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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 17, 2017
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| US 09545196 | Abramoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Abramoff (University Heights, Iowa); Milan Sonka (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for assessing glaucoma loss using optical coherence topography. One method according to an aspect comprises receiving optical coherence image data and assessing functional glaucoma damage from retinal optical coherence image data. In an aspect, the systems and methods can map regions and layers of the eye to determine structural characteristics to compare to functional characteristics. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397756 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/0025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/102 (20130101) A61B 3/1225 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0016 (20130101) G06T 2207/10101 (20130101) G06T 2207/30041 (20130101) |
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| US 09545217 | Duyn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeff Duyn (Garrett Park, Maryland); Lei Qin (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff Duyn (Garrett Park, Maryland); Lei Qin (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and systems for movement correction in an MRI environment. In one aspect, provided are systems and methods for movement correction, comprising receiving a first plurality of images from a first scan of a subject with a first camera, receiving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images obtained concurrently with the first scan, correlating the first plurality of images obtained from the first scan with the MRI images, resulting in motion correction data, and providing the motion correction data to an MRI system, wherein the MRI system adjusts scanning according to the motion correction data. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/937852 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/05 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/721 (20130101) A61B 5/7207 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/283 (20130101) G01R 33/543 (20130101) G01R 33/4808 (20130101) G01R 33/56509 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/0068 (20130101) G06T 7/0024 (20130101) G06T 7/0026 (20130101) G06T 7/0028 (20130101) |
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| US 09545289 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fletcher T. Wilson (San Francisco, California); Rhunjay J. Yu (Mountain View, California); Pedram Afshar (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Partha P. Ray (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fletcher T. Wilson (San Francisco, California); Rhunjay J. Yu (Mountain View, California); Pedram Afshar (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Partha P. Ray (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for manipulating tissue at a vessel includes an elongated member having a proximal end and a distal end, a guide member at the distal end of the elongated member, the guide member having a blunt distal tip for engagement against an interior wall of the vessel, and a tissue cutting device at the distal end of the elongated member, wherein the tissue cutting device has a sharp tip that is proximal to the blunt distal tip of the guide member. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/035752 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/0644 (20130101) A61B 17/3203 (20130101) A61B 17/3209 (20130101) A61B 17/22031 (20130101) A61B 17/320016 (20130101) A61B 17/320783 (20130101) A61B 19/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 90/02 (20160201) A61B 2017/306 (20130101) A61B 2017/00783 (20130101) A61B 2017/00867 (20130101) A61B 2017/22052 (20130101) A61B 2017/22069 (20130101) A61B 2017/22071 (20130101) A61B 2017/22077 (20130101) A61B 2017/22095 (20130101) A61B 2017/32006 (20130101) A61B 2017/320044 (20130101) A61B 2017/320048 (20130101) A61B 2017/320056 (20130101) A61B 2017/320064 (20130101) A61B 2017/320741 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 25/0147 (20130101) A61M 25/1002 (20130101) A61M 2025/1047 (20130101) |
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| US 09545340 | Knox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne H. Knox (Pittsford, New York); Krystel R. Huxlin (Rush, New York); Li Ding (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne H. Knox (Pittsford, New York); Krystel R. Huxlin (Rush, New York); Li Ding (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | By adapting femtosecond micromachining approaches developed in hydrogels, we can perform Intra-tissue Refractive Index Shaping (IRIS) in biological tissues. We reduced femtosecond laser pulse energies below the optical breakdown thresholds to create grating patterns that are associated with a change in the refractive index of the tissue. To increase two-photon absorption, we used a two (or more)-photon-absorbing chromophore. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/207137 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 9/00804 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 9/00827 (20130101) A61F 2009/0087 (20130101) A61F 2009/00872 (20130101) |
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| US 09545379 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Velico Medical, Inc. (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Velico Medical, Inc. (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiyong Peter Liu (Newton, Massachusetts); Junqing Cui (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Rud Karly Lucien (Lynn, Massachusetts); Ryan Carney (Hudson, New Hampshire); Jihae Sohn (Brighton, Massachusetts); Michelle Arya (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treatment of plasma with a physiologically compatible spray dry stable acidic substance (SDSAS) prior to or contemporaneously with spray drying of the plasma that results in greater recovery and greater long-term stabilization of the dried plasma proteins as compared to spray dried plasma that has not be subject to the formulation method of the present invention, as well as compositions related to plasma dried by the methods of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/858539 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1682 (20130101) A61K 9/1688 (20130101) Drying Solid Materials or Objects by Removing Liquid Therefrom F26B 3/06 (20130101) F26B 3/12 (20130101) F26B 5/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09545385 | Oates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Oates (Nashville, Tennessee); L. Jackson Roberts (Gallatin, Tennessee); Ned A. Porter (Franklin, Tennessee); Olivier Boutaud (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, compositions and methods related to the prevention or treatment of isoprostane-mediated tissue damage in a mammalian subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/766097 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/5365 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/74 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 498/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09545393 | Zambelli 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) | Vanessa Zambelli (Sao Paulo, Brazil); Che-Hong Chen (Fremont, California); Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for treating pain in an individual. Aspects of the methods include administering to the individual an agent that promotes ALDH activity. These methods find many uses, for example in treating and preventing nociceptive pain, inflammatory pain, and neuropathic pain. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/423674 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0278 (20130101) A01K 2217/077 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0356 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/357 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0008 (20130101) C12N 15/8509 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 102/01003 (20130101) |
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| US 09545417 | Smith Resar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda M. Smith Resar (Stevenson, Maryland); David Huso (Parkton, Maryland); Leslie Cope (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods of inhibiting cancer stem cells and growth of aggressive and/or poorly differentiated metastatic tumors comprising the cancer stem cells with HMGA1 inhibitors. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides methods of selecting and treating a subject with aggressive and/or poorly differentiated metastatic cancer using HMGA1 inhibitors. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/701586 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (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 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5748 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) |
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| US 09545422 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth P. Greenberg (Oakland, California); Frank Werblin (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth P. Greenberg (Oakland, California); Frank Werblin (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides neuromodulators, nucleic acid encoding thereof, and compositions thereof for endowing visual processing abilities to neuronal cells. The present disclosure further provides a method of restoring light sensitivity to degenerate retinas. |
| FILED | Monday, February 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027109 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/1796 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0621 (20130101) |
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| US 09545423 | Reed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jess Dreher Reed (Middleton, Wisconsin); Christian Gerald Krueger (Cambridge, Wisconsin); Sergio Madrigal-Carballo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a composition comprising a matrix of chitosan and a tannin wherein the chitosan is electrostatically bonded to the tannin to form a chitosan-tannin composite material. The chitosan can be partially or fully deacetylated, and the tannin can be a monomeric or an oligomeric proanthocyanidin or a hydrolysable tannin. The chitosan-tannin composite material can be a nanoparticle, a hydrogel film, a bio-foam, or a biogel, or the chitosan-tannin composite material can coat a liposome. The composite materials can be used for drug delivery, for antibacterial and/or antifungal applications, for tissue engineering applications, for wound healing applications, or they can be used as adjuvants for vaccination, including oral vaccinations. The invention also provides methods of preparing the composite materials and their various forms. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/139081 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/28 (20130101) A01N 43/16 (20130101) A01N 43/16 (20130101) A01N 43/16 (20130101) A01N 43/16 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2250/21166 (20130101) 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 2013/00523 (20130101) A61F 2013/00676 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/008 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/19 (20130101) A61K 9/2054 (20130101) A61K 9/5161 (20130101) A61K 9/7007 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 31/722 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (20130101) A61K 49/227 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 6/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/08 (20130101) C08L 5/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09545428 | Prockop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darwin J. Prockop (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joo Youn Oh (Seoul, South Korea); Barry Berkowitz (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas); Temple Therapeutics, Inc. (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darwin J. Prockop (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joo Youn Oh (Seoul, South Korea); Barry Berkowitz (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses methods and compositions for treating an ocular disease, disorder or condition in a mammal. The invention includes a population of mesenchymal stromal cells that possess anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, immune modulatory and anti-tumorigenic properties. The invention includes administration of TSG-6, STC-1, or a combination thereof to the ocular as a treatment for an ocular disease, disorder or condition in a mammal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/717503 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 9/0051 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/395 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0663 (20130101) C12N 2501/25 (20130101) C12N 2501/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09545433 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guang William Wong (Lutherville, Maryland); Marcus Michael Seldin (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is the novel myokine known as myonectin (CTRP15), an isolated nucleic acid encoding the myonectin (CTRP15) gene, and the amino acid sequence encoding the myonectin (CTRP15) protein. Methods of isolation of the nucleic acid, protein, polypeptides and methods of making anybodies to myonectin (CTRP15) protein are provided. The use of myonectin (CTRP15) in the modulation of lipid and/or glucose metabolism, suppressing the expression of autophagy genes, inhibiting LC3 lipidation and autophagosome-dependent p62 degradation, and activating the Akt/mTOR pathway is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/952075 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/19 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/52 (20130101) C07K 14/775 (20130101) C07K 16/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09545447 | Wooley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TEXAS A and M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Wooley (College Station, Texas); Jiong Zou (College Station, Texas); Mahmoud El Sabahy (College Station, Texas); Shiyi Zhang (Bryan, Texas); Fuwu Zhang (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to polymer-drug systems, and more particularly to nanoscopic particles comprising amphiphilic block copolymers conjugated, physically encapsulated, or otherwise combined with chemotherapeutic agents along a selective region or regions of the backbone of the copolymer, so as to package the chemotherapeutic agent in selective domains within each nanoscopic particle, as well as to methods for making such particles, and applications and methods for using such particles, including in the formation of polymer micelles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/043456 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/482 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) |
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| US 09545452 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Wang (Omaha, Nebraska); Xin-Ming Liu (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Wang (Omaha, Nebraska); Xin-Ming Liu (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Drug carriers, methods of synthesizing, and methods of use thereof are provided. The drug carriers are liposomes comprising at least one functionalized cholesterol of the formula: Chol-X-T, wherein X is a linker domain, T is at least one targeting moiety which binds hard tissue and/or medical implants, and Chol is cholesterol or a derivative or analog thereof. The liposomes may encapsulate at least one therapeutic agent for the treatment of an oral disease or disorder. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/577131 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 31/431 (20130101) A61K 33/16 (20130101) A61K 47/48084 (20130101) A61K 47/48815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09545461 | Fleiszig 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) | Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig (Oakland, California); David J. Evans (Oakland, California); Kwai Ping Tam (Oakland, California); James J. Mun (Richmond, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides antimicrobial peptides, and compositions comprising same. The present disclosure further provides methods of inhibiting microbial growth. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/919369 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 26/0047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 2300/252 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/4741 (20130101) |
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| US 09545515 | Wolpaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Menands, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Menands, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan R. Wolpaw (Delmar, New York); Gerwin Schalk (Glenmont, New York); Aiko K. Thompson (Garnerville, New York); Peter Brunner (Albany, New York); Xiang Yang Chen (Albany, New York); Dennis J. McFarland (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for restoring or improving nervous system function of a subject. Provided is a method involving: (i) providing an operant conditioning protocol effective to produce targeted neural plasticity (TNP) in a primary targeted central nervous system (CNS) pathway of a subject; and (ii) administering the operant conditioning protocol to the subject to elicit TNP in the primary targeted CNS pathway and to elicit generalized neural plasticity (GNP) in one or more other CNS pathway. The elicitation of the GNP in the one or more other CNS pathway serves to restore or improve a nervous system function of the subject. Provided is a device comprising a nerve stimulation-electromyographic recording component and a controller for operating the nerve stimulation-electromyographic recording component in accordance with an operant conditioning protocol. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/855879 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0488 (20130101) A61B 5/0492 (20130101) A61B 5/742 (20130101) A61B 5/4848 (20130101) A61B 5/6828 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0456 (20130101) A61N 1/0476 (20130101) A61N 1/36003 (20130101) A61N 1/36014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36082 (20130101) A61N 1/36103 (20130101) A61N 2001/36039 (20130101) |
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| US 09545517 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark S Humayun (Glendale, California); Rajat N Agrawal (Pasadena, California); Kevin Wilkin (Valencia, California); James S Little (Newhall, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes a video device suitable to be word on the head of a user in the form of glasses. The glasses frame supports a camera, active electronics and a battery. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962831 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/3787 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09545689 | Squier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Squier (Golden, Colorado); Dawn Vitek (Lakewood, Colorado); Charles Durfee (Boulder, Colorado); Daniel Adams (Thornton, Colorado); David Kleinfeld (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Temporal focusing of spatially chirped femtosecond laser pulses overcomes previous limitations for ablating high aspect ratio features with low numerical aperture (NA) beams. Simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing reduces nonlinear interactions, such as self-focusing, prior to the focal plane so that deep (˜1 mm) features with parallel sidewalls are ablated at high material removal rates. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998805 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/36 (20130101) B23K 26/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 26/0624 (20151001) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/005 (20130101) H01S 3/0057 (20130101) |
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| US 09545772 | Gracias et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David H. Gracias (Baltimore, Maryland); Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Kalinin (Baltimore, Maryland); Christina Lee Randall (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Gracias (Baltimore, Maryland); Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Kalinin (Baltimore, Maryland); Christina Lee Randall (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An array structure includes a plurality of containers arranged in a predetermined pattern. Each container of the plurality of containers has a maximum outer dimension that is less than about 1 cm, and each container of the plurality of containers has a substantially predetermined porosity. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/806042 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/04 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50255 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2300/0893 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/0003 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/12 (20130101) C12M 29/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/268 (20150115) Y10T 428/249971 (20150401) Y10T 428/249997 (20150401) |
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| US 09546129 | Jay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Jay (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Russell Mumper (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); James Huckle (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Matthew Sadgrove (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to trisodium diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) prodrugs, such as, for example, DTPA di-ethyl esters. The invention further relates to compositions comprising DTPA prodrugs and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/721552 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/225 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 227/00 (20130101) C07C 229/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 265/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09546144 | Wipf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joel S. Greenberger (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Michael W. Epperly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Melissa M. Sprachman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Julie Pamela Goff (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound having the formula: wherein X is S, SO or SO2; one of R1, R2, and R3 is O and the others of R1, R2 and R3 are independently, the same or different, CH2, or CR13 wherein, R13 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a trialkylsilyl group, or —(CH2)mOR15, wherein R15 is an alkyl group or an aryl group and m is an integer in the range of 1 to 10, and one of R5, R6, and R7 is O and the others of R5, R6 and R7 are independently, the same or different, CH2, or CR14 wherein, R14 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a trialkylsilyl group, or —(CH2)nOR16, wherein R16 is an alkyl group or an aryl group and n is an integer in the range of 1 to 10; R4 and R8 are independently, the same or different, H, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a C1-C3 alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, or —(CH2)qOR17, wherein R17 is an alkyl group or an aryl group and q is an integer in the range of 1 to 10, provided that R4 is not a C1-C3 alkoxy group or an aryloxy group when R1 or R3 is O and R8 is not a C1-C3 alkoxy group or an aryloxy group when R5 or R7 is O; R9, R10, R11 and R12 are independently, the same or different, H, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, or an aryl group. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/880862 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 205/04 (20130101) C07D 305/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0812 (20130101) C07K 5/0823 (20130101) C07K 5/06078 (20130101) |
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| US 09546146 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Joan Massague (New York, New York); Manuel Valiente Cortes (New York, New York); Thordur Oskarsson (Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland); Malcolm Moore (New York, New York); Nicolas Lecomte (New York, New York); Ouathek Ouerfelli (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Guangli Yang (Syosset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/065090 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/335 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 313/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09546170 | Taldone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tony Taldone (New York, New York); Gabriela Chiosis (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tony Taldone (New York, New York); Gabriela Chiosis (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to Compounds of Formula (1) : and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, Xa, Xb, Xc, Y, X2, and X4 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Compound of Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods to treat or prevent a condition, such as cancer which overexpresses Her-kinases, comprising administering to an patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a Compound of Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/110095 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 473/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09546174 | Cosford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas David Peter Cosford (La Jolla, California); Mitchell Dennis Vamos (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compounds that modulate the activity of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/648435 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/14 (20130101) C07D 498/04 (20130101) C07D 498/10 (20130101) C07D 513/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09546176 | Schwiebert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DISCOVERYBIOMED, INC. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DISCOVERYBIOMED, INC. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Schwiebert (Birmingham, Alabama); John Streiff (Birmingham, Alabama); John Dixon (Leicestershire, United Kingdom); Hongwu Gao (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel CFTR corrector compounds that are effective in rescuing halide efflux, delF508-CFTR protein processing, and apical functional chloride ion transport in a cell are provided. Also provided are methods for treating protein folding disorders (e.g., cystic fibrosis). The methods include administering a CFTR corrector compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. Methods of rescuing halide efflux in a cell, correcting a processing defect of a delF508-CFTR protein in a cell, and correcting functional delF508-CFTR chloride channels in a cell are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/646092 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/08 (20130101) C07D 487/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 498/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09546193 | Mukherjee 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) | Jogeshwar Mukherjee (Irvine, California); Aparna Baranwal (Cerritos, California); Nehal Mahendra Shah (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various compositions and methods for Quasi-Amadori products and derivatives thereof are contemplated in which a halogenated carbohydrate is reacted with a primary amino group of an affinity ligand. In especially preferred aspects, the Quasi-Amadori product is formed from 2-fluorodeoxyglucose and an affinity moiety that preferentially or selectively binds to a neural cell or neural structure. Where contemplated compounds include 18F, PET imaging using compounds presented herein is especially preferred. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/522905 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/04 (20130101) A61K 51/0446 (20130101) A61K 51/0448 (20130101) A61K 51/0453 (20130101) A61K 51/0468 (20130101) A61K 51/0491 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/005 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 213/02 (20130101) C07C 215/16 (20130101) C07C 227/18 (20130101) C07C 245/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/09 (20130101) C07D 277/66 (20130101) C07D 471/08 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09546196 | Shemshedini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lirim Shemshedini (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Shao-Yong Chen (Brookline, Massachusetts); Changmeng Cai (Newton, Massachusetts); Chen-Lin Hsieh (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions and methods useful to treat cancers. In addition, the present invention provides screening assays, diagnostic assays, methods to prognose, methods to treat, and kits. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/040228 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 38/07 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/081 (20130101) C07K 5/1013 (20130101) C07K 5/1016 (20130101) C07K 5/1019 (20130101) 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 9/88 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 406/01002 (20130101) |
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| US 09546201 | Kufe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts); GENUS ONCOLOGY, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Genus Oncology, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald W. Kufe (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Surender Kharbanda (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides from the Mucin 1 (MUC1) cytoplasmic domain and methods of use therefor are described. These peptides can inhibit MUC1 oligomerization, thereby preventing tumor cell growth, inducing tumor cell apoptosis and necrosis of tumor tissue in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/620349 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1735 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 14/4727 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09546202 | Felber 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) | Barbara K. Felber (Rockville, Maryland); George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of improving the levels and stability of expression of interleukin-12 family cytokine polypeptides by expressing the alpha and beta subunits of the polypeptides at their determined relative molar ratios that increase the levels and stability of expression of the heterodimer, e.g., in comparison to heterodimer expressed at an equimolar ratio. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/244768 |
| 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 | Peptides C07K 14/54 (20130101) C07K 14/5434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09546220 | Jin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongjun Jin (West Richland, Washington); Richard C. Zangar (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjun Jin (West Richland, Washington); Richard C. Zangar (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for preparing an antibody are provided with the method including incorporating 3-bromo-4-hydroxy-benzoic acid into a protein to form an antigen, immunizing a mammalian host with the antigen, and recovering an antibody having an affinity for the antigen from the host. Antibodies having a binding affinity for a monohalotyrosine are provided as well as composition comprising an antibody bound with monohalotyrosine. Compositions comprising a protein having a 3-bromo-4-hydroxy-benzoic acid moiety are also provided. Methods for evaluating the severity of asthma are provide with the methods including analyzing sputum of a patient using an antibody having a binding affinity for monohalotyrosine, and measuring the amount of antibody bound to protein. Methods for determining eosinophil activity in bodily fluid are also provided with the methods including exposing bodily fluid to an antibody having a binding affinity for monohalotyrosine, and measuring the amount of bound antibody to determine the eosinophil activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276608 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6812 (20130101) G01N 2800/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09546317 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Hui Li (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Hui Li (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | An economic, direct synthetic method for producing water soluble ZnS QDs that are ready for bioconjugation is provided. The method can produce aqueous ZnS QDs with emission wavelengths varying from 400 nm to 700 nm. Highly luminescent metal sulfide (MS) QDs are produced via an aqueous synthesis route. MS QDs are capped with thiol-containing charged molecules in a single step. The resultant MS QDs exhibit the distinctive excitonic photoluminescence desired of QDs and can be fabricated to avoid undesirable broadband emissions at higher wavelengths. The aqueous ZnS QDs are stable in biological fluids over a long period of time. In addition, non-toxic ZnS QDs have been produced with good photoluminescence properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920922 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 9/08 (20130101) C01G 11/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/22 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09546359 | Iverson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Development Foundation (Carson City, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Development Foundation (Carson City, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent Iverson (Austin, Texas); George Georgiou (Austin, Texas); Joseph M. Taft (Austin, Texas); Li Yi (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for protein engineering, such as engineering proteases or kinases. The methods may utilize yeast display and/or ER sequestration of proteins or substrates. In some aspects, TEV proteases with altered substrate specificity, potency, and/or efficiency are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/576766 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/12 (20130101) C12N 9/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/81 (20130101) C12N 15/1037 (20130101) C12N 15/1058 (20130101) C12N 2800/60 (20130101) C12N 2810/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09546360 | Zheng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | X. Long Zheng (Wallingford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/312041 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/4886 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/6489 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 304/24087 (20130101) |
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| US 09546365 | Yao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qizhi Yao (Houston, Texas); Christian Marin-Muller (League City, Texas); Changyi Chen (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel network of tumorigenic prognostic factors is identified that plays a critical role in advanced pancreatic cancer (PC) pathogenesis. This interactome is interconnected through a central tumor suppressive microRNA, miR-198, which is able to both directly and indirectly modulate expression of the various members of this network to alter the molecular makeup of pancreatic tumors, with important clinical implications. When this tumor signature network is intact, miR-198 expression is reduced and patient survival is dismal; patients with higher miR-198 present an altered tumor signature network, better prognosis and increased survival. Further, according to the present disclosure, MiR-198 replacement reverses tumorigenicity in vitro and in vivo. As such, an embodiment of the disclosure is a method of treating cancer in an individual, comprising the step of increasing the level of active microRNA-198 molecules in the pancreatic cancer tumor cells of the individual by an amount sufficient to cause an improvement in the pancreatic cancer in the individual. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/615168 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 51/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/141 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/704 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/13 (20150115) |
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| US 09546367 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jenny Chee Ning Chang (Houston, Texas); Bhuvanesh Dave (Pearland, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jenny Chee Ning Chang (Houston, Texas); Bhuvanesh Dave (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions for siRNA-mediated therapy of mammalian diseases. In particular, compositions and methods are disclosed for treatment of therapy-resistant human breast cancers. In exemplary embodiments, siRNA molecules are presented that effectively knock down gene expression of one or more polynucleotides in breast cancer tumor initiating cells. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/363545 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) |
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| US 09546379 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Evans (La Jolla, California); Eiji Yoshihara (La Jolla, California); Michael R. Downes (La Jolla, California); Ruth T. Yu (La Jolla, California); Annette R. Atkins (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features compositions comprising in vitro generated beta cells capable of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, methods of inducing beta cell maturation from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cell-derived beta-like cells, and methods of using in vitro generated beta cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, or a related disorder. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/793391 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/35 (20130101) A61K 35/39 (20130101) A61K 35/51 (20130101) A61K 35/545 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/721 (20130101) C07K 14/70567 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0676 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/105 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2501/392 (20130101) C12N 2501/415 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09546396 | Cox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Washington); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Cox (Madison, Wisconsin); John R. Battista (Baton Roughe, Louisiana); Audrey J. Klingele (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph R. Piechura (Hartford, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method for DNA double-strand break repair in vitro are disclosed. Applications of the disclosed method in multiple areas are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/066126 |
| 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 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 2521/513 (20130101) C12Q 2522/101 (20130101) C12Q 2531/119 (20130101) |
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| US 09546952 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wonshik Choi (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ramachandra Dasari (Shererville, Indiana); Christopher Fang-Yen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Feld (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and methods for quantitative three-dimensional mapping of refractive index in living or non-living cells, tissues, or organisms using a phase-shifting laser interferometric microscope with variable illumination angle. A preferred embodiment provides tomographic imaging of cells and multicellular organisms, and time-dependent changes in cell structure and the quantitative characterization of specimen-induced aberrations in high-resolution microscopy with multiple applications in tissue light scattering. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/490242 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/51 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 2021/458 (20130101) G01N 2201/12 (20130101) G01N 2201/061 (20130101) G01N 2201/105 (20130101) |
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| US 09546979 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Kevin Scott Kerian (Lafayette, Indiana); Alan Keith Jarmusch (Lafayette, Indiana); Ahmed Mohamed Hamid (West Lafayette, Indiana); Livia Schiavinato Eberlin (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to methods for analyzing a metabolite level in a sample. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention may involve obtaining a sample, analyzing the sample using a mass spectrometry technique to determine a level of at least one metabolite in the sample, and correlating the metabolite level with an originating source of the sample, thereby analyzing the sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/909619 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/50 (20130101) G01N 2560/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/7028 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0004 (20130101) H01J 49/142 (20130101) |
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| US 09547014 | Travis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander J. A. Travis (Ithaca, New York); Roy Cohen (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander J. A. Travis (Ithaca, New York); Roy Cohen (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to methods of detecting a neural injury biomarker in a biological sample. The method includes subjecting a biological sample to an assay disclosed that produces a measurable signal and detecting the measurable signal. The presence or absence of the measurable signal indicates the presence or absence of the neural injury biomarker in the sample, and thereby diagnosing a subject as having a neural injury. The disclosure further relates to methods of determining the state of a subject's neural injury. Further disclosed are systems and devices useful in carrying out the methods disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/125221 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| 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 1/25 (20130101) C12Q 1/32 (20130101) C12Q 1/42 (20130101) C12Q 1/66 (20130101) C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/2871 (20130101) |
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| US 09547015 | O'Farrell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diagnostic Consulting Network, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DIAGNOSTIC CONSULTING NETWORK, INC. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan O'Farrell (Carlsbad, California); Hans Boehringer (San Diego, California); Roy Chung (Carlsbad, California); Winnie Tong (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions, kits, methods and devices for cyanide detection, particularly for cyanide detection in biological samples such as whole blood. The method comprises (1) contacting a sample with a cobinamide conjugate comprising a cobinamide moiety and a carrier; and (2) measuring the absorbance of light by the cobinamide conjugate. The present disclosure provides field-deployable cyanide detection methods, compositions, kits and devices, which provide rapid, accurate readout at the point of contact. Further provided herein is a method for determining exposure of a subject to cyanide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/793538 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 33/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) |
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| US 09547017 | Hughes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MONTANA MOLECULAR LLC (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana Molecular LLC (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Hughes (Bozeman, Montana); Paul H. Tewson (Bozeman, Montana); Anne Marie Quinn (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are novel fluorescent sensors for Diacyl Glycerol (DAG) and hosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) that are based on circularly permuted fluorescent proteins. These sensors use less visible spectrum than FRET-based sensors, produce robust changes in fluorescence, and can be combined with one another, or with other sensors, in a multiplex assay on standard fluorescent plate readers or live cell imaging systems. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/384464 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/12 (20130101) C12N 9/1205 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/11013 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09547680 | Buhler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy Daniel Buhler (St. Louis, Missouri); Roger Dean Chamberlain (St. Louis, Missouri); Mark Allen Franklin (St. Louis, Missouri); Kwame Gyang (St. Louis, Missouri); Arpith Chacko Jacob (St. Louis, Missouri); Praveen Krishnamurthy (St. Louis, Missouri); Joseph Marion Lancaster (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for performing similarity searching is disclosed wherein programmable logic devices such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can be used to implement Bloom filters for identifying possible matches between a query and data. The Bloom filters can be implemented in a parallel architecture where the different parallel Bloom filters share access to the same memory units. |
| FILED | Monday, August 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/969935 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3033 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/22 (20130101) G06F 19/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09547804 | Nirenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sheila Nirenberg (New York, New York); Illya Bomash (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheila Nirenberg (New York, New York); Illya Bomash (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed including: receiving raw image data corresponding to a series of raw images; processing the raw image data with an encoder to generate encoded data, where the encoder is characterized by an input/output transformation that substantially mimics the input/output transformation of one or more retinal cells of a vertebrate retina; and applying a first machine vision algorithm to data generated based at least in part on the encoded data. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/239828 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/4619 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/4628 (20130101) G06K 2209/05 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/049 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 9/00 (20130101) G06T 9/002 (20130101) G06T 9/007 (20130101) G06T 2207/20024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20048 (20130101) G06T 2207/20084 (20130101) G06T 2207/30041 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 19/60 (20141101) H04N 19/62 (20141101) H04N 19/85 (20141101) |
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| US 09545675 | Childers, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul K. Childers, Jr. (Xenia, Ohio); Ryan P. Osysko (Troy, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Nonmetallic tools such as rotary bits, circular blades, and scything tools are described that may be suitable for removing cured flexibilized epoxy gap-filler materials from gaps between soft composite materials. The nonmetallic tools may be formed from various plastic or composite materials that are sufficiently hard to cut through the gap-filler material while being sufficiently soft to avoid damaging adjacent areas of soft composite materials. Methods for using the nonmetallic tools may include attaching the nonmetallic tools to a suitable machine-driven tool and contacting the nonmetallic tools to a material to be cut, shaped, or drilled. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/852319 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Turning; Boring B23B 51/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Milling B23C 3/12 (20130101) B23C 5/10 (20130101) B23C 2215/04 (20130101) B23C 2226/27 (20130101) B23C 2226/61 (20130101) Planing; Slotting; Shearing; Broaching; Sawing; Filing; Scraping; Like Operations for Working Metal by Removing Material, Not Otherwise Provided for B23D 61/028 (20130101) Cutting; Details Common to Machines for Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out or Severing B26D 3/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 83/04 (20150401) Y10T 83/7793 (20150401) Y10T 83/8789 (20150401) Y10T 83/8798 (20150401) Y10T 83/9372 (20150401) Y10T 83/9454 (20150401) Y10T 408/65 (20150115) Y10T 409/303808 (20150115) |
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| US 09545689 | Squier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Squier (Golden, Colorado); Dawn Vitek (Lakewood, Colorado); Charles Durfee (Boulder, Colorado); Daniel Adams (Thornton, Colorado); David Kleinfeld (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Temporal focusing of spatially chirped femtosecond laser pulses overcomes previous limitations for ablating high aspect ratio features with low numerical aperture (NA) beams. Simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing reduces nonlinear interactions, such as self-focusing, prior to the focal plane so that deep (˜1 mm) features with parallel sidewalls are ablated at high material removal rates. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998805 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/36 (20130101) B23K 26/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 26/0624 (20151001) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/005 (20130101) H01S 3/0057 (20130101) |
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| US 09546122 | Chisholm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bret Ja Chisholm (West Fargo, North Dakota); Samim Alam (Tarrytown, New York); Satyabrata Samanta (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bret Ja Chisholm (West Fargo, North Dakota); Samim Alam (Tarrytown, New York); Satyabrata Samanta (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Monomers, polymers and copolymers are provided that incorporate at least one naturally occurring phenolic compound, such as a plant phenol. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/204102 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 43/215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 67/24 (20130101) C07C 69/007 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 14/14 (20130101) C08F 16/32 (20130101) C08F 24/00 (20130101) C08F 216/125 (20130101) C08F 216/125 (20130101) C08F 216/1416 (20130101) |
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| US 09546207 | Kaempfer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD. (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Kaempfer (Jerusalem, Israel); Gila Arad (Mevasseret Zion, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions for the inhibition of modulation of T cell costimulatory pathway by a pathogenic agent, particularly, the inhibition of activation of a T cell costimulatory pathway by a pyrogenic exotoxin. The direct interaction of a superantigen with a specific site within the dimer interface of a CD28 family member is inhibited using immunomodulatory peptides. Specific antagonist immunomodulatory peptides comprise amino acid sequences derived from a dimer interface of a T cell co-stimulatory pathway member, or peptides which comprise an amino acid sequence which specifically binds to an amino acid sequence within the dimer interface of a T cell co-stimulatory pathway member. Compositions comprising said peptides and methods for the treatment of immune-related disorders are also disclosed. Such molecules may be used in screening for a test substance which specifically binds to the CD28 molecule and is capable of antagonizing pyrogenic exotoxin-mediated activation of Th1 lymphocytes. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/028117 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/70521 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09546220 | Jin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongjun Jin (West Richland, Washington); Richard C. Zangar (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjun Jin (West Richland, Washington); Richard C. Zangar (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for preparing an antibody are provided with the method including incorporating 3-bromo-4-hydroxy-benzoic acid into a protein to form an antigen, immunizing a mammalian host with the antigen, and recovering an antibody having an affinity for the antigen from the host. Antibodies having a binding affinity for a monohalotyrosine are provided as well as composition comprising an antibody bound with monohalotyrosine. Compositions comprising a protein having a 3-bromo-4-hydroxy-benzoic acid moiety are also provided. Methods for evaluating the severity of asthma are provide with the methods including analyzing sputum of a patient using an antibody having a binding affinity for monohalotyrosine, and measuring the amount of antibody bound to protein. Methods for determining eosinophil activity in bodily fluid are also provided with the methods including exposing bodily fluid to an antibody having a binding affinity for monohalotyrosine, and measuring the amount of bound antibody to determine the eosinophil activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276608 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6812 (20130101) G01N 2800/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09546332 | Harvey |
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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) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to generate dense, multi-cyclic diamondoid fuels from bio-derived sesquiterpenes. This process can be conducted with both heterogeneous and homogenous catalysts and produces the targeted isomers in high yield. The resulting multi-cyclic structures impart significantly higher densities and volumetric net heats of combustion while maintaining low viscosities which allow for use at low temperature/high altitude. Moreover, bio-derived sesquiterpenes can be produced from renewable biomass sources. Use of these fuels will decrease Navy dependence on fossil fuels and will also reduce net carbon emissions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/311588 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 43/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 7/04 (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 10/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09546367 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jenny Chee Ning Chang (Houston, Texas); Bhuvanesh Dave (Pearland, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jenny Chee Ning Chang (Houston, Texas); Bhuvanesh Dave (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions for siRNA-mediated therapy of mammalian diseases. In particular, compositions and methods are disclosed for treatment of therapy-resistant human breast cancers. In exemplary embodiments, siRNA molecules are presented that effectively knock down gene expression of one or more polynucleotides in breast cancer tumor initiating cells. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/363545 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) |
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| US 09546672 | Perkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Perkins (Arlington, Massachusetts); Kevin Blankespoor (Arlington, Massachusetts); Alfred Rizzi (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In some applications, a piston of a hydraulic actuator may move at high speeds, and large undesired forces may be generated if the piston reaches an end-stop of the hydraulic actuator at a high speed. The undesired forces may, for example, cause mechanical damage in the hydraulic actuator. A controller may receive information indicative of the piston reaching a first position at a first threshold distance from the end-stop, and, in response, may modify a signal to a valve assembly controlling flow of hydraulic fluid to and from the hydraulic actuator. Further, the controller may receive information indicative of the piston reaching a second position at a second threshold distance closer to the end-stop of the hydraulic actuator, and, in response, the controller may further modify the signal to the valve assembly so as to apply a force on the piston in a away from the end-stop. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/489778 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 9/09 (20130101) F15B 11/048 (20130101) F15B 13/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F15B 15/28 (20130101) F15B 21/08 (20130101) F15B 2211/665 (20130101) F15B 2211/755 (20130101) F15B 2211/6336 (20130101) F15B 2211/7053 (20130101) F15B 2211/7653 (20130101) |
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| US 09546743 | Livermore-Clifford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carol Livermore-Clifford (Framingham, Massachusetts); Chenye Yang (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A substantially leak-free, sealable microvalve that can be repeatedly opened and sealed is presented. The resealable microvalve includes a block with a through via and a sealing plate. The gap between the block and the sealing plate is sealed by a sealing material. The sealing material can be melted when heat is applied and can be solidified when heat is absent. To close the resealable microvalve, heat is applied by flowing a current through a resistive heater and an actuator brings the block and the sealing plate into a contacting position. By removing the heat, the sealing material is solidified and creates a sealed state. To open the resealable microvalve, heat is applied to the sealing material. When the sealing material melts, the actuator moves the block and the sealing plate into a spaced apart position. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/455302 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 99/0032 (20130101) F16K 99/0044 (20130101) F16K 99/0046 (20130101) F16K 99/0048 (20130101) F16K 99/0051 (20130101) F16K 2099/008 (20130101) F16K 2099/0069 (20130101) F16K 2099/0074 (20130101) |
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| US 09546840 | Bartell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Bartell (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Thomas Tighe (Morris Township, New Jersey); Matthew Tomik (Easton, Pennsylvania); Noah Gordon (Metuchen, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bartell (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Thomas Tighe (Morris Township, New Jersey); Matthew Tomik (Easton, Pennsylvania); Noah Gordon (Metuchen, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An active soft recoil control system that provides a bi-directional recoil containment and double strike prevention, which improves recoil force management, reduces the potential for “short” rounds, results in a more compact and lighter weight weapon, and increases the uniform performance of the heavy weapon at temperature extremes and steep cants. Furthermore, the present system provides for a mechanism that enables safer firing pin retraction and reduces the potential for unintentionally striking the primer and initiating the round during misfire operations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/596662 |
| 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 25/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09546852 | Kostka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Kostka (Denville, New Jersey); Luis M. Lavrador (Stanhope, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Kostka (Denville, New Jersey); Luis M. Lavrador (Stanhope, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A large caliber, frangible, training projectile imitates, for training purposes, the corresponding tactical projectile. To enable fragmentation of the training projectile at impact, some embodiments of the frangible projectile are partially or entirely made of a material with a lower yield strength than the material used in the counterpart tactical projectile. Some embodiments of the frangible projectile may include portions that are sectioned, welded, or provided with stress risers. Some embodiments of the frangible projectile may include high density particles suspended in a weaker medium. The fragmentation methods may be applied to the overall mass of the projectile, or to a portion of the projectile. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/848627 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 8/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 12/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09546856 | Centrella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Centrella (Wharton, New Jersey); John Sequeira (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Centrella (Wharton, New Jersey); John Sequeira (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of filling a projectile case with energetic material includes isostatically pressing a column of the powder to create a pre-formed billet (PFB). The single PFB is placed in and then pressed into the projectile case to create the finished warhead. The single PFB effectively fills a projectile case having a large l/d ratio. The single PFB eliminates the problems and poor quality associated with pressing multiple increments in a projectile case. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/492351 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 33/0207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09546917 | Groden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Groden (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Matthew D. Collette (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A strain amplification sensor having a first base portion being coupled to a first member to be strain measured, a second base portion being coupled to a second member to be strain measured, and an amplifying lever system pivotally coupled between the first base portion and the second base portion. The amplifying lever system includes attachment locations that induce opposing relative motion resulting in detectable deflection of the amplifying lever system in response to application of strain between the first base portion and the second base portion. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/669139 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 49/00 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 5/30 (20130101) G01B 7/16 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01L 1/10 (20130101) G01L 1/20 (20130101) G01L 1/22 (20130101) G01L 1/2206 (20130101) G01L 1/2287 (20130101) G01L 5/106 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 5/0025 (20130101) G01M 5/0041 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2203/0016 (20130101) Resistors H01C 17/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09546984 | Bradley 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) | Robert E. Bradley (Odon, Indiana); James Rumple (Jasonville, Indiana); John Whitner (Bedford, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for cleaning an acoustical couplant and test article before and during ultrasonic testing using components which are used for precleaning the test article as well as cleaning the acoustical couplant during the ultrasonic testing is provided. The invention also provides additional functionality such as preserving the acoustical couplant before, during, and after the ultrasonic testing from loss such as, e.g., evaporation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/189338 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/494 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09547011 | McGrath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. (Tigard, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRICOL BIOMEDICAL, INC. (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara McGrath (Portland, Oregon); Simon McCarthy (Portland, Oregon); Sam Kuhn (Portland, Oregon); Alysha Wold (Portland, Oregon); Michael Stolten (Portland, Oregon); Amanda Bennett (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to biocompatible, bioabsorbable derivatized non-crosslinked chitosan compositions optionally crosslinked to gelatin/collagen by 1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) for biomedical use and methods of making and testing such compositions, including a modified acute systemic toxicity test. The compositions comprise derivatized chitosan reacetylated to a degree of N-deacetylation (DDA) of between about 15% and 40%. The compositions are typically bioabsorbed in about 90 days or less and can be made to bioabsorb at differing rates of speed. The compositions are initially soluble in aqueous solution below pH 6.5. The compositions have an acid content that can be adjusted between about 0% (w/w) and about 8% (w/w) to customize the composition for uses that require and/or tolerate differing levels of cytotoxicity, adhesion, composition cohesion, and cell infiltration into the composition. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211632 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (20130101) A61K 49/0008 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/003 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/08 (20130101) C08L 5/08 (20130101) C08L 5/08 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/545 (20130101) |
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| US 09547174 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Magic Leap, Inc. (Dania Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Magic Leap, Inc. (Dania Beach, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chunyu Gao (Tucson, Arizona); Yuxiang Lin (Tucson, Arizona); Hong Hua (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a compact optical see-through head-mounted display capable of combining, a see-through image path with a virtual image path such that the opaqueness of the see-through image path can be modulated and the virtual image occludes parts of the see-through image and vice versa. |
| FILED | Friday, April 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/857656 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/0172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2027/015 (20130101) G02B 2027/0118 (20130101) G02B 2027/0145 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 37/02 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2258 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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 controller for voltage regulators providing power to computer processors may control the number of active phases of each voltage regulator according to a determined electrical current demand from the processor. By relying on electrical current demand rather than a P-state, the latter generally indicating a power conservation status, improved regulator efficiencies may be had, in particular responding to situations where low current demand occurs under heavy processor demand because of C-state variations. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/461988 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/324 (20130101) G06F 1/3206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 1/3296 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09547476 | Suarez 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) | John Suarez (Brooklyn, New York); Moses Mingle (Forest Hill, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments are described that relate to random number generation. When a desire arises for a random number a circuit can be completed with a reverse biased semiconductor junction element. When the circuit is completed an analog voltage spike can be produced that is random due to properties of the reverse biased semiconductor-junction element. This analog voltage spike can be converted into a digital value that serves as the random number. The digital value can be outputted and used as the random number. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/514421 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/588 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09547845 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Raghu K. Ganti (Elmsford, New York); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York); Jingjing Wang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to mechanisms for the estimation of location privacy risk, comprising: building one or more trajectory models from auxiliary information (e.g., one or more maps, one or more routes); capturing common behavioral patterns (e.g., shortest route(s),/fastest route(s)); identifying, given unlinked trajectories for a plurality of users, most likely linkages using the trajectory model(s); eliminating one or more unlikely linkages based on deviation from the shortest route(s) and/or the fastest route(s); measuring privacy as the percentage of linkages correctly identified; and outputting the measured privacy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/921750 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/00 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09547884 | Ohnishi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORIES, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katsumi Ohnishi (Centreville, Virginia); David R. Kirk (Springfield, Virginia); Paul Matthew Techau (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for registering a test image with a reference image requires decimation of both images to create corresponding image pyramids. A Log-Polar Transformation (LPT) is then applied to corresponding pixels from the same highest levels of the respective pyramids. Next, these pixels are manipulated to establish a Normalized Correlation Coefficient (NCC) for their respective correlations. Approximately the highest 10% of correlated pixels are then retained to identify related pixels in the next lower level of their respective pyramids. Again, LPT is applied to these related pixels and they, in turn, are manipulated to establish NCC correlations for identifying pixels to be retained. This process is successively accomplished for each lower level of the pyramid until the lowest levels (i.e. the test image and the reference image) are correlated and used for registration of the test image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/956090 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0026 (20130101) G06T 2200/28 (20130101) G06T 2207/20016 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yunqian Ma (Oak Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunqian Ma (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a sensor to generate a first image having a first two-dimensional image pixel data set. A database provides a second image having a second two-dimensional image pixel data set that includes a three-dimensional positional data set describing a navigational position of each pixel in the second two-dimensional image pixel data set. A vision module includes an edge extractor to extract image edge features from the first two-dimensional pixel data set and image edge features from the second two-dimensional image pixel data set. The vision module includes a feature correlator to determine a navigational position for each pixel in the first two-dimensional data set based on an image edge feature comparison of the extracted edge features from the first and second two-dimensional image pixel data sets. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/725964 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/26 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/4604 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) G06T 5/20 (20130101) G06T 7/003 (20130101) G06T 7/0026 (20130101) G06T 7/0044 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10048 (20130101) G06T 2207/20024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20048 (20130101) G06T 2207/20072 (20130101) G06T 2207/20182 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for processing an image sequence described herein that provides a symmetric displaced frame difference equation. Next, an input image sequence can be received that includes a pair of image frames individually including multidimensional image data corresponding to a plurality of pixel locations at different times. Finally, using at least one processor, the symmetric displaced frame difference equation can be solved using an iteration equation and the image data of the pair of image frames to determine a displacement field describing displacement vectors at half of the total displacement vector. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/027906 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/2026 (20130101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/10048 (20130101) G06T 2207/30236 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/014 (20130101) H04N 7/0137 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Youngner (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems, and methods for ion trapping with integrated electromagnets are described herein. One device includes a plurality of electrodes configured to trap an ion above a surface of the device, a medial coil and a plurality of peripheral coils, each positioned at a respective radial angle associated with the medial coil, wherein the medial coil is configured to generate a first magnetic field having a first orientation, and wherein the peripheral coils are configured to generate a second magnetic field having a second orientation that opposes the first orientation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/742346 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09548206 | Hagleitner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helmut Hagleitner (Zebulon, North Carolina); Jason Gurganus (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helmut Hagleitner (Zebulon, North Carolina); Jason Gurganus (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of an ohmic contact structure for a Group III nitride semiconductor device and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In general, the ohmic contact structure has a root-mean-squared (RMS) surface roughness of less than 10 nanometers, and more preferably less than or equal to 7.5 nanometers, and more preferably less than or equal to 5 nanometers, and more preferably less than or equal to 2 nanometers, and even more preferably less than or equal to 1.5 nanometers. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182679 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/28575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/452 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
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| US 09548218 | Lee 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) | Kyusang Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy Zimmerman (Golden, Colorado); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed a method of preserving the integrity of a growth substrate in a epitaxial lift-off method, the method comprising providing a structure comprising a growth substrate, one or more protective layers, a sacrificial layer, and at least one epilayer, wherein the sacrificial layer and the one or more protective layers are positioned between the growth substrate and the at least one epilayer; releasing the at least one epilayer by etching the sacrificial layer with an etchant; and heat treating the growth substrate and/or at least one of the protective layers. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/374390 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 21/3245 (20130101) H01L 21/3247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1896 (20130101) H01L 33/007 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09548374 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); Charlotte Jonas (Morrisville, North Carolina); Anant K. Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a transistor device include forming a drift layer of a first conductivity type, forming a well of a second conductivity type in the drift layer, forming a JFET region with first conductivity type dopant ions in the drift layer, forming a channel adjustment layer of the first conductivity type on the JFET region and the well, implanting first conductivity type dopant ions to form an emitter region of the first conductivity type extending through the channel adjustment layer and into the well, wherein the emitter region is spaced apart from the JFET region by the well, implanting second conductivity type dopant ions to form a connector region of the second conductivity type adjacent the emitter region, forming a gate oxide layer on the channel region, and forming a gate on the gate oxide layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/260717 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/046 (20130101) H01L 21/049 (20130101) H01L 21/324 (20130101) H01L 21/2254 (20130101) H01L 21/02378 (20130101) H01L 21/02529 (20130101) H01L 21/26513 (20130101) H01L 29/1095 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7395 (20130101) H01L 29/66068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66333 (20130101) |
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| US 09548537 | Parkins |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Red Tail Hawk Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Red Tail Hawk Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Parkins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic field transmitter, especially a transmitter used in conjunction with wireless communications earplugs. In one embodiment, a plate of magnetic material is used behind a coil of electrical conductor to improve the efficiency of the transmitter and to provide electrical and magnetic shielding. The specific dimensions and characteristics of the preferred embodiment of the transmitter described herein provide for efficient wireless communications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/734272 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| 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 11/08 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/273 (20130101) H01Q 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 5/0006 (20130101) H04B 5/0075 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 1/1008 (20130101) H04R 1/1091 (20130101) H04R 25/554 (20130101) H04R 2209/022 (20130101) H04R 2420/07 (20130101) |
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| US 09548543 | Subbaraman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harish Subbaraman (Austin, Texas); Xiaochuan Xu (Austin, Texas); Yihong Chen (Austin, Texas); Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omega Optics, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish Subbaraman (Austin, Texas); Xiaochuan Xu (Austin, Texas); Yihong Chen (Austin, Texas); Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating an M×N, P-bit phased-array antenna on a flexible substrate is disclosed. The method comprising ink jet printing and hardening alignment marks, antenna elements, transmission lines, switches, an RF coupler, and multilayer interconnections onto the flexible substrate. The substrate of the M×N, P-bit phased-array antenna may comprise an integrated control circuit of printed electronic components such as, photovoltaic cells, batteries, resistors, capacitors, etc. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/591908 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/38 (20130101) H01Q 21/061 (20130101) H01Q 21/0087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/125 (20130101) H05K 2201/09918 (20130101) H05K 2203/013 (20130101) |
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| US 09548626 | Ramirez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California); Shannon D. Kasa (San Diego, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California); Shannon D. Kasa (San Diego, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Power is provided to a remote device by receiving external energy from a laser source and storing the energy in a storage battery. A photovoltaic receiver capable of alignment in a preferred reception direction for receiving energy is used to receive energy from a source of excitement energy, and is configured to receive energy from a laser which is directed to the photovoltaic receiver. A charging circuit receives power from the photovoltaic receiver and is used to charge the storage battery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/859156 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/35 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09548684 | Cameron, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Conrad Cameron, Jr. (Ladera Ranch, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for controlling a brushless direct current motor. An H-bridge is configured to couple a direct current power source to windings of the brushless direct current motor. The H-bridge comprises a plurality of switches. A motor controller is configured to close one of the plurality of switches to put the H-bridge in a coast configuration, wherein the windings of the motor are short circuited. A desired direction for a current impulse to the windings is identified. The one of the plurality of switches is opened in response to identifying a first desired direction for the current impulse to provide the current impulse in the first desired direction to the windings. Another of the plurality of switches is closed in response to identifying a second desired direction for the current impulse to provide the current impulse in the second desired direction to the windings. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/506619 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 6/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02P 6/002 (20130101) H02P 6/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09548705 | Sen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shreyas Sen (Altana, Georgia); Abhijit Chatterjee (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shreyas Sen (Altana, Georgia); Abhijit Chatterjee (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An amplifier having orthogonal tuning elements is provided. In one embodiment, an amplifier comprises an input amplifier stage having a first tuning element used to control a first performance criteria of the amplifier; an output amplifier stage operatively coupled to the first amplifier stage; a bias circuit operatively coupled to the second amplifier stage and having a second tuning element used to control a second performance criteria of the amplifier; and wherein the first tuning element operates substantially independent of the second tuning element. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/831192 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 1/0261 (20130101) H03F 1/3205 (20130101) H03F 3/193 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03F 2200/294 (20130101) H03F 2200/451 (20130101) |
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| US D776822 | McKinley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A McKinley (New Carlisle, Ohio); Michael Resor (Huber Heights, Ohio); Haibo Dong (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
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| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 29/540180 |
| ART UNIT | 2916 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Medical and laboratory equipment D24/187 |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Willam Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy J. Halas (Houston, Texas); Peter Nordlander (Houston, Texas); Oara Neumann (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system including a steam generation system and a chamber. The steam generation system includes a complex and the steam generation system is configured to receive water, concentrate electromagnetic (EM) radiation received from an EM radiation source, apply the EM radiation to the complex, where the complex absorbs the EM radiation to generate heat, and transform, using the heat generated by the complex, the water to steam. The chamber is configured to receive the steam and an object, wherein the object is of medical waste, medical equipment, fabric, and fecal matter. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/947656 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 2/10 (20130101) A61L 11/00 (20130101) Disposal of Solid Waste B09B 3/0075 (20130101) B09B 3/0091 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 11/18 (20130101) C02F 2103/003 (20130101) C02F 2103/005 (20130101) C02F 2103/30 (20130101) C02F 2103/32 (20130101) C02F 2209/02 (20130101) C02F 2209/03 (20130101) C02F 2303/04 (20130101) Methods of Steam Generation; Steam Boilers F22B 1/006 (20130101) F22B 1/281 (20130101) Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/07 (20130101) F24J 2/14 (20130101) F24J 2/42 (20130101) F24J 2/48 (20130101) F24J 2/485 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 13/187 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/41 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 10/37 (20150501) |
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| US 09545612 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada Flintridge, California); William C. West (Aichi, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides conductive membranes for water splitting and solar fuel generation. The membranes comprise an embedded semiconductive/photoactive material and an oxygen or hydrogen evolution catalyst. Also provided are chassis and cassettes containing the membranes for use in fuel generation. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740185 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2059 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 14/005 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09546097 | Vail et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (Camas, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (Camas, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Vail (Vancouver, Washington); Yuhao Lu (Vancouver, Washington); Jong-Jan Lee (Camas, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for synthesizing iron hexacyanoferrate (FeHCF). The method forms a first solution of a ferrocyanide source [A4Fe(CN)6 |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/472228 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/58 (20130101) H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/0404 (20130101) H01M 4/0452 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09546220 | Jin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongjun Jin (West Richland, Washington); Richard C. Zangar (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjun Jin (West Richland, Washington); Richard C. Zangar (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for preparing an antibody are provided with the method including incorporating 3-bromo-4-hydroxy-benzoic acid into a protein to form an antigen, immunizing a mammalian host with the antigen, and recovering an antibody having an affinity for the antigen from the host. Antibodies having a binding affinity for a monohalotyrosine are provided as well as composition comprising an antibody bound with monohalotyrosine. Compositions comprising a protein having a 3-bromo-4-hydroxy-benzoic acid moiety are also provided. Methods for evaluating the severity of asthma are provide with the methods including analyzing sputum of a patient using an antibody having a binding affinity for monohalotyrosine, and measuring the amount of antibody bound to protein. Methods for determining eosinophil activity in bodily fluid are also provided with the methods including exposing bodily fluid to an antibody having a binding affinity for monohalotyrosine, and measuring the amount of bound antibody to determine the eosinophil activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276608 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6812 (20130101) G01N 2800/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09546256 | King et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. King (Midland, Michigan); Kshitish A. Patankar (Midland, Michigan); Stéphane Costeux (Midland, Michigan); Hyun K. Jeon (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymeric foam article with a polymer matrix defining multiple cells therein has a polymer component with a first polymer that is a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane grafted polymer that has a weight-average molecular weight of two kilograms per mole or higher and 200 kilograms per mole or lower. |
| FILED | Monday, November 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/437088 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/008 (20130101) C08J 9/0061 (20130101) C08J 9/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2203/06 (20130101) C08J 2205/044 (20130101) C08J 2205/046 (20130101) C08J 2333/12 (20130101) C08J 2383/06 (20130101) C08J 2425/08 (20130101) C08J 2433/12 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FIELD UPGRADING LIMITED (Calgary, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FIELD UPGRADING LIMITED (Calgary, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Howard Gordon (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for removing sulfur, nitrogen or metals from an oil feedstock. The method involves reacting the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and a radical capping substance. The alkali metal reacts with the metal, sulfur or nitrogen content to form one or more inorganic products and the radical capping substance reacts with the carbon and hydrogen content to form a hydrocarbon phase. The inorganic products may then be separated out from the hydrocarbon phase. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/323019 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 29/04 (20130101) C10G 29/20 (20130101) C10G 29/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 50/00 (20130101) C10G 2300/202 (20130101) C10G 2300/205 (20130101) C10G 2300/207 (20130101) C10G 2300/308 (20130101) C10G 2300/1025 (20130101) C10G 2300/1037 (20130101) |
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| US 09546420 | Habermehl |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Habermehl (Corrales, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Described methods are useful for depositing a silicon carbide film including Alpha-SiC at low temperatures (e.g., below about 1400° C.), and resulting multi-layer structures and devices. A method includes introducing a chlorinated hydrocarbon gas and a chlorosilicon gas into a reaction chamber, and reacting the chlorinated hydrocarbon gas with the chlorosilicon gas at a temperature of less than about 1400° C. to grow the silicon carbide film. The silicon carbide film so-formed includes Alpha-SiC. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/452322 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/325 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/165 (20130101) C30B 29/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02529 (20130101) |
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| US 09546598 | Ostebee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heath Michael Ostebee (Piedmont, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Christopher Paul Keener (Woodruff, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a variable volume combustor for use with a gas turbine engine. The variable volume combustor may include a liner, a number of micro-mixer fuel nozzles positioned within the liner, and a linear actuator so as to maneuver the micro-mixer fuel nozzles axially along the liner. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/760090 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 5/06 (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) |
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| US 09546601 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Won-Wook Kim (Greenville, South Carolina); Kevin Weston McMahan (Greenville, South Carolina); Shiva Kumar Srinivasan (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a clocked combustor can array for coherence reduction in a gas turbine engine. The clocked combustor can array may include a number of combustor cans positioned in a circumferential array. A first set of the combustor cans may have a first orientation and a second set of the combustor cans may have a second orientation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/681453 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 5/08 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/46 (20130101) F23R 2900/00014 (20130101) |
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| US 09546887 | Talin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Alec Talin (Dublin, California); Mark D. Allendorf (Pleasanton, California); Francois Leonard (Brentwood, California); Vitalie Stavila (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor device including a sensor substrate; and a thin film comprising a porous metal organic framework (MOF) on the substrate that presents more than one transduction mechanism when exposed to an analyte. A method including exposing a porous metal organic framework (MOF) on a substrate to an analyte; and identifying more than one transduction mechanism in response to the exposure to the analyte. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/573990 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 2253/204 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/125 (20130101) G01N 29/022 (20130101) G01N 33/004 (20130101) G01N 33/0027 (20130101) G01N 2291/02809 (20130101) |
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| US 09547107 | Guo 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) | Lingjie Jay Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andrew E. Hollowell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Yi-Kuei Wu (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical spectrum filtering devices displaying minimal angle dependence or angle insensitivity are provided. The filter comprises a localized plasmonic nanoresonator assembly having a metal material layer defining at least one nanogroove and a dielectric material disposed adjacent to the metal material layer. The dielectric material is disposed within the nanogroove(s). The localized plasmonic nanoresonator assembly is configured to funnel and absorb a portion of an electromagnetic spectrum in the at least one nanogroove via localized plasmonic resonance to generate a filtered output having a predetermined range of wavelengths that displays angle insensitivity. Thus, flexible, high efficiency angle independent color filters having very small diffraction limits are provided that are particularly suitable for use as pixels for various display devices or for use in anti-counterfeiting and cryptography applications. The structures can also be used for colored print applications and the elements can be rendered as pigment-like particles. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210742 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/26 (20130101) G02B 5/201 (20130101) G02B 5/3058 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/784 (20130101) Y10S 977/834 (20130101) |
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| US 09547526 | Jacob 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) | Arpith C. Jacob (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Olivier H. Sallenave (Baldwin Place, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for dispatching a function call includes receiving, at a supervisor processing element (PE) and from an origin PE, an identifier of a target device, a stack frame of the origin PE, and an address of a function called from the origin PE. The supervisor PE allocates a target PE of the target device. The supervisor PE copies the stack frame of the origin PE to a new stack frame on a call stack of the target PE. The supervisor PE instructs the target PE to execute the function. The supervisor PE receives a notification that execution of the function is complete. The supervisor PE copies the stack frame of the target PE to the stack frame of the origin PE. The supervisor PE releases the target PE of the target device. The supervisor PE instructs the origin PE to resume execution of the program. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/744048 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/54 (20130101) G06F 9/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09548150 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chen Zhou (Warren, Michigan); Frederick E. Pinkerton (Shelby Township, Michigan); Jan F. Herbst (Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | New magnetic materials containing cerium, iron, and small additions of a third element are disclosed. These materials comprise compounds Ce(Fe12−xMx) where x=1-4, having the ThMn12 tetragonal crystal structure (space group I4/mmm, #139). Compounds with M=B, Al, Si, P, S, Sc, Co, Ni, Zn, Ga, Ge, Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, and W are identified theoretically, and one class of compounds based on M=Si has been synthesized. The Si cognates are characterized by large magnetic moments (4πMs greater than 1.27 Tesla) and high Curie temperatures (264≦Tc≦305° C.). The Ce(Fe12−xMx) compound may contain one or more of Ti, V, Cr, and Mo in combination with an M element. Further enhancement in Tc is obtained by nitriding the Ce compounds through heat treatment in N2 gas while retaining the ThMn12 tetragonal crystal structure; for example CeFe10Si2N1.29 has Tc=426° C. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/786807 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0593 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09548192 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zane Baird (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wen-Ping Peng (Hualien, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to apparatuses for focusing ions at or above ambient pressure and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention provides an apparatus for focusing ions that includes an electrode having a cavity, at least one inlet within the electrode configured to operatively couple with an ionization source, such that discharge generated by the ionization source is injected into the cavity of the electrode, and an outlet. The cavity in the electrode is shaped such that upon application of voltage to the electrode, ions within the cavity are focused and directed to the outlet, which is positioned such that a proximal end of the outlet receives the focused ions and a distal end of the outlet is open to ambient pressure. |
| FILED | Monday, November 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/936223 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/06 (20130101) H01J 49/10 (20130101) H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/165 (20130101) |
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| US 09548382 | Jeng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts); National Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung, Taiwan); National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts); National Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung, Taiwan); National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horng-Tay Jeng (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Tay-Rong Chang (Taipei, Taiwan); Arun Bansil (Dover, Massachusetts); Hsin Lin (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wei-Feng Tsai (Taipei, Taiwan); Cheng-Yi Huang (Koahsiung, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided in one embodiment is a device, comprising: a substrate; and a layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the layer comprises a monolayer of crystals comprising a Group IV element. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/434483 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/7613 (20130101) H01L 29/7781 (20130101) H01L 29/66431 (20130101) H01L 29/66984 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 43/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09548394 | Das et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saptarshi Das (Willowbrook, Illinois); Anirudha V. Sumant (Plainfield, Illinois); Andreas Roelofs (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A two-dimensional thin film transistor and a method for manufacturing a two-dimensional thin film transistor includes layering a semiconducting channel material on a substrate, providing a first electrode material on top of the semiconducting channel material, patterning a source metal electrode and a drain metal electrode at opposite ends of the semiconducting channel material from the first electrode material, opening a window between the source metal electrode and the drain metal electrode, removing the first electrode material from the window located above the semiconducting channel material providing a gate dielectric above the semiconducting channel material, and providing a top gate above the gate dielectric, the top gate formed from a second electrode material. The semiconducting channel material is made of tungsten diselenide, the first electrode material and the second electrode material are made of graphene, and the gate dielectric is made of hexagonal boron nitride. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/692596 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/24 (20130101) H01L 29/45 (20130101) H01L 29/242 (20130101) H01L 29/4908 (20130101) H01L 29/66969 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 29/78648 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/78684 (20130101) H01L 29/78696 (20130101) |
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| US 09548411 | Nielson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies described herein pertain to assembling electronic devices into a microsystem. The electronic devices are disposed in a solution. Light can be applied to the electronic devices in the solution. The electronic devices can generate currents responsive to the light applied to the electronic devices in the solution, and the currents can cause electrochemical reactions that functionalize regions on surfaces of the electronic devices. Additionally or alternatively, the light applied to the electronic devices in the solution can cause the electronic devices to generate electric fields, which can orient the electronic devices and/or induce movement of the electronic devices with respect to a receiving substrate. Further, electrodes on a receiving substrate can be biased to attract and form connections with the electronic devices having the functionalized regions on the surfaces. The microsystem can include the receiving substrate and the electronic devices connected to the receiving substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/061576 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/142 (20130101) H01L 31/0475 (20141201) H01L 31/0504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1876 (20130101) H01L 2224/95145 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09548509 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Mark Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nicholas Hudak (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chad Staiger (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Harry Pratt (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Redox flow batteries including a half-cell electrode chamber coupled to a current collecting electrode are disclosed herein. In a general embodiment, a separator is coupled to the half-cell electrode chamber. The half-cell electrode chamber comprises a first redox-active mediator and a second redox-active mediator. The first redox-active mediator and the second redox-active mediator are circulated through the half-cell electrode chamber into an external container. The container includes an active charge-transfer material. The active charge-transfer material has a redox potential between a redox potential of the first redox-active mediator and a redox potential of the second redox-active mediator. The active charge-transfer material is a polyoxometalate or derivative thereof. The redox flow battery may be particularly useful in energy storage solutions for renewable energy sources and for providing sustained power to an electrical grid. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/569033 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/188 (20130101) H01M 8/04186 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 90/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09548512 | Liang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengdu Liang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ezhiylmurugan Rangasamy (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Nancy J. Dudney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jong Kahk Keum (Farragut, Tennessee); Adam Justin Rondinone (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid electrolyte for a lithium-sulfur battery includes particles of a lithium ion conducting oxide composition embedded within a lithium ion conducting sulfide composition. The lithium ion conducting oxide composition can be Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO). The lithium ion conducting sulfide composition can be β-Li3PS4 (LPS). A lithium ion battery and a method of making a solid electrolyte for a lithium ion battery are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/104803 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0562 (20130101) H01M 2300/0068 (20130101) H01M 2300/0071 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) |
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| US 09548536 | Ardavan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA (Hickory, North Carolina); LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); OXBRIDGE PULSAR SOURCES LIMITED (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | COMMSCOPE INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA (Hickory, North Carolina); LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); OXBRIDGE PULSAR SOURCES LTD. (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arzhang Ardavan (Oxford, United Kingdom); John Singleton (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kevin E. Linehan (Rowlett, Texas); Houshang Ardavan (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Andrea Caroline Schmidt-Zwiefel (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna may include a volume polarization current radiator and a feed network. The volume polarization current radiator, includes a dielectric solid (such as a dielectric strip), and a plurality of closely-spaced excitation elements (24), each excitation element (24) being configured to induce a volume polarization current distribution in the dielectric solid proximate to the excitation element when a voltage is applied to the excitation element. The feed network is coupled to the volume polarization current radiator. The feed network also includes a plurality of passive power divider elements (32) and a plurality of passive delay elements (d1-d6) coupling the first port (30) and the plurality of second ports (108, 109, 164), the plurality of power divider elements (32) and the plurality of phase delay elements (d1-d6) being configured such that a radio-frequency signal that is applied to the first port (30) experiences a progressive change of phase as it is coupled to the plurality of second ports (108, 109, 164) so as to cause the volume polarization current distribution to propagate along the dielectric solid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/651504 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/30 (20130101) H01Q 3/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 13/28 (20130101) H01Q 21/0075 (20130101) |
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| US 09548585 | McIntyre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dustin L. McIntyre (Washington, Pennsylvania); Steven D. Woodruff (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dustin L. McIntyre (Washington, Pennsylvania); Steven D. Woodruff (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-point laser device comprising a plurality of optical pumping sources. Each optical pumping source is configured to create pumping excitation energy along a corresponding optical path directed through a high-reflectivity mirror and into substantially different locations within the laser media thereby producing atomic optical emissions at substantially different locations within the laser media and directed along a corresponding optical path of the optical pumping source. An output coupler and one or more output lenses are configured to produce a plurality of lasing events at substantially different times, locations or a combination thereof from the multiple atomic optical emissions produced at substantially different locations within the laser media. The laser media is a single continuous media, preferably grown on a single substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/800959 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 19/0009 (20130101) G02B 19/0047 (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 3/11 (20130101) H01S 3/0071 (20130101) H01S 3/0941 (20130101) H01S 3/1643 (20130101) H01S 3/2383 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Spark Gaps; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark Gaps; Sparking Plugs; Corona Devices; Generating Ions to be Introduced into Non-enclosed Gases H01T 14/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09548677 | Lopez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Lopez (Chicago, Illinois); Gary Wiederrecht (Elmhurst, Illinois); David J. Gosztola (Naperville, Illinois); Derrick C. Mancini (Riverside, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanopositioning system for producing a coupling interaction between a first nanoparticle and a second nanoparticle. A first MEMS positioning assembly includes an electrostatic comb drive actuator configured to selectively displace a first nanoparticle in a first dimension and an electrode configured to selectively displace the first nanoparticle in a second dimensions. Accordingly, the first nanoparticle may be selectively positioned in two dimensions to modulate the distance between the first nanoparticle and a second nanoparticle that may be coupled to a second MEMS positioning assembly. Modulating the distance between the first and second nanoparticles obtains a coupling interaction between the nanoparticles that alters at least one material property of the nanoparticles applicable to a variety of sensing and control applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/565737 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 7/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 2201/02 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (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 1/17 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/2036 (20150115) Y10T 74/20354 (20150115) |
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| US 09545383 | Hamad-Schifferli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli (Somerville, Massachusetts); Salmaan H. Baxamusa (Livermore, California); Helena de Puig Guixe (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure is directed to enabling reversible, on-demand remote control of blood clotting and clot dissolution. In one embodiment, a laser at one wavelength triggers release of a DNA thrombin inhibitor from one nanorod, which acts as an anticoagulant to stop blood clotting. Another wavelength triggers release of a specific antidote, which reverses the effect of the thrombin inhibitor, restoring blood clotting. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/675248 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 41/0028 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) |
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| US 09545447 | Wooley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TEXAS A and M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Wooley (College Station, Texas); Jiong Zou (College Station, Texas); Mahmoud El Sabahy (College Station, Texas); Shiyi Zhang (Bryan, Texas); Fuwu Zhang (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to polymer-drug systems, and more particularly to nanoscopic particles comprising amphiphilic block copolymers conjugated, physically encapsulated, or otherwise combined with chemotherapeutic agents along a selective region or regions of the backbone of the copolymer, so as to package the chemotherapeutic agent in selective domains within each nanoscopic particle, as well as to methods for making such particles, and applications and methods for using such particles, including in the formation of polymer micelles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/043456 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/482 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) |
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| US 09545625 | Andino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jean Andino (Chandler, Arizona); Tingting Gao (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean Andino (Chandler, Arizona); Tingting Gao (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionic liquid functionalized reduced graphite oxide (IL-RGO)/TiO2 nanocomposite was synthesized and used to reduce CO2 to a hydrocarbon in the presence of H2O vapor. |
| FILED | Monday, November 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/076764 |
| 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 19/123 (20130101) B01J 19/127 (20130101) B01J 21/18 (20130101) B01J 21/20 (20130101) B01J 21/063 (20130101) B01J 31/0284 (20130101) B01J 31/0295 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/0013 (20130101) B01J 35/0033 (20130101) B01J 35/0093 (20130101) B01J 37/16 (20130101) B01J 38/04 (20130101) B01J 2231/625 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/02 (20130101) C07C 1/02 (20130101) C07C 9/04 (20130101) C07C 2521/06 (20130101) C07C 2521/18 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 3/04 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) Y02P 20/584 (20151101) |
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| US 09546092 | Aksay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); David L. Milius (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); David L. Milius (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Functionalized graphene sheets having a carbon to oxygen molar ratio of at least about 23:1 and method of preparing the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/866306 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0476 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/22 (20130101) C01B 2204/30 (20130101) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09546101 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio); Maria E. Inman (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Joseph Kell (Dayton, Ohio); Heather McCrabb (Kettering, Ohio); Anthony Ferrante (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ross Youngs (Dublin, Ohio); John Nicholas Meister (Columbus, Ohio); James Robert Cook (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FARADAY TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Clayton, Ohio); PHYSICAL SCIENCES, INC. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio); Maria E. Inman (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Joseph Kell (Dayton, Ohio); Heather McCrabb (Kettering, Ohio); Anthony Ferrante (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ross Youngs (Dublin, Ohio); John Nicholas Meister (Columbus, Ohio); James Robert Cook (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for the concentration of suspended algae particles in an aqueous solution. The apparatus includes an electrolytic cell containing at least an anode and a cathode, and a filter. The electrolytic cell receives a solution containing suspended algae particles therein. A power supply is near the filter. A zone of depleted suspended algae particles is near the filter, formed under the influence of an applied electric field from the power supply. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/749019 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 57/02 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/46104 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 2201/461 (20130101) |
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| US 09546230 | Sita |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence R. Sita (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of producing a polyolefin composition comprising contacting a binuclear metallocene pre-catalyst and a co-catalyst, adding a excess of a metal alkyl, then adding a first olefin monomer. The method allows for the production of polyolefins with a highly stereoregular stereochemical microstructure through living coordination polymerization in which rapid reversible chain transfer between a racemic mixture of a chiral active transition metal propagating center and multiple equivalents of inert main group metal alkyl is competitive with chain-growth propagation at the active center. By virtue of the slower rate of chain-transfer relative to propagation that can be achieved with a binuclear catalyst relative to the corresponding mononuclear catalyst, the present invention provides a work-around solution to the intrinsic limitation on product volume imposed by a traditional living polymerization, as well as a work-around solution to the stereochemically random microstructure that is normally obtained as the result of rapid and reversible chain-transfer between two populations of chiral active propagating centers, of opposite absolute configuration, when a racemic mixture of the pre-catalyst is employed. In essence, the field of invention is defined as stereoselective living coordinative chain-transfer polymerization. |
| FILED | Monday, January 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/153817 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 4/6592 (20130101) C08F 4/64044 (20130101) C08F 4/65908 (20130101) C08F 10/00 (20130101) C08F 110/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09546247 | Lei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Lei (Mansfield Center, Connecticut); Ying Wang (Willington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Explosives detection polymers are provided that include a polyamine polymer, such as polyethylenimine, functionalized with a small molecule fluorophore. Methods for detecting an explosive material using polyamine polymers functionalized with a small molecule fluorophore are also provided. Sensors for explosive detection are provided that include a polyamine polymer functionalized with a small molecule fluorophore and a complementary analytical device. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/386198 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 73/0213 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/643 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) G01N 33/1826 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/147777 (20150115) Y10T 436/170769 (20150115) Y10T 436/173076 (20150115) |
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| US 09546952 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wonshik Choi (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ramachandra Dasari (Shererville, Indiana); Christopher Fang-Yen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Feld (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and methods for quantitative three-dimensional mapping of refractive index in living or non-living cells, tissues, or organisms using a phase-shifting laser interferometric microscope with variable illumination angle. A preferred embodiment provides tomographic imaging of cells and multicellular organisms, and time-dependent changes in cell structure and the quantitative characterization of specimen-induced aberrations in high-resolution microscopy with multiple applications in tissue light scattering. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/490242 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/51 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 2021/458 (20130101) G01N 2201/12 (20130101) G01N 2201/061 (20130101) G01N 2201/105 (20130101) |
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| US 09546958 | Shih |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Chuan Shih (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates the use of a stamping surface enhanced Raman scattering (S-SERS) technique with nanoporous gold disk (NPGD) plasmonic substrates to produce a label-free, multiplexed molecular sensing and imaging technique. A NPGD SERS substrate is stamped onto a surface containing one or more target molecules, followed by SERS measurement of the target molecules located between the surface and SERS substrate. The target molecules may be deposited on the surface, which may be a carrier substrate such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/699025 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (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 3/44 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09547015 | O'Farrell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diagnostic Consulting Network, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DIAGNOSTIC CONSULTING NETWORK, INC. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan O'Farrell (Carlsbad, California); Hans Boehringer (San Diego, California); Roy Chung (Carlsbad, California); Winnie Tong (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions, kits, methods and devices for cyanide detection, particularly for cyanide detection in biological samples such as whole blood. The method comprises (1) contacting a sample with a cobinamide conjugate comprising a cobinamide moiety and a carrier; and (2) measuring the absorbance of light by the cobinamide conjugate. The present disclosure provides field-deployable cyanide detection methods, compositions, kits and devices, which provide rapid, accurate readout at the point of contact. Further provided herein is a method for determining exposure of a subject to cyanide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/793538 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 33/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) |
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| US 09547018 | Abbott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas L. Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); I-Hsin Lin (Neutraubling, Germany); Christopher J. Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Jugal Gupta (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for using changes in the defects in micrometer sized dispersed liquid crystal domains to detect or quantify analytes in a test sample, including endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS), are disclosed. The dispersed liquid crystal microdomains are exposed to the test sample, and any changes in the number of defects in the liquid crystal microdomains are detected by detecting changes in the anchoring configuration of the microdomains. Such changes in anchoring configuration indicate the presence of analyte in the test sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/096475 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/21 (20130101) G01N 21/49 (20130101) G01N 21/51 (20130101) G01N 21/77 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/4704 (20130101) G01N 2021/4792 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) G01N 2400/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09547107 | Guo 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) | Lingjie Jay Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andrew E. Hollowell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Yi-Kuei Wu (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical spectrum filtering devices displaying minimal angle dependence or angle insensitivity are provided. The filter comprises a localized plasmonic nanoresonator assembly having a metal material layer defining at least one nanogroove and a dielectric material disposed adjacent to the metal material layer. The dielectric material is disposed within the nanogroove(s). The localized plasmonic nanoresonator assembly is configured to funnel and absorb a portion of an electromagnetic spectrum in the at least one nanogroove via localized plasmonic resonance to generate a filtered output having a predetermined range of wavelengths that displays angle insensitivity. Thus, flexible, high efficiency angle independent color filters having very small diffraction limits are provided that are particularly suitable for use as pixels for various display devices or for use in anti-counterfeiting and cryptography applications. The structures can also be used for colored print applications and the elements can be rendered as pigment-like particles. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210742 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/26 (20130101) G02B 5/201 (20130101) G02B 5/3058 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/784 (20130101) Y10S 977/834 (20130101) |
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| US 09547163 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhiwen Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Chuan Yang (State College, Pennsylvania); Kebin Shi (Beijing, China PRC); Mingda Zhou (State College, Pennsylvania); Siyang Zheng (State College, Pennsylvania); Shizhuo Yin (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiwen Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Chuan Yang (State College, Pennsylvania); Kebin Shi (Beijing, China PRC); Mingda Zhou (State College, Pennsylvania); Siyang Zheng (State College, Pennsylvania); Shizhuo Yin (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | We present a method for parallel axial imaging, or z-microscopy, utilizing an array of tilted micro mirrors arranged along the axial direction. Image signals emitted from different axial positions can be orthogonally reflected by the corresponding micro mirrors and spatially separated for parallel detection, essentially converting the more challenging axial imaging to a lateral imaging problem. Each micro mirror also provides optical sectioning capability due to its finite dimension. |
| FILED | Friday, November 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/093188 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/006 (20130101) G02B 21/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09547355 | Kim |
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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 controller for voltage regulators providing power to computer processors may control the number of active phases of each voltage regulator according to a determined electrical current demand from the processor. By relying on electrical current demand rather than a P-state, the latter generally indicating a power conservation status, improved regulator efficiencies may be had, in particular responding to situations where low current demand occurs under heavy processor demand because of C-state variations. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/461988 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/324 (20130101) G06F 1/3206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 1/3296 (20130101) |
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| US 09547524 | Shavit et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nir N. Shavit (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexander Matveev (Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Hybrid transaction memory systems and accompanying methods. A transaction to be executed is received, and an initial attempt is made to execute the transaction in a hardware path. Upon a failure to successfully execute the transaction in the hardware path, an attempt is made to execute the transaction in a hardware-software path. The hardware-software path includes a software path and at least one hardware transaction. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136824 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/466 (20130101) G06F 9/467 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/528 (20130101) |
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| US 09547603 | Basu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arkaprava Basu (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark D. Hill (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael M. Swift (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory management unit for I/O devices uses page table entries to translate virtual addresses to physical addresses. The page table entries include removal rules allowing the I/O memory management unit to delete page table entries without CPU involvement significantly reducing the CPU overhead involved in virtualized I/O data transactions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/012261 |
| ART UNIT | 2131 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/12 (20130101) G06F 12/1009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/1027 (20130101) |
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| US 09547940 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu Sun (Tampa, Florida); Jaime E. Sanchez (Tampa, Florida); Xiaoning Qian (Austin, Texas); Bingxiong Lin (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Sun (Tampa, Florida); Jaime E. Sanchez (Tampa, Florida); Xiaoning Qian (Austin, Texas); Bingxiong Lin (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method for providing augmented reality in minimally invasive surgery includes capturing pre-operative image data of internal organs of a patient, capturing intra-operative image data of the internal organs with an endoscope during a surgical procedure, registering the pre-operative image data and the intra-operative data in real time during the surgical procedure, tracking the position and orientation of the endoscope during the surgical procedure, and augmenting the intra-operative image data captured by the endoscope in real time with a rendering of an internal organ of the patient. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/852501 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/004 (20130101) G06T 15/60 (20130101) G06T 17/00 (20130101) G06T 19/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10012 (20130101) G06T 2207/10081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30004 (20130101) G06T 2210/41 (20130101) |
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| US 09548242 | Busnaina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Busnaina (Needham, Massachusetts); Cihan Yilmaz (Boston, Massachusetts); TaeHoon Kim (Revere, Massachusetts); Sivasubramanian Somu (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a fast, scalable, room temperature process for fabricating metallic nanorods from nanoparticles or fabricating metallic or semiconducting nanorods from carbon nanotubes suspended in an aqueous solution. The assembled nanorods are suitable for use as nanoscale interconnects in CMOS-based devices and sensors. Metallic nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes are assembled into lithographically patterned vias by applying an external electric field. Since the dimensions of nanorods are controlled by the dimensions of vias, the nanorod dimensions can be scaled down to the low nanometer range. The aqueous assembly process is environmentally friendly and can be used to make nanorods using different types of metallic particles as well as semiconducting and metallic nanotubes. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/837227 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 13/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/2885 (20130101) H01L 21/76879 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/5226 (20130101) H01L 23/53214 (20130101) H01L 23/53228 (20130101) H01L 23/53242 (20130101) H01L 23/53257 (20130101) H01L 23/53276 (20130101) H01L 2221/1094 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09548414 | Webster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Preston T. Webster (Tempe, Arizona); Ankur R. Sharma (Malta, New York); Chaturvedi Gogineni (Tempe, Arizona); Shane R. Johnson (Chandler, Arizona); Nathaniel A. Riordan (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical devices based on bismuth-containing III-V compound semiconductor materials are disclosed. The optical device includes an optically active pseudomorphic superlattice formed on a substrate. The superlattice includes alternating InAsSby layers (where y is greater than or equal to zero) and InAsBi layers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/558410 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/03046 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
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| US 09548697 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongrui Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Chensha Li (Beijing, China PRC); Ye Liu (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive solar tracking system to enhance solar cell output is provided. The passive solar tracking system includes a panel having at least one solar cell for solar-to-electric conversion and an actuator that is arranged for moving the panel to provide the variable facing direction of the panel. The actuator is directly driven by light such as sunlight to provide artificial heliotropism-type movements of the panel, so that the panel passively tracks and continuously faces the sun. The actuator may be made from a composite material including a matrix of liquid crystal elastomer material incorporating single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes and an elastic skeleton defined by a 3D polyurethane fiber-network. An actuator housing may be arranged with respect to the actuator for enhancing delivery of stimulus to the actuator. The actuator housing may include a heat collector and a light concentrator for facilitating actuation of the actuator. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/780404 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 35/02 (20130101) B29C 2071/022 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/38 (20130101) F24J 2/48 (20130101) F24J 2/5417 (20130101) F24J 2/5431 (20130101) F24J 2002/5437 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/32 (20141201) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/47 (20130101) Y02E 10/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09548736 | Stevens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth S. Stevens (Salt Lake City, Utah); William Lee (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Technology is described for a relative timed clock gated cell. In one example, the relative timed clock gated cell includes a trigger latch and a data clock latch. The trigger latch includes a clock input coupled to a trigger line for transmitting a trigger signal. The trigger latch is configured to generate a data clock signal on an output. The trigger signal is based on a clock signal. The data clock latch includes a clock input coupled to the output of the trigger latch that latches a data input of the data clock latch based on the data clock signal. Various other computing circuitries and methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/740055 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 3/012 (20130101) H03K 19/0016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 21/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09545612 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada Flintridge, California); William C. West (Aichi, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides conductive membranes for water splitting and solar fuel generation. The membranes comprise an embedded semiconductive/photoactive material and an oxygen or hydrogen evolution catalyst. Also provided are chassis and cassettes containing the membranes for use in fuel generation. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740185 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2059 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 14/005 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09546008 | Santos Soto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luis H. Santos Soto (Greenbackville, Virginia); Scott V. Hesh (Greenbackville, Virginia); John D. Hudeck (Pocomoke, Maryland) |
| 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) | Luis H. Santos Soto (Greenbackville, Virginia); Scott V. Hesh (Greenbackville, Virginia); John D. Hudeck (Pocomoke, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Miniature release mechanisms constrain objects, such as deployables during the launch of space vehicles, such as small satellites and nanosatellites, and enable the release of the objects once a desired destination is reached by the space vehicle. Constraint and release of the objects are achieved by providing a secure threaded interface that may be released by the release mechanisms. The release mechanisms include a housing structure; a release block can include a threaded interface; one or more retracting pins; one or more release springs; a breakable link, such as a plastic link; a cable harness clamp; and a circuit board. The release mechanism can be 0.1875 inches (approximately 4.8 mm) thick. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/501724 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/443 (20130101) |
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| US 09546092 | Aksay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); David L. Milius (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); David L. Milius (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Functionalized graphene sheets having a carbon to oxygen molar ratio of at least about 23:1 and method of preparing the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/866306 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0476 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/22 (20130101) C01B 2204/30 (20130101) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09546574 | Duge |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert T. Duge (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert T. Duge (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A device capable of collecting a condensate from a working fluid is disclosed. The condensate can take the form of a liquid and can be injected into a flow path of an engine. In one form the engine is a gas turbine engine and the liquid is injected upstream of a combustor. The liquid can be produced using a component that cools the working fluid to condense a vapor within it. In one non-limiting form the component is part of a refrigeration system. In addition to producing condensate, the refrigeration system can cool the working fluid to be used as cooled cooling air to a turbine of a gas turbine engine. In another non-limiting embodiment a liquid derived from a blackwater containing waste from an organism can be delivered in whole or in part to a flow path of the engine. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336736 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 3/305 (20130101) F02C 6/08 (20130101) F02C 7/143 (20130101) F02C 7/185 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/211 (20130101) F05D 2260/212 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/675 (20130101) |
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| US 09546678 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration (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) | K. Chauncey Wu (Yorktown, Virginia); Robert A. Martin (Yorktown, Virginia); Brian K. Stewart (Hayes, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A structural joint is formed of a mandrel having a plurality of bumps and dimples formed thereon which is fitted into a sleeve. The bumps and dimples form a non-circular geometry at all points along the length of the mandrel. The bumps are defined by surfaces which have 1st and 2nd derivatives which are continuous. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/105757 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, or Fencing; Ball Games; Training Equipment A63B 17/02 (20130101) A63B 17/04 (20130101) Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 3/02 (20130101) F16C 3/023 (20130101) F16C 3/026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16C 7/02 (20130101) F16C 7/026 (20130101) F16C 2326/43 (20130101) Couplings for Transmitting Rotation; Clutches; Brakes F16D 2001/102 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 403/7073 (20150115) Y10T 403/7098 (20150115) |
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| US 09546958 | Shih |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Chuan Shih (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates the use of a stamping surface enhanced Raman scattering (S-SERS) technique with nanoporous gold disk (NPGD) plasmonic substrates to produce a label-free, multiplexed molecular sensing and imaging technique. A NPGD SERS substrate is stamped onto a surface containing one or more target molecules, followed by SERS measurement of the target molecules located between the surface and SERS substrate. The target molecules may be deposited on the surface, which may be a carrier substrate such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/699025 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (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 3/44 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09548543 | Subbaraman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harish Subbaraman (Austin, Texas); Xiaochuan Xu (Austin, Texas); Yihong Chen (Austin, Texas); Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omega Optics, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish Subbaraman (Austin, Texas); Xiaochuan Xu (Austin, Texas); Yihong Chen (Austin, Texas); Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating an M×N, P-bit phased-array antenna on a flexible substrate is disclosed. The method comprising ink jet printing and hardening alignment marks, antenna elements, transmission lines, switches, an RF coupler, and multilayer interconnections onto the flexible substrate. The substrate of the M×N, P-bit phased-array antenna may comprise an integrated control circuit of printed electronic components such as, photovoltaic cells, batteries, resistors, capacitors, etc. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/591908 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/38 (20130101) H01Q 21/061 (20130101) H01Q 21/0087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/125 (20130101) H05K 2201/09918 (20130101) H05K 2203/013 (20130101) |
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| US 09549467 | Petrick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Petrick (Severna Park, Maryland); Luan Vo (Springfield, Virginia); Dennis Albaijes (Hialeah, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic assembly for use in space missions that includes a PCB and one or more multi-pin CGA devices coupled to the PCB. The PCB has one or more via-in-pad features and each via-in-pad feature comprises a land pad configured to couple a pin of the one or more multi-pin CGA devices to the via. The PCB also includes a plurality of layers arranged symmetrically in a two-halves configuration above and below a central plane of the PCB. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/041407 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09546101 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio); Maria E. Inman (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Joseph Kell (Dayton, Ohio); Heather McCrabb (Kettering, Ohio); Anthony Ferrante (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ross Youngs (Dublin, Ohio); John Nicholas Meister (Columbus, Ohio); James Robert Cook (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FARADAY TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Clayton, Ohio); PHYSICAL SCIENCES, INC. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio); Maria E. Inman (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Joseph Kell (Dayton, Ohio); Heather McCrabb (Kettering, Ohio); Anthony Ferrante (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ross Youngs (Dublin, Ohio); John Nicholas Meister (Columbus, Ohio); James Robert Cook (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for the concentration of suspended algae particles in an aqueous solution. The apparatus includes an electrolytic cell containing at least an anode and a cathode, and a filter. The electrolytic cell receives a solution containing suspended algae particles therein. A power supply is near the filter. A zone of depleted suspended algae particles is near the filter, formed under the influence of an applied electric field from the power supply. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/749019 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 57/02 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/46104 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 2201/461 (20130101) |
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| US 09546176 | Schwiebert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DISCOVERYBIOMED, INC. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DISCOVERYBIOMED, INC. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Schwiebert (Birmingham, Alabama); John Streiff (Birmingham, Alabama); John Dixon (Leicestershire, United Kingdom); Hongwu Gao (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel CFTR corrector compounds that are effective in rescuing halide efflux, delF508-CFTR protein processing, and apical functional chloride ion transport in a cell are provided. Also provided are methods for treating protein folding disorders (e.g., cystic fibrosis). The methods include administering a CFTR corrector compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. Methods of rescuing halide efflux in a cell, correcting a processing defect of a delF508-CFTR protein in a cell, and correcting functional delF508-CFTR chloride channels in a cell are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/646092 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/08 (20130101) C07D 487/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 498/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09547174 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Magic Leap, Inc. (Dania Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Magic Leap, Inc. (Dania Beach, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chunyu Gao (Tucson, Arizona); Yuxiang Lin (Tucson, Arizona); Hong Hua (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a compact optical see-through head-mounted display capable of combining, a see-through image path with a virtual image path such that the opaqueness of the see-through image path can be modulated and the virtual image occludes parts of the see-through image and vice versa. |
| FILED | Friday, April 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/857656 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/0172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2027/015 (20130101) G02B 2027/0118 (20130101) G02B 2027/0145 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 37/02 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2258 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) |
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| US 09547884 | Ohnishi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORIES, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katsumi Ohnishi (Centreville, Virginia); David R. Kirk (Springfield, Virginia); Paul Matthew Techau (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for registering a test image with a reference image requires decimation of both images to create corresponding image pyramids. A Log-Polar Transformation (LPT) is then applied to corresponding pixels from the same highest levels of the respective pyramids. Next, these pixels are manipulated to establish a Normalized Correlation Coefficient (NCC) for their respective correlations. Approximately the highest 10% of correlated pixels are then retained to identify related pixels in the next lower level of their respective pyramids. Again, LPT is applied to these related pixels and they, in turn, are manipulated to establish NCC correlations for identifying pixels to be retained. This process is successively accomplished for each lower level of the pyramid until the lowest levels (i.e. the test image and the reference image) are correlated and used for registration of the test image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/956090 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0026 (20130101) G06T 2200/28 (20130101) G06T 2207/20016 (20130101) |
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| US 09548537 | Parkins |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Red Tail Hawk Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Red Tail Hawk Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Parkins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic field transmitter, especially a transmitter used in conjunction with wireless communications earplugs. In one embodiment, a plate of magnetic material is used behind a coil of electrical conductor to improve the efficiency of the transmitter and to provide electrical and magnetic shielding. The specific dimensions and characteristics of the preferred embodiment of the transmitter described herein provide for efficient wireless communications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/734272 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| 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 11/08 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/273 (20130101) H01Q 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 5/0006 (20130101) H04B 5/0075 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 1/1008 (20130101) H04R 1/1091 (20130101) H04R 25/554 (20130101) H04R 2209/022 (20130101) H04R 2420/07 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09545584 | Khripin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantine Y. Khripin (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Ming Zheng (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for fractionating a nanoparticle composition, the process includes combining a first polymer, a second polymer, and a solvent to form a fluid and contacting the nanoparticle composition with the fluid. The nanoparticle composition includes a plurality of first nanoparticles, a plurality of second nanoparticles, and a dispersant disposed on an exterior surface of the first nanoparticles and the second nanoparticles. Fractionating the nanoparticle composition also includes forming a multiphase composition that includes a first phase and a second phase by partitioning the first polymer and the second polymer such that a concentration of the first polymer is greater than a concentration of the second polymer in the first phase, and the concentration of the second polymer is greater than the first polymer in the second phase, wherein the solvent is present in the first phase and the second phase. Additionally, the process includes apportioning the first nanoparticles and the second nanoparticles among the first phase and the second phase to fractionate the nanoparticle composition, based on a relative affinity of the first nanoparticles and the second nanoparticles for the first polymer and the second polymer, wherein the first nanoparticles are present in the first phase and substantially absent in the second phase, and the second nanoparticles are present in the second phase and substantially absent in the first phase. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/189619 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 11/028 (20130101) B01D 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0266 (20130101) C01B 2202/02 (20130101) C01B 2202/22 (20130101) C01B 2202/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09548092 | Richter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The National Institute of Standards and Technology, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The National Institute of Standards and Technology, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curt Andrew Richter (Olney, Maryland); Hyuk-Jae Jang (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A spin transport channel includes a dielectric layer contacting a conductive layer. The dielectric layer includes at least one of a tantalum oxide, hafnium oxide, titanium oxide, and nickel oxide. An intermediate spin layer contacts the dielectric layer. The intermediate spin layer includes at least one of copper and silver. The conductive layer is more electrochemically inert than the intermediate spin layer. A polarizer layer contacts the intermediate spin layer. The polarizer layer includes one of a nickel-iron based material, iron, and cobalt based material. The conductive layer and intermediate layer are disposed on opposite sides of the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer and the polarizer layer are disposed on opposite sides of the intermediate spin layer. The intermediate spin layer is arranged to form a conducting path through the dielectric layer configured to transport a plurality of electrons. Each of the plurality of electrons maintains a polarized electron spin. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/690803 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/16 (20130101) G11C 11/161 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/222 (20130101) H01L 29/66984 (20130101) H01L 43/08 (20130101) |
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Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 09545447 | Wooley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TEXAS A and M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Wooley (College Station, Texas); Jiong Zou (College Station, Texas); Mahmoud El Sabahy (College Station, Texas); Shiyi Zhang (Bryan, Texas); Fuwu Zhang (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to polymer-drug systems, and more particularly to nanoscopic particles comprising amphiphilic block copolymers conjugated, physically encapsulated, or otherwise combined with chemotherapeutic agents along a selective region or regions of the backbone of the copolymer, so as to package the chemotherapeutic agent in selective domains within each nanoscopic particle, as well as to methods for making such particles, and applications and methods for using such particles, including in the formation of polymer micelles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/043456 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/482 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) |
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| US 09546958 | Shih |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Chuan Shih (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates the use of a stamping surface enhanced Raman scattering (S-SERS) technique with nanoporous gold disk (NPGD) plasmonic substrates to produce a label-free, multiplexed molecular sensing and imaging technique. A NPGD SERS substrate is stamped onto a surface containing one or more target molecules, followed by SERS measurement of the target molecules located between the surface and SERS substrate. The target molecules may be deposited on the surface, which may be a carrier substrate such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/699025 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (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 3/44 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09545431 | Donovan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Donovan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Donovan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The routine use of antibiotics to battle Streptococcal pathogens has produced a new class of superbug—multi-drug resistant streptococci resulting in a need for new antimicrobials. The LambdaSa2 prophage endolysin gene harbors an amidase-5 (endopeptidase), an amidase-4 (glycosidase) domain and two Cpl-7 cell wall-binding domains. This endolysin can digest the cell walls of Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus. Turbidity reduction and plate lysis assays indicate that this peptidoglycan hydrolase also shows strong lytic activity toward Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Streptococcus uberis, Streptococcus equi, GES, and GGS. Deletion analysis on the His-tagged version of this gene further indicates that the N-terminal endopeptidase domain is minimally active in the absence of a Cpl-7 domain when lysing cells from without; however, with both Cpl-7 domains, it achieves a higher specific activity than the full length protein (on some strains) and shows weak activity against two Coagulase Negative Staphylococci, Staphylococcus hyicus and Staphylococcus xyloses. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470321 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09546247 | Lei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Lei (Mansfield Center, Connecticut); Ying Wang (Willington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Explosives detection polymers are provided that include a polyamine polymer, such as polyethylenimine, functionalized with a small molecule fluorophore. Methods for detecting an explosive material using polyamine polymers functionalized with a small molecule fluorophore are also provided. Sensors for explosive detection are provided that include a polyamine polymer functionalized with a small molecule fluorophore and a complementary analytical device. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/386198 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 73/0213 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/643 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) G01N 33/1826 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/147777 (20150115) Y10T 436/170769 (20150115) Y10T 436/173076 (20150115) |
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Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 09546396 | Cox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Washington); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Cox (Madison, Wisconsin); John R. Battista (Baton Roughe, Louisiana); Audrey J. Klingele (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph R. Piechura (Hartford, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method for DNA double-strand break repair in vitro are disclosed. Applications of the disclosed method in multiple areas are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/066126 |
| 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 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 2521/513 (20130101) C12Q 2522/101 (20130101) C12Q 2531/119 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09546151 | Janowsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Organix Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Organix Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Janowsky (Portland, Oregon); Peter Meltzer (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compounds that bind to the vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2), pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds, and methods of treatment using said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/815356 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 409/14 (20130101) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09547474 | Long et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Long (St. Paul, Minnesota); Peter M. Klausler (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system is operable to identify subfields that differ in two data elements using a bit matrix compare function between a first matrix filled with pattern elements and a reference pattern. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/337750 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 7/57 (20130101) G06F 9/30018 (20130101) G06F 9/30021 (20130101) G06F 9/30036 (20130101) G06F 17/16 (20130101) |
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U.S. State Government
| US 09546370 | Lake et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board Of Regents, A Body Corporate Of The State Of Arizona Acting For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Lake (Scottsdale, Arizona); Benjamin Katchman (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for tumor treatment by administering an inhibitor of quiescin sulfhydryl oxidase 1 (QSOX1), compositions comprising such inhibitors, and methods for identifying such inhibitors. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/934644 |
| 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 38/44 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (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 1/26 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 108/03002 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/5011 (20130101) |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2017/fedinvent-patents-20170117.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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