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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 13, 2016
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| US 09516925 | Hennings |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elsa Johnson Hennings (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An end guide for a cord attachment device includes a cloth. The cloth is configured to fold over, unto, and overlap itself. The cloth has three portions. The first and second portions are longer than a third portion. The cloth is folded axially about a central longitudinal axis. The central longitudinal axis spans from the proximal end to the distal end of the cloth. The folding causes the first and second portions to overlap. A plurality of flutes are configured in the cloth by a plurality of stitch lines running parallel to each other and extending through first and second sides (the front and back) of the cloth and extending through the overlap of the first and second portions. At least one of the plurality of stitch lines are located between each of the flutes. The flutes span to both the proximal and distal ends of the cloth. First and second portions are folded outwardly away from the plurality of flutes at both the proximal and distal ends and then stitched to the cloth so as to create end channels for the routing of a cover cord (when a cover is used) or a keeper cord. The stitching is perpendicular to the plurality of stitch lines. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/920361 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, or the Like A44B 13/0076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 17/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09517229 | Protter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew A. Protter (San Francisco, California); Jennifer Richer (Aurora, Colorado); Dawn Cochrane (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MEDIVATION PROSTATE THERAPEUTICS, INC. (San Francisco, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew A. Protter (San Francisco, California); Jennifer Richer (Aurora, Colorado); Dawn Cochrane (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure describes the use of one or more compounds that fall within the scope of one or more of structural formulae I, II, III, IV, V, or VI for treating triple negative breast Compounds useful for treating breast cancer include those compounds of formulae I, II, III, IV, V, or VI that inhibit proliferation of breast cancer cells and/or lead to the death of breast cancer cells, especially triple negative breast cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/236036 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09517233 | Whitlon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donna S. Whitlon (Deerfield, Illinois); Claus-Peter Richter (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Statin compositions are disclosed for stimulating neurite growth from spiral ganglion neurons in the inner ear, as well as methods and kits for preventing damage to or treating damage of auditory neurons and/or hair cells of the cochlea following acoustic or toxic insult. An exemplary statin for these methods and kits includes Pitavastatin having the compound formula (VIII): |
| FILED | Monday, October 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/875637 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0046 (20130101) A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/216 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/34 (20130101) C07D 209/24 (20130101) C07D 213/55 (20130101) C07D 309/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09517240 | Lee |
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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) | Eva Y. H. P. Lee (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of preventing or delaying the development of cancer (e.g., breast cancer) in BRCA1 mutation positive patients by beginning progesterone receptor antagonist treatment at an early age (e.g., by age 35, 30, or 25). In certain embodiment, such early treatment is long-term treatment, which may substitute or delay a preventative ovariectomy, single or double mastectomy (e.g., in patients wishing to delay or avoid a mastectomy, or patients that cannot afford a mastectomy). |
| FILED | Monday, August 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/970223 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/565 (20130101) A61K 31/566 (20130101) A61K 31/566 (20130101) A61K 31/567 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09517357 | Omenetto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fiorenzo Omenetto (Lexington, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Hu Tao (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TUFTS UNIVERSITY (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fiorenzo Omenetto (Lexington, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Hu Tao (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are silk fibroin-based photothermal elements and uses thereof. The silk fibroin-based photothermal elements comprise a plurality of plasmonic nanoparticle distributed in a silk fibroin matrix, and can generate heat when the plasmonic nanoparticles are exposed to electromagnetic radiation. The silk fibroin-based photothermal elements can be adapted to be conformable and biodegradable, and can further be integrated with various electronic components, such as a thermo-electric device for conversion of heat into electricity. The invention is useful for various in vivo applications, such as photothermal therapy, controlled drug-delivery devices or wireless powering of implanted micro-devices. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/819419 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 7/03 (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 31/005 (20130101) A61L 31/14 (20130101) A61L 31/125 (20130101) A61L 2400/12 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 5/0625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/30 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/268 (20150115) Y10T 428/2927 (20150115) |
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| US 09517361 | Reese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Reese (West Lafayette, Indiana); Steven F. Son (West Lafayette, Indiana); Allen Hoe Yan (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Reese (West Lafayette, Indiana); Steven F. Son (West Lafayette, Indiana); Allen Hoe Yan (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for encapsulating nanometric particles inside of micro-sized crystals. An exemplary embodiment involves crystallizing a solution including nanometric particles, a micelle-forming material, a nonpolar dispersant for the micelle-forming material and a crystal-forming material to form crystal-encapsulated nanometric particles. Also provided are compositions or materials which include or are formed using the crystal encapsulated nanoparticles, such compositions and materials can include propellants, cosmetics, composite structures, energetics, and pharmaceutical compositions/materials. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/652051 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/0241 (20130101) A61K 8/8194 (20130101) A61K 9/16 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 2800/10 (20130101) A61K 2800/413 (20130101) A61K 2800/624 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 1/02 (20130101) A61Q 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 45/02 (20130101) C06B 45/18 (20130101) C06B 45/32 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) |
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| US 09517465 | Patel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maulik V. Patel (La Crescenta, California); Armando R. Tovar (San Diego, California); Abraham P. Lee (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maulik V. Patel (La Crescenta, California); Armando R. Tovar (San Diego, California); Abraham P. Lee (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic switching device that includes an upstream microfluidic channel configured to contain a liquid having particles therein and a plurality of outlet channels coupled to the upstream microfluidic channel at a junction. A dead-end side channel or LCAT is oriented generally perpendicular to the upstream microfluidic channel and coupled to the upstream microfluidic channel at the junction, the dead-end side channel having a gas contained therein. The device includes a transducer configured to apply an external source of acoustic energy. Actuation of the transducer effectuates symmetrical oscillation of a gas/liquid boundary at the junction. Preferably, the junction comprises a bifurcation with two outlets. Further, the LCAT has a leading edge and a trailing edge and wherein the trailing edge of the LCAT is substantially aligned with the bifurcation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/613623 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2400/0622 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 2015/0053 (20130101) G01N 2015/149 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/2575 (20150115) |
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| US 09517469 | Shenderov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander D. Shenderov (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (San Diego, California); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander D. Shenderov (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for conducting chemical or biochemical reactions that require multiple reaction temperatures are described. The methods involve moving one or more reaction droplets or reaction volumes through various reaction zones having different temperatures on a microfluidics apparatus. The devices comprise a microfluidics apparatus comprising appropriate actuators capable of moving reaction droplets or reaction volumes through the various reaction zones. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/912913 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502792 (20130101) B01L 7/525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/089 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/0427 (20130101) |
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| US 09517594 | Matsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Seal Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc R. Matsen (Seattle, Washington); Mark A. Negley (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite structure may include a laminate and a stabilizing element. The laminate may have a plurality of composite plies. The composite structure may include a geometric discontinuity that may be associated with the laminate. The stabilizing element may be included with the composite plies and may be located proximate the geometric discontinuity. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/644628 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 70/543 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/433 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 428/24562 (20150115) |
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| US 09517614 | Cavallaro |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul V Cavallaro (Raynham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul V Cavallaro (Raynham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing a delamination and crack prevention layer (DCPL) is provided for use in laminated sandwich panels. The DCPL is formed by using a continuous rolling process and by cutting finger profiles. Each finger forms a beam extending outward at a desired angle from a DCPL plane. The upper and lower DCPL planes are aligned to provide a uniform distribution of fingers along a length of the DCPL. Face sheets are bonded to the outer DCPL planes. Foam infusers add foam between the DCPL planes and among the fingers. The foam is rigidified (cured) during a continuous roll-form process. The DCPL prevents propagation of delamination between adjacent face sheets and core layers as well as arresting cracks in the core layers. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/549586 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/18 (20130101) B32B 5/20 (20130101) B32B 15/046 (20130101) B32B 38/0004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 2305/00 (20130101) B32B 2305/022 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 2/292 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1052 (20150115) |
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| US 09517839 | Brewer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Claverham LTD. (Bristol, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CLAVERHAM LTD. (Bristol, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Brewer (Bristol, United Kingdom); Suat Bekircan (Bath, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade and a movable trim tab located along a span of the rotor blade. A linear positioner is located inside the rotor blade and operably connected to the trim tab to move the trim tab thereby reducing rotor blade vibration. A method for reducing vibration of a rotor assembly includes energizing a linear positioner located inside a rotor blade of the rotor assembly and moving an output piston of the linear positioner. A trim tab located at the rotor blade is moved to a selected trim tab angle relative to the rotor blade by the output piston, and the linear positioner is deenergized thereby locking the trim tab at the selected trim tab angle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/948817 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/72 (20130101) B64C 27/615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2027/7266 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09517934 | Doona et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Doona (Natick, Massachusetts); Kenneth Kustin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention in one embodiment provides a process of generating chlorine dioxide by reacting formamidinesulfinic acid (FSA) and sodium chlorite in an aqueous solution. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/201964 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 11/024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09517939 | Braun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul V. Braun (Savoy, Illinois); Hui Gang Zhang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul V. Braun (Savoy, Illinois); Hui Gang Zhang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of enhancing the connectivity of a colloidal template includes providing a lattice of microparticles, where the microparticles are in contact with adjacent microparticles at contact regions therebetween, and exposing the lattice to a solution comprising a solvent and a precursor material. The solvent is removed from the solution, and the precursor material moves to the contact regions. A ring is formed from the precursor material around each of the contact regions, thereby creating interconnects between adjacent microparticles and enhancing the connectivity of the lattice. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/467419 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/34 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/04 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/667 (20130101) H01M 4/801 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
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| US 09517945 | Ito et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daisuke Ito (Kanagawa, Japan); James E. Hutchison (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for making metal oxide nanoparticles, including mixed metal oxides and core-shell metal oxide nanoparticles, are disclosed. A solution comprising a metal carboxylate and a carboxylic acid is combined with a solvent comprising an alcohol heated to a temperature ≦250° C. for an effective period of time to form metal oxide nanoparticles. The metal may be a group IIIA metal, a group IVA metal, a transition metal, or a combination thereof. A metal oxide shell may be deposited onto metal oxide nanoparticles by dispersing the metal oxide nanoparticles in an alcohol, adding a metal carboxylate, and maintaining the reaction at a temperature ≦200° C. for an effective period of time to form core-shell nanoparticles. The nanoparticles may have a relative size dispersity of ≦20%, and may further comprise a plurality of carboxylic acid, carboxylate, and/or alcohol ligands coordinated to the nanoparticles' outer surfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/092800 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/14 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 1/02 (20130101) C01G 9/02 (20130101) C01G 15/00 (20130101) C01G 19/00 (20130101) C01G 45/02 (20130101) C01G 49/06 (20130101) C01G 51/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/51 (20130101) C01P 2004/52 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2004/84 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) |
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| US 09517987 | Harvey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Heather A. Meylemans (Ridgecrest, California); Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California); Andrew Chafin (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the selective synthesis of bisphenols, thermosetting resins, and thermoplastics from salicylic acid, the major component of wintergreen oil, and a viable target for engineered biosynthesis. Condensation of salicylic acid, structural analogs of salicylic acid, and derivatives of salicylic acid with short chain aldehydes or ketones and subsequent decarboxylation has the potential to produce bisphenols that are direct replacements for conventional resins, while the steric and electronic effects of salicylic acid improve the efficiency and selectivity of the conversion process. The utilization of renewable polyphenols as precursors to epoxies, poly carbonates, and high temperature thermosets including cyanate esters, provides an opportunity to develop full-performance resins while reducing the use of petroleum based feedstocks. This approach will then diminish the overall environmental impact of resin production while allowing for a sustainable source of phenols. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/692362 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 37/002 (20130101) C07C 37/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 39/16 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 64/06 (20130101) C08G 64/24 (20130101) C08G 64/28 (20130101) C08G 64/307 (20130101) C08G 73/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/06 (20130101) C08K 7/14 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 69/00 (20130101) C08L 79/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09518076 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Yang (Richland, Washington); Dhrubojyoti Dey Laskar (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for aqueous isolation of depolymerized lignin in high yield from a lignin-containing biomass composition, comprising positioning a lignin-containing biomass composition into a flowthrough thermal reactor chamber to provide for passage of an aqueous fluid therethrough, contacting the lignin biomass composition with the aqueous fluid under elevated temperature conditions sufficient to provide for lignin release and depolymerization, flowing the aqueous fluid through the reactor chamber under the elevated temperature conditions, to provide an output aqueous fluid comprising released depolymerized lignin, and collecting the depolymerized lignin. Particular aspects further comprise hydrogenation and/or hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of the released depolymerized lignin with a catalyst or catalyst system for deconstruction of the released depolymerized lignin into lower molecular weight reactive lignin moieties and oligomers amenable for subsequent removal of oxygen to produce hydrocarbon fuels and/or chemicals and/or compounds. Systems for practicing the methods are also provided, along with highly purified depolymerized lignin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397035 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/24 (20130101) B01J 19/245 (20130101) B01J 2219/24 (20130101) Compounds of Unknown Constitution C07G 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 6/00 (20130101) C08H 8/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 97/005 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/002 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2400/02 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (20130101) C10G 2400/08 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09518103 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam E. Cohen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel Hochbaum (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peng Zou (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Samouil Leon Farhi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert Earl Campbell (Edmonton, Canada); Yongxin Zhao (Edmonton, Canada); Daniel Jed Harrison (Edmonton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are variants of an archaerhodopsin useful for application such as optical measurement of membrane potential. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, cells comprising the polynucleotides, and cells comprising the polypeptides; and methods of using the variants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/742648 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/215 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/566 (20130101) G01N 2021/6441 (20130101) G01N 2333/726 (20130101) |
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| US 09518577 | van Boeyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger W. van Boeyen (Bryan, Texas); Jonathan A. Reeh (College Station, Texas); Mehmet Kesmez (College Station, Texas); Eric A. Heselmeyer (College Station, Texas); Jeffrey S. Parkey (Bryan, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LYNNTECH, INC. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger W. van Boeyen (Bryan, Texas); Jonathan A. Reeh (College Station, Texas); Mehmet Kesmez (College Station, Texas); Eric A. Heselmeyer (College Station, Texas); Jeffrey S. Parkey (Bryan, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemically actuated pump and an electrochemical actuator for use with a pump. The pump includes one of various stroke volume multiplier configurations with the pressure of a pumping fluid assisting actuation of a driving fluid bellows. The electrochemical actuator has at least one electrode fluidically coupled to the driving fluid chamber of the first pump housing and at least one electrode fluidically coupled to the driving fluid chamber of the second pump housing. Accordingly, the electrochemical actuator selectively pressurizes hydrogen gas within a driving fluid chamber. The actuator may include a membrane electrode assembly including an ion exchange membrane with first and second catalyzed electrodes in contact with opposing sides of the membrane, and first and second hydrogen gas chambers in fluid communication with the first and second electrodes, respectively. A controller may reverse the polarity of a voltage source electrically coupled to the current collectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/490759 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 19/24 (20130101) F04B 43/10 (20130101) F04B 43/107 (20130101) F04B 43/1133 (20130101) F04B 45/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04B 45/024 (20130101) F04B 45/053 (20130101) F04B 45/0336 (20130101) |
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| US 09518795 | Dix et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen M. Dix (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Tracy V. White (Dunnsville, Virginia); Arturo M. Lopez (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen M. Dix (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Tracy V. White (Dunnsville, Virginia); Arturo M. Lopez (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A traverse stop clamp is provided for restricting sweep of a machine gun mounted on a tripod. The stop clamp is installable on a traverse bar connecting to rear legs of the tripod, the traverse bar having an inverse U-shape cross-section that form edges at ends of the U-shape. The stop clamp includes an open ring member, a shift member, a handle, a spring pin and a locking nut. The open ring member has a C-shaped ring with an interrupted circumferential outer periphery and an inner periphery with channels for receiving the edges of the traverse bar. The outer periphery has first and second ring ends separated by an adjustable gap. The open ring member further includes first and second tabs disposed to extend radially outward from the first and second ends. These first and second tabs respectively have first and second through-holes. The shift member has a tang and a shaft at respectively first and second shifter ends. The receiver has a third through-hole, and the shaft has a threaded terminus. The tang and shaft pass respectively through the first and second through-holes. The handle has a lever and a clevis head with coaxial fourth through-holes. The head has a cam separating a lock clevis face and a release clevis face. The lock clevis face engages the tang in response to the lever being adjacent the outer periphery. The release clevis face engages the tang in response to pulling the lever away from the outer periphery. The handle pivots at the fourth-through-holes to widen the gap between the tabs. The spring pin passes through the fourth and third through-holes to connect the tang and the clevis head pivotably together. The threaded lock nut attaches to the threaded terminus to engage the second tab. |
| FILED | Friday, June 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/752707 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 27/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518807 | Nash et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rosemount Aerospace Inc. (Burnsville, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rosemount Aerospace Inc. (Burnsville, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Nash (Shakopee, Minnesota); Gary Willenbring (Waconia, Minnesota); Robert L. Alford (Excelsior, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controlling a projectile includes initiating an execution mode if a roll control authority parameter is outside of a pre-determined operating range for a projectile. The execution mode includes bypassing a guidance command and sending a modified command to execute a coning maneuver to improve control response of the projectile. A projectile control system includes a processor operatively connected to a memory. The memory has instructions recorded thereon that, when read by the processor, cause the processor to execute the method operations described above. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/333088 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/62 (20130101) F42B 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/107 (20130101) G05D 1/0816 (20130101) |
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| US 09518914 | Gurkan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Umut A. Gurkan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Utkan Demirci (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Derya A. Yellin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Umut A. Gurkan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Utkan Demirci (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Derya A. Yellin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for point-of-care monitoring of neutrophils in a peritoneal dialysis sample with the use of a microfluidic system. The immunoassay based chip is configured to bound neutrophils to a microfluidic channel surface while leaving auxiliary cells and particles unattached and suspended in the sample and flushable with a wash buffer. Data representing images of neutrophils, formed by an (optionally lensless) imaging system, are processed to determine a count of neutrophils based on statistical parameters including characteristics of the microfluidic channel. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/430360 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2300/023 (20130101) B01L 2300/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/1436 (20130101) G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) G01N 2015/008 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1062 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00127 (20130101) |
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| US 09518915 | Friedersdorf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED (Roanoke, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Luna Innovations Incorporated (Roanoke, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fritz John Friedersdorf (Earlysville, Virginia); Conrad Koenig Andrews (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jeffrey Coleman Demo (Charlottesville, Virginia); Mateja Putic (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A corrosivity associated with each of multiple locations near, on, or within a structure exposed to an environment that can corrode the structure is determined. Each of multiple sensor nodes is mounted at a corresponding one of the locations and measures environmental sensor information using one or more environmental sensors and corrosion sensor information using one or more corrosion sensors. The environmental sensor information is processed to obtain for the sensing node a first atmospheric corrosivity category value in accordance with a corrosivity classification system, and the corrosion sensor information is processed to obtain a second atmospheric corrosivity category value for the sensing node in accordance with the corrosivity classification system. One or more of the first and second atmospheric corrosivity category values is provided for use in determining a corrosion classification value for each of the locations. |
| FILED | Monday, July 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/416392 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 17/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 19/10 (20130101) G01N 25/00 (20130101) G01N 27/02 (20130101) G01N 33/0031 (20130101) Meteorology G01W 1/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elliott R. Brown (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for measuring and characterizing solid-state devices or integrated circuits at RF frequencies up to 1.0 THz and beyond is provided that includes a transmitting photomixing probe structure and a receiving photomixing probe structure. The transmitting photomixing probe structure and the receiving photomixing probe structure are ac-coupled to the solid-state device or integrated circuit in a contact-free manner. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/367570 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3563 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) G01N 22/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/311 (20130101) |
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| US 09519066 | Hayward et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Hayward (Northampton, Massachusetts); Maria Chiappelli (Westfield, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation sensor includes a substrate and a polymer multilayer film including alternating layers of a high refractive index polymer and a low refractive index polymer. The high refractive index polymer and the low refractive index polymer each comprise repeat units derived from a photo-crosslinkable monomer. The radiation sensors are useful in preparing various articles, including wearable patches, packaging materials, labels, and window panes. Also described is a method of detecting radiation using the radiation sensors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/924912 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/14 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09519105 | Shubin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Jin Hyoung Lee (San Diego, California); Kannan Raj (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-chip module (MCM) is described. This MCM includes two substrates that are passively self-assembled on another substrate using hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials on facing surfaces of the substrates and liquid surface tension as the restoring force. In particular, regions with a hydrophilic material on the two substrates overlap regions with the hydrophilic material on the other substrate. These regions on the other substrate may be surrounded by a region with a hydrophobic material. In addition, spacers on a surface of at least one of the two substrates may align optical waveguides disposed on the two substrates, so that the optical waveguides are coplanar. This fabrication technique may allow low-loss hybrid optical sources to be fabricated by edge coupling the two substrates. For example, a first of the two substrates may be a III/V compound semiconductor and a second of the two substrates may be a silicon-on-insulator photonic chip. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/188403 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) G02B 6/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/43 (20130101) G02B 6/4228 (20130101) G02B 6/4257 (20130101) G02B 2006/12061 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/58 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/3013 (20130101) |
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| US 09519163 | Zheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Jin Yao (San Diego, California); Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); Ying L. Luo (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is described. This PIC includes a grating coupler for surface-normal coupling that has an alternating pattern of grating teeth and grating trenches, where the grating trenches are filled with an electro-optical material. By applying an electric potential to the grating teeth, the index of refraction of the electro-optical material can be modified. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/034950 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/24 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2001/0154 (20130101) G02F 2201/302 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nam-Sung Kim (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A multicore computer architecture provides for clock dividers on each core, the clock dividers capable of providing rapid changes in the clock frequency of the core. The clock dividers are used to reduce the clock frequency of individual cores spinning while waiting for a synchronization instruction resolution such as a lock variable. Core power demands may be decreased before and after change in dock speed to reduce power bus disruption. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/060037 |
| ART UNIT | 2118 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/324 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 1/3228 (20130101) G06F 1/3243 (20130101) G06F 1/3296 (20130101) |
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| US 09519778 | Stolfo 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) | Salvatore J Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Ke Wang (Sunnyvale, California); Janak Parekh (Manhasset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and media for outputting a dataset based upon anomaly detection are provided. In some embodiments, methods for outputting a dataset based upon anomaly detection: receive a training dataset having a plurality of n-grams, which plurality includes a first plurality of distinct training n-grams each being a first size; compute a first plurality of appearance frequencies, each for a corresponding one of the first plurality of distinct training n-grams; receive an input dataset including first input n-grams each being the first size; define a first window in the input dataset; identify as being first matching n-grams the first input n-grams in the first window that correspond to the first plurality of distinct training n-grams; compute a first anomaly detection score for the input dataset using the first matching n-grams and the first plurality of appearance frequencies; and output the input dataset based on the first anomaly detection score. |
| FILED | Monday, February 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/769774 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/564 (20130101) G06F 2221/034 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1416 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
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| US 09519979 | Hilde |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey J. Hilde (Onyx, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention employ a LADAR range data stream, a Cartesian coordinate system that is fixed to the Earth, and a Cartesian coordinate system that is fixed to a LADAR sensor. An index is determined and used to select a color from a color map for each range pixel of LADAR data. The color value is electronically-associated with the pixel. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/604180 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/14 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/004 (20130101) G06T 7/408 (20130101) G06T 11/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Johnson (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A read count circuit and a write count circuit, each for providing a count of data read from or written to, respectively, an asynchronous FIFO memory device. These circuits use read/write clock and read/write enable inputs, the selection of which depend on whether a read or write count is being provided. Essentially, the circuit comprises a shift register having a number of cascaded flip-flops, where the number of flip-flops is based on a ratio of one clock frequency to the other. An AND element at the output of each flip-flop AND's the output of the associated flip-flop with a read/write enable signal. A pulse generator at the output of each AND element synchronizes the outputs of the AND elements with the read/write clock. An adder then sums the outputs of the pulse generators. A counter increments with the adder output and decrements with a read/write enable signal, upon each read/write clock signal, thereby providing a read/write count output. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/205914 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 7/22 (20130101) G11C 7/106 (20130101) G11C 7/1051 (20130101) G11C 7/1057 (20130101) G11C 7/1078 (20130101) G11C 11/419 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09520443 | Khalili Amiri 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) | Pedram Khalili Amiri (Los Angeles, California); Kang L. Wang (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the technology implement DIOMEJ cells. In one embodiment, a DIOMEJ cell includes: an MEJ that includes, a ferromagnetic fixed layer, a ferromagnetic free layer, and a dielectric layer interposed between the fixed and free layers, where the fixed layer is magnetically polarized in a first direction, where the free layer has a first easy axis that is aligned with the first direction, and where the MEJ is configured such that when a potential difference is applied across it, the magnetic anisotropy of the free layer is altered such that the relative strength of the magnetic anisotropy along a second easy axis that is orthogonal to the first easy axis, as compared to the strength of the magnetic anisotropy along the first easy axis, is magnified for the duration of the application of the potential difference; and a diode, where the diode and the MEJ are arranged in series. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/811805 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/161 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/224 (20130101) H01L 43/02 (20130101) H01L 43/08 (20130101) H01L 43/10 (20130101) H01L 43/12 (20130101) |
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09520547 — Chip mode isolation and cross-talk reduction through buried metal layers and through-vias
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Abraham (Croton, New York); George A. Keefe (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Christian Lavoie (Pleasantville, New York); Mary E. Rothwell (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a chip surface base includes preparing a first substrate, preparing a plurality of vias in the first substrate, depositing metal fillings into the plurality of vias, preparing a second substrate, bonding the first and second substrates and exposing the metal fillings. A method for fabricating a chip surface base includes preparing a first and second substrate, depositing a metal on at least one of the first and second substrates, bonding the first and second substrates, preparing a plurality of vias in the first substrate, depositing metal fillings into the plurality of vias and exposing the metal fillings. A chip surface base device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a metal layer disposed between the first and second substrates and a plurality vias disposed on the first substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/838261 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/5384 (20130101) H01L 27/18 (20130101) H01L 39/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 39/223 (20130101) H01L 39/2493 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09520552 | Khalili Amiri 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) | Pedram Khalili Amiri (Los Angeles, California); Kang L. Wang (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the technology implement DIOMEJ cells. In one embodiment, a DIOMEJ cell includes: an MEJ that includes, a ferromagnetic fixed layer, a ferromagnetic free layer, and a dielectric layer interposed between said fixed and free layers, where the fixed layer is magnetically polarized in a first direction, where the free layer has a first easy axis that is aligned with the first direction, and where the MEJ is configured such that when a potential difference is applied across it, the magnetic anisotropy of the free layer is altered such that the relative strength of the magnetic anisotropy along a second easy axis that is orthogonal to the first easy axis, as compared to the strength of the magnetic anisotropy along the first easy axis, is magnified for the duration of the application of the potential difference; and a diode, where the diode and the MEJ are arranged in series. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/458451 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/222 (20130101) H01L 27/224 (20130101) H01L 43/02 (20130101) H01L 43/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09520563 | Mannsfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stefan Christian Bernhardt Mannsfeld (Palo Alto, California); Armon Sharei (San Rafael, California); Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Christian Bernhardt Mannsfeld (Palo Alto, California); Armon Sharei (San Rafael, California); Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic semiconductor material can be patterned from a solution onto a substrate by selectively wetting the substrate with the solution while applying a mechanical disturbance (such as stirring the solution while the substrate is immersed, or wiping the solution on the substrate). The organic semiconductor material can then be precipitated out of the solution, for example to bridge gaps between source and drain electrodes to form transistor devices. In some embodiments, the solution containing the organic semiconductor material can be mixed in an immiscible host liquid. This can allow the use of higher concentration solutions while also using less of the organic semiconductor material. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/743772 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0012 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0541 (20130101) |
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| US 09520573 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhaoqun Zhou (Allston, Massachusetts); Peter T. Kazlas (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Benjamin S. Mashford (Essendon, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | QD VISION, INC. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhaoqun Zhou (Allston, Massachusetts); Peter T. Kazlas (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Benjamin S. Mashford (Essendon, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device comprises an anode; a cathode; a layer therebetween comprising quantum dots; and a first layer comprising a material capable of transporting and injecting electrons in, or forming, contact with the cathode, the material comprising nanoparticles of an inorganic semiconductor material. In one embodiment of the device, quantum dots comprise a core comprising a first semiconductor material that confines holes better than electrons in the core and an outer shell comprising a second semiconductor material that is permeable to electrons. In another embodiment of the device, the nanoparticles comprise n-doped inorganic semiconductor material, and a second layer comprising a material capable of transporting electrons is disposed between the layer including quantum dots and the first layer, wherein the second layer has a lower electron conductivity than the first. In a further embodiment of the device, the first layer is UV treated. A method and other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/422683 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/025 (20130101) C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) H01L 51/4233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2251/5369 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/14 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09520720 | Perry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire); Stewart M. Coulter (Bedford, New Hampshire); Thomas A. Doyon (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire); Stewart M. Coulter (Bedford, New Hampshire); Thomas A. Doyon (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for powering a device is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in a device, at least one external battery connected to the device, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the device. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566636 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3606 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/425 (20130101) H01M 10/482 (20130101) H01M 10/4207 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 7/0013 (20130101) H02J 7/0068 (20130101) |
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| US 09520877 | Meinerzhagen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pascal A. Meinerzhagen (Hillsboro, Oregon); Sandip Kundu (Amherst, Massachusetts); James W. Tschanz (Portland, Oregon); Vivek K. De (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are apparatuses and methods for detecting or repairing minimum-delay errors. The apparatus may include a minimum-delay error detector (MDED) to receive a clock signal and a data path signal and to detect a minimum-delay error (MDE) in the data path based on the received data path signal and the clock signal. The MDE may be repaired by adjusting one or more regional clock buffers coupled to the MDED. Further, the apparatus may include minimum-delay path replicas (MDPRs) used for detecting and repairing MDEs during normal system operations. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/572031 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 5/26 (20130101) H03K 19/00323 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09521306 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin F Kelly (Houston, Texas); Richard G Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Gary Woods (Houston, Texas); Ting Sun (Albequerque, New Mexico); Matthew Turner (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin F Kelly (Houston, Texas); Richard G Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Gary Woods (Houston, Texas); Ting Sun (Albequerque, New Mexico); Matthew Turner (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Compressive imaging apparatus employing multiple modulators in various optical schemes to generate the modulation patterns before the signal is recorded at a detector. The compressive imaging apparatus is equally valid when applying compressive imaging to structured light embodiments where the placement is shifted from the acquisition path between the subject and the detector into the illumination path between the source and the subject to be imaged. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/811080 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 7/3062 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 3/08 (20130101) H04N 5/335 (20130101) H04N 5/2254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 19/90 (20141101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Anthony N. Kuo (Durham, North Carolina); Ryan P. McNabb (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for obtaining low-angle circumferential optical access to an eye of a subject. The system includes a light source to generate a beam of light; a beam steering mechanism to steer the beam of light a focusing lens to focus the beam of light; and a contact lens to direct the beam of light into the eye of the subject, the contact lens including a tapered reflective surface to direct the beam of light into the eye of the subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/372599 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/117 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02004 (20130101) G01B 9/02058 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) G01B 2290/65 (20130101) |
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| US 09517224 | Neckers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard M. Neckers (Bethesda, Maryland); Carole Sourbier (Rockville, Maryland); Jane B. Neckers (Bethesda, Maryland); Min-Jung Lee (North Potomac, Maryland); John A. Beutler (Union Bridge, Maryland); W. Marston Linehan (North Bethesda, Maryland); Bradley T. Scroggins (Rockville, Maryland); Sunmin Lee (Boyds, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of activating protein kinase C theta (PKCθ) in an HIV or HTLV infected animal comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I): Formula (I), or an epimer thereof; wherein Ar and R1-R6 are described herein. Examples of diseases or conditions associated with PKCθ include HIV1 infection, AIDS, HTLV infection, and adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/442865 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/35 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09517238 | Rochman 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) | Mark Rochman (Cincinnati, Ohio); Marc E. Rothenberg (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of treating allergic inflammatory conditions using an anti-neurotrophin tyrosine kinase receptor 1 (NTRK1)-based therapeutic agent, and related compositions and methods. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/934589 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/553 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4545 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09517240 | Lee |
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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) | Eva Y. H. P. Lee (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of preventing or delaying the development of cancer (e.g., breast cancer) in BRCA1 mutation positive patients by beginning progesterone receptor antagonist treatment at an early age (e.g., by age 35, 30, or 25). In certain embodiment, such early treatment is long-term treatment, which may substitute or delay a preventative ovariectomy, single or double mastectomy (e.g., in patients wishing to delay or avoid a mastectomy, or patients that cannot afford a mastectomy). |
| FILED | Monday, August 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/970223 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/565 (20130101) A61K 31/566 (20130101) A61K 31/566 (20130101) A61K 31/567 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09517241 | Simpson 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) | Robert U. Simpson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Peter D. R. Higgins (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Laura A. Johnson (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating patients with inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal fibrosis, or Crohn's disease involve administering a therapeutic amount of CARD-024 or related compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/051850 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/59 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/592 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09517243 | Berzofsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Humam Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Birmingham, of Edgbaston (Birmingham, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Birmingham of Edgbaston (Birmingham, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay A. Berzofsky (Bethesda, Maryland); Jessica J. O'Konek (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Masaki Terabe (Bethesda, Maryland); Petr A. Illarionov (Birmingham, United Kingdom); Gurdyal S. Besra (West Midlands, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | β-mannosylceramides or salts or solvates thereof in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for use as a Type I NKT cell agonist in conjunction with a therapeutically effective amount of α-galactosylceramide or a salt or a solvate thereof, and/or at least one or more T-cell co-stimulatory molecules, disclosed. Compositions comprising β-mannosylceramide, as well as methods of treatment of tumors are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/879476 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7004 (20130101) A61K 31/7032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/585 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/04 (20130101) C07H 15/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09517246 | Yeo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoon Yeo (West Lafayette, Indiana); Gaurav Bajaj (Lafayette, Indiana); Peisheng Xu (Lafayette, Indiana); Karen Liu (Lafayette, Indiana); Eun Jung Cho (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a polymer comprising a derivative of chitosan, wherein the derivative is zwitterionic, as well as methods of using the polymer. In addition, the present disclosure provides a nanoparticle structure comprising a derivative of chitosan and a dendrimer, as well as methods of utilizing the nanoparticle structure. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/212771 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/722 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09517258 | Pulido et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota); University of Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota); University of Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose S. Pulido (Rochester, Minnesota); Richard G. Vile (Rochester, Minnesota); Timothy J. Kottke (Oronoco, Minnesota); Alan A. Melcher (Roundhay, United Kingdom); Peter Selby (Roundhay, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides methods and materials for treating cancer. For example, methods and materials for identifying antigens and combinations of antigens that can be used to treat cancer as well as combinations of antigens having the ability to reduce established tumors within a mammal (e.g., a human) are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/385240 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1086 (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 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) |
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| US 09517277 | Dhar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shanta Dhar (Athens, Georgia); Joshua Choi (Athens, Georgia); Sean Marrache (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shanta Dhar (Athens, Georgia); Joshua Choi (Athens, Georgia); Sean Marrache (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provides is a therapeutic technology that combines the phototoxic and immune-stimulating ability of photodynamic therapy with the widespread effectiveness of the immune system to reduce the viability of such as cancer cells and tumors. The nanoparticle compositions of the disclosure combine an immunostimulant with a photosensitizer using a nanoparticle delivery platform. For example, zinc pthalocyanine, which is a long-wavelength absorbing photosensitizer, integrated into a polymeric nanoparticle core made up of poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLGA-b-PEG). The outside surface of the core can be coated with metallic nanoparticles, which are then modified with CpG-ODN. Metastatic mouse breast carcinoma cells showed significant photocytotoxicity of the hybrid after irradiation with a 660 nm LASER light and this activity was remarkably better than either treatment alone. Treatment of mouse bone marrow derived dendritic cells with the photodynamic therapy-killed 4T1 cell lysate showed that the combination of photodynamic therapy with a synergistic immunostimulant in a single nanoparticle system resulted in an immune response suitable for the treatment of such as a metastatic cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/128238 |
| 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 41/0071 (20130101) A61K 47/48915 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09517474 | Mao et al. |
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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) | Leidong Mao (Athens, Georgia); Taotao Zhu (Athens, Georgia); Mark A. Eiteman (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for devices, methods for separating particles, and the like. In general, embodiments of the present disclosure include non-uniform magnetic field-assisted processes and devices for the separation of particles (e.g., cells) within a magnetic fluid. Under non-uniform magnetic fields, particles such as cells can experience the generated magnetic field direction to produce a magnetic buoyancy force, analogous to buoyancy force, as magnitude of the force is proportional to the volume of cell. This force can be used to spatially separate cells of different sizes. In some embodiments, devices for separating particles are provided having a magnetic device configured to direct a non-uniform magnetic force onto the magnetic fluid and the particles; and a plurality of outlets, wherein the non-uniform magnetic force causes the types of particles to be separated and flow into different outlets. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/873424 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 2201/18 (20130101) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/74 (20130101) |
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| US 09517989 | Makriyannis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandros Makriyannis (Watertown, Massachusetts); Marsha R. D'Souza (Boston, Massachusetts); Shama Bajaj (Somerville, Massachusetts); Spyridon P. Nikas (Waltham, Massachusetts); Ganeshsingh A. Thakur (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel 2-cycloalkyl resorcinol compounds; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and to methods of preparing the compounds and uses thereof. The disclosed compounds can bind to and modulate the cannabinoid receptors and thus, they are specific ligands for these receptors. The invented compounds, when administered in a therapeutically effective amount to an individual or animal, results in a sufficiently high level of that compound in the individual or animal to cause a physiological response. The physiological response may be useful to treat a number of physiological conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/436865 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 39/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 39/42 (20130101) C07C 43/168 (20130101) C07C 43/1788 (20130101) C07C 47/27 (20130101) C07C 47/46 (20130101) C07C 49/603 (20130101) C07C 49/747 (20130101) C07C 62/32 (20130101) C07C 69/16 (20130101) C07C 69/18 (20130101) C07C 69/63 (20130101) C07C 235/40 (20130101) C07C 245/24 (20130101) C07C 247/06 (20130101) C07C 255/36 (20130101) C07C 255/38 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) C07C 2101/04 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2101/16 (20130101) C07C 2102/42 (20130101) C07C 2103/04 (20130101) C07C 2103/74 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 295/092 (20130101) C07D 295/096 (20130101) C07D 295/192 (20130101) C07D 309/06 (20130101) C07D 311/78 (20130101) C07D 339/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09517993 | Yin 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) | Hang Yin (Boulder, Colorado); Kui Cheng (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compounds, compositions and methods for treating Toll-like receptor 1/2 complex (TLRI/2) related inflammatory disorders. Small molecules, based on the benzotropolone scaffold, capable of influencing downstream signaling are disclosed as well as methods of making and modifying these molecules. Also provided are methods for treating a subject for a clinical condition associated with Toll-like receptor complex 1/2 activation, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a benzotropolone compound. |
| FILED | Monday, July 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/417676 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 49/747 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 49/755 (20130101) C07C 62/38 (20130101) C07C 69/21 (20130101) C07C 69/757 (20130101) C07C 235/82 (20130101) C07C 2102/12 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/93 (20130101) |
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| US 09517994 | Ebright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Juan Shen (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a compound of formula I: or a salt thereof, wherein R1-R3 have any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula I. The compounds are useful as antibacterial agents. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/370395 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 49/83 (20130101) C07C 49/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 49/825 (20130101) |
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| US 09518026 | Fan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through its Center For Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkang Fan (Seattle, Washington); Wesley C. Van Voorhis (Seattle, Washington); Zhongsheng Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Wenlin Huang (Seattle, Washington); Kayode K. Ojo (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions and methods for treating apicomplexan protozoan related disease, such as toxoplasmosis and cryptosporidiosis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/891237 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/14 (20130101) C07D 231/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 235/08 (20130101) C07D 235/12 (20130101) C07D 311/20 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09518032 | D'Andrea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan D. D'Andrea (Winchester, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Houston, Texas); Ross L. Stein (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marcie Glicksman (Winchester, Massachusetts); April Case (Watertown, Massachusetts); Jun Xian (Sharon, Massachusetts); David Wilson (Lawrence, Kansas); Min Huang (Pudong, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan D. D'Andrea (Winchester, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Houston, Texas); Ross L. Stein (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marcie Glicksman (Winchester, Massachusetts); April Case (Watertown, Massachusetts); Jun Xian (Sharon, Massachusetts); David Wilson (Lawrence, Kansas); Min Huang (Pudong, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are small molecule inhibitors of ubiquitin specific protease 1 (USP1) activity and methods for their use in treating and characterizing cancers. The small molecule USP1 inhibitors of the invention are particularly useful in the treatment of cancers that are resistant to DNA cross-linking agents. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/695036 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/136 (20130101) A61K 31/423 (20130101) A61K 31/472 (20130101) A61K 31/4725 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 225/30 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 217/24 (20130101) C07D 263/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09518034 | Stoltz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian M. Stoltz (San Marino, California); Dennis A. Dougherty (South Pasadena, California); Douglas Duquette (Los Angeles, California); Noah Duffy (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides enantioenriched heterocyclic enaminone compounds with quaternary stereogenic centers and novel methods of preparing the compounds. Methods include the method for the preparation of a compound of formula (I): comprising treating a compound of formula (II): with a transition metal catalyst under alkylation conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/514001 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/88 (20130101) C07D 295/116 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518044 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianxiong Jiang (Decatur, Georgia); Thota Ganesh (Alpharetta, Georgia); Yuhong Du (Atlanta, Georgia); Pahk Thepchatri (Atlanta, Georgia); Yi Quan (Decatur, Georgia); Ray J. Dingledine (Norcross, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianxiong Jiang (Decatur, Georgia); Thota Ganesh (Alpharetta, Georgia); Yuhong Du (Atlanta, Georgia); Pahk Thepchatri (Atlanta, Georgia); Yi Quan (Decatur, Georgia); Ray J. Dingledine (Norcross, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula IC: wherein the substituents are described herein. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are prostaglandin receptor EP2 antagonists. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/126689 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 235/08 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518080 | Runyon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott P Runyon (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Michael Rogawski (Sacramento, California); Edgar Cook (Fairfax Station, Virginia); John Kepler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Hernan Navarro (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Rafal Kaminski (Waterloo, Belgium); Matthew Orr (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention describes compounds of Structures 1, 2, and 3 and their use as allosteric modulators of the GABA receptor chloride ionophore complex to alleviate stress, anxiety, mood disorders, seizures, depression, treatment of drug and alcohol abuse, memory, premenstrual disorders, and neural system damage. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/974633 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Steroids C07J 7/00 (20130101) C07J 31/003 (20130101) C07J 41/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518088 | Van Nieuwenhze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael S. Van Nieuwenhze (Bloomington, Indiana); William W. Turner (Bloomington, Indiana); Joseph L. Witztum (San Diego, California); Karsten Hartvigsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Van Nieuwenhze (Bloomington, Indiana); William W. Turner (Bloomington, Indiana); Joseph L. Witztum (San Diego, California); Karsten Hartvigsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a peptide-phospholipid conjugate of Formula 1: wherein: X is selected from the group consisting of —CR1R2—, —R3—, —O—, —S—, and S+(R3)—; Y is selected from the group consisting of a bond, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, amino, ether, cycloamino, cycloether, aryl heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, hydroxyaryl, arylether, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, hydroxycycloalkyl, halocycloalkyl, and aminocycloalkyl; Z is a peptide comprising 1 to 50 amino acids; R1 and R2 each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, amino, ether, cycloamino, cycloether, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, hydroxyaryl, arylether, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, hydroxycycloalkyl, halocycloalkyl, and aminocycloalkyl; and R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, amino, ether, cycloamino, cycloether, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, hydroxyaryl, arylether, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, hydroxycycloalkyl, halocycloalkyl, and aminocycloalkyl. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/983435 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48053 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0806 (20130101) C07K 5/1008 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518090 | Xue 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) | Ding Xue (Louisville, Colorado); Xin Geng (Burlingame, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection as well as methods for identifying a compound or a composition that is suitable for treating HBV infection. In addition, the present invention provides a suitable non-mammalian animal model that can be used to screen for a compound or a composition that can inhibit HBV replication or treat HBV infection in a mammal. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for treating hepatitis B infection by inhibiting interaction between HBV x protein and a Bcl-2 family protein or by reducing the expression level of a Bcl-2 family protein. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/431622 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1131 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) |
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| US 09518103 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam E. Cohen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel Hochbaum (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peng Zou (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Samouil Leon Farhi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert Earl Campbell (Edmonton, Canada); Yongxin Zhao (Edmonton, Canada); Daniel Jed Harrison (Edmonton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are variants of an archaerhodopsin useful for application such as optical measurement of membrane potential. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, cells comprising the polynucleotides, and cells comprising the polypeptides; and methods of using the variants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/742648 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/215 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/566 (20130101) G01N 2021/6441 (20130101) G01N 2333/726 (20130101) |
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| US 09518106 | Saeidi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nima Saeidi (Allston, Massachusetts); Jeffrey W. Ruberti (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are described for organizing collagen into fibrillar networks, e.g, short and long-range organization. Collagen produced by the disclosed methods can be used for tissue engineering. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/664137 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 1/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09518123 | June et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl H. June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Bruce L. Levine (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); David L. Porter (Springfield, Pennsylvania); Michael D. Kalos (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael C. Milone (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention includes relates to administering a genetically modified T cell to express a CAR wherein the CAR comprises an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/997042 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/1774 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/585 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/525 (20130101) C07K 14/7051 (20130101) C07K 14/70517 (20130101) C07K 14/70521 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) C07K 14/70596 (20130101) C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/2896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/3061 (20130101) C07K 2317/53 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/80 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/74 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/15034 (20130101) C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) C12N 2740/15071 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D Diener (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polyolefin matrix composites reinforced with continuous carbon fibers, and a process for making them. The polymer-fiber composite material comprises a plurality of continuous fibers; and a polyolefin matrix, wherein, the polyolefin matrix comprises polyolefin polymer chains with a number average molecular weight of at least 1×106 amu, and wherein, the polymer-fiber composite has a notched impact strength greater than the notched impact strength of a neat polyolefin, wherein the neat polyolefin has an equivalent chemical composition and number average molecular weight as the polyolefin of the polyolefin matrix in the polymer-fiber composite material. The present invention also relates to articles of manufacture made substantially from polyolefin matrix composites reinforced with continuous carbon fibers as well as orthopedic implant devices having a wear surface, or bearing comprising a polyolefin matrix composite reinforced with continuous carbon fibers. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/852020 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/42 (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 2023/00 (20130101) B29K 2105/08 (20130101) B29K 2307/04 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/7532 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518262 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California); INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Durate, California); INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Mark A. Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Dongho Kim (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compositions and methods for selectively reducing the expression of a gene product from a desired target gene in a cell, as well as for treating diseases caused by the expression of the gene. More particularly, the invention is directed to compositions that contain double stranded RNA (“dsRNA”), and methods for preparing them, that are capable of reducing the expression of target genes in eukaryotic cells. The dsRNA has a first oligonucleotide sequence that is between 25 and about 30 nucleotides in length and a second oligonucleotide sequence that anneals to the first sequence under biological conditions. In addition, a region of one of the sequences of the dsRNA having a sequence length of at least 19 nucleotides is sufficiently complementary to a nucleotide sequence of the RNA produced from the target gene to trigger the destruction of the target RNA by the RNAi machinery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/463427 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — 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 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/33 (20130101) C12N 2310/51 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) C12N 2330/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09518268 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-Kang Zhu (West Lafayette, Indiana); Yang Zhao (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zhulong Chan (Hubei Province, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to drought tolerant transgenic plants and methods of creating the drought tolerant transgenic plants. In one embodiment, plants are transformed such that a PYL polypeptide is overexpressed in the plant. In an embodiment, the plant is transformed with a cassette or vector that comprises a polynucleotide encoding for one or more of the PYL polypeptides, which may be under the control of an inducible or constitutive promoter. In embodiments, overexpression of PYL13 results in plants having increased drought tolerance, such as a decreased transpiration rate, a decreased stomatal conductance, an increased photosynthetic rate, accelerated stress responsive gene expression, and increased water use efficiency, and/or an increased survival rate compared to a control plant. In some embodiments, other PYL proteins having the single point mutations identified in PYL13 are expressed in the plant. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/335017 |
| 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 15/8273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518284 | Lindquist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan Lindquist (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sylvia Krobitsch (Berlin, Germany); Tiago Fleming Outeiro (Lisbon, Portugal) |
| ABSTRACT | Screening methods for identifying substances that provide therapeutic value for various diseases associated with protein misfolding are provided. Genetic and chemical screening methods are provided using a yeast system. The methods of the invention provide a rapid and cost-effective method to screen for compounds that prevent protein misfolding and/or protein fibril formation and/or protein aggregation which includes numerous neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease as well as non-neuronal diseases such as type 2 diabetes. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/105500 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/02 (20130101) C12Q 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/025 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2333/4703 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/2835 (20130101) |
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| US 09518292 | Sugino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ken Sugino (Ashburn, Virginia); Serena David (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Saori Kato (Seto, Japan); Sean O'Toole (Somerville, Massachusetts); Sacha Nelson (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ken Sugino (Ashburn, Virginia); Serena David (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Saori Kato (Seto, Japan); Sean O'Toole (Somerville, Massachusetts); Sacha Nelson (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are approaches for the detection, identification, and/or selective amplification of specific target species or target variants of nucleic acid sequences, even within an excess of unwanted similar sequences or variants. These approaches include methods, assays, and kits for suppression PCR that require, in part, DNA polymerase that lacks 5′-3′ exonuclease activity, and a PCR primer, termed a forward selective primer or a nunchaku primer. The methods, assays, and kits provided herein are useful for a wide variety of applications, including cancer screening assays and kits, personalized screening assays, SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) genotyping and identification, and downstream applications such as next generation high-throughput genomic sequencing and library construction. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/119471 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 2525/113 (20130101) C12Q 2525/301 (20130101) C12Q 2537/163 (20130101) |
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| US 09518293 | Alt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick W. Alt (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zhang Yu (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Roberto Chiarle (Brookline, Massachusetts); Monica Gostissa (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick W. Alt (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zhang Yu (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Roberto Chiarle (Brookline, Massachusetts); Monica Gostissa (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for high-throughput screening to determine locations of double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) and translocations in genomes caused by different agents, such as enzymes. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/131236 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6855 (20130101) C12Q 1/6855 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2521/301 (20130101) C12Q 2525/155 (20130101) C12Q 2525/191 (20130101) C12Q 2531/131 (20130101) C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) C12Q 2549/119 (20130101) |
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| US 09518300 | Carrasco 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) | Ruben Carrasco (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jianjun Zhao (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compositions and methods for treating hematological malignancies, such as multiple myeloma, in a subject by increasing levels or activity of miR-30 RNA in plasma cells of the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/686036 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/145 (20130101) A61K 31/663 (20130101) A61K 31/663 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) 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 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09518303 | Pyles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas); Richard B. Pyles (Galveston, Texas); Aaron L. Miller (Galveston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Pyles (Galveston, Texas); Aaron L. Miller (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the invention include, but are not limited to PCR primer pairs, sequencing primers, and/or associated thermocycling protocols targeting a region identified by the inventors within the 5′ untranslated region of enteroviruses for the purpose of identifying, subtyping, and/or classifying of virus in samples using nucleic acid sequencing. The sequencing procedures can use nucleic acid templates, such as cDNA or PCR amplicons, as a template for sequencing in medium to high throughput format that is cost effective and easily deployed to other clinical microbiology laboratories. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/353832 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/701 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518914 | Gurkan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Umut A. Gurkan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Utkan Demirci (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Derya A. Yellin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Umut A. Gurkan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Utkan Demirci (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Derya A. Yellin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for point-of-care monitoring of neutrophils in a peritoneal dialysis sample with the use of a microfluidic system. The immunoassay based chip is configured to bound neutrophils to a microfluidic channel surface while leaving auxiliary cells and particles unattached and suspended in the sample and flushable with a wash buffer. Data representing images of neutrophils, formed by an (optionally lensless) imaging system, are processed to determine a count of neutrophils based on statistical parameters including characteristics of the microfluidic channel. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/430360 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2300/023 (20130101) B01L 2300/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/1436 (20130101) G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) G01N 2015/008 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1062 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00127 (20130101) |
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| US 09518956 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jae-Hyun Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Woonhong Yeo (Seattle, Washington); Kyong-Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jeffrey W. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Gareth Fotouhi (Sonoma, California); Shieng Liu (Bellevue, Washington); Kie Seok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Daniel M. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Dayong Gao (Bellevue, Washington); Fong-Li Chou (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for concentrating particles (e.g., bacteria, viruses, cells, and nucleic acids) suspended in a liquid. Electric-field-induced forces urge the particles towards a first electrode immersed in the liquid. When the particles are in close proximity to (e.g., in contact with) the first electrode, the electrode is withdrawn from the liquid and capillary forces formed between the withdrawing electrode and the surface of the liquid immobilize the particles on the electrode. Upon withdrawal of the electrode from the liquid, the portion of the electrode previously immersed in the liquid has particles immobilized on its surface. |
| FILED | Monday, July 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/809992 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/40 (20130101) G01N 27/447 (20130101) G01N 27/4473 (20130101) G01N 27/44721 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/569 (20130101) G01N 2001/4038 (20130101) |
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| US 09518976 | Karsenty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerard Karsenty (New York, New York); Patricia F. Ducy (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard Karsenty (New York, New York); Patricia F. Ducy (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to cell-based and non-cell based methods of drug screening to identify agents, or assay agents, that reduce OST-PTP or gamma-carboxylase activity or expression, or increase the level of undercarboxylated osteocalcin or adiponectin activity or expression. Such agents find use in treating or preventing a disorder related to the OST-PTP signaling pathway. Such disorders include, metabolic syndrome, glucose intolerance, type 1 or type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, or obesity. Such agents may be used to treat disorders characterized by decreased insulin production, deceased insulin sensitivity, and decreased glucose tolerance or increased fat mass. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/441060 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5088 (20130101) G01N 2333/78 (20130101) G01N 2333/916 (20130101) G01N 2333/988 (20130101) |
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| US 09518977 | Folch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through Its Center For Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Folch (Seattle, Washington); Raymond J. Monnat (Seattle, Washington); Chi-ting Chang (Seattle, Washington); Lisa Horowitz (Seattle, Washington); Christopher G. Sip (Westlake Village, California); Robert C. Rostomily (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and microfluidic apparatus are disclosed for drug prediction. A microfluidic apparatus has (a) a plate, (b) a plurality of wells defined in the plate, (c) a plurality of closed microchannels defined in the plate, and (d) a sample platform defining a plurality of open microchannels, where the plurality of closed microchannels are each in communication with one of the plurality of wells and one of the plurality of open microchannels of the sample platform. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/058225 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/10 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0829 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/12 (20130101) C12M 23/16 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5304 (20130101) |
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| US 09518988 | Lindzen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moshit Lindzen (Rehovot, Israel); Yosef Yarden (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moshit Lindzen (Rehovot, Israel); Yosef Yarden (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of selecting a target for treatment of a hyperproliferative disease in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprising analyzing an amount and/or activity of at least one ErbB ligand in a biological sample from the subject, wherein an ErbB ligand which shows an up-regulated amount and/or activity compared to a non-hyperproliferative cell or tissue above a predetermined level is selected as a target for treatment of the hyperproliferative disease. Methods of treating hyperproliferative diseases, monoclonal antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/641174 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/22 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/57423 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09519650 | Lange et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christoph Lange (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dandi Qiao (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christoph Lange (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dandi Qiao (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Genetic data may be compressed efficiently by selecting for each bi-allelic marker, from among multiple compression algorithms with different associated storage requirements that depend on the minor allele frequency of the respective marker, the algorithm that has the lowest storage requirements. Efficient approaches compress, store, and load pedigree file data. A hybrid method is used that selects between multiple alternative compression algorithms whose performance depends on the frequency of certain observable genetic variations. The hybrid method may achieve higher compression ratios than PLINK or PBAT. Further, it results in a compressed data format that, generally, does not require any overhead memory space and CPU time for decompression, and, consequently, has shorter loading times for compressed files than the binary format in PLINK or PBAT. Moreover, the compressed data fonnat supports parallel loading of genetic information, which decreases the loading time by a factor of the number of parallel jobs. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/131084 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30153 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09517445 | Romanos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jimmy Romanos (Columbia, Missouri); Jacob Burress (Columbia, Missouri); Peter Pfeifer (Columbia, Missouri); Tyler Rash (Columbia, Missouri); Parag Shah (Columbia, Missouri); Galen Suppes (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Activated carbon materials and methods of producing and using activated carbon materials are provided. In particular, biomass-derived activated carbon materials and processes of producing the activated carbon materials with prespecified surface areas and pore size distributions are provided. Activated carbon materials with preselected high specific surface areas, porosities, sub-nm (<1 nm) pore volumes, and supra-nm (1-5 nm) pore volumes may be achieved by controlling the degree of carbon consumption and metallic potassium intercalation into the carbon lattice during the activation process. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790831 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/00 (20130101) B01J 20/20 (20130101) B01J 20/3064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/28057 (20130101) B01J 20/28083 (20130101) B01J 20/28085 (20130101) B01J 21/18 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0021 (20130101) C01B 31/08 (20130101) C01B 31/12 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/52 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) C04B 38/0054 (20130101) C04B 2111/00853 (20130101) C04B 2111/00948 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 3/10 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 11/005 (20130101) F17C 11/007 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 8/04216 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 20/20 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/321 (20130101) Y02E 60/325 (20130101) Y02E 60/327 (20130101) Y02E 60/328 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/145 (20151101) Y02P 70/56 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| US 09517937 | Hernandez-Sanchez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Timothy J. Boyle (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Metal chalcogenide monolayer nanomaterials can be synthesized from metal alkoxide precursors by solution precipitation or solvothermal processing. The synthesis routes are more scalable, less complex and easier to implement than other synthesis routes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/660702 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 17/20 (20130101) C01B 17/42 (20130101) C01B 19/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 11/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 39/06 (20130101) C01G 41/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09517984 | Lilga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Lilga (Richland, Washington); Guo-Shuh Lee (Richland, Washington); Suh-Jane Lee (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of an integrated method for step-wise conversion of 2,3-butanediol to 2-butanol, and optionally to hydrocarbons, are disclosed. The method includes providing an acidic catalyst, exposing a composition comprising aqueous 2,3-butanediol to the acidic catalyst to produce an intermediate composition comprising methyl ethyl ketone, providing a hydrogenation catalyst that is spatially separated from the acidic catalyst, and subsequently exposing the intermediate composition to the hydrogenation catalyst to produce a composition comprising 2-butanol. The method may further include subsequently exposing the composition comprising 2-butanol to a deoxygenation catalyst, and deoxygenating the 2-butanol to form hydrocarbons. In some embodiments, the hydrocarbons comprise olefins, such as butenes, and the method may further include subsequently exposing the hydrocarbons to a hydrogenation catalyst to form saturated hydrocarbons. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/678729 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/60 (20130101) C07C 29/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 29/145 (20130101) C07C 29/172 (20130101) C07C 31/12 (20130101) C07C 45/29 (20130101) C07C 45/52 (20130101) C07C 45/52 (20130101) C07C 49/10 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/44 (20130101) C10G 45/00 (20130101) C10G 2400/30 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09518097 | Hallen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Heather E. Hallen (Lincoln, Nebraska); Jonathan D. Walton (East Lansing, Michigan); Hong Luo (Lansing, Michigan); John S. Scott-Craig (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather E. Hallen (Lincoln, Nebraska); Jonathan D. Walton (East Lansing, Michigan); Hong Luo (Lansing, Michigan); John S. Scott-Craig (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods comprising genes and peptides associated with cyclic peptide toxins and toxin production in mushrooms. In particular, the present invention relates to using genes and proteins from Amanita species encoding Amanita peptides, specifically relating to amatoxins and phallotoxins. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention also relates to methods for detecting Amanita peptide toxin genes for identifying Amanita peptide-producing mushrooms and for diagnosing suspected cases of mushroom poisoning. Further, the present inventions relate to providing kits for diagnosing and monitoring suspected cases of mushroom poisoning in patients. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/268229 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/64 (20130101) C07K 14/375 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6895 (20130101) C12Q 2600/142 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09518219 | Boyle |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Boyle (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the hydrothermal synthesis of bismuth germanium oxide comprises dissolving a bismuth precursor (e.g., bismuth nitrate pentahydrate) and a germanium precursor (e.g., germanium dioxide) in water and heating the aqueous solution to an elevated reaction temperature for a length of time sufficient to produce the eulytite phase of bismuth germanium oxide (E-BGO) with high yield. The E-BGO produced can be used as a scintillator material. For example, the air stability and radioluminescence response suggest that the E-BGO can be employed for medical applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/168543 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 29/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/02 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/20 (20130101) C01P 2004/42 (20130101) C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7707 (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 09518241 | Yoon |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roe-Hoan Yoon (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roe-Hoan Yoon (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for cleaning and dewatering hydrophobic particulate materials is presented. The process is performed in two steps: 1) agglomeration of the hydrophobic particles in a first hydrophobic liquid/aqueous mixture; followed by 2) dispersion of the agglomerates in a second hydrophobic liquid to release the water trapped within the agglomerates along with the entrained hydrophilic particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/915428 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids or Using Pneumatic Tables or Jigs B03B 1/04 (20130101) B03B 9/00 (20130101) B03B 9/005 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 9/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518253 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NOVOZYMES, INC. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and 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 | Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/747460 |
| 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 9/2437 (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 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) |
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| US 09518406 | Buerger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Buerger (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lisa C. Marron (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael A. Martinez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Barry Louis Spletzer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromechanical latch is described herein. The electromechanical latch is a dual-actuator latch, wherein a first actuator and a second actuator are driven with precise timing to move a first latch part relative to a second latch part, and vice versa. When the electromechanical latch is in a closed position, the first rotary latch part is positioned to prevent rotation of the second rotary latch part in a first direction. To transition the electromechanical latch from the closed position to an open position, the first actuator drives the first rotary latch part such that the second rotary latch part is able to rotate in the first direction. Thereafter, the second actuator drives the second rotary latch part in the first direction until the electromechanical latch is in the open position. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/220370 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Locks; Accessories Therefor; Handcuffs E05B 47/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518449 | Brady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James L. Krumhansl (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of recovering a liquid hydrocarbon using an injectate includes recovering the liquid hydrocarbon through primary extraction. Physico-chemical data representative of electrostatic interactions between the liquid hydrocarbon and the reservoir rock are measured. At least one additive of the injectate is selected based on the physico-chemical data. The method includes recovering the liquid hydrocarbon from the reservoir rock through secondary extraction using the injectate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/055454 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 41/0092 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 43/16 (20130101) |
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09518497 — System and method for determining the net output torque from a waste heat recovery system
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cummins, Inc. (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CUMMINS, INC. (Columbus, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christophe Tricaud (Columbus, Indiana); Timothy C. Ernst (Columbus, Indiana); James A. Zigan (Versailles, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a waste heat recovery system with a system and method for calculation of the net output torque from the waste heat recovery system. The calculation uses inputs from existing pressure and speed sensors to create a virtual pump torque sensor and a virtual expander torque sensor, and uses these sensors to provide an accurate net torque output from the WHR system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/336710 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Steam Engine Plants; Steam Accumulators; Engine Plants Not Otherwise Provided For; Engines Using Special Working Fluids or Cycles F01K 23/10 (20130101) F01K 25/065 (20130101) Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 5/02 (20130101) F01N 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Hot Gas or Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants; Use of Waste Heat of Combustion Engines; Not Otherwise Provided for F02G 5/04 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 3/245 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09518742 | York et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William David York (Greer, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Christopher Paul Keener (Woodruff, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A premixer assembly for mixing air and fuel for combustion includes a plurality of tubes disposed at a head end of a combustor assembly. Also included is a tube of the plurality of tubes, the tube including an inlet end and an outlet end. Further included is at least one non-circular portion of the tube extending along a length of the tube, the at least one non-circular portion having a non-circular cross-section, and the tube having a substantially constant cross-sectional area along its length |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/094098 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Burners F23D 14/62 (20130101) F23D 14/64 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/10 (20130101) F23R 3/283 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09518784 | Kozubal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Joseph Kozubal (Superior, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An indirect evaporative cooler for cooling inlet supply air from a first temperature to a second, lower temperature using a stream of liquid coolant and a stream of exhaust or purge air. The cooler includes a first flow channel for inlet supply air and a second flow channel adjacent the first for exhaust air. The first and second flow channels are defined in part by sheets of a membrane permeable to water vapor such that mass is transferred as a vapor through the membrane from the inlet supply air to a contained liquid desiccant for dehumidification and also to the exhaust air as heat is transferred from the inlet supply air to the liquid coolant. A separation wall divides the liquid desiccant and the coolant but allows heat to be transferred from the supply air to the coolant which releases water vapor to the counter or cross flowing exhaust air. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/286577 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Air-conditioning; Air-humidification; Ventilation; Use of Air Currents for Screening F24F 3/147 (20130101) F24F 3/1411 (20130101) F24F 3/1417 (20130101) F24F 5/0035 (20130101) F24F 2001/0092 (20130101) F24F 2003/1435 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28D 21/0015 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 30/545 (20130101) |
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| US 09518875 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Pritish R. Parida (Fishkill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method including obtaining calibration data for at least one sub-component in a heat transfer assembly, wherein the calibration data comprises at least one indication of coolant flow rate through the sub-component for a given surface temperature delta of the sub-component and a given heat load into said sub-component, determining a measured heat load into the sub-component, determining a measured surface temperature delta of the sub-component, and determining a coolant flow distribution in a first flow path comprising the sub-component from the calibration data according to the measured heat load and the measured surface temperature delta of the sub-component. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/982623 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 5/0003 (20130101) G01J 5/522 (20130101) Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/427 (20130101) G01K 15/00 (20130101) G01K 15/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 2007/422 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 2200/201 (20130101) |
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| US 09518885 | Ivanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); David B. Geohegan (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention, in one embodiment, provides a method of measuring pressure or temperature using a sensor including a sensor element composed of a plurality of carbon nanotubes. In one example, the resistance of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is measured in response to the application of temperature or pressure. The changes in resistance are then recorded and correlated to temperature or pressure. In one embodiment, the present invention provides for independent measurement of pressure or temperature using the sensors disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/035112 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/00 (20130101) G01K 7/18 (20130101) G01K 7/021 (20130101) G01K 7/028 (20130101) G01K 2211/00 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/20 (20130101) G01L 9/00 (20130101) G01L 9/0001 (20130101) G01L 9/0002 (20130101) G01L 9/0005 (20130101) G01L 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/955 (20130101) Y10S 977/956 (20130101) |
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| US 09519031 | Jamison |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David K. Jamison (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A delta signal and opposite delta signal are generated such that a sum of the two signals is substantially zero. The delta signal is applied across a first set of electrochemical cells. The opposite delta signal is applied across a second set of electrochemical cells series connected to the first set. A first held voltage is established as the voltage across the first set. A second held voltage is established as the voltage across the second set. A first delta signal is added to the first held voltage and applied to the first set. A second delta signal is added to the second held voltage and applied to the second set. The current responses due to the added delta voltages travel only into the set associated with its delta voltage. The delta voltages and the current responses are used to calculate the impedances of their associated cells. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/108068 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/02 (20130101) G01R 31/3662 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/3679 (20130101) |
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| US 09519056 | Schroeder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Schroeder (Lubbock, Texas); Brian Hirth (Lubbock, Texas); Jerry Guynes (Lubbock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system and method for obtaining data to determine one or more characteristics of a wind field using a first remote sensing device and a second remote sensing device. Coordinated data is collected from the first and second remote sensing devices and analyzed to determine the one or more characteristics of the wind field. The first remote sensing device is positioned to have a portion of the wind field within a first scanning sector of the first remote sensing device. The second remote sensing device is positioned to have the portion of the wind field disposed within a second scanning sector of the second remote sensing device. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/952606 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Wind Motors F03D 17/00 (20160501) Indexing Scheme Relating to Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors, to Machines or Engines for Liquids Covered by Subclasses F03B, F03D and F03G F05B 2270/32 (20130101) F05B 2270/321 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 5/001 (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 13/87 (20130101) G01S 13/95 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/589 (20130101) G01S 13/951 (20130101) G01S 13/956 (20130101) |
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| US 09519583 | Chiu 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) | George L. Chiu (Cross River, New York); Alexandre E. Eichenberger (Chappaqua, New York); John K. P. O'Brien (South Salem, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to a dedicated memory structure (that is, hardware device) holding data for detecting available worker thread(s) and informing available worker thread(s) of task(s) to execute. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/963918 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/52 (20130101) G06F 9/3838 (20130101) G06F 9/3851 (20130101) G06F 9/3861 (20130101) G06F 9/5016 (20130101) G06F 12/0811 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/283 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 7/1072 (20130101) |
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| US 09519677 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pak Chung Wong (Richland, Washington); Patrick S. Mackey (Richland, Washington); Kristin A. Cook (Richland, Washington); Harlan P. Foote (Richland, Washington); Lynn-Marie Peashka (Culdesac, Idaho); Mark A. Whiting (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pak Chung Wong (Richland, Washington); Patrick S. Mackey (Richland, Washington); Kristin A. Cook (Richland, Washington); Harlan P. Foote (Richland, Washington); Mark A. Whiting (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Data graphing methods, articles of manufacture, and computing devices are described. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a data set, displaying a graphical representation including data of the data set which is arranged according to a first of different hierarchical levels, wherein the first hierarchical level represents the data at a first of a plurality of different resolutions which respectively correspond to respective ones of the hierarchical levels, selecting a portion of the graphical representation wherein the data of the portion is arranged according to the first hierarchical level at the first resolution, modifying the graphical representation by arranging the data of the portion according to a second of the hierarchal levels at a second of the resolutions, and after the modifying, displaying the graphical representation wherein the data of the portion is arranged according to the second hierarchal level at the second resolution. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/268110 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30383 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09520057 | Tsai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hanchung Tsai (Darien, Illinois); John T. Anderson (Elburn, Illinois); Yung Y. Liu (Hinsdale, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus, and system are provided for monitoring environment parameters of critical facilities. A Remote Area Modular Monitoring (RAMM) apparatus is provided for monitoring environment parameters of critical facilities. The RAMM apparatus includes a battery power supply and a central processor. The RAMM apparatus includes a plurality of sensors monitoring the associated environment parameters and at least one communication module for transmitting one or more monitored environment parameters. The RAMM apparatus is powered by the battery power supply, controlled by the central processor operating a wireless sensor network (WSN) platform when the facility condition is disrupted. The RAMM apparatus includes a housing prepositioned at a strategic location, for example, where a dangerous build-up of contamination and radiation may preclude subsequent manned entrance and surveillance. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/305504 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08C 2201/10 (20130101) Nuclear Reactors G21C 17/00 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/35 (20130101) H02J 7/0042 (20130101) H02J 7/0055 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/10 (20130101) H04L 12/413 (20130101) |
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| US 09520217 | Meulenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert W. Meulenberg (Orono, Maine); Jonathan R. I. Lee (Livermore, California); Anthony W. Van Buuren (Livermore, California); Louis J. Terminello (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Meulenberg (Orono, Maine); Jonathan R. I. Lee (Livermore, California); Anthony W. Van Buuren (Livermore, California); Louis J. Terminello (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method according to one general embodiment includes applying an organic surfactant to a nanoparticle having a d10 configuration for altering a magnetic property of the nanoparticle. A method according to another general embodiment includes applying an organic surfactant to a II-VI semiconductor nanoparticle having a d10 configuration for altering a magnetic property of the nanoparticle, wherein the nanoparticle has a mean radius of less than about 50 Å. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/332671 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 1/402 (20130101) |
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| US 09520751 | Raminosoa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsarafidy Raminosoa (Niskayuna, New York); James Pellegrino Alexander (Ballston Lake, New York); Ayman Mohamed Fawzi El-Refaie (Niskayuna, New York); David A. Torrey (Ballston Spa, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical machine exhibiting reduced friction and windage losses is disclosed. The electrical machine includes a stator and a rotor assembly configured to rotate relative to the stator, wherein the rotor assembly comprises a rotor core including a plurality of salient rotor poles that are spaced apart from one another around an inner hub such that an interpolar gap is formed between each adjacent pair of salient rotor poles, with an opening being defined by the rotor core in each interpolar gap. Electrically non-conductive and non-magnetic inserts are positioned in the gaps formed between the salient rotor poles, with each of the inserts including a mating feature formed an axially inner edge thereof that is configured to mate with a respective opening being defined by the rotor core, so as to secure the insert to the rotor core against centrifugal force experienced during rotation of the rotor assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/949406 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02K 1/246 (20130101) H02K 15/02 (20130101) H02K 2205/12 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49012 (20150115) |
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| US 09520801 | She et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xu She (Clifton Park, New York); Rahul Shantilal Chokhawala (Niskayuna, New York); Rui Zhou (Niskayuna, New York); Di Zhang (Niskayuna, New York); Timothy John Sommerer (Ballston Spa, New York); James William Bray (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A voltage source converter based high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system includes a voltage source converter (VSC)-based power converter channel. The VSC-based power converter channel includes an AC-DC converter and a DC-AC inverter electrically coupled to the AC-DC converter. The AC-DC converter and a DC-AC inverter include at least one gas tube switching device coupled in electrical anti-parallel with a respective gas tube diode. The VSC-based power converter channel includes a commutating circuit communicatively coupled to one or more of the at least one gas tube switching devices. The commutating circuit is configured to “switch on” a respective one of the one or more gas tube switching devices during a first portion of an operational cycle and “switch off” the respective one of the one or more gas tube switching devices during a second portion of the operational cycle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/824752 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/0061 (20130101) H02M 5/458 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09521787 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Pritish R. Parida (Fishkill, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Pritish R. Parida (Fishkill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for cooling include one or more computing structure, an inter-structure liquid cooling system that includes valves configured to selectively provide liquid coolant to the one or more computing structures; a heat rejection system that includes one or more heat rejection units configured to cool liquid coolant; and one or more liquid-to-liquid heat exchangers that include valves configured to selectively transfer heat from liquid coolant in the inter-structure liquid cooling system to liquid coolant in the heat rejection system. Each computing structure further includes one or more liquid-cooled servers; and an intra-structure liquid cooling system that has valves configured to selectively provide liquid coolant to the one or more liquid-cooled servers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439433 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/206 (20130101) G06F 1/3287 (20130101) G06F 2200/201 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20263 (20130101) H05K 7/20272 (20130101) H05K 7/20763 (20130101) H05K 7/20836 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1275 (20130101) Y02B 60/1282 (20130101) |
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| US 09516824 | Kelliher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Kelliher (Durham, North Carolina); Virginia Walbot (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments provide a method of altering the number of archesporial cells in a developing anther of a plant in certain embodiments, the method comprises exposing the anther to redox-modulatory conditions prior to differentiation of germline cells in the anther, thereby changing the redox potential of cells in the anther and altering the number of archesporial cells in the anther. This method may be employed to increase or decrease the number of archesporial cells in a developing anther, and may be employed to produce male sterile plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/373319 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09516997 | Shishkov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milen Shishkov (Watertown, Massachusetts); Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Dvir Yelin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Nicusor Iftimia (North Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary apparatus for obtaining information for a structure can be provided. For example, the exemplary apparatus can include at least one first optical fiber arrangement which is configured to transceive at least one first electro-magnetic radiation, and can include at least one fiber. The exemplary apparatus can also include at least one second focusing arrangement in optical communication with the optical fiber arrangement. The second arrangement can be configured to focus and provide there through the first electro-magnetic radiation to generate the focused electro-magnetic radiation. Further, the exemplary apparatus can include at least at least one dispersive third arrangement which can receive a particular radiation (e.g., the first electro-magnetic radiation(s) and/or the focused electro-magnetic radiation), and forward a dispersed radiation thereof to at least one section of the structure. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/465960 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 1/00188 (20130101) A61B 5/0062 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0068 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) A61B 5/0086 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/02 (20130101) G01J 3/18 (20130101) G01J 3/0205 (20130101) G01J 3/0208 (20130101) G01J 3/0218 (20130101) G01J 3/0256 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/18 (20130101) G02B 23/26 (20130101) G02B 23/2469 (20130101) |
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| US 09517445 | Romanos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jimmy Romanos (Columbia, Missouri); Jacob Burress (Columbia, Missouri); Peter Pfeifer (Columbia, Missouri); Tyler Rash (Columbia, Missouri); Parag Shah (Columbia, Missouri); Galen Suppes (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Activated carbon materials and methods of producing and using activated carbon materials are provided. In particular, biomass-derived activated carbon materials and processes of producing the activated carbon materials with prespecified surface areas and pore size distributions are provided. Activated carbon materials with preselected high specific surface areas, porosities, sub-nm (<1 nm) pore volumes, and supra-nm (1-5 nm) pore volumes may be achieved by controlling the degree of carbon consumption and metallic potassium intercalation into the carbon lattice during the activation process. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790831 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/00 (20130101) B01J 20/20 (20130101) B01J 20/3064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/28057 (20130101) B01J 20/28083 (20130101) B01J 20/28085 (20130101) B01J 21/18 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0021 (20130101) C01B 31/08 (20130101) C01B 31/12 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/52 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) C04B 38/0054 (20130101) C04B 2111/00853 (20130101) C04B 2111/00948 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 3/10 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 11/005 (20130101) F17C 11/007 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 8/04216 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 20/20 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/321 (20130101) Y02E 60/325 (20130101) Y02E 60/327 (20130101) Y02E 60/328 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/145 (20151101) Y02P 70/56 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| US 09518263 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Si-ping Han (Yorba Linda, California); Robert D. Barish (Pasadena, California); William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for signal activated RNA interference (saRNAi), preferably in vivo. The invention provides polynucleotides that switches between an inactive form and an active form upon covalent or non-covalent interaction with one or more specific chemical signals, such as disease-specific mRNA, miRNA, or other cellular RNA products with sequences that characterize diseased states of the cell. The interaction between the subject polynucleotides and the signals is preferably mediated by hybridization, which exposes, facilitates the formation, and/or allows the formation of a substrate that can be processed by proteins of the RNAi pathway (such as Dicer). The input and output of multiple different polynucleotides of the invention can form an in vivo signaling network. In addition, the multiple input signals can be integrated to modulate the activity of the subject polynucleotides. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/691256 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) 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 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/3517 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09518956 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jae-Hyun Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Woonhong Yeo (Seattle, Washington); Kyong-Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jeffrey W. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Gareth Fotouhi (Sonoma, California); Shieng Liu (Bellevue, Washington); Kie Seok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Daniel M. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Dayong Gao (Bellevue, Washington); Fong-Li Chou (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for concentrating particles (e.g., bacteria, viruses, cells, and nucleic acids) suspended in a liquid. Electric-field-induced forces urge the particles towards a first electrode immersed in the liquid. When the particles are in close proximity to (e.g., in contact with) the first electrode, the electrode is withdrawn from the liquid and capillary forces formed between the withdrawing electrode and the surface of the liquid immobilize the particles on the electrode. Upon withdrawal of the electrode from the liquid, the portion of the electrode previously immersed in the liquid has particles immobilized on its surface. |
| FILED | Monday, July 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/809992 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/40 (20130101) G01N 27/447 (20130101) G01N 27/4473 (20130101) G01N 27/44721 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/569 (20130101) G01N 2001/4038 (20130101) |
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| US 09519032 | Salmani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohamadamin Salmani (Tallahassee, Florida); Chris S. Edrington (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method for real-time small-signal stability analysis for power electronic-based components in a power system. The method may be used to monitor a power system in real-time by perturbing the source side of an electronic-based component of the power system of about 0.5 to 1 percent of a nominal current of the power system at the source side using shunt current injection, and perturbing the load side of the power electronic-based component by varying the voltage at the load side using series voltage injection. Time-domain results of the perturbations may be transferred to frequency-domain results and the stability of the power system may be monitored by obtaining a Nyquist contour and employing unit circuit criterion or Generalized Nyquist Criterion. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/131720 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/16 (20130101) G01R 31/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09519104 | Mullen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Etaphase, Incorporated (Redmond, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Etaphase, Inc. (Redmond, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruth Ann Mullen (Bellevue, Washington); Marian Florescu (Guildford, United Kingdom); Milan M. Milosevic (Svilajnac, Serbia); Timothy Amoah (Guildford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical structure includes a Hyperuniform Disordered Solid (“HUDS”) structure, a photonic crystal waveguide, and a perforated resonant structure. The HUDS structure is formed by walled cells organized in a lattice. The photonic crystal waveguide is configured to guide an optical signal and includes an unperforated central strip extended lengthwise and three rows of circular perforations disposed on each side of the unperforated central strip. The perforated resonant structure is formed along a boundary of the photonic crystal waveguide. The perforated resonant structure is configured to be resonant at a frequency band that is a subset of a bandwidth of the optical signal. The perforated resonant structure includes an outer segment, a middle segment, and an inner segment of the circular perforations that are offset away from the unperforated central strip at a first, second, and third offset distance. |
| FILED | Monday, March 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/642519 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/025 (20130101) G02F 2001/0154 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/40 (20130101) H04B 10/2504 (20130101) |
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| US 09519129 | Cheong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fook Chiong Cheong (New York, New York); Ke Xiao (Elmhurst, New York); David Pine (New York, New York); David G. Grier (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fook Chiong Cheong (New York, New York); Ke Xiao (Elmhurst, New York); David Pine (New York, New York); David G. Grier (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for analyzing porosity of a particle and a medium disposed in the porosity of the particle. A video-holographic microscope is provided to analyze interference patterns produced by providing a laser source to output a collimated beam, scattering the collimated beam off a particle and interacting with an unscattered beam to generate the interference pattern for analyzation to determine the refractive index of the particle and a medium disposed in the porosity of the particle to measure porosity and the medium. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/883260 |
| ART UNIT | 2484 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/08 (20130101) G01N 15/1463 (20130101) G01N 21/47 (20130101) G01N 21/453 (20130101) G01N 21/4133 (20130101) G01N 2015/0846 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/367 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09519459 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nam Sung Kim (Middleton, Wisconsin); Syed Gilani (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael Schulte (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-power-efficiency multiplier combines a standard floating-point multiplier with a power-of-two multiplier that performs multiplications by shifting operations without the need for floating-point multiplication circuitry. By selectively steering some operands to this power-of-two multiplier, substantial power savings may be realized. In one embodiment, multiplicands may be modified to work with the power-of-two multiplier introducing low errors that may be accommodated in pixel calculations. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/310868 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/4876 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09520072 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Florida (A Florida Non-Profit Corporation) (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Sun (Tampa, Florida); Adrian S. Johnson (Land O Lakes, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method for projecting images on a subject includes determining a pose and position of the subject, adjusting a three-dimensional model of an anatomical structure of the subject to match the determined pose and position, and projecting an image of the anatomical structure onto the subject in registration with the actual anatomical structure of the subject to illustrate the location of the structure on or within the subject. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/624371 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 19/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09520207 | Michael et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State University (University Park, Pennsylvania); National Science Foundation (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth K. Michael (State College, Pennsylvania); Susan Trolier-McKinstry (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Both single phase lead-free cubic pyrochlore bismuth zinc niobate (BZN)-based dielectric materials with a chemical composition of Bi1.5Zn(0.5+y)Nb(1.5−x)Ta(x)O(6.5+y), with 0≦x<0.23 and 0≦y<0.9 and films with these average compositions with Bi2O3 particles in an amorphous matrix and a process of manufacture thereof. The crystalline BZNT-based dielectric material has a relative permittivity of at least 120, a maximum applied electric field of at least 4.0 MV/cm at 10 kHz, a maximum energy storage at 25° C. and 10 kHz of at least 50 J/cm3 and a maximum energy storage at 200° C. and 10 kHz of at least 22 J/cm3. The process is a wet chemical process that produces thin films of Bi1.5Zn(0.5+y)Nb(1.5−x)Ta(x)O(6.5+y) without the use of 2-methoxyethanol and pyridine. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/708392 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09520472 | Brueck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christian Wetzel (Troy, New York); Theeradetch Detchprohm (Troy, New York); Christoph Stark (Neuburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a groove. A buffer layer is formed on a surface of the groove. The buffer layer comprising at least one material chosen from AIN, GaN or AlxGa1-xN, where x is between zero and one. An epitaxially grown semiconductor material is disposed over the buffer layer, at least a portion of the epitaxially grown semiconductor material having a cubic crystalline phase structure. Methods of forming the semiconductor devices are also taught. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/383833 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0243 (20130101) H01L 21/0251 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02395 (20130101) H01L 21/02433 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02494 (20130101) H01L 21/02502 (20130101) H01L 21/02546 (20130101) H01L 21/02549 (20130101) H01L 21/02587 (20130101) H01L 21/02598 (20130101) H01L 21/02658 (20130101) H01L 29/15 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/16 (20130101) H01L 33/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09520563 | Mannsfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stefan Christian Bernhardt Mannsfeld (Palo Alto, California); Armon Sharei (San Rafael, California); Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Christian Bernhardt Mannsfeld (Palo Alto, California); Armon Sharei (San Rafael, California); Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic semiconductor material can be patterned from a solution onto a substrate by selectively wetting the substrate with the solution while applying a mechanical disturbance (such as stirring the solution while the substrate is immersed, or wiping the solution on the substrate). The organic semiconductor material can then be precipitated out of the solution, for example to bridge gaps between source and drain electrodes to form transistor devices. In some embodiments, the solution containing the organic semiconductor material can be mixed in an immiscible host liquid. This can allow the use of higher concentration solutions while also using less of the organic semiconductor material. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/743772 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0012 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0541 (20130101) |
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| US 09520655 | Cerreno |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorge Luis Salazar Cerreno (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual-polarized patch antenna, an dual-polarized patch antenna array, and a method for forming the same are provided. The dual-polarized patch antenna comprises a radome, a horizontal feed and a vertical feed, a first cross-shaped patch, and a ground plane including a cross aperture. The dual-polarized patch antenna may include a cross patch and a cross aperture to increase the isolation in a cross-polarization between a horizontal polarized signal and a vertical polarized signal in a first principle plane and to decrease a mismatch in co-polarizations between the horizontal polarized signal and the vertical polarized signal in a second principle plane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/488432 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/42 (20130101) H01Q 21/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/065 (20130101) |
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| US 09521067 | Michael et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nithin Michael (Ithaca, New York); Ao Tang (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Known intra-domain routing methods (e.g., OSPF and IS-IS) are link-state routing protocols with hop-by-hop forwarding that sacrifice optimal traffic engineering for ease of implementation and management. Known optimal traffic engineering procedures are either not link-state methods or require source routing—characteristics that make them difficult to implement. Certain embodiments of the present invention include a fully distributed, adaptive, link-state routing protocol with hop-by-hop forwarding configured to achieve optimal traffic engineering. Such embodiments facilitate significant performance improvements relative to known intra-domain routing methods and decrease network infrastructure requirements. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/429660 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/24 (20130101) H04L 45/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 47/17 (20130101) |
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| US 09521346 | Cugler-Fiorante et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glauco Rogerio Cugler-Fiorante (Sao Paulo, Brazil); Payman Zarkesh-Ha (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sanjay Krishna (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glauco Rogerio Cugler-Fiorante (Sao Paulo, Brazil); Payman Zarkesh-Ha (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sanjay Krishna (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a readout integrated circuit (ROIC). The ROIC includes a memory for each of a plurality of pixels, an address selector to synchronize a subsequent bias voltage for each of the pixels, a reference voltage recover switch to subtract the initial bias voltage from an output voltage of the integrated circuit and to result an integrator voltage for a sample and hold block, and a pulse-width control circuit to prevent crosstalk of the subsequent bias voltage between first and second ones of the pixels while a pixel clock selects adjacent columns. The memory maintains an initial bias voltage for each pixel during an initial integration frame time and during a sample and hold readout processing time. The sample and hold readout processing time is utilized to write a subsequent bias voltage for each pixel for a subsequent integration frame time to allow the first one of the pixels to have a different bias voltage than the second one of the pixels inside each integration frame time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/625391 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1446 (20130101) H01L 27/14609 (20130101) H01L 27/14652 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/378 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09517610 | Parness et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Parness (Los Angeles, California); Brett A. Kennedy (Pasadena, California); Matthew C Heverly (Pasadena, California); Mark R. Cutkosky (Palo Alto, California); Elliot Wright Hawkes (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel gripping structures based on van der Waals adhesive forces are disclosed. Pads covered with fibers can be activated in pairs by opposite forces, thereby enabling control of the adhesive force in an ON or OFF state. Pads can be used in groups, each comprising a group of opposite pads. The adhesive structures enable anchoring forces that can resist adverse forces from different directions. The adhesive structures can be used to enable the operation of robots on surfaces of space vehicles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/177973 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/008 (20130101) B25J 15/0052 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 7/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/21 (20150115) Y10T 428/24025 (20150115) |
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| US 09518577 | van Boeyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger W. van Boeyen (Bryan, Texas); Jonathan A. Reeh (College Station, Texas); Mehmet Kesmez (College Station, Texas); Eric A. Heselmeyer (College Station, Texas); Jeffrey S. Parkey (Bryan, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LYNNTECH, INC. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger W. van Boeyen (Bryan, Texas); Jonathan A. Reeh (College Station, Texas); Mehmet Kesmez (College Station, Texas); Eric A. Heselmeyer (College Station, Texas); Jeffrey S. Parkey (Bryan, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemically actuated pump and an electrochemical actuator for use with a pump. The pump includes one of various stroke volume multiplier configurations with the pressure of a pumping fluid assisting actuation of a driving fluid bellows. The electrochemical actuator has at least one electrode fluidically coupled to the driving fluid chamber of the first pump housing and at least one electrode fluidically coupled to the driving fluid chamber of the second pump housing. Accordingly, the electrochemical actuator selectively pressurizes hydrogen gas within a driving fluid chamber. The actuator may include a membrane electrode assembly including an ion exchange membrane with first and second catalyzed electrodes in contact with opposing sides of the membrane, and first and second hydrogen gas chambers in fluid communication with the first and second electrodes, respectively. A controller may reverse the polarity of a voltage source electrically coupled to the current collectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/490759 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 19/24 (20130101) F04B 43/10 (20130101) F04B 43/107 (20130101) F04B 43/1133 (20130101) F04B 45/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04B 45/024 (20130101) F04B 45/053 (20130101) F04B 45/0336 (20130101) |
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| US 09521753 | Hunt |
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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) | Ronald Allen Hunt (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A vibration damping circuit card assembly includes a populated circuit card having a mass M. A closed metal container is coupled to a surface of the populated circuit card at approximately a geometric center of the populated circuit card. Tungsten balls fill approximately 90% of the metal container with a collective mass of the tungsten balls being approximately (0.07) M. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/196203 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines, Apparatus or Devices For, or Methods Of, Packaging Articles or Materials; Unpacking B65B 5/08 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/161 (20130101) Installation of Electric Cables or Lines, or of Combined Optical and Electric Cables or Lines H02G 3/08 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/02 (20130101) H05K 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 5/006 (20130101) H05K 5/0043 (20130101) H05K 7/1488 (20130101) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09517469 | Shenderov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander D. Shenderov (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (San Diego, California); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander D. Shenderov (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for conducting chemical or biochemical reactions that require multiple reaction temperatures are described. The methods involve moving one or more reaction droplets or reaction volumes through various reaction zones having different temperatures on a microfluidics apparatus. The devices comprise a microfluidics apparatus comprising appropriate actuators capable of moving reaction droplets or reaction volumes through the various reaction zones. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/912913 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502792 (20130101) B01L 7/525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/089 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/0427 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09520260 | Hesselink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lambertus Hesselink (Atherton, California); R. Fabian W. Pease (Stanford, California); Piero Pianetta (Palo Alto, California); Juan R. Maldonado (Menlo Park, California); Yao-Te Cheng (New Taipei, Taiwan); Jason Ryan (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photo-emitter x-ray source is provided that includes a photocathode electron source, a laser light source, where the laser light source illuminates the photocathode electron source to emit electrons, and an X-ray target, where the emitted electrons are focused on the X-ray target, where the X-ray target emits X-rays. The photocathode electron source can include alkali halides (such as CsBr and CsI), semiconductors (such as GaAs, InP), and theses materials modified with rare Earth element (such as Eu) doping, electron beam bombardment, and X-ray irradiation, and has a form factor that includes planar, patterned, or optically patterned. The X-ray target includes a material such as tungsten, copper, rhodium or molybdenum. The laser light source is pulsed or configured by light modulators including acousto-optics, mode-locking, micro-mirror array, and liquid crystals, the photocathode electron source includes a nano-aperture or nano-particle arrays, where the nano-aperture is a C-aperture or a circular aperture. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026697 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 35/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 35/06 (20130101) H01J 35/14 (20130101) H01J 35/065 (20130101) H01J 2235/087 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US PP27451 | Mortensen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Mortensen (Marianna, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct hybrid wine grapevine plant named ‘BN5-4’, characterized by the following unique combination of characteristics: Very vigorous with extremely high disease resistance in the southeastern United States, including resistance to bacterial Pierce's disease and a host of fungal diseases. Average- to high-yielding vines, with dark, purple-skinned, seeded berries. Wine from the variety may be produced to be light red with a pleasant character and low residual sugar, or with a foxy character. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/545468 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09518305 | Qiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Qiao (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); Randy D. Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin); Elizabeth Woods (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides processes for catalytic deconstruction of biomass using a solvent produced in a bioreforming reaction. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/968361 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/34 (20130101) B01J 23/462 (20130101) B01J 23/464 (20130101) B01J 23/687 (20130101) B01J 23/6527 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 63/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/132 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 30/12 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/06 (20130101) C10G 1/065 (20130101) C10G 3/42 (20130101) C10G 3/47 (20130101) C10G 2300/44 (20130101) C10G 2300/805 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2400/30 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) Y02P 30/42 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09516822 | Gonyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daegan Gonyer (Madrid, New York); Shaun Jones (Colton, New York) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Daegan Gonyer (Madrid, New York); Shaun Jones (Colton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An aeroponic growth system comprising a plurality of modular aeroponic units each including at least one spray nozzle directed into a root zone; a lighting system associated with the plurality of the modular units and configured for emitting light in a vegetative zone; a pressurized reservoir configured for housing a nutrient containing fluid; and a nutrient feeding system configured for fluidly and selectively connecting each of the modular units to the pressurized reservoir in parallel, wherein the nutrient feeding system includes a pressure stop valve associated with each of the modular units. When one of the modular units are disconnected to the associated pressure stop valve, the pressure stop valve is configured for preventing the fluid from flowing from the pressurized reservoir through the pressure stop valve, and the other modular units connected to the nutrient feeding system remain fluidly connected to the pressure reservoir. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/090869 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Horticulture; Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops or Seaweed; Forestry; Watering A01G 31/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 60/216 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09517445 | Romanos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jimmy Romanos (Columbia, Missouri); Jacob Burress (Columbia, Missouri); Peter Pfeifer (Columbia, Missouri); Tyler Rash (Columbia, Missouri); Parag Shah (Columbia, Missouri); Galen Suppes (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Activated carbon materials and methods of producing and using activated carbon materials are provided. In particular, biomass-derived activated carbon materials and processes of producing the activated carbon materials with prespecified surface areas and pore size distributions are provided. Activated carbon materials with preselected high specific surface areas, porosities, sub-nm (<1 nm) pore volumes, and supra-nm (1-5 nm) pore volumes may be achieved by controlling the degree of carbon consumption and metallic potassium intercalation into the carbon lattice during the activation process. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790831 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/00 (20130101) B01J 20/20 (20130101) B01J 20/3064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/28057 (20130101) B01J 20/28083 (20130101) B01J 20/28085 (20130101) B01J 21/18 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0021 (20130101) C01B 31/08 (20130101) C01B 31/12 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/52 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) C04B 38/0054 (20130101) C04B 2111/00853 (20130101) C04B 2111/00948 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 3/10 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 11/005 (20130101) F17C 11/007 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 8/04216 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 20/20 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/321 (20130101) Y02E 60/325 (20130101) Y02E 60/327 (20130101) Y02E 60/328 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/145 (20151101) Y02P 70/56 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09518163 | Semmes |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edmund Bernard Semmes (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Semmes, Inc. (Navarre, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edmund Bernard Semmes (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A cellular foamed article is provided, including a polymeric foam material and a micro- or nano-sized reinforcement material embedded in the foam material. Also, methods of making a reinforced cellular foamed articles are provided, including preparing a dispersion comprising a reinforcement material and a polymer precursor; processing the reinforcement material so that it has a volume average length ranging from about average cross sectional diameter of from about 1 to about 500 nm and a volume average length of from about 10 nm to about 10 μm; reacting the polymer precursor to form a foamable polymer; and foaming the foamable polymer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/471633 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 2101/00 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/0061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 9/0071 (20130101) C08J 9/0076 (20130101) C08J 2477/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09518734 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ALSTOM Technology Ltd (Baden, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH (Baden, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell B. Cohen (West Hartford, Connecticut); Yen-Ming Chen (Broad Brook, Connecticut); Armand A. Levasseur (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A grid for distributing and mixing fluids in a duct includes a plurality of lances arranged in a first plane and configured to be positioned transverse to a direction of a first fluid flowing outside of the lances and within a predetermined flow area. Each of the plurality of lances has at least one first inlet and a plurality of outlet nozzles. One or more of the outlet nozzles is directed generally in the flow direction of the first fluid outside of the lances, and is configured to discharge a second fluid therefrom. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/751399 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/02 (20130101) B01F 5/0456 (20130101) B01F 5/0463 (20130101) Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 9/00 (20130101) Removal or Treatment of Combustion Products or Combustion Residues; Flues F23J 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23J 15/022 (20130101) Supplying Air or Non-combustible Liquids or Gases to Combustion Apparatus in General; Valves or Dampers Specially Adapted for Controlling Air Supply or Draught in Combustion Apparatus; Inducing Draught in Combustion Apparatus; Tops for Chimneys or Ventilating Shafts; Terminals for Flues F23L 7/007 (20130101) F23L 2900/07001 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 20/322 (20130101) Y02E 20/344 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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