4239 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09507129 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Marks (Durham, North Carolina); David Jones Brady (Durham, North Carolina); Nathan Adrian Hagen (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A camera system for a mobile device includes an array of compact catadioptric telescopes wherein at least some of the telescopes have a portion of their aperture truncated. At least some of the catadioptric telescopes in the array are tilted with respect to the system optical axis. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/580001 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 13/0065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 17/0808 (20130101) G02B 17/0856 (20130101) G02B 23/06 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2254 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09507238 | Khurgin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland); Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morton Photonics (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland); Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a new linearized electro-optic modulator in which linearization is achieved by modulating the index of a Bragg grating reflector placed in the arm(s) of a Michelson Interferometer. This grating-assisted Michelson Interferometer (GAMI) modulator operates as either an intensity or amplitude modulator, and is shown to significantly improve the linearity of microwave photonics links. Furthermore, this modulator improves the performance of optical communication systems using advanced modulation formats. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/831071 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — 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 1/2255 (20130101) G02F 1/2257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2001/215 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09507893 | Blain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cheryl Ann Blain (Slidell, Louisiana); Robert S. Linzell (Carriere, Mississippi); Alan D. Weidemann (Carriere, Mississippi); Paul E. Lyon (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheryl Ann Blain (Slidell, Louisiana); Robert S. Linzell (Carriere, Mississippi); Alan D. Weidemann (Carriere, Mississippi); Paul E. Lyon (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for extraction and processing of river bank coordinates from imagery, generation of an unstructured mesh of the river using river bank positions and available or synthetic bathymetry, application of upstream and downstream boundary forcing data, contingencies for handling missing data, and configuration of multiple realizations of the developed river model. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/042081 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) G06F 17/5018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09507945 | Kouskoulas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanni A. Kouskoulas (Silver Spring, Maryland); Douglas C. Schmidt (Severna Park, Maryland); C. Durward McDonell, III (Olney, Maryland); Laura J. Glendenning (Columbia, Maryland); Ryan W. Gardner (Columbia, Maryland); David J. Heine (Columbia, Maryland); Margaret F. Lospinuso (Laurel, Maryland); Forest C. Deal, Jr. (Catonsville, Maryland); David R. Zaret (Columbia, Maryland); Vina H. Nguyen (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method executable via operation of configured processing circuitry to identify vulnerabilities in program code may include receiving a program and employing a disassembler to disassemble the program, generating a function call tree for the program based on disassembly of the program, receiving an indication of a post condition for which analysis of the program is desired, transforming program statements into logical equations, simplifying the logical equations, propagating post conditions backwards via Dijkstra's weakest precondition variant, analyzing aliases and processing loops to generate a precondition, and using an automated solver to determine whether the precondition is realizable and, if so, providing program inputs required to realize the precondition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/242028 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09508045 | Fisher |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Charles Fisher (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Charles Fisher (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The apparatus, systems, and methods described herein may operate to receive information identifying and describing at least one of a set of events, an initial distribution of a plurality of states, an initial transition matrix, or an initial event matrix; generate, based at least in part on the information, at least one intermediate transition matrix and at least one intermediate event matrix describing a sparse Baum-Welch training that allows no event to occur at one or more time steps; and transform the at least one intermediate transition matrix and the at least one intermediate event matrix into a transition matrix and an event matrix describing a continuous-time Baum-Welch training, the continuous-time Baum-Welch training allowing events to occur simultaneously or at sporadic time intervals in a Markov model including a hidden Markov Model (HMM) having more than two hidden states. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/588912 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 7/005 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09508139 | Torres et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Myra A. Torres (Pittsford, New York); Abhijit Bhoite (Boise, Idaho); Nikhil Beke (Wheeling, Illinois); Kevin Patrick McCormick (Auburn, New York); Timothy Duffy (West Henrietta, New York); Jeremy W. Sheaffer (Pittsford, New York); Maksim Bobrov (Rochester, New York); Michael Moore (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Myra A. Torres (Pittsford, New York); Abhijit Bhoite (Boise, Idaho); Nikhil Beke (Wheeling, Illinois); Kevin Patrick McCormick (Auburn, New York); Timothy Duffy (West Henrietta, New York); Jeremy W. Sheaffer (Pittsford, New York); Maksim Bobrov (Rochester, New York); Michael Moore (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An inspection apparatus includes an imaging unit producing image signals; a processing unit for receiving the image signal; the imaging unit producing a stack of images of an article at different focal lengths in response to the processing unit; the processing unit generating a depth map from the stack of images; the processing unit analyzing the depth map to derive a depth profile of an object of interest; the processing unit determining a surface mean for the article from the stack of images; and the processing unit characterizing the article as degraded or contaminated in response to the depth profile and the surface mean. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/523992 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0069 (20130101) G06T 2207/10148 (20130101) G06T 2207/20064 (20130101) G06T 2207/20221 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09508232 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack Brown (Blaine, Minnesota); Mark Stulz (Victoria, Minnesota); Dan Adair (Andover, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | APG Cash Drawer, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Brown (Blaine, Minnesota); Mark Stulz (Victoria, Minnesota); Dan Adair (Andover, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments described herein pertain to checkout stands and related components. Checkout stands illustratively include scanners and cash drawers. In some embodiments, cash drawers are located downstream from scanners. In some embodiments, checkout stands include item entering and exiting sides. Scanners are illustratively positioned between an entering side and a cash drawer, and cash drawers are illustratively positioned between a scanner and an exiting side. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/351610 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Special Furniture, Fittings, or Accessories for Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants or the Like; Paying Counters A47F 9/04 (20130101) Registering the Receipt of Cash, Valuables, or Tokens G07G 1/0027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09508265 | Chiel 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) | Benjamin S. Chiel (Allston, Massachusetts); Christopher Walden Dever (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one aspect, a flight controller constructed to control a parafoil in flight from a starting location to a target location is provided. The flight controller includes an interface constructed to connect to one or more actuators and one or more wind sensors, a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, the interface, and a flight manager component executable by the processor. The flight manager component is configured to identify the target location and the starting location, receive wind data, determine a relationship between a ground reference frame (GRF) and a wind fixed frame (WFF) based on the wind data, generate a trajectory between the starting location and the target location in the WFF, determine a desired heading based on the trajectory and the relationship between the GRF and the WFF, and generate an actuator control signal based on the desired heading to adjust a heading of the parafoil. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/340018 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 17/025 (20130101) B64D 17/34 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/105 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/0021 (20130101) G08G 5/025 (20130101) G08G 5/0069 (20130101) G08G 5/0091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09508552 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Chingwei Li (Simi Valley, California); Donald A. Hitko (Grover Beach, California); Yakov Royter (Santa Monica, California); Pamela R. Patterson (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Chingwei Li (Simi Valley, California); Donald A. Hitko (Grover Beach, California); Yakov Royter (Santa Monica, California); Pamela R. Patterson (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A heterojunction bipolar transistor having an emitter, a base, and a collector, the heterojunction bipolar transistor including a metallic sub-collector electrically and thermally coupled to the collector wherein the metallic sub-collector comprises a metallic thin film, and a collector contact electrically connected to the metallic sub-collector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/481676 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/74 (20130101) H01L 21/304 (20130101) H01L 21/743 (20130101) H01L 21/2007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/535 (20130101) H01L 23/3732 (20130101) H01L 23/3738 (20130101) H01L 29/401 (20130101) H01L 29/495 (20130101) H01L 29/66242 (20130101) H01L 29/66265 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09509009 | Ulyanova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yevgenia Ulyanova (Huntsville, Alabama); Shelley Minteer (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sameer Singhal (Huntsville, Alabama); Vojtech Svoboda (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Wei (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a method of generating electricity from a long chain hydrocarbon, said method comprising contacting the liquid non-polar substrate with a plurality of enzymes, wherein at least one enzyme is non-electric current/potential enzyme that functions as a catalyst for chemical reaction transforming a first substrate or byproduct to a second substance that can be used with an additional electric current/potential generating enzyme. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/261797 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 11/04 (20130101) C09D 11/52 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09509037 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stacy E. Davis (Medway, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Flom (Chesapeake, Virginia); Adam J. Trimby (Sterling, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of raising an antenna includes decoupling an antenna pedestal from an antenna pedestal mounting structure. The method additionally includes separating the antenna pedestal from the antenna pedestal mounting structure using one or more lifting rods. The method further includes inserting one or more antenna lifting fixtures between a first surface of the antenna pedestal and a first surface of the antenna pedestal mounting structure. The method also includes operating the one or more antenna lifting fixtures to move the first surface of the antenna pedestal away from the first surface of the antenna pedestal mounting structure. A corresponding system and antenna lifting fixture is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/462848 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/1235 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09509052 | Tam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel W. Tam (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Tam (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna comprising: a transceiver; a current probe operatively coupled to the transceiver, wherein the current probe comprises an outer conductive non-magnetic housing, a toroidal magnetic core having a central aperture, wherein the core is insulated from the housing, and a primary winding wound about the core; and an animal body, a portion of which is positioned within the aperture such that incoming and outgoing electromagnetic signals are transferred between the portion of the animal body and the current probe by magnetic induction. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021431 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09509280 | Abdo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baleegh Abdo (Carmel, New York); Jerry M. Chow (White Plains, New York); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York); Hanhee Paik (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique relates to a microwave device. A qubit is connected to a first end of a first coupling capacitor and a first end of a second coupling capacitor. A resonator is connected to a second end of the first coupling capacitor and a second end of the second coupling capacitor. The resonator includes a fundamental resonance mode. A filter is connected to both the qubit and the first end of the first or second coupling capacitor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/952125 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/223 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/00 (20130101) H03H 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 2011/0488 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/1958 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09509400 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Faquir C Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos (West Hartford, Connecticut); Robert A Croce, Jr. (Guilford, Connecticut); Pawan Gogna (Clinton, Massachusetts); Syed Kamrul Islam (Knoxville, Tennessee); Liang Zuo (San Jose, California); Kai Zhu (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Faquir C Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos (West Hartford, Connecticut); Robert A Croce, Jr. (Guilford, Connecticut); Pawan Gogna (Clinton, Massachusetts); Syed Kamrul Islam (Knoxville, Tennessee); Liang Zuo (San Jose, California); Kai Zhu (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable bio-sensing platform architecture that enables the wireless selection, calibration and reading of multiple sensors, as well as checking the power levels of the solar powering source energizing various electronic and optoelectronic devices and circuits embedded in the platform. It also permits checking the operation of the potentiostats interfacing with each amperometric analyte sensor. The platform is flexible to include FET based sensors for protein sensing as well as other applications including pH sensing. In addition, other physiological sensors can be integrated in the platform. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/149908 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0031 (20130101) A61B 5/14503 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09509450 | Le et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franck Le (White Plains, New York); Erich M. Nahum (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A snoop method for increasing the efficiency of TCP protocol operations at the snoop receiver by assuming there is no reordering over the wireless hop. The method performs maintaining a copy of each packet received, the copy adapted for retransmission to the receiver device on behalf of the source device and maintaining for each packet received, a virtual send time (VST) value of that packet. The VST corresponds to a virtual time the packet was sent or retransmitted to the receiver device. There is further maintained an estimate of the receiver device's time (VRT) based on acknowledgement (ACK) messages for packets received from the receiver device. Responsive to receiving an acknowledgement for a packet sent at the time VST, the method infers any lost packets and retransmits a copy of any lost packets having a VST value sent before the receiver's VRT estimate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/793530 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/16 (20130101) H04L 1/1809 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 1/1858 (20130101) H04L 43/0829 (20130101) H04L 69/16 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 24/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09510215 | Richie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diane Richie (Winter Park, Florida); Peter McCarthy (Orlando, Florida); David Kotick (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Diane Richie (Winter Park, Florida); Peter McCarthy (Orlando, Florida); David Kotick (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An automated, computational, software tool for adaptable, real-time configuration of Live to Virtual (L-V) tactical communications for continuous training environments. In these types of cosite environments, this tool de-conflicts mutual interfering frequencies of antenna pairs against required antenna isolation, thus eliminating the need for expensive couplers and frequency confining tunable filters. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/972249 |
| ART UNIT | 2647 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 15/00 (20130101) H04B 17/345 (20150115) H04B 17/382 (20150115) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 24/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09510437 | Squires et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew B. Squires (Sandia Park, New Mexico); James A. Stickney (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Brian Kasch (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew B. Squires (Sandia Park, New Mexico); James A. Stickney (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Brian Kasch (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for algebraically generating precise magnetic potentials along the axis of a cold atom waveguide. Sets of paired conductors may provide control over the even and odd contributions of the polynomial potential along one axis of the trap. Various field configurations can be realized, including double wells, triple wells, and filtered harmonic traps with suppression of higher order terms. An example of a system disclosed herein may be a suitable dual-layer atom chip, with modest experimental requirements, that allows independent tuning of terms up to fourth order. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/692697 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09504745 | Harrison, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger G. Harrison, Jr. (Norman, Oklahoma); Daniel E. Resasco (Norman, Oklahoma); Luis Filipe Ferreira Neves (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions for detecting and/or destroying cancer tumors and/or cancer cells via photodynamic therapy are disclosed, as well as methods of use thereof. The compositions comprise a linking protein or peptide attached to or otherwise physically associated with a carbon nanotube to form a targeted protein-carbon nanotube complex. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100892 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 41/0052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48869 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/406 (20130101) A61N 2/02 (20130101) A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 2005/0659 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09504955 | Elliott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company (Annadale, New Jersey); TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (Annandale, New Jersey); TDA RESEARCH, INC. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeannine Elizabeth Elliott (Superior, Colorado); Robert James Copeland (Arvada, Colorado); Daniel P. Leta (Flemington, New Jersey); Patrick P. McCall (Matawan, New Jersey); Chuansheng Bai (Phillipsburg, New Jersey); Bruce A. DeRites (Pittstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for separating a carbon dioxide from a gas stream is disclosed. The process can include passing the gas stream over a sorbent that adsorbs the carbon dioxide by concentration swing adsorption and adsorptive displacement. The sorbent can be regenerated and the carbon dioxide recaptured by desorbing the carbon dioxide from the sorbent using concentration swing adsorption and desorptive displacement. A carbon dioxide separation system is also disclosed. Neither the system nor the process rely on temperature swing or pressure swing adsorption. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/325637 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/08 (20130101) B01D 2251/30 (20130101) B01D 2251/40 (20130101) B01D 2253/104 (20130101) B01D 2253/1122 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) B01D 2259/402 (20130101) B01D 2259/4009 (20130101) B01D 2259/4065 (20130101) B01D 2259/40086 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09504973 | Kisner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger A. Kisner (Knoxville, Tennessee); Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alexander M. Melin (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gerard Michael Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gail Mackiewicz Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); John B. Wilgen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Particulate matter is dispersed in a fluid material. A sample including a first material in a fluid state and second material comprising particulate matter are placed into a chamber. The second material is spatially dispersed in the first material utilizing EMAT force. The dispersion process continues until spatial distribution of the second material enables the sample to meet a specified criterion. The chamber and/or the sample is electrically conductive. The EMAT force is generated by placing the chamber coaxially within an induction coil driven by an applied alternating current and placing the chamber and induction coil coaxially within a high field magnetic. The EMAT force is coupled to the sample without physical contact to the sample or to the chamber, by another physical object. Batch and continuous processing are utilized. The chamber may be folded within the bore of the magnet. Acoustic force frequency and/or temperature may be controlled. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827034 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/1242 (20130101) B01F 11/02 (20130101) B01F 11/0241 (20130101) B01F 11/0291 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 13/0006 (20130101) |
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| US 09504982 | Lipinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wojciech Lipinski (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jane Holloway Davidson (Wayzata, Minnesota); Thomas Richard Chase (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermochemical reactor systems that may be used to produce a fuel, and methods of using the thermochemical reactor systems, utilizing a reactive cylindrical element, an optional energy transfer cylindrical element, an inlet gas management system, and an outlet gas management system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/359802 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/10 (20130101) B01J 8/087 (20130101) B01J 19/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2208/0007 (20130101) B01J 2208/00061 (20130101) B01J 2208/00451 (20130101) B01J 2208/00513 (20130101) B01J 2208/00628 (20130101) B01J 2219/1203 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/061 (20130101) C01B 3/063 (20130101) C01B 31/18 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/36 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Michael Moors (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for manufacturing an airfoil component. The system can include: a geometrical mold; an elongated flexible sleeve having a closed-off interior and positioned within the geometrical mold, wherein the elongated flexible sleeve is further positioned to have a desired geometry; an infusing channel in fluid communication with the closed-off interior of the elongated flexible sleeve and configured to communicate a resinous material thereto; a vacuum channel in fluid communication with the closed-off interior of the elongated flexible sleeve and configured to vacuum seal the closed-off interior of the elongated flexible sleeve; and a glass fiber layer positioned within the closed-off interior of the elongated flexible sleeve. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/195073 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/48 (20130101) B29C 70/542 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 99/0028 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2101/10 (20130101) B29K 2105/08 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/722 (20130101) |
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| US 09505714 | Periana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy A. Periana (Jupiter, Florida); Michael M. Konnick (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Brian G. Hashiguchi (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides processes and materials for the efficient and costeffective functionalization of alkanes and heteroalkanes, comprising contacting the alkane or heteroalkane and a soft oxidizing electrophile comprising Se(VI) or Te(VI), in an acidic medium, optionally further comprising an aprotic medium, which can be carried out at a temperature of less than 300 C. Isolation of the alkylselenium or alkyltellurium intermediate allows the subsequent conversion to products not necessarily compatible with the initial reaction conditions, such as amines, stannanes, organosulfur compounds, acyls, halocarbons, and olefins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/910275 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 39/00 (20130101) C07B 41/06 (20130101) C07B 43/04 (20130101) C07B 45/00 (20130101) C07B 47/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 1/321 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 17/093 (20130101) C07C 45/00 (20130101) C07C 209/22 (20130101) C07C 231/10 (20130101) C07C 319/02 (20130101) C07C 319/02 (20130101) C07C 319/14 (20130101) C07C 319/14 (20130101) C07C 321/04 (20130101) C07C 321/14 (20130101) C07C 391/00 (20130101) C07C 395/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/2208 (20130101) C07F 9/5004 (20130101) |
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| US 09505770 | McGrath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dominic V. McGrath (Tucson, Arizona); Mayank Mayukh (Tucson, Arizona); Diogenes Placencia (Bronx, New York); Neal R. Armstrong (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents of behalf of the University of Arizona (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dominic V. McGrath (Tucson, Arizona); Mayank Mayukh (Tucson, Arizona); Diogenes Placencia (Bronx, New York); Neal R. Armstrong (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices are disclosed. An exemplary device has first and second electrodes and an organic, photovoltaically active zone located between the first and second electrodes. The photovoltaically active zone includes an organic electron-donor material and an organic electron-acceptor material. The electron-donor material includes one or more trivalent- or tetravalent-metal phthalocyanines with alkylchalcogenide ring substituents, and is soluble in at least one organic solvent. This solubility facilitates liquid-processability of the donor material, including formation of thin-films, on an unlimited scale to form planar and bulk heterojunctions in organic OPVs. These donor materials are photovoltaically active in both visible and near-IR wavelengths of light, enabling more of the solar spectrum, for example, to be applied to producing electricity. Also disclosed are methods for producing the metalated phthalocyanines and actual devices. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/635324 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/424 (20130101) H01L 51/4246 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09505977 | Riddle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Catherine Lynn Riddle (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Douglas William Akers (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ricky Lynn Demmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Patricia Denise Paviet (Rockville, Maryland); Mark William Drigert (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Catherine Lynn Riddle (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Douglas William Akers (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ricky Lynn Demmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Patricia Denise Paviet (Rockville, Maryland); Mark William Drigert (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A gadolinium (Gd) loaded scintillation gel (Gd-ScintGel) compound allows for neutron and gamma-ray detection. The unique gel scintillator encompasses some of the best features of both liquid and solid scintillators, yet without many of the disadvantages associated therewith. Preferably, the gel scintillator is a water soluble Gd-DTPA compound and water soluble fluorophores such as: CdSe/ZnS (or ZnS) quantum dot (Q-dot) nanoparticles, coumarin derivatives 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin, 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin-3-acetic acid, 7-hydroxycoumarin-3-carboxylic acid, and Alexa Fluor 350 as well as a carbostyril compound, carbostyril 124 in a stable water-based gel, such as methylcellulose or polyacrylamide polymers. The Gd-loaded ScintGel allows for a homogenious distribution of the Gd-DTPA and the fluorophores, and yields clean fluorescent emission peaks. A moderator, such as deuterium or a water-based clear polymer, can be incorporated in the Gd-ScintGel. The gel scintillators can be used in compact detectors, including neutron and antineutrino detectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/446531 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 11/562 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (20130101) C09K 2211/182 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/16 (20130101) G01T 1/202 (20130101) G01T 3/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09506048 | Stringer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary Ann Stringer (Søborg, Denmark); Brett McBrayer (Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California); Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Ann Stringer (Søborg, Denmark); Brett McBrayer (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity, catalytic domains, and cellulose binding domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains, and cellulose binding domains. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains, or cellulose binding domains. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/982178 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 21/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) |
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| US 09506049 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC); Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Junxin Duan (Beijing, China PRC); Yu Zhang (Beijing, China PRC); Christian Joergensen (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/486729 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/385 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2434 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/01 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8246 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/14 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09506084 | Kramer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Kramer (Crown Point, Indiana); Libbie S. Pelter (Schereville, Indiana); John A. Patterson (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods for biological production of hydrogen. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention pertain to a modular energy system and related methods for producing hydrogen using organic waste as a feed stock. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/891435 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 11/04 (20130101) C02F 2303/10 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/04 (20130101) C12M 43/00 (20130101) C12M 43/08 (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) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/06 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2250/40 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/17 (20130101) Y02E 50/343 (20130101) Y02E 60/56 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 10/30 (20150501) Y02W 10/37 (20150501) |
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| US 09506088 | Wohlbach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dana J. Wohlbach (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Audrey P. Gasch (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated gene sequences involved in xylose fermentation and related recombinant yeast which are useful in methods of enhanced biofuel production, particularly ethanol production. Methods of bioengineering recombinant yeast useful for biofuel production are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/830020 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/39 (20130101) C07K 14/40 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506136 | Magdefrau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neal Magdefrau (Tolland, Connecticut); James T. Beals (West Hartford, Connecticut); Ellen Y. Sun (South Windsor, Connecticut); Jean Yamanis (South Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neal Magdefrau (Tolland, Connecticut); James T. Beals (West Hartford, Connecticut); Ellen Y. Sun (South Windsor, Connecticut); Jean Yamanis (South Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of coating an iron-based article includes a first heating step of heating a substrate that includes an iron-based material in the presence of an aluminum source material and halide diffusion activator. The heating is conducted in a substantially non-oxidizing environment, to cause the formation of an aluminum-rich layer in the iron-based material. In a second heating step, the substrate that has the aluminum-rich layer is heated in an oxidizing environment to oxidize the aluminum in the aluminum-rich layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/613188 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| 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 8/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506359 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Won-Wook Kim (Simponsville, South Carolina); Kevin Weston McMahan (Greer, South Carolina); Jaime Javier Maldonado (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Won-Wook Kim (Simponsville, South Carolina); Kevin Weston McMahan (Greer, South Carolina); Jaime Javier Maldonado (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a combustion system for use with a cooling flow. The combustion system may include a head end, an aft end, a transition nozzle extending from the head end to the aft end, and an impingement sleeve surrounding the transition nozzle. The impingement sleeve may define a first cavity in communication with the head end for a first portion of the cooling flow and a second cavity in communication with the aft end for a second portion of the cooling flow. The transition nozzle may include a number of cooling holes thereon in communication with the second portion of the cooling flow. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/437953 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506654 | Uhm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Shiva Srinivasan (Greer, South Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Shiva Srinivasan (Greer, South Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes an end cap that extends radially across the combustor and includes an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface. A combustion chamber is downstream of the end cap, and tubes extend from the upstream surface through the downstream surface. Each tube provides fluid communication through the end cap to the combustion chamber. The system further includes means for reducing combustion dynamics in the combustor. A method for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes flowing a working fluid through tubes that extend axially through an end cap that extends radially across the combustor and obstructing at least a portion of the working fluid flowing through a first set of the tubes. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213460 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Burners F23D 14/82 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/26 (20130101) F23R 3/32 (20130101) F23R 3/045 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 2900/00014 (20130101) |
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| US 09506926 | Spellman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul T. Spellman (Portland, Oregon); Joe W. Gray (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Anguraj Sadanandam (Pollachi, India); Laura M. Heiser (Lake Oswego, Oregon); William J. Gibb (San Anselmo, California); Wen-lin Kuo (Lin-Kou Town, Taiwan); Nicholas J. Wang (Porland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul T. Spellman (Portland, Oregon); Joe W. Gray (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Anguraj Sadanandam (Pollachi, India); Laura M. Heiser (Lake Oswego, Oregon); William J. Gibb (San Anselmo, California); Wen-lin Kuo (Lin-Kou Town, Taiwan); Nicholas J. Wang (Porland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein is described the use of a collection of 50 breast cancer cell lines to match responses to 77 conventional and experimental therapeutic agents with transcriptional, proteomic and genomic subtypes found in primary tumors. Almost all compounds produced strong differential responses across the cell lines produced responses that were associated with transcriptional and proteomic subtypes and produced responses that were associated with recurrent genome copy number abnormalities. These associations can now be incorporated into clinical trials that test subtype markers and clinical responses simultaneously. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/401780 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig E. Deibele (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Douglas E. Curry (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Richard W. Dickson (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Zaipeng Xie (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A measuring system includes an input that emulates a bandpass filter with no signal reflections. A directional coupler connected to the input passes the filtered input to electrically isolated measuring circuits. Each of the measuring circuits includes an amplifier that amplifies the signal through logarithmic functions. The output of the measuring system is an accurate high dynamic range measurement. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/744123 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 19/0092 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09507024 | Malone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Security Technologies, LLC (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Security Technologies, LLC (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Malone (White Rock, New Mexico); Morris I. Kaufman (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe including a multiple lens array is disclosed to measure velocity distribution of a moving surface along many lines of sight. Laser light, directed to the moving surface is reflected back from the surface and is Doppler shifted, collected into the array, and then directed to detection equipment through optic fibers. The received light is mixed with reference laser light and using photonic Doppler velocimetry, a continuous time record of the surface movement is obtained. An array of single-mode optical fibers provides an optic signal to the multiple lens array. Numerous fibers in a fiber array project numerous rays to establish many measurement points at numerous different locations. One or more lens groups may be replaced with imaging lenses so a stereo image of the moving surface can be recorded. Imaging a portion of the surface during initial travel can determine whether the surface is breaking up. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/822676 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 3/36 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/4812 (20130101) G01S 7/4813 (20130101) G01S 7/4818 (20130101) G01S 7/4917 (20130101) G01S 17/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 17/89 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/34 (20130101) G02B 6/322 (20130101) |
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| US 09507032 | Payne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); Fisk University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Payne (Castro Valley, California); Nerine J. Cherepy (Oakland, California); Giulia E. Hull (Oakland, California); Alexander D. Drobshoff (Livermore, California); Arnold Burger (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a material comprises a crystal comprising strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV, where the strontium iodide material is characterized by a volume not less than 1 cm3. In another embodiment, a scintillator optic includes europium-doped strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV, where the europium in the crystal is primarily Eu2+, and the europium is present in an amount greater than about 1.6%. A scintillator radiation detector in yet another embodiment includes a scintillator optic comprising SrI2 and BaI2, where a ratio of SrI2 to BaI2 is in a range of between 0:1 and 1.0, the scintillator optic is a crystal that provides at least 50,000 scintillation photons per MeV and energy resolution of less than about 5% at 662 keV, and the crystal has a volume of 1 cm3 or more; the scintillator optic contains more than about 2% europium. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/047893 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7733 (20130101) C09K 11/7772 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 11/00 (20130101) C30B 29/12 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/202 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 4/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09507647 | Blumrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthias A. Blumrich (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Luis H. Ceze (Urbana, Illinois); Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Phlip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Baden-Wierttemberg, Germany); Xiaotong Zhuang (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthias A. Blumrich (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Luis H. Ceze (Urbana, Illinois); Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Phlip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Baden-Wierttemberg, Germany); Xiaotong Zhuang (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a multiprocessor system, a conflict checking mechanism is implemented in the L2 cache memory. Different versions of speculative writes are maintained in different ways of the cache. A record of speculative writes is maintained in the cache directory. Conflict checking occurs as part of directory lookup. Speculative versions that do not conflict are aggregated into an aggregated version in a different way of the cache. Speculative memory access requests do not go to main memory. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008531 |
| ART UNIT | 2136 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/524 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09508881 | Tauke-Pedretti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Tauke-Pedretti (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey Cederberg (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microsystems-enabled multi-junction photovoltaic (MEM-PV) cell includes a first photovoltaic cell having a first junction, the first photovoltaic cell including a first semiconductor material employed to form the first junction, the first semiconductor material having a first bandgap. The MEM-PV cell also includes a second photovoltaic cell comprising a second junction. The second photovoltaic cell comprises a second semiconductor material employed to form the second junction, the second semiconductor material having a second bandgap that is less than the first bandgap, the second photovoltaic cell further comprising a first contact layer disposed between the first junction of the first photovoltaic cell and the second junction of the second photovoltaic cell, the first contact layer composed of a third semiconductor material having a third bandgap, the third bandgap being greater than or equal to the first bandgap. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/649238 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/043 (20141201) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0687 (20130101) H01L 31/0693 (20130101) H01L 31/1844 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yiru Sun (Forrest Hills, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yiru Sun (Forrest Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An OLED may include regions of a material having a refractive index less than that of the substrate, or of the organic region, allowing for emitted light in a waveguide mode to be extracted into air. These regions can be placed adjacent to the emissive regions of an OLED in a direction parallel to the electrodes. The substrate may also be given a nonstandard shape to further improve the conversion of waveguide mode and/or glass mode light to air mode. The outcoupling efficiency of such a device may be up to two to three times the efficiency of a standard OLED. Methods for fabricating such a transparent or top-emitting OLED is also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/531595 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/5012 (20130101) H01L 51/5275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09509011 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Energy Storage Systems, Inc. (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ESS Tech, Inc. (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig E. Evans (Portland, Oregon); Yang Song (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system comprises directing hydrogen gas generated on the negative side of the redox flow battery system to a catalyst surface, and fluidly contacting the hydrogen gas with an electrolyte comprising a metal ion at the catalyst surface, wherein the metal ion is chemically reduced by the hydrogen gas at the catalyst surface, and a state of charge of the electrolyte and pH of the electrolyte remain substantially balanced. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/199794 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — 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 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 09509250 | Sinton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sinton Consulting, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sinton Consulting, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald A. Sinton (Boulder, Colorado); Michael K. Forsyth (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell or module is illuminated at one sun intensity and is placed into short circuit. Current and voltage measurements are taken. Control circuitry commands a second, higher terminal voltage of the solar cell such as a maximum power voltage. A higher intensity light pulse (for example, three suns) is applied to the solar cell or module when the second voltage is commanded. Voltage ramps more quickly because of the high-intensity light pulse. When the second terminal voltage is reached the light pulse terminates and measurements are taken while the solar cell remains illuminated at one sun intensity. The solar cell is placed into open circuit conditions and in conjunction with that action another high-intensity light pulse is applied. When the steady-state open circuit voltage for one sun is reached the pulse terminates. Characteristics are measured including current and voltage at the terminals of the solar cell or module. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/551627 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 50/10 (20141201) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09509506 | Hughes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard John Hughes (Los Alamos, New Mexico); James Thomas Thrasher (Baltimore, Maryland); Jane Elizabeth Nordholt (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard John Hughes (Los Alamos, New Mexico); James Thomas Thrasher (Baltimore, Maryland); Jane Elizabeth Nordholt (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Innovations for quantum key management harness quantum communications to form a cryptography system within a public key infrastructure framework. In example implementations, the quantum key management innovations combine quantum key distribution and a quantum identification protocol with a Merkle signature scheme (using Winternitz one-time digital signatures or other one-time digital signatures, and Merkle hash trees) to constitute a cryptography system. More generally, the quantum key management innovations combine quantum key distribution and a quantum identification protocol with a hash-based signature scheme. This provides a secure way to identify, authenticate, verify, and exchange secret cryptographic keys. Features of the quantum key management innovations further include secure enrollment of users with a registration authority, as well as credential checking and revocation with a certificate authority, where the registration authority and/or certificate authority can be part of the same system as a trusted authority for quantum key distribution. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/599816 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/31 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/08 (20130101) H04L 9/321 (20130101) H04L 9/0836 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 9/0852 (20130101) H04L 9/3247 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Swadeshmukul Santra (Orlando, Florida); James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Astha Malhotra (Orlando, Florida); Padmavathy Tallury (Chennai, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Swadeshmukul Santra (Orlando, Florida); James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Astha Malhotra (Orlando, Florida); Padmavathy Tallury (Chennai, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A stabilized chitosan-based nanoparticle is provided having a chitosan polymer and a hydrophilic dispersing agent. In the stabilized nanoparticle, chains of the chitosan polymer electrostatically interact with chains of the hydrophilic dispersing agent to form an entangled network between the chitosan polymer and the hydrophilic dispersing agent. The stabilized chitosan-based nanoparticle has optimal particle integrity and stability properties under physiological conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/090732 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48107 (20130101) A61K 47/48907 (20130101) A61K 47/48923 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/003 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/16 (20130101) C08J 2305/08 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/08 (20130101) C08L 5/08 (20130101) C08L 77/04 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wojciech Lipinski (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jane Holloway Davidson (Wayzata, Minnesota); Thomas Richard Chase (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermochemical reactor systems that may be used to produce a fuel, and methods of using the thermochemical reactor systems, utilizing a reactive cylindrical element, an optional energy transfer cylindrical element, an inlet gas management system, and an outlet gas management system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/359802 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/10 (20130101) B01J 8/087 (20130101) B01J 19/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2208/0007 (20130101) B01J 2208/00061 (20130101) B01J 2208/00451 (20130101) B01J 2208/00513 (20130101) B01J 2208/00628 (20130101) B01J 2219/1203 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/061 (20130101) C01B 3/063 (20130101) C01B 31/18 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09505618 | Santiago Berríos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mitk'El B. Santiago Berríos (Caguas, Puerto Rico); Weyshla A. Rodríguez Rodríguez (Caguas, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ana G. Méndez University System (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitk'El B. Santiago Berríos (Caguas, Puerto Rico); Weyshla A. Rodríguez Rodríguez (Caguas, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor materials offer several potential benefits as active elements in the development of harvesting-energy conversion technologies. In particular, lead selenide (PbSe) semiconductors have been used and proposed to design solar energy harvesting devices, IR sensors, FET devices, amongst others. The present disclosure provides a simple, low cost synthesis of lead selenide using benzoic acid as the capping ligand in an opened environment. The use of an aromatic ligand, and mores specifically benzoic acid, provides robustness and more durability to the lead selenide, and therefore prevents the lead selenide from breaking or cracking easily. Also the aromatic ligand prevents the degradation and oxidation of the lead selenide, without affecting any of the lead selenide electronic and chemical characteristics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/555567 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0272 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/134 (20151101) |
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| US 09505770 | McGrath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dominic V. McGrath (Tucson, Arizona); Mayank Mayukh (Tucson, Arizona); Diogenes Placencia (Bronx, New York); Neal R. Armstrong (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents of behalf of the University of Arizona (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dominic V. McGrath (Tucson, Arizona); Mayank Mayukh (Tucson, Arizona); Diogenes Placencia (Bronx, New York); Neal R. Armstrong (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices are disclosed. An exemplary device has first and second electrodes and an organic, photovoltaically active zone located between the first and second electrodes. The photovoltaically active zone includes an organic electron-donor material and an organic electron-acceptor material. The electron-donor material includes one or more trivalent- or tetravalent-metal phthalocyanines with alkylchalcogenide ring substituents, and is soluble in at least one organic solvent. This solubility facilitates liquid-processability of the donor material, including formation of thin-films, on an unlimited scale to form planar and bulk heterojunctions in organic OPVs. These donor materials are photovoltaically active in both visible and near-IR wavelengths of light, enabling more of the solar spectrum, for example, to be applied to producing electricity. Also disclosed are methods for producing the metalated phthalocyanines and actual devices. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/635324 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/424 (20130101) H01L 51/4246 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09505778 | Gallagher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Gallagher (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Theresa Reineke (Vadnais Heights, Minnesota); Marc A. Hillmyer (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are monomers formed by reacting a sugar derived compound(s) comprising a lactone and two hydroxyls with a compound(s) comprising an isocyanate and an acrylate or methacrylate. Polymers formed from such monomers, and articles formed from the polymers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/554823 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/34 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 222/1006 (20130101) |
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| US 09505811 | Schroeder 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) | Julian I. Schroeder (La Jolla, California); Maria Israelsson-Nordstrom (Taby, Sweden); Josef M. Kuhn (Schifferstadt, Germany); Yingzhen Yang (Geneva, New York); Honghong Hu (San Diego, California); Aurelien Boisson-Dernier (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for manipulating the exchange of water and/or carbon dioxide (CO2) through plant stomata by controlling CO2 sensor genes. The invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing or optimizing biomass accumulation in a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for opening or closing a stomatal pore on a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for increasing or decreasing oxygenation efficiency and/or carbon fixation in a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant by manipulating expression of a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. The invention provides promoters for regulating expression of a nucleic acid in a plant guard cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198551 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8222 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) C12N 15/8273 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 60/247 (20151101) |
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| US 09506037 | Gerecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon Gerecht (Baltimore, Maryland); Sravanti Kusuma (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A bicellular vascular population derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) undergoes morphogenesis and assembly in a synthetic hydrogel. It is shown that hPSCs can be induced to co-differentiate into early vascular cells (EVCs) in a clinically-relevant strategy dependent upon Notch activation. These EVCs mature into ECs and pericytes, and self-organize to form vascular networks in an engineered matrix. Upon in vivo implantation, multicellular human vascular networks are functionally perfused. Thus, a derived bicellular population is exploited for its intrinsic self-assembly capability to create functional microvasculature in a deliverable matrix. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/844313 |
| 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 5/069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0691 (20130101) C12N 5/0692 (20130101) C12N 2501/15 (20130101) C12N 2501/17 (20130101) C12N 2501/42 (20130101) C12N 2501/165 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) C12N 2533/80 (20130101) |
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| US 09506080 | Lagarias 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) | John Clark Lagarias (Davis, California); Yi-Shin Su (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the discovery of mutant phytochromes that when introduced into a plant alter the photomorphogenic properties of that plant. In certain embodiments transfection of plants by nucleic acid constructs expressing the mutant phytochromes produced plants having a phenotype characterized by light-independent’ activation. Thus, in certain embodiments, this invention provides a transgenic plant or plant cell comprising a mutant phytochrome where the mutant phytochrome is a light-stable phytochrome; and the transgenic plant shows decreased shade avoidance as compared to the same species or strain of plant lacking the mutant phytochrome. In various embodiments the mutant phytochrome comprises a mutation at the position corresponding to tyrosine residue 276 in an Arabidopsis phytochrome where the mutation is to a residue other than tyrosine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/249257 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8209 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506166 | Kolis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph W. Kolis (Central, South Carolina); Colin D. McMillen (Liberty, South Carolina); J. Matthew Mann (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are heterogeneous crystals for use in a laser cavity and methods of forming the crystals. A crystal can be a monolithic crystal containing a garnet-based activator region and a garnet-based Q-switch. Disclosed methods include hydrothermal growth techniques for the growth of differing epitaxial layers on a host. A YAG host material can be doped in one region with a suitable activator ion for lasing and can be formed with another region that is doped with a saturable absorber to form the Q-switch. Regions can be formed with controlled thickness in conjunction. Following formation, a heterogeneous crystal can be cut, polished and coated with mirror films at each end for use in a laser cavity to provide short pulses of high power emissions using high frequency pulse modes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332672 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 17/0025 (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 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506846 | Rubner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Rubner (Westford, Massachusetts); Brian L. Wardle (Lexington, Massachusetts); Robert E. Cohen (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Mehmet Toner (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Fabio Fachin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device for manipulating particles can include a substrate and one or more obstacles, each obstacle comprising a plurality of aligned nanostructures including a plurality of nanoparticles or a plurality of polymer layers, or a combination thereof. The obstacle on a substrate can be forests with intra-carbon nanotube spacing ranging between 5-100 nm for isolation of particles such as very small viruses and proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962202 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/4088 (20130101) |
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| US 09506858 | Boppart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois); Youbo Zhao (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for obtaining an image of light scattering biological tissue. A series of pulses of substantially monochromatic light of a first wavelength is generated and split into two parts, of which one part illuminates a scattering biological tissue at an intensity too low to damage the tissue, while a second part is upconverted to generate a pump beam. Sample light from the biological tissue, which may be scattered (or transmitted) light, or fluorescence, or Raman scattering, etc., is collected and directed from the scattering biological tissue, along with the pump beam, into a non-linear optical element, in a single pass or multiple passes. Parametrically amplified sample light emerging from the non-linear optical element is detected and analyzed or displayed. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/157840 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/65 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (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 1/39 (20130101) G02F 1/3534 (20130101) G02F 2001/392 (20130101) G02F 2001/3528 (20130101) |
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| US 09506919 | Gaster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Samuel Gaster (Los Altos, California); Drew Hall (Stanford, California); Shan X. Wang (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Samuel Gaster (Los Altos, California); Drew Hall (Stanford, California); Shan X. Wang (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensor assay methods for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample are provided. Aspects of the methods include providing a sensor, e.g., a proximity sensor, in contact with an assay composition that includes a sample and a proximity label. Next, a capture probe configured to bind to the proximity label and the analyte is introduced into the assay composition to produce a labeled analyte. Following capture probe introduction, a signal is obtained from the sensor to detect the presence of the labeled analyte in the sample. Also provided are sensor devices, including hand-held devices, and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/759584 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 27/745 (20130101) G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25 (20150115) |
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| US 09506963 | Savvides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andreas Savvides (Hamden, Connecticut); Deokwoo Jung (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Savvides (Hamden, Connecticut); Deokwoo Jung (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for estimating power breakdowns for a set of one or more appliances inside a building by exploiting a small number of power meters and data indicative of binary power states of individual appliances of such set. In one aspect, a breakdown estimation problem is solved within a tree configuration, and utilizing a single power meter and data indicative of binary power states of a plurality of appliances. Based at least in part on such solution, an estimation quality metric is derived. In another aspect, such metric can be exploited in a methodology for optimally placing additional power meters to increase the estimation certainty for individual appliances to a desired or intended level. Estimated power breakdown and energy breakdown—individually or collectively referred to as consumption breakdown—rely on measurements and numerical simulations, and can be evaluated in exemplary electrical network utilizing binary sensors. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/641013 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 21/1333 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/06 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 13/0017 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 90/2607 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 10/527 (20130101) Y04S 40/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09507367 | Venayagamoorthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy (Clemson, South Carolina); Jiaqi Liang (Cary, North Carolina); Ronald Gordon Harley (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia); The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy (Clemson, South Carolina); Jiaqi Liang (Cary, North Carolina); Ronald Gordon Harley (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic stochastic optimal power flow (DSOPF) control system is described for performing multi-objective optimal control capability in complex electrical power systems. The DSOPF system and method replaces the traditional adaptive critic designs (ACDs) and secondary voltage control, and provides a coordinated AC power flow control solution to the smart grid operation in an environment with high short-term uncertainty and variability. The DSOPF system and method is used to provide nonlinear optimal control, where the control objective is explicitly formulated to incorporate power system economy, stability and security considerations. The system and method dynamically drives a power system to its optimal operating point by continuously adjusting the steady-state set points sent by a traditional optimal power flow algorithm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/859242 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Regulating Electric or Magnetic Variables G05F 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09508266 | King et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary King (Brookline, Massachusetts); Brian Lukoff (Boston, Massachusetts); Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Anonymous pretesting items for subsequent presentation to participants in a group enable an instructor to validate responses and revise the items accordingly. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871455 |
| 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 5/00 (20130101) G09B 5/02 (20130101) G09B 5/04 (20130101) G09B 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G09B 7/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09508425 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Lu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sung Hyun Jo (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Lu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sung Hyun Jo (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-volatile memory device structure. The non-volatile memory device structure comprises a first electrode formed from a first metal material, a resistive switching element overlying the first electrode. The resistive switching element comprises a metal oxide material characterized by one or more oxygen deficient sites. The device includes a second electrode overlying the resistive switching layer, the second electrode being formed from a second metal material. The second electrode is made from a noble metal. The one or more oxygen deficient sites are caused to migrate from one of the first electrode or the second electrode towards the other electrode upon a voltage applied to the first electrode or the second electrode. The device can have a continuous change in resistance upon applying a continuous voltage ramp, suitable for an analog device. Alternatively, the device can have a sharp change in resistance upon applying the continuous voltage ramp, suitable for a digital device. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167920 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/5685 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 13/0007 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/2436 (20130101) H01L 27/2472 (20130101) H01L 45/08 (20130101) H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/1233 (20130101) H01L 45/1633 (20130101) H01L 45/1675 (20130101) |
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| US 09508873 | Suh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, South Korea); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea); NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongwoo Suh (Daejeon, South Korea); Young Jun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); Wei Lu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lin Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a Schottky diode. The Schottky diode includes: a substrate; a core on the substrate; a metallic layer on the core; and a shell surrounding the core between the metallic layer and the substrate and adjusting a Fermi energy level of the core to form a Schottky junction between the core and the metallic layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/339915 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/068 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/413 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/872 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/66212 (20130101) |
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| US 09508945 | Holmes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell J. Holmes (Chanhassen, Minnesota); Richa Pandey (Boston, Massachusetts); Stephen Matt Menke (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodetector device includes multiple organic photodetector subcells arranged in a stack, each organic photodetector subcell being configured to generate an electrical current in response to absorbing light over a corresponding range of wavelengths, in which each organic photodetector subcell includes at least one electron donor material and at least one electron acceptor material. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/929028 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/302 (20130101) H01L 27/305 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/4246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2251/308 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09509123 | Belkin 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) | Mikhail A. Belkin (Austin, Texas); Karun Vijayraghavan (Austin, Texas); Seungyong Jung (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems include generating one or more mid-infrared frequencies based at least upon electron transitions in one or more quantum cascade heterostructures. The quantum cascade heterostructures are concurrently configured with a significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility, a significant third-order nonlinear susceptibility, and an insignificant group velocity dispersion. A set of mid-infrared frequencies (that may include a frequency comb) is generated in the quantum cascade heterostructures based at least upon a four-wave mixing of the one or more mid-infrared frequencies. The four-wave mixing arises at least from the significant third-order nonlinear susceptibility and the insignificant group velocity dispersion. A set of terahertz frequencies (that may include a frequency comb) is generated in the quantum cascade heterostructures based at least upon a difference frequency generation from mid-infrared frequency pairs selected from the set of mid-infrared frequencies. The difference frequency generation arises at least from the significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/919383 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/34 (20130101) H01S 5/125 (20130101) H01S 5/1092 (20130101) H01S 5/1096 (20130101) H01S 5/3401 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/5054 (20130101) |
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| US 09509147 | Karalis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); Andre B. Kurs (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Robert Moffatt (Reston, Virginia); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Peter H. Fisher (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured to transfer energy non-radiatively with a second resonator structure over a distance greater than a characteristic size of the second resonator structure. The non-radiative energy transfer is mediated by a coupling of a resonant field evanescent tail of the first resonator structure and a resonant field evanescent tail of the second resonator structure. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/789860 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/182 (20130101) B60L 2210/20 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 7/00 (20130101) H01Q 9/04 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 17/00 (20130101) H02J 50/12 (20160201) Transmission H04B 5/0037 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/725 (20130101) Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7072 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/122 (20130101) Y02T 90/127 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4902 (20150115) |
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| US 09509315 | McCaughan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam N. McCaughan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Karl K. Berggren (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-terminal device that exhibits transistor-like functionality at cryogenic temperatures may be formed from a single layer of superconducting material. A main current-carrying channel of the device may be toggled between superconducting and normal conduction states by applying a control signal to a control terminal of the device. Critical-current suppression and device geometry are used to propagate a normal-conduction hotspot from a gate constriction across and along a portion of the main current-carrying channel. The three-terminal device may be used in various superconducting signal-processing circuitry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/775172 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/10 (20130101) H01L 39/12 (20130101) H01L 39/025 (20130101) H01L 39/125 (20130101) H01L 39/126 (20130101) H01L 39/145 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/20 (20130101) H03K 19/195 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09509400 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Faquir C Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos (West Hartford, Connecticut); Robert A Croce, Jr. (Guilford, Connecticut); Pawan Gogna (Clinton, Massachusetts); Syed Kamrul Islam (Knoxville, Tennessee); Liang Zuo (San Jose, California); Kai Zhu (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Faquir C Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos (West Hartford, Connecticut); Robert A Croce, Jr. (Guilford, Connecticut); Pawan Gogna (Clinton, Massachusetts); Syed Kamrul Islam (Knoxville, Tennessee); Liang Zuo (San Jose, California); Kai Zhu (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable bio-sensing platform architecture that enables the wireless selection, calibration and reading of multiple sensors, as well as checking the power levels of the solar powering source energizing various electronic and optoelectronic devices and circuits embedded in the platform. It also permits checking the operation of the potentiostats interfacing with each amperometric analyte sensor. The platform is flexible to include FET based sensors for protein sensing as well as other applications including pH sensing. In addition, other physiological sensors can be integrated in the platform. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/149908 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0031 (20130101) A61B 5/14503 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09509956 | Piestun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Piestun (Boulder, Colorado); Donald Conkey (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A wavefront is optimized imaging a sample. A binary off-axis hologram is encoded by selective adoption of states for each mirror of a deformable mirror device, which is illuminated with an incident beam of light. A single diffraction order that has encoded phase-mask information is selected from light reflected from the deformable mirror device and focused onto the sample. Light scattered from the sample is directed to a photodetector. A transmission matrix through the sample is calculated from light received by the photodetector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/670954 |
| ART UNIT | 2488 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/06 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09505882 | Kiely et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA (Missoula, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA (Missoula, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Kiely (Missoula, Montana); Tyler N. Smith (Missoula, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Hydroxypolyamides, hydroxypolyamide products, and post-hydroxypolyamides are disclosed as gel forming agents. Hydroxypolyamides and post-hydroxypolyamides are prepared from known methods. Hydroxypolyamide products are produced from a modified polymerization procedure which utilizes strong base for deprotonation of ammonium salts from the esterification of stoichiometrically equivalent polyacid:polyamine salts. The hydroxypolyamide products are capable of gel formation at lower concentrations than hydroxypolyamides and post-hydroxypolyamides from the known methods of preparation, and are therefore superior gel forming agents. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/068964 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| 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 25/04 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/34 (20130101) Phosphatic Fertilisers C05B 7/00 (20130101) Nitrogenous Fertilisers C05C 5/02 (20130101) C05C 9/00 (20130101) Mixtures of Fertilisers Covered Individually by Different Subclasses of Class C05; Mixtures of One or More Fertilisers With Materials Not Having a Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents; Fertilisers Characterised by Their Form C05G 3/0064 (20130101) C05G 3/0076 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 69/28 (20130101) C08G 69/265 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/075 (20130101) C08J 2377/06 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/22 (20130101) C08K 3/26 (20130101) C08K 3/28 (20130101) C08K 3/32 (20130101) C08K 5/05 (20130101) C08K 5/21 (20130101) C08K 5/41 (20130101) C08K 2003/324 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/00 (20130101) C08L 77/06 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 2201/54 (20130101) C08L 2201/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09506074 | Buelter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GEVO, Inc. (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GEVO, INC. (Englewood, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Buelter (Englewood, Colorado); Andrew Hawkins (Parker, Colorado); Stephanie Porter-Scheinman (Conifer, Colorado); Peter Meinhold (Denver, Colorado); Catherine Asleson Dundon (Englewood, Colorado); Aristos Aristidou (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); Jun Urano (Aurora, Colorado); Doug Lies (Parker, Colorado); Matthew Peters (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); Melissa Dey (Aurora, Colorado); Justas Jancauskas (Englewood, Colorado); Julie Kelly (Denver, Colorado); Ruth Berry (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to recombinant microorganisms comprising biosynthetic pathways and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce various beneficial metabolites. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may further comprise one or more modifications resulting in the reduction or elimination of 3 keto-acid (e.g., acetolactate and 2-aceto-2-hydroxybutyrate) and/or aldehyde-derived by-products. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the Saccharomyces Glade, Crabtree-negative yeast microorganisms, Crabtree-positive yeast microorganisms, post-WGD (whole genome duplication) yeast microorganisms, pre-WGD (whole genome duplication) yeast microorganisms, and non-fermenting yeast microorganisms. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/031400 |
| 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 15/81 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/16 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/01 (20130101) C12Y 102/01005 (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) |
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| US 09506081 | Scofield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas); Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhanttan, Kansas); Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayetta, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. Scofield (West Lafayette, Indiana); Megan E. Gillespie (St. Louis, Missouri); Amanda S. Brandt (Battle Ground, Indiana); Harold N. Trick (Olsburg, Kansas); Lynn S. Dahleen (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Resistance of plants, particularly wheat and barley, to Fusarium head blight (FHB) and other Fusarium-related diseases may be induced or enhanced by transformation with a nucleic acid (DNA) construct comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the wheat ethylene-responsive transcription factor TaERF7-1 operatively linked to a promoter effective for expression in the plant. Plants transformed with the construct exhibit increased resistance to FHB and other Fusarium-related diseases in comparison to a non-transformed control plant. The transgenic plants may be produced from any plant, tissue or cell which is capable of regeneration, by transformation with the construct. Transformed plants, plant tissue or plant cells comprising the construct are selected, and the transgenic plant is generated therefrom. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/163248 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506097 | Hector |
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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) | Ronald E. Hector (Washington, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are isolated nucleic acid molecules that have promoter activity specific to xylose. The synthetic promoters, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, and SEQ ID NO: 4, promote the expression of a coding region of interest in transformed yeast cells. |
| FILED | Friday, July 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/796125 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/81 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 19/14 (20130101) |
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| US PP27420 | Cripps |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Western Australia Agriculture Authority Department of Agriculture and Food (Bentley, Western Australia, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Western Australian Agriculture Authority (Bentley, Western Australia, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Cripps (Floreat, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | ‘ANABP 01’ is a new and distinct apple variety (Malus domestica Borkh.) notable for its attractive dark purple red skin color, excellent flavor and texture, attractive size and shape, and consistent cropping characteristics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/121047 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/161 |
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| US PP27432 | Hansen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hans A. Hansen (Zeeland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Walters Gardens, Inc. (Zeeland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans A. Hansen (Zeeland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct plant cultivar of little bluestem plant, Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Twilight Zone’ has a dense, upright habit with long arching foliage. Early foliage coloration becomes nearly a silvery mauve-purple by mid-summer that develops brighter purple highlights by early fall. The distal leaves continue up the culm to subtend the rachis in prominent fashion and produce a dense, full, foliar effect. The flowers remain effective with reddish-purple tinting into winter. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/544457 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/384 |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09504394 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Quan Zhang (Winchester, Massachusetts); Gary Strangman (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Quan Zhang (Winchester, Massachusetts); Gary Strangman (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-optical system, apparatus, and method allow long-term, ambulatory measurements to be made on a patient using light transmitted into the patient and resulting light received from the patient. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/995352 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0002 (20130101) A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/1455 (20130101) A61B 5/02438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4094 (20130101) A61B 5/4509 (20130101) A61B 5/7232 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/12 (20130101) G06F 19/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09505134 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Guo (Seabrook, Texas); Lyndon Bridgwater (Friendswood, Texas); Vienny Nguyen (Houston, Texas); Nicolaus A. Radford (Kemah, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A lower robotic arm includes a base structure, a plurality of digits, and a plurality of tendons. The digits each include first, second, third, and fourth phalanges. Each digit is operatively attached to the base structure at the respective first phalange. A first joint operatively connects the first and second phalange to define a first axis, a second operatively connects the second and third phalange to define a second axis, and a third joint operatively connects the third and fourth phalange to define a third axis, such that the phalanges are selectively rotatable relative to the adjacent phalange, about the respective axis. The tendons are operatively connected to a respective one of the fourth phalanges. Each tendon selectively applies a first torque to the respective fourth phalange to urge the respective phalanges to rotate in a first direction about the respective axes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689721 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/104 (20130101) B25J 13/084 (20130101) B25J 15/0009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 19/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/39 (20130101) |
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| US 09506422 | Gallagher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, Connecticut); Byron R. Monzon (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, Connecticut); Byron R. Monzon (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine includes a spool, a turbine coupled to drive the spool, and a propulsor that is coupled to be driven by the turbine through the spool. A gear assembly is coupled between the propulsor and the spool such that rotation of the turbine drives the propulsor at a different speed than the spool. The propulsor includes a hub and a row of propulsor blades that extends from the hub. The row includes no more than 20 of the propulsor blades. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176365 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/14 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/06 (20130101) F02K 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/327 (20130101) |
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| US 09506571 | McCormack |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Adminstrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. McCormack (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A cryogenic cam butterfly valve has a body that includes an axially extending fluid conduit formed there through. A disc lug is connected to a back side of a valve disc and has a circular bore that receives and is larger than a cam of a cam shaft. The valve disc is rotatable for a quarter turn within the body about a lug axis that is offset from the shaft axis. Actuating the cam shaft in the closing rotational direction first causes the camming side of the cam of the cam shaft to rotate the disc lug and the valve disc a quarter turn from the open position to the closed position. Further actuating causes the camming side of the cam shaft to translate the valve disc into sealed contact with the valve seat. Opening rotational direction of the cam shaft reverses these motions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/463238 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 1/221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 31/524 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 13/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09507061 | Hofmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Hofmann (Pasadena, California); Gregory L. Davis (Pasadena, California); Gregory S. Agnes (Valencia, California); Andrew A. Shapiro (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mirror or mirror assembly fabricated by molding, pressing, assembling, or depositing one or more bulk metal glass (BMG), bulk metal glass composite (BMGMC), or amorphous metal (AM) parts and where the optical surface and backing of the mirror can be fabricated without machining or polishing by utilizing the unique molding capabilities of this class of materials. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679674 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 5/063 (20130101) Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 26/14 (20130101) B21D 26/053 (20130101) Forging; Hammering; Pressing Metal; Riveting; Forge Furnaces B21J 1/006 (20130101) Making Forged or Pressed Metal Products, e.g Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts or Wheels B21K 23/00 (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 26/22 (20130101) Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 11/00 (20130101) B23P 15/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 1/002 (20130101) C22C 33/003 (20130101) C22C 45/00 (20130101) C22C 45/001 (20130101) C22C 45/02 (20130101) C22C 45/003 (20130101) C22C 45/04 (20130101) C22C 45/10 (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 18/1646 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 7/08 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/0808 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49 (20150115) Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) Y10T 29/49986 (20150115) |
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| US 09508885 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary J. Li (Bethesda, Maryland); Zhihong Chen (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a graphene field effect transistor-based radiation sensor for use in a variety of radiation detection applications, including manned spaceflight missions. The sensing mechanism of the radiation sensor is based on the high sensitivity of graphene in the local change of electric field that can result from the interaction of ionizing radiation with a gated undoped silicon absorber serving as the supporting substrate in the graphene field effect transistor. The radiation sensor has low power and high sensitivity, a flexible structure, and a wide temperature range, and can be used in a variety of applications, particularly in space missions for human exploration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/843697 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/028 (20130101) H01L 31/119 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
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| APPLICANT(S) | Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Aaron Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Kimberly Ann Lennox (North Liberty, Iowa); Ashley Mae Jacobi (Tiffin, Iowa); Richard Owczarzy (Coralville, Iowa); Joseph Alan Walder (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention pertains to modifications for antisense oligonucleotides, wherein the modifications are used to improve stability and provide protection from nuclease degradation. The modifications could also be incorporated into double-stranded nucleic acids, such as synthetic siRNAs and miRNAs. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/776397 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/344 (20130101) C12N 2310/352 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) |
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| US 09506059 | Behlke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Aaron Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Richard Owczarzy (Coralville, Iowa); Yong You (Iowa City, Iowa); Joseph Alan Walder (Chicago, Illinois); Kim Lennox (North Liberty, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention pertains to modifications for antisense oligonucleotides, wherein the modifications are used to improve stability and provide protection from nuclease degradation. The modifications could also be incorporated into double-stranded nucleic acids, such as synthetic siRNAs and miRNAs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/281646 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/344 (20130101) C12N 2310/352 (20130101) C12N 2310/3529 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) |
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| US 09507238 | Khurgin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland); Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morton Photonics (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland); Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a new linearized electro-optic modulator in which linearization is achieved by modulating the index of a Bragg grating reflector placed in the arm(s) of a Michelson Interferometer. This grating-assisted Michelson Interferometer (GAMI) modulator operates as either an intensity or amplitude modulator, and is shown to significantly improve the linearity of microwave photonics links. Furthermore, this modulator improves the performance of optical communication systems using advanced modulation formats. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/831071 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — 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 1/2255 (20130101) G02F 1/2257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2001/215 (20130101) |
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| US 09508139 | Torres et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Myra A. Torres (Pittsford, New York); Abhijit Bhoite (Boise, Idaho); Nikhil Beke (Wheeling, Illinois); Kevin Patrick McCormick (Auburn, New York); Timothy Duffy (West Henrietta, New York); Jeremy W. Sheaffer (Pittsford, New York); Maksim Bobrov (Rochester, New York); Michael Moore (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Myra A. Torres (Pittsford, New York); Abhijit Bhoite (Boise, Idaho); Nikhil Beke (Wheeling, Illinois); Kevin Patrick McCormick (Auburn, New York); Timothy Duffy (West Henrietta, New York); Jeremy W. Sheaffer (Pittsford, New York); Maksim Bobrov (Rochester, New York); Michael Moore (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An inspection apparatus includes an imaging unit producing image signals; a processing unit for receiving the image signal; the imaging unit producing a stack of images of an article at different focal lengths in response to the processing unit; the processing unit generating a depth map from the stack of images; the processing unit analyzing the depth map to derive a depth profile of an object of interest; the processing unit determining a surface mean for the article from the stack of images; and the processing unit characterizing the article as degraded or contaminated in response to the depth profile and the surface mean. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/523992 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0069 (20130101) G06T 2207/10148 (20130101) G06T 2207/20064 (20130101) G06T 2207/20221 (20130101) |
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| US 09509009 | Ulyanova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yevgenia Ulyanova (Huntsville, Alabama); Shelley Minteer (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sameer Singhal (Huntsville, Alabama); Vojtech Svoboda (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Wei (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a method of generating electricity from a long chain hydrocarbon, said method comprising contacting the liquid non-polar substrate with a plurality of enzymes, wherein at least one enzyme is non-electric current/potential enzyme that functions as a catalyst for chemical reaction transforming a first substrate or byproduct to a second substance that can be used with an additional electric current/potential generating enzyme. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/261797 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 11/04 (20130101) C09D 11/52 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09509250 | Sinton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sinton Consulting, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sinton Consulting, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald A. Sinton (Boulder, Colorado); Michael K. Forsyth (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell or module is illuminated at one sun intensity and is placed into short circuit. Current and voltage measurements are taken. Control circuitry commands a second, higher terminal voltage of the solar cell such as a maximum power voltage. A higher intensity light pulse (for example, three suns) is applied to the solar cell or module when the second voltage is commanded. Voltage ramps more quickly because of the high-intensity light pulse. When the second terminal voltage is reached the light pulse terminates and measurements are taken while the solar cell remains illuminated at one sun intensity. The solar cell is placed into open circuit conditions and in conjunction with that action another high-intensity light pulse is applied. When the steady-state open circuit voltage for one sun is reached the pulse terminates. Characteristics are measured including current and voltage at the terminals of the solar cell or module. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/551627 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 50/10 (20141201) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09506149 | Hildreth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Owen J. Hildreth (Pacific Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for depositing a metal includes disposing a liquid deposition composition on a substrate, the liquid deposition composition including a metal cation; a reducing anion; and a solvent; evaporating the solvent; increasing a concentration of the reducing anion increases in the liquid deposition composition due to evaporating the solvent; performing an oxidation-reduction reaction between the metal cation and the reducing anion in response to increasing the concentration of the reducing anion when the reducing anion is present at a critical concentration; and forming a metal from the metal cation to deposit the metal on the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/645366 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/0038 (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 18/161 (20130101) C23C 18/1651 (20130101) C23C 18/1657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 18/1675 (20130101) C23C 18/1689 (20130101) C23C 18/1692 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/306 (20130101) H01L 21/3063 (20130101) H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 21/30604 (20130101) H01L 21/32051 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/38 (20130101) H01Q 17/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09507004 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia); THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason P. Campbell (Frederick, Maryland); Kin P. Cheung (Rockville, Maryland); Jason T Ryan (Frederick, Maryland); Patrick M. Lenahan (Boalsbury, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron spin resonance spectrometer includes a bridge to transmit an excitation frequency and to receive a signal frequency; a probe electrically connected to the bridge and comprising: a first conductor in electrical communication with the bridge to transmit the signal frequency to the bridge; a shorting member electrically connected to the first conductor to transmit the excitation frequency to a sample, to produce the signal frequency, and to transmit the signal frequency to the first conductor; and a second conductor electrically connected to the shorting member; and a magnet disposed proximate to the probe. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/244494 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/10 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09507993 | Orandi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahram Orandi (Potomac, Maryland); Fred Byers (Knoxville, Maryland); Stephen Harvey (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Michael D. Garris (Boyds, Maryland); Stephen S. Wood (Chevy Chase, Maryland); John M. Libert (Rockville, Maryland); Jin Chu Wu (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A contactless, three-dimensional fingerprint scanner apparatus, method, and system are described. The contactless fingerprint scanner can provide either, or both, topographical contrast of three-dimensional fingerprint features and optical contrast of a three-dimensional fingerprint surface. Data captured from scanning of a target with known geometric features mimicking fingerprint features can be examined as images or surface plots and analyzed for fidelity against the known target feature specifications to evaluate or validate device capture performance as well as interoperability. The target can be used by scanner vendors and designers to validate their devices, as well as to perform type certification. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/995574 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00013 (20130101) G06K 9/00033 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00073 (20130101) G06K 9/00087 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/0246 (20130101) H04N 17/002 (20130101) |
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Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09506848 | Yi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaohua Yi (Atlanta, Georgia); Chunhee Cho (Atlanta, Georgia); Benjamin Cook (Atlanta, Georgia); Yang Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Manos Tentzeris (Atlanta, Georgia); Roberto T. Leon (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaohua Yi (Atlanta, Georgia); Chunhee Cho (Atlanta, Georgia); Benjamin Cook (Atlanta, Georgia); Yang Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Manos Tentzeris (Atlanta, Georgia); Roberto T. Leon (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A strain and crack sensor senses an amount of strain induced in an object. A receiving planar antenna has a first resonant frequency and is configured to receive a querying signal at the first resonant frequency. A transmitting planar antenna has a second resonant frequency that is twice the first resonant frequency. At least one of the receiving planar antenna and the transmitting planar antenna is bonded to the object so that at least one of strain induced in the object or a crack formed in the object causes a shift in at least one of the first resonant frequency or the second resonant frequency. A matching element is in electrical communication with the first planar antenna and the second planar antenna. The matching element is configured to cause the transmitting planar antenna to radiate a response signal in response to the querying signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/459219 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 5/0033 (20130101) G01M 5/0083 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506905 | Ley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Tyler Ley (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Robert Mabrey Frazier (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Braden Michael Tabb (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Tyler Ley (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Robert Mabrey Frazier (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Braden Michael Tabb (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | According to an embodiment, there is provided herein a method of determining the air void distribution in a sample of fresh concrete. One embodiment of the invention determines a parameter related to air void distribution by applying a known pressure to a fresh concrete sample, measuring a first value representative of the volume under compression, releases at least a portion of the pressure, reapplies the same pressure to the sample, measures a second value representative of the volume under the second compression, and uses differential between the first and second values to estimate a parameter related to the air void distribution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/029473 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 7/00 (20130101) G01N 33/383 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09505809 | Ko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert I. Ko (Salvador, Brazil); Mitermayer Galvão Reis (Salvador, Brazil); Julio Henrique Rosa Croda (Salvador, Brazil); Isadora Cristina Siqueira (Salvador, Brazil); David A. Haake (Los Angeles, California); James Matsunaga (Los Angeles, California); Lee W. Riley (Berkeley, California); Michele Barocchi (Los Angeles, California); Tracy Ann Young (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to three isolated DNA molecules that encode for proteins, BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3, in the Leptospira sp bacterium which have repetitive Bacterial-Ig-like (Big) domains and their use in diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccine applications. According to the present invention, the isolated molecules encoding for BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3 proteins are used for the diagnosis and prevention of infection with Leptospira species that are capable of producing disease in humans and other mammals, including those of veterinary importance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/134168 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09506922 | Lewinsohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon); Deborah A. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing an immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are disclosed herein. In several examples, the immune response is a protective immune response. In additional embodiments, methods are disclosed for inhibiting an infection with Mtb, preventing an infection with Mtb, or treating an infection with Mtb. Pharmaceutical compositions for the inhibition, prevention and/or treatment of tuberculosis are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/590810 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0021 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/04 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 49/00 (20130101) A61K 49/0006 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5695 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/35 (20130101) G01N 2469/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/26 (20130101) |
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U.S. State Government
| US 09504274 | George et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eapen George (Frisco, Texas); Peter S Given, Jr. (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Julie Anne Grover (Plano, Texas); Lia Guardiola (Urbana, Illinois); Graciela Wild Padua (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, Texas); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a body corporate and politic of the State of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eapen George (Frisco, Texas); Peter S Given, Jr. (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Julie Anne Grover (Plano, Texas); Lia Guardiola (Urbana, Illinois); Graciela Wild Padua (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Flavor encapsulation is generally performed by mixing flavor with a prolamin solution and drying the mixture into powdered forms of encapsulated flavor. In one embodiment, flavor and zein are separately dispersed in an alcohol-water mixture of appropriate ratio prior to mixing. In another embodiment, an aqueous food comprising bioactive components is mixed with the prolamin solution, thereby initiating precipitation of the prolamin and concentration of the bioactive components in said aqueous food. Resulting powdered forms of encapsulated flavor comprise the bioactive components from the aqueous food. In another embodiment, a two-phase drying process may be employed comprising removal of alcohol for evaporation-induced-self-assembly of zein microstructures, followed by removal of remaining water to produce said powdered form. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/085088 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/22016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2200/224 (20130101) A23V 2200/254 (20130101) A23V 2250/548 (20130101) |
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| US 09507011 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xue Zhang (Mesa, Arizona); Cihan Tepedelenlioglu (Chandler, Arizona); Mahesh K. Banavar (Tempe, Arizona); Andreas Spanias (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) | Xue Zhang (Mesa, Arizona); Cihan Tepedelenlioglu (Chandler, Arizona); Mahesh K. Banavar (Tempe, Arizona); Andreas Spanias (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments include a wireless sensor network system. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/213655 |
| ART UNIT | 2643 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| 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 5/14 (20130101) G01S 5/0278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 5/0289 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 84/18 (20130101) |
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United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09505577 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongliang Yang (Ellicott City, Maryland); James E. Goodbar, III (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, devices and methods for receiving an item in a receptacle are disclosed. Features are disclosed for receiving and guiding an item in a receiving space of a receptacle so as to attenuate or remove the impact force of the item on the receptacle. Some embodiments of the disclosure include a bumper having an impact surface which absorbs most or all of the impact force of the item and thereby mitigates or removes the imposition of cyclic impact loads on the receptacle from repeated receipt of items. The bumper may be structurally and/or functionally de-coupled or otherwise physically separated from the receptacle such that an advantageous division of labor is created between absorbing the impact and receiving the item. This disclosure may be useful, for example, in modern industrial operations where a high volume of items are received daily, such as in mail sorting and handling operations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/848989 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 1/025 (20130101) B07C 5/00 (20130101) Handling Thin or Filamentary Material, e.g Sheets, Webs, Cables B65H 29/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65H 29/46 (20130101) B65H 31/02 (20130101) B65H 31/06 (20130101) B65H 31/08 (20130101) B65H 31/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09508107 | Bonnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clayton Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia); Jeffrey L. Freeman (Purcellville, Virginia); Michael Lyons (Port Saint Lucie, Florida); Stephen M. Dearing (Herndon, Virginia); Margaret L. Choiniere (Gainesville, Virginia); Daryl S. Hamilton (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Himesh Patel (Centerville, Virginia); Carla Fern Sherry (Annandale, Virginia); David James Payne (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods using intelligent barcodes for processing mail, packages, or other items in transport are provided. Systems and methods allowing end-to-end visibility of a mail stream by uniquely identifying and tracking mail pieces are also provided. Systems and methods include the use of standardized intelligent barcodes on mail pieces, a seamless process for mail acceptance, continuous mail piece tracking, and feedback on mail quality in real time. In one embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to provide enhanced acceptance, sorting, tracking, address correction, forwarding, and delivery services. In another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to identify a mail piece as undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) and determine a final disposition for the mail piece. In yet another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow mailers more visibility into the mail stream and information on the quality of their mailings. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/683060 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 3/00 (20130101) B07C 3/18 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/083 (20130101) G06Q 50/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 2220/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 209/90 (20130101) |
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Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 09509665 | Kolesnikov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Abishek Kumarasubramanian (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A message and an identifying parameter associated with the message are obtained. The message comprises a plurality of units. A plurality of one-unit message authentication codes is generated, wherein each one-unit message authentication code corresponds to a respective unit of the plurality of units of the message, and wherein each one-unit message authentication code is generated based on the identifying parameter associated with the message, a given one of the plurality of units, and the position of the given unit in the message. Verification of each unit of the message may then be efficiently performed inside a method of secure computation such as, by way of example only, a garbled circuit. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456554 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0643 (20130101) H04L 9/3218 (20130101) H04L 9/3242 (20130101) H04L 63/123 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/0876 (20130101) |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09508007 | Scharf 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) | Peter Clifton Scharf (Columbia, Missouri); Victoria Cacnio Hubbard (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining the yield loss of a crop using remote sensor data is described. The yield loss is determined using the reflectivity of light by the crop canopy measured from remote sensor data such as an aerial photograph that is digitized and spatially referenced to the field's longitude and latitude. Pixel values from the aerial photograph, expressed relative to pixel values from well fertilized areas of the field, are transformed to yield losses using a linear transformation that was developed using empirical data. A similar method is described to determine recommended nitrogen fertilization rates for the crop fields. The yield loss data is useful for nitrogen fertilization management, as it allows a producer of crops to weigh the expense of fertilization against the loss of revenue due to yield loss. |
| FILED | Monday, October 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/886712 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Planting; Sowing; Fertilising A01C 21/007 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/00657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/04 (20130101) G06Q 10/06315 (20130101) G06Q 50/02 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/408 (20130101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/10036 (20130101) G06T 2207/30188 (20130101) |
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 09509665 | Kolesnikov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Abishek Kumarasubramanian (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A message and an identifying parameter associated with the message are obtained. The message comprises a plurality of units. A plurality of one-unit message authentication codes is generated, wherein each one-unit message authentication code corresponds to a respective unit of the plurality of units of the message, and wherein each one-unit message authentication code is generated based on the identifying parameter associated with the message, a given one of the plurality of units, and the position of the given unit in the message. Verification of each unit of the message may then be efficiently performed inside a method of secure computation such as, by way of example only, a garbled circuit. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456554 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0643 (20130101) H04L 9/3218 (20130101) H04L 9/3242 (20130101) H04L 63/123 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/0876 (20130101) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09505479 | Soohoo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kie L Soohoo (Tustin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for holding the position of a watercraft stationary. An exemplary method includes measuring a velocity of an auxiliary water vessel relative to the watercraft with a first sensor, where the auxiliary water vessel is deployed at a depth between the watercraft and a ground surface of the body of water. The method further includes measuring a velocity of current in the body of water relative to the watercraft with a second sensor. The method further includes processing the velocity measurement of the auxiliary water vessel and the velocity measurement of the current to determine a net movement of the watercraft, and controlling a propulsion system to compensate for the net movement of the watercraft to hold the watercraft in a stationary position. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/530466 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 8/001 (20130101) B63G 8/42 (20130101) B63G 2008/004 (20130101) Marine Propulsion or Steering B63H 25/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B63H 25/42 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, November 29, 2016.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2016/fedinvent-patents-20161129.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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