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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 24, 2017
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| US 09549549 | Whitten et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David G. Whitten (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirk S. Schanze (Gainesville, Florida); Eunkyung Ji (Ervy le Chatel, France); Dimitri Dascier (Ervy le Chatel, France); Anand Parthasarathy (Gainsville, Florida); Thomas S. Corbitt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirsten Cicotte (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Elizabeth LeBleu Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Xuzhi Zhu (Gainsville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Whitten (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirk S. Schanze (Gainesville, Florida); Eunkyung Ji (Ervy le Chatel, France); Dimitri Dascier (Ervy le Chatel, France); Anand Parthasarathy (Gainsville, Florida); Thomas S. Corbitt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirsten Cicotte (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Elizabeth LeBleu Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Xuzhi Zhu (Gainsville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and materials for decontamination of surfaces and fabrics, such as non-woven fabrics, that are contaminated with infestations of microorganisms such as bacteria. Biocidal oligomers having conjugated oligo-(aryl/heteroaryl ethynyl) structures and comprising at least one cationic group can be used to decontaminate infested surfaces in the presence of oxygen and, optionally, illumination. Fibers incorporating biocidal oligomers having conjugated oligo-(aryl/heteroaryl ethynyl) structures and comprising at least one cationic group, wherein the oligomer is physically associated with or covalently bonded to, or both, the fiber-forming polymer can be used to form non-woven mats. Biocidal non-woven mats prepared by methods of the invention, incorporating the biocidal oligomers, can be used to suppress bacterial growth in wound and surgical dressings and personal hygiene products. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/233130 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — 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 25/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 33/12 (20130101) A01N 33/12 (20130101) A01N 37/10 (20130101) A01N 43/10 (20130101) A01N 43/10 (20130101) A01N 43/90 (20130101) A01N 43/90 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 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 15/46 (20130101) A61L 2300/404 (20130101) |
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| US 09550012 | Roeder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame Du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan K. Roeder (Granger, Indiana); Matthew J. Meagher (Notre Dame, Indiana); Robert J. Kane (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel composite bone graft system utilizing a porous collagen scaffold having a matrix impregnated with calcium phosphate particles and more than one bioactive agent, one of which is conjugated to the matrix. The graft system exhibits increased mechanical strength and osteogenic properties by providing sites for tissue attachment and propagation. The bioactive agents are delivered to the scaffold via different mechanisms to enable sequential and sustained release of the bioactive agents over time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/452422 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/1866 (20130101) A61K 38/1875 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2430/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09550016 | Gifford |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Halcyon Biomedical, Incorporated (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Halcyon Biomedical, Incorporated (Friendswood, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean C. Gifford (Ft. Edward, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are systems, methods, and kits for compression sedimentation and whole blood separation. For example, a compression sedimentation system may include a compression stage configured to accept a flexible reservoir configured to contain a liquid mixture. The compression stage may include a base substrate and a compression substrate configured to apply a force to the flexible reservoir effective to create a pressure in the liquid mixture. An apparatus for whole blood separation may include a sedimentation system that separates whole blood into a supernatant including platelet rich plasma and a subnatant including red blood cells. At least one platelet-concentrating device may be included to receive the supernatant including the PRP and to separate a platelet concentrate and a platelet poor plasma from the supernatant. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/601220 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/0272 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/3672 (20130101) A61M 1/3695 (20140204) A61M 2202/0415 (20130101) A61M 2202/0427 (20130101) A61M 2202/0429 (20130101) A61M 2202/0439 (20130101) Separation B01D 21/006 (20130101) B01D 21/28 (20130101) B01D 21/2444 (20130101) |
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| US 09550036 | Hoekman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Impel NeuroPharma Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Impel NeuroPharma Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Hoekman (Seattle, Washington); Michael Hite (Normandy Park, Washington); Alan Brunelle (Woodinville, Washington); Joel Relethford (Everett, Washington); Rodney J. Y. Ho (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound delivery device for delivering a plume derived from a propellant and a drug formulation. The drug formulation is in an intranasal dosage form in the form of powder, suspension, dispersion or liquid. The propelled intranasal dosage form is deposited within the olfactory region of the nasal cavity. The drug deposited within the olfactory region is delivered to the brain avoiding the blood-brain-barrier. Hydrofluoroalkane propellant from a pressurized canister is channeled to a diffuser and drug-containing chamber where the intra-nasal dosage form is aerosolized. The aerosolized intra-nasal dosage form passes through a nozzle thus delivering a plume to the olfactory region of a user's nasal cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017048 |
| ART UNIT | 3778 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 11/02 (20130101) A61M 15/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2202/064 (20130101) A61M 2202/0468 (20130101) A61M 2205/073 (20130101) A61M 2205/8225 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09550218 | Musante |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A. Musante (Oro Valley, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Musante (Oro Valley, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A receptacle cleaning assembly for use with electrical connectors includes a receptacle washing fixture having a manifold body with a solution inlet and outlet. A plurality of nozzles, in communication with the solution inlet, are coupled with the manifold body and are arranged in a pattern corresponding to female connector receptacles. An interface seal is coupled with the manifold body. The plurality of nozzles extend through the interface seal, and the interface seal is configured to seal along a face of the connector. At least one solution return passage extends through the interface seal from an exterior of the plurality of nozzles to the solution outlet. An alignment skirt extends from the manifold body, and couples and aligns the connector receptacles with the plurality of nozzles. In another example, the receptacle cleaning assembly includes a receptacle brush fixture including a plurality of reciprocating brushes for use in the female connector receptacles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534697 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Brushes A46B 11/06 (20130101) A46B 2200/30 (20130101) A46B 2200/3013 (20130101) Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 3/04 (20130101) B08B 9/0323 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B08B 2203/0229 (20130101) Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 43/002 (20130101) H01R 43/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09550584 | Harvey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MMA Design, LLC (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MMA Design, LLC (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Jeffrey Harvey (Nederland, Colorado); Shane Eric Stamm (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A deployable thin membrane apparatus for use with a spacecraft is provided. The apparatus includes a flexible membrane structure and a deployment mechanism for transitioning the membrane structure from an undeployed state towards a deployed state in which the membrane can perform a function needed by a spacecraft. In one embodiment, the deployment mechanism includes a plurality of pantographs that each engage the membrane structure, a rotatable disk structure that engages and coordinates the transition of the pantographs from an undeployed state towards a deployed state, and a spring system for providing energy that is used to rotate the disk structure. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/563957 |
| 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 |
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| US 09550614 | Bawendi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, California); Jean-Michel Caruge (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan Steckel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan E. Halpert (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexi Arango (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, California); Jean-Michel Caruge (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan Steckel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan E. Halpert (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexi Arango (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device includes a semiconductor nanocrystal and a charge transporting layer that includes an inorganic material. The charge transporting layer can be a hole or electron transporting layer. The inorganic material can be an inorganic semiconductor. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/486478 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 71/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65D 81/261 (20130101) B65D 2571/0045 (20130101) B65D 2571/0066 (20130101) B65D 2571/00141 (20130101) B65D 2571/00574 (20130101) B65D 2571/00728 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/502 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) |
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| US 09550805 | Banta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Banta (Fairfield, Connecticut); Oren Shur (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a Ca2+ precipitable polypeptide tags and cassettes useful for purification of molecules from heterogeneous samples. The invention also relates to methods for bioseparation of molecules comprising Ca2+ precipitable tags and cassettes. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052367 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 1/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 1/303 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/24 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09550809 | Krauland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Mark Krauland (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Stephen Kottmann (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Roberto Juan Barbero (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Angela Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A dodecamer peptide, and its modified variant, having a repeating glycine-lysine sequence was created and found to bind with high affinity to oxide surfaces and certain activated polymeric surfaces. Reversible binding characteristics of the peptides were demonstrated. The peptides were integrated with proteins, cells and fusion proteins to provide attachment of the proteins, cells and fusion proteins to solid material structures. The peptides can be used to functionalize surfaces of components within mechanical, biomechanical, micro fluidic, electronic, bioelectronic, bio-optical, and biochemical devices. Experiments were carried out to assess functionalization and reusability of a suspended mass resonator's cantilever. |
| FILED | Monday, September 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/034420 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/245 (20130101) C07K 2319/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09550845 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott White (Champaign, Illinois); Nancy Sottos (Champaign, Illinois); Jeffrey Moore (Savoy, Illinois); Ryan Gergely (Urbana, Illinois); Brett Krull (Urbana, Illinois); Windy Ann Santa Cruz (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a polymer system, including a first composition and a second composition. The first composition is different from the second composition. The first composition includes a first gelator, the first gelator including a plurality of acylhydrazine moieties. The second composition includes a second gelator, the second gelator including a plurality of formyl moieties. At least one of the first composition and the second composition includes a prepolymer. The invention further provides a method of using the polymer system to form a polymeric material via multiple stages to more effectively control the rheology of the components over a variety of timescales. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/626327 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 120/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 122/10 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/688 (20130101) |
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| US 09550846 | Leventis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Abhishek Bang (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel urethane-acrylate (UAC) Star monomers and polyurethane-acrylate (PUAC) aerogel polymers derived therefrom are described herein, along with other novel, related monomers and polymers. Also described herein are processes for preparing the UAC Star monomers, the PUAC aerogel polymers, and the other related monomers and polymers. The PUAC and related polymers herein are useful in various applications including in structural and thermal insulation. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/208892 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2208 (20130101) B01J 2531/42 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 271/28 (20130101) C07C 2102/42 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 122/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 222/10 (20130101) C08F 2222/1066 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 2101/0091 (20130101) |
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| US 09550855 | Benkoski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason J. Benkoski (Ellicott City, Maryland); Rengaswamy Srinivasan (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jeffrey P. Maranchi (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason J. Benkoski (Ellicott City, Maryland); Rengaswamy Srinivasan (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jeffrey P. Maranchi (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A metallic microcapsule containing a polymeric microcapsule having one or more polymeric precursors encapsulated therein; and a metallic shell enclosing a volume containing the polymeric microcapsule is disclosed. Also disclosed is a self-healing coating composition comprising (a) a film-forming binder; and (b) metallic microcapsules, the metallic microcapsules being the same or different and containing a polymeric microcapsule containing one or more polymeric precursors encapsulated therein; and a metallic shell enclosing a volume containing the polymeric microcapsule. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/083819 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/724 (20130101) C08G 18/755 (20130101) C08G 18/3228 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 18/6423 (20130101) C08G 2150/90 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/08 (20130101) C08K 9/10 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 163/00 (20130101) C09D 175/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2933 (20150115) Y10T 428/12111 (20150115) |
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| US 09550987 | Green et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander A. Green (Scottsdale, Arizona); Peng Yin (Brookline, Massachusetts); James J. Collins (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel and versatile classes of riboregulators, including inter alia activating and repressing riboregulators, switches, and trigger and sink RNA, and methods of their use for detecting RNAs in a sample such as a well and in modulating protein synthesis and expression. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/440917 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/17 (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 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6897 (20130101) C12Q 2525/143 (20130101) C12Q 2525/149 (20130101) C12Q 2525/301 (20130101) |
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| US 09551037 | Sjoblom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobias Sjoblom (Uppsala, Sweden); Sian Jones (Baltimore, Maryland); D. Williams Parsons (Bellaire, Texas); Laura D. Wood (Baltimore, Maryland); Jimmy Cheng-Ho Lin (Baltimore, Maryland); Thomas Barber (Nobelsville, Tennessee); Diana Mandelker (Baltimore, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland); Victor E. Velculescu (Dayton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Analysis of 13,023 genes in 11 breast and 11 colorectal cancers revealed that individual tumors accumulate an average of ˜90 mutant genes but that only a subset of these contribute to the neoplastic process. Using stringent criteria to delineate this subset, we identified 189 genes (average of 11 per tumor) that were mutated at significant frequency. The vast majority of these genes were not known to be genetically altered in tumors and are predicted to affect a wide range of cellular functions, including transcription, adhesion, and invasion. These data define the genetic landscape of two human cancer types, provide new targets for diagnostic and therapeutic intervention and monitoring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/224102 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 09551228 | Propheter-Hinckley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); San Quach (East Hartford, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil includes leading and trailing edges, a first exterior wall extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge and having inner and outer surfaces, a second exterior wall extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge generally opposite the first exterior wall and having inner and outer surfaces, and cavities within the airfoil. A first cavity extends along the inner surface of the first exterior wall and a first inner wall and has an upstream end and a downstream end, and a feed cavity is located between the first inner wall and the second exterior wall. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/737200 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Foundry Moulding B22C 9/10 (20130101) B22C 9/103 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/186 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/201 (20130101) F05D 2260/202 (20130101) F05D 2260/205 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49337 (20150115) |
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| US 09551294 | Czapski, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph J Czapski, Jr. (New Britain, Connecticut); David C Pimenta (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Chung-Han Liou (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Paul R Senofonte (Jupiter, Florida); Steven D. Roberts (Moodus, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Tracks (35), fastened to static structure of an aircraft engine nozzle, guide sliders (32) journaled in struts (27, 28) fastened to a flap (23) of the nozzle. Each slider and attached journal axle or bolt (33) is formed of cobalt, and each track slider surface (61) and journal bushings (43, 44) are formed of a nickel alloy to reduce wear from rubbing. Track slides (40, 41) are mounted to the static structure of the nozzle by blind bolts (68) having a tool recess (70) at its threaded tip to prevent the bolt (68) from turning as a nut is secured. Each slider has limited rotation due to a pin (102), thereon engaging a slot in a tab (100) of the bushing (43) to assist in inserting the slider (32) into the beveled ends of the tracks (35, 36), when mounting or replacing a flap. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/155802 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02K 1/09 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/36 (20130101) F05D 2260/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09551554 | Pienkos 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) | Jules Pienkos (Bloomington, Indiana); Bart Gilliatt (Bloomfield, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary projectiles and methods associated therewith including embodiments formed with an internal cavity adapted to receive and retain a cryogenic material into said cavity and then generate a first internal gas upon thermal equalization with said projectile as well as a first internal gas pressure within said cavity. Exemplary embodiments include a structure adapted for maintaining structural integrity after generation of the first internal gas pressure and a second internal gas pressure that is created upon the firing of the projectile. In some embodiments, the second internal gas pressure is more than twice the first internal gas pressure. Some embodiments are adapted with a portion of the projectile formed for displacing away or laterally from an axis formed through a longitudinal center of the projectile upon an impact from striking an object after firing based in part on internal gas pressure and an impact at cavity wall section rupture zones. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/821909 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 30/02 (20130101) F42B 33/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09551666 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qian Wang (Columbia, South Carolina); Kai Li (Henan, China PRC); Charlene Mello (Rochester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Reactive and modified M13 bacteriophages, and methods of making and using the same, are generally provided. The reactive M13 bacteriophage can include a alkyne functional group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophage can include a substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage via a 1,2,3-triazole linkage. Dual-modified M13 bacteriophages are also generally provided, and can include a cancer-targeting substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage and a fluorescent group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophages can not only be employed as a fluorescent probe for cancer imaging, but also can be used as biomaterials for cell alignment and scaffolding. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/800526 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2795/14142 (20130101) C12N 2795/14145 (20130101) C12N 2810/10 (20130101) C12N 2810/405 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09551692 | Gottfried |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer L. Gottfried (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for estimating the detonation performance of a material is executed by first preparing a small sample of the material to be tested. That sample is lased with a laser beam having sufficient energy to induce a plasma from a portion of the sample and to produce a shock wave, without detonation of the sample. The velocity of the shock wave is then measured at different times. And a characteristic shock velocity determined for the material based on the relationship between shock velocity and time. The characteristic shock velocity represents the velocity of the shock wave at the point in time when the shock front expands freely without additional energy input from the plasma or subsequent chemical reactions. The characteristic shock velocity can be used to determine whether a material is non-energetic or energetic; if it is energetic, the estimated detonation performance can be determined. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/496115 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/024 (20130101) G01N 29/2418 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/4445 (20130101) G01N 29/4472 (20130101) G01N 2291/011 (20130101) |
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| US 09551706 | Phillips et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sergey S. Shevkoplyas (Brighton, Massachusetts); Phillip W. Snyder (Ringgold, Pennsylvania); Raquel Perez-Castillejos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Malancha Gupta (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Winkleman (Somerville, Massachusetts); Katherine L. Gudiksen (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sergey S. Shevkoplyas (Brighton, Massachusetts); Phillip W. Snyder (Ringgold, Pennsylvania); Raquel Perez-Castillejos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Malancha Gupta (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Winkleman (Somerville, Massachusetts); Katherine L. Gudiksen (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The ability to levitate, to separate, and to detect changes in density using diamagnetic particles suspended in solutions containing paramagnetic cations using an inhomogeneous magnetic field is described. The major advantages of this separation device are that: i) it is a simple apparatus that does not require electric power (a set of permanent magnets and gravity are sufficient for the diamagnetic separation and collection system to work); ii) it is compatible with simple optical detection (provided that transparent materials are used to fabricate the containers/channels where separation occurs; iii) it is simple to collect the separated particles for further processing; iv) it does not require magnetic labeling of the particles/materials; and v) it is small, portable. The method and kits provided provide for separation and collection of materials of different densities, diagnostics for detection of analytes of interest, monitoring of solid-supported chemical reactions and determination of densities of solid and liquid mixtures. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/666132 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50825 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 3/502776 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/045 (20130101) B01L 2300/089 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) B01L 2400/0457 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54333 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/1269 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09551736 | Mentzel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tamar S. Mentzel (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Kenneth MacLean (Hingham, Massachusetts); Marc A. Kastner (Newton, Massachusetts); Nirat Ray (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tamar S. Mentzel (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Kenneth MacLean (Hingham, Massachusetts); Marc A. Kastner (Newton, Massachusetts); Nirat Ray (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical conductance measurement system including a one-dimensional semiconducting channel, with electrical conductance sensitive to electrostatic fluctuations, in a circuit for measuring channel electrical current. An electrically-conductive element is disposed at a location at which the element is capacitively coupled to the channel; a midpoint of the element aligned with about a midpoint of the channel, and connected to first and second electrically-conductive contact pads that are together in a circuit connected to apply a changing voltage across the element. The electrically-conductive contact pads are laterally spaced from the midpoint of the element by a distance of at least about three times a screening length of the element, given in SI units as (K∈0/e2D(EF))1/2, where K is the static dielectric constant, ∈0 is the permittivity of free space, e is electron charge, and D(EF) is the density of states at the Fermi energy for the element. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570556 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4146 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 19/0092 (20130101) G01R 27/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09551811 | Crocker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven E. Crocker (Bristol, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven E. Crocker (Bristol, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for acoustic calibration of a towed hydrophone line array. In a very low frequency band, calibration is performed using a surrounding ambient acoustic noise environment observed by one or more calibrated reference standard hydrophones and hydrophone channels of the array being calibrated. The array hydrophone sensitivities are computed by comparing output voltages of the array hydrophones with the output voltages of one or more calibrated reference hydrophones. The method extends the low frequency limit for the calibration of a towed hydrophone line array to substantially less than the minimum frequency at which the acoustic projectors commonly used for acoustic calibrations can transmit a useful acoustic signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/667967 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09551820 | Metcalfe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Grace D. Metcalfe (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael Wraback (Germantown, Maryland); Andrew Clare Strikwerda (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Richard Douglas Averitt (Newton, Massachusetts); Kebin Fan (Boston, Massachusetts); Xin Zhang (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grace D. Metcalfe (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael Wraback (Germantown, Maryland); Andrew Clare Strikwerda (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Richard Douglas Averitt (Newton, Massachusetts); Kebin Fan (Boston, Massachusetts); Xin Zhang (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A reflection-mode waveplate for operation in the terahertz region by shifting the phase between two perpendicular polarization components of the light wave, comprising a ground plane; an array of polygonal unit cells; the polygonal unit cells comprising a polymer positioned between the ground plane and the exterior of the array of polygonal patches. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566452 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/3066 (20130101) G02B 5/3083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09551830 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Anderson (Orlando, Florida); Ivan Divliansky (Orlando, Florida); Leonid Glebov (Orlando, Florida); Daniel Ott (Washington, District of Columbia); Evan Hale (Orlando, Florida); George Venus (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reversible spatial mode selection and conversion between waveguides and free space is presented using a multiplexed volume Bragg grating (MVBG). The MVBG has an inherent angular selectivity, providing different losses for different transverse modes and converting a higher order mode in waveguide to a single fundamental mode in free space. Using the device in a resonator allows for a pure higher order mode to be guided and amplified in the gain medium, to increase the mode area, to extract accumulated excitation more efficiently, and, therefore, to increase gain of the amplifier. In the same resonator, the device is able to convert the higher order mode to a high brightness Gaussian beam in free space or to a fundamental mode in a waveguide. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/838744 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/1861 (20130101) G02B 5/1866 (20130101) G02B 6/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/32 (20130101) G02B 6/34 (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 3/005 (20130101) H01S 3/06754 (20130101) |
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| US 09551832 | Bovington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jock T. Bovington (La Jolla, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical source is described. This optical source includes a semiconductor optical amplifier, with a semiconductor other than silicon, which provides an optical gain medium. In addition, a photonic chip, optically coupled to the semiconductor optical amplifier, includes: a first optical waveguide that conveys at least a portion of the optical signal, and a second optical waveguide that conveys at least another portion of the optical signal. Moreover, the photonic chip includes a distributed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) ring resonator that is optically coupled to the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide, and that reflects a tunable wavelength in the optical signal. Furthermore, a monitor on the photonic chip measures at least the other portion of the optical signal, and control logic on the photonic chip thermally tunes the tunable wavelength of the DBR ring resonator based on the measurement of at least the other portion of the optical signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/878930 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12004 (20130101) G02B 6/12007 (20130101) G02B 6/29338 (20130101) G02B 6/29341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/0014 (20130101) H01S 5/0085 (20130101) H01S 5/0261 (20130101) H01S 5/0612 (20130101) |
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| US 09552391 | Taylor 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) | John G. Taylor (Coronado, California); Deak C. Childress (Lynchburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Tools and apparatus are presented for identification and analysis of improvised explosive device (IED) networks, including data acquisition tools and techniques providing structured prompting and predefined answers for acquiring structured IED data reports in a streamlined fashion using uniform terminology with respect to IED components and/or structure, as well as analysis methodologies employing IED component level analysis with adjustable similarity correlation and IED attribute filtering to expeditiously identify likely IED networks using graphical renderings of IED locations in a given geolocation range of interest and connection indicators. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/901308 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/04842 (20130101) G06F 3/04847 (20130101) G06F 17/30061 (20130101) G06F 17/30241 (20130101) G06F 17/30477 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09552518 | Chen |
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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 of image processing. A band-averaged spectral radiance is measured using at least one optical filter upon scanning a plurality of original radiances. The measured band-averaged spectral radiance includes a measured in-band-averaged spectral radiance and a measured band-gap-averaged spectral radiance. A multispectral radiance vector is generated from the measured band-averaged spectral radiance. The multispectral radiance vector and an out-of-band correction transform matrix corresponding to the at least one optical filter are matrix-multiplied to generate a band-averaged spectral radiances image vector representing a plurality of recovered band-averaged spectral radiances. The plurality of recovered band-averaged spectral radiances is analyzed for a presence of a target. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944072 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 17/145 (20130101) H03K 17/687 (20130101) H03K 17/693 (20130101) H03K 17/6872 (20130101) |
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| US 09552544 | Chelian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suhas E. Chelian (Encino, California); Rajan Bhattacharyya (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for action selection based on a combination of neuromodulatory and prefrontal cortex models. The system inputs group attack probability estimates for multiple groups in a prefrontal cortex (PFC) input area of a model instance. The system encodes a dispersion of the group attack probability estimates in an anterior cingulated cortex (ACC) conflict input area of the model instance, resulting in activation of the ACC conflict input area. The activation is propagated to an action area and a neuromodulatory area of the model instance. An action strategy is selected in the action area. The action strategy is implemented, and a reward and a cost is generated for the implemented action strategy. An assessment of possible action strategies is updated based on the generated reward and cost. Each model instance modulates its subsequent action strategy selection based on the updated assessment of the possible action strategies. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/334649 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/0472 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09552554 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Corporation (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Campbell (El Segundo, California); David S. Douglas (El Segundo, California); Ryan Quiller (El Segundo, California); Gregory O. Gheen (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for target identification includes receiving, at one or more processors, a number of measurements of a target, each measurement from the number of measurements being observed at a predetermined time (zk), a number of target types (T), each one of the number of measurements, each one the number of target type and each one of one or more hidden states, each hidden state (xk) being characterized at the predetermined time, being correlated to one another, providing, using the one or more processors, a first conditional probability distribution, a conditional probability of a target type given a number of measurements, defined inductively, and obtaining an estimate of the target type from the first conditional probability. Systems that implement the method are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/558143 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/025 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09552629 | Murphy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems Integration, Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Murphy (Lancaster, Massachusetts); Paul J. Ilardi (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Medical thermal image processing for vein or other subsurface element detection and related methods is provided. A method for thermal image processing to enhance thermal scene information includes taking an output of an infrared camera and coupling the output to a spatial high pass filter. An output of the spatial high pass filter is then applied to a scene-based noise suppression module. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/655070 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/015 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/026 (20130101) G01J 2005/0077 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 5/009 (20130101) G06T 2207/10048 (20130101) G06T 2207/20182 (20130101) G06T 2207/20208 (20130101) G06T 2207/30101 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) H04N 5/217 (20130101) H04N 5/357 (20130101) H04N 5/23229 (20130101) |
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| US 09552630 | McCloskey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Kelly Muldoon (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Sharath Venkatesha (Minnetonka, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Motion de-blurring systems and methods are described herein. One motion de-blurring system includes an image sensing element, one or more motion sensors in an imaging device, a lens element that undergoes motion during a capture of an image by the sensing element, and a de-blurring element to de-blur the image captured by the sensing element via de-convolving a Point Spread Function (PSF). |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/176984 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2200/21 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/23258 (20130101) H04N 5/23267 (20130101) |
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| US 09552648 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lei Zhang (Torrance, California); Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, California); Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for object tracking with integrated motion-based object detection and enhanced Kalman-type filtering. The system detects a location of a moving object in an image frame using an object detection MogS module, thereby generating an object detection. For each image frame in a sequence of image frames, the system predicts the location of the moving object in the next image frame using a Kalman filter prediction module to generate a predicted object location. The predicted object location is refined using a Kalman filter updating module, and the Kalman filter updating module is controlled by a controller module that monitors a similarity between the predicted object location and the moving object's location in a previous image frame. Finally, a set of detected moving object locations in the sequence of image frames is output. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/066600 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09552832 | Edelstein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan S Edelstein (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A nonvolatile memory comprising at least one ferromagnetic region having permeability which changes from a first state to a second state of lower permeability upon heating; at least one laser operatively associated with the at least one ferromagnetic region which selectively provides heat to the ferromagnetic region to change its p permeability; and a plurality of connectors operatively connected to the at least one laser and adapted to be connected to a current source that provides a current which causes the laser to change the at least one ferromagnetic region from a first state to a second state. Optionally, the memory is arranged as an array of memory cells. Optionally, each cell has a magnetic field sensor operatively associated therewith. Optionally, the nonvolatile memory is radiation hard. Also, a method of recording data by heating at least one ferromagnetic region to change its permeability. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/972018 |
| ART UNIT | 2686 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 5/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11B 5/012 (20130101) G11B 5/4866 (20130101) G11B 2005/0021 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/16 (20130101) G11C 11/161 (20130101) G11C 11/1675 (20130101) G11C 13/0004 (20130101) G11C 13/04 (20130101) G11C 13/0061 (20130101) G11C 13/0069 (20130101) G11C 19/0808 (20130101) G11C 2013/008 (20130101) G11C 2013/0078 (20130101) G11C 2013/0092 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/222 (20130101) |
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| US 09552952 | Rand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lauren P. Rand (Wayland, Massachusetts); John D. Williams (Fort Collins, Colorado); Rafael A. Martinez (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of the electride form of 12CaO-7Al2O3, or C12A7, as a low work function electron emitter in a hollow cathode discharge apparatus is described. No heater is required to initiate operation of the present cathode, as is necessary for traditional hollow cathode devices. Because C12A7 has a fully oxidized lattice structure, exposure to oxygen does not degrade the electride. The electride was surrounded by a graphite liner since it was found that the C12A7 electride converts to it's eutectic (CA+C3A) form when heated (through natural hollow cathode operation) in a metal tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/091433 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/14 (20130101) H01J 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 27/08 (20130101) H01J 27/146 (20130101) |
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| US 09552997 | Das et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mrinal Kanti Das (Durham, North Carolina); Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Sei-Hyung Ryu (Farmington Hills, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mrinal Kanti Das (Durham, North Carolina); Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Sei-Hyung Ryu (Farmington Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming a p-channel MOS device in silicon carbide include forming an n-type well in a silicon carbide layer, and implanting p-type dopant ions to form a p-type region in the n-type well at a surface of the silicon carbide layer and at least partially defining a channel region in the n-type well adjacent the p-type region. A threshold adjustment region is formed in the channel region. The implanted ions are annealed in an inert atmosphere at a temperature greater than 1650° C. A gate oxide layer is formed on the channel region, and a gate is formed on the gate oxide layer. A silicon carbide-based transistor includes a silicon carbide layer, an n-type well in the silicon carbide layer, and a p-type region in the n-type well at a surface of the silicon carbide layer and at least partially defining a channel region in the n-type well adjacent the p-type region. A threshold adjustment region is in the channel region and includes p-type dopants at a dopant concentration of about 1×1016 cm−3 to about 5×1018 cm−3. The transistor further includes a gate oxide layer on the channel region, and a gate on the gate oxide layer. The transistor may exhibit a hole mobility in the channel region in excess of 5 cm2/V-s at a gate voltage of −25V. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/019723 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — 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) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7395 (20130101) H01L 29/7838 (20130101) H01L 29/66068 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/931 (20130101) |
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| US 09553038 | Koontz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher R. Koontz (Manhattan Beach, California); Charles Chu (Temple City, California); Rosalio S. Vidaurri (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. Koontz (Manhattan Beach, California); Charles Chu (Temple City, California); Rosalio S. Vidaurri (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for cooling semiconductor elements uses heat exchangers to transfer heat from the semiconductor elements to a coolant flowing through the heat exchangers. A central body, made from a flexible material, is positioned between the heat exchangers and a manifold from which the coolant is provided. The central body includes a plurality of flexible runners fluidly coupled to each heat exchanger and the manifold to provide the coolant to the heat exchanger. Heat is transferred away from the semiconductor elements by the coolant and heated coolant is returned from the heat exchanger to the manifold. Each flexible runner is configured to flex to conform to a height of a respective semiconductor element and thereby apply a force to the heat exchanger to maintain contact with the semiconductor element. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/558759 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/473 (20130101) H01L 23/4332 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/15311 (20130101) |
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| US 09553057 | Prophet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric M. Prophet (Santa Barbara, California); Alexandros D. Margomenos (Pasadena, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming an E-plane probe includes forming a plurality of monolithically integrated circuits (MICs) on a wafer, each MIC including a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC), and an E-plane probe coupled to the MMIC, mounting the wafer on an ultra-violet (UV) tape, cutting the wafer with a laser at a first power and a first linear cutting speed along vertical streets and then along horizontal streets to form separate substrates, cutting with the laser at a second power and a second linear cutting speed a rectangle or a portion of a rectangle from the separate substrates to form narrow substrate extensions on the substrates, and repeating this step for each rectangle or portion of a rectangle to be cut to form substrate extensions, and curing the UV tape, wherein the E-plane probes are on the narrow substrate extensions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/502347 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/82 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2223/6683 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/219 (20130101) |
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| US 09553222 | Baehr-Jones et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Coriant Advanced Technology, LLC (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elenion Technologies, LLC (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Wetteland Baehr-Jones (Arcadia, California); Yi Zhang (Jersey City, New Jersey); Michael J. Hochberg (New York, New York); Ari Novack (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A Ge-on-Si photodetector constructed without doping or contacting Germanium by metal is described. Despite the simplified fabrication process, the device has responsivity of 1.24 A/W, corresponding to 99.2% quantum efficiency. Dark current is 40 nA at −4 V reverse bias. 3-dB bandwidth is 30 GHz. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/231822 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/107 (20130101) H01L 31/0352 (20130101) H01L 31/1808 (20130101) |
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| US 09553366 | Tonn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A Tonn (Amston, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A Tonn (Amston, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna includes a polymer coating having a VLF/LF element and an HF/VHF element embedded therein. A blocking choke is interposed between the VLF/LF element and the antenna feed to block HF/VHF signals. Small chokes are regularly positioned on the VLF/LF element to eliminate resonances caused by mutual capacitance between the elements. Reactive loads are positioned in said HF/VHF element at regular intervals for optimizing performance of the antenna in the HF/VHF radio bands. In further embodiments the antenna is provided as a floating antenna with the elements helically arranged therein. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/280889 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/34 (20130101) H01Q 5/321 (20150115) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Tonn (Amston, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Tonn (Amston, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna includes a first antenna section that can be joined to an antenna feed. The first section has conductive elements in series with reactive loads. The reactive loads are positioned with a regular spacing. The reactive loads and spacing are optimized for operation of the first section at the highest frequency. Additional antenna sections having successively lower frequencies are joined in series to the first antenna section. Each additional section has conductive elements joined in series with reactive loads at a particular spacing. The additional sections spacing and reactive loads are provided to work in conjunction with the higher frequency antenna sections to optimize the antenna for an additional frequency. A method for making such an antenna is further provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/532063 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/30 (20130101) H01Q 9/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09554348 | Niranjayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Somasundaram Niranjayan (Culver City, California); Andreas F. Molisch (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Somasundaram Niranjayan (Culver City, California); Andreas F. Molisch (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A single wireless slave node may be in a timing virtual network (TVN) with neighboring wireless slave nodes. The single wireless slave node may store information indicative of the identity, link propagation delay, and channel signature of each of its neighboring wireless slave nodes. The single wireless slave node may repeatedly update a timing estimate based on the stored information and by performing a physical layer fast reference signal broadcast transmission and reception. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/906117 |
| ART UNIT | 2475 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/2662 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 3/0667 (20130101) H04J 3/0673 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 56/0055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09554390 | Gallien |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Lee Gallien (Fullerton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Terrestrial mobile wireless network capacity may be maximized subject to an interference constraint imposed by a protected station of another wireless network in a shared band. Equipment of one or more users (UEs) may receive a calibrated beacon signal from the protected station prior to activating a transmitter of one or more wireless UEs. The one or more UEs may measure an isolation (path loss) value between the one or more UEs and protected station using the beacon signal, and dynamically adjust the transmit power of one or more wireless UEs to maintain aggregate interference received by the protected station below an “acceptable” value. The transmit power may be adjusted based on the measured isolation and based on the indicated receive activity, such that the wireless network may operate with no interference constraints imposed by the protected station when a non-active state is indicated. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/714903 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/00 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/00 (20130101) H04W 16/00 (20130101) H04W 52/243 (20130101) H04W 72/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 72/0453 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Reconstruction of cardiac information representing a complex rhythm disorder is facilitated by assigning activation onsets to non-discernible beats in low confidence signals based upon time associations relative to activation onsets in adjacent high confidence signals. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/965388 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/044 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0255 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0432 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0456 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/0472 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/4857 (20130101) A61B 5/6852 (20130101) A61B 5/7221 (20130101) A61B 5/7264 (20130101) A61B 5/7278 (20130101) |
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| US 09549781 | He et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xingchi He (Columbia, Maryland); Iulian Iordachita (Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland); Marcin Balicki (Baltimore, Maryland); Russell H. Taylor (Severna Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-force sensing instrument includes a tool that has a tool shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, a strain sensor arranged at a first position along the tool shaft, at least one of a second strain sensor or a torque-force sensor arranged at a second position along the tool shaft, the second position being more towards the proximal end of the tool shaft than the first position, and a signal processor configured to communicate with the strain sensor and the at least one of the second strain sensor or the torque-force sensor to receive detection signals therefrom. The signal processor is configured to process the signals to determine a magnitude and position of a lateral component of a force applied to the tool shaft when the position of the applied force is between the first and second positions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/292361 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/00234 (20130101) A61B 19/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 34/10 (20160201) A61B 34/30 (20160201) A61B 34/35 (20160201) A61B 34/72 (20160201) A61B 34/76 (20160201) A61B 34/77 (20160201) A61B 90/06 (20160201) A61B 2017/00345 (20130101) A61B 2090/031 (20160201) A61B 2090/064 (20160201) A61B 2090/065 (20160201) A61B 2090/066 (20160201) A61B 2560/0247 (20130101) A61B 2562/0266 (20130101) A61B 2562/0271 (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 9/007 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/246 (20130101) G01L 5/166 (20130101) |
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| US 09549872 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jiande Chen (Houston, Texas); Jieyun Yin (League City, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiande Chen (Houston, Texas); Jieyun Yin (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments are directed to methods of treating a metabolic disease in a subject using a fully implantable electrical stimulation system to provide or administer a therapy. In certain aspects a stimulation lead is implanted proximally to a stomach acupoint, the stimulation lead being coupled to an implantable signal generator; and stimulating the acupoints using the signal generator to treat the metabolic disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/967398 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| 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 5/0026 (20130101) Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 39/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/3606 (20130101) A61N 1/36007 (20130101) A61N 1/36085 (20130101) A61N 1/36146 (20130101) A61N 1/36153 (20130101) A61N 1/36157 (20130101) A61N 1/36171 (20130101) A61N 1/36175 (20130101) A61N 1/36178 (20130101) A61N 5/022 (20130101) |
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| US 09549901 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jinjun Shi (Boston, Massachusetts); Zeyu Xiao (Boston, Massachusetts); Cristian Vilos (Newton, Massachusetts); Alexander Votruba (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinjun Shi (Boston, Massachusetts); Zeyu Xiao (Boston, Massachusetts); Cristian Vilos (Newton, Massachusetts); Alexander Votruba (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle includes an aqueous core; a first amphiphilic layer surrounding the aqueous core; and a polymeric matrix surrounding the first amphiphilic layer. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/820351 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 9/5073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09549911 | Sang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina A and T State University (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina A and T State University (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengmin Sang (Concord, North Carolina); Huadong Chen (Kannapolis, North Carolina); Yingdong Zhu (Kannapolis, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application generally relates to the use of metabolites of ginger and analogs thereof for the treatment and prevention of diseases, including but not limited to, cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/010011 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/198 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 36/9068 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09549928 | Messer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William S. Messer (Toledo, Ohio); Michael Ragozzino (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO (TOLEDO, Ohio); THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Messer (Toledo, Ohio); Michael Ragozzino (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for treating a mental condition in a subject in need thereof, includes administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a CDD-102A compound [5-(3-ethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine], or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/114646 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09549945 | Prestwich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn Prestwich (Eastsound, Washington); Jianxing Zhang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Thomas P. Kennedy (Charlotte, North Carolina); Narayanam Rao (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods for treating inflammation in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a modified hyaluronan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein said hyaluronan or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester comprises at least one sulfate group and the primary C-6 hydroxyl proton of at least one N-acetyl-glucosamine residue is substituted with a C1-C10 unsubstituted alkyl group or fluoroalkyl group. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/613523 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/728 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0072 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09549966 | Hamrah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pedram Hamrah (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Reza Dana (Boston, Massachusetts); Bernardo Cavalcanti (Boston, Massachusetts); Andrea Cruzat (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of evaluating efficacy of a treatment in a subject having eye inflammation (e.g., a subject having dry eye syndrome) and selecting a subject for participation in a clinical study. Also provided are methods of treating a subject having eye inflammation (e.g., a subject having dry eye syndrome). |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/379380 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/101 (20130101) A61B 3/1025 (20130101) A61B 5/0068 (20130101) A61B 5/414 (20130101) A61B 5/4833 (20130101) A61B 5/4848 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 38/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0028 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0016 (20130101) |
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| US 09549975 | Palese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York); St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee); The United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York); St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey); Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Richard J. Webby (Memphis, Tennessee); Juergen A. Richt (Ames, Iowa); Robert G. Webster (Memphis, Tennessee); Kelly M. Lager (Colo, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to attenuated swine influenza viruses having an impaired ability to antagonize the cellular interferon (IFN) response, and the use of such attenuated viruses in vaccine and pharmaceutical formulations. In particular, the invention relates to attenuated swine influenza viruses having modifications to a swine NS1 gene that diminish or eliminate the ability of the NS1 gene product to antagonize the cellular IFN response. These viruses replicate in vivo, but demonstrate decreased replication, virulence and increased attenuation, and therefore are well suited for use in live virus vaccines, and pharmaceutical formulations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/636651 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/58 (20130101) A61K 2039/544 (20130101) A61K 2039/552 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16034 (20130101) C12N 2760/16061 (20130101) C12N 2760/16121 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16151 (20130101) C12N 2760/16171 (20130101) |
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| US 09549976 | Peabody et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David S. Peabody (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bryce Chackerian (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Oscar Negrete (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); SANDIA CORPORATION (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Peabody (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bryce Chackerian (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Oscar Negrete (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to virus-like particles of bacteriophage MS2 (MS2 VLPs) displaying peptide epitopes or peptide mimics of epitopes of Nipah Virus envelope glycoprotein that elicit an immune response against Nipah Virus upon vaccination of humans or animals. Affinity selection on Nipah Virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies using random sequence peptide libraries on MS2 VLPs selected peptides with sequence similarity to peptide sequences found within the envelope glycoprotein of Nipah itself, thus identifying the epitopes the antibodies recognize. The selected peptide sequences themselves are not necessarily identical in all respects to a sequence within Nipah Virus glycoprotein, and therefore may be referred to as epitope mimics VLPs displaying these epitope mimics can serve as vaccine. On the other hand, display of the corresponding wild-type sequence derived from Nipah Virus and corresponding to the epitope mapped by affinity selection, may also be used as a vaccine. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/081629 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Highter Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Hackam (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of a TLR9 agonist and/or a TLR4 antagonist and/or a NOD2 agonist for treatment or prevention of disorders involving TLR4 activation, such as systemic sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis. |
| FILED | Monday, August 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/010232 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/712 (20130101) A61K 31/739 (20130101) A61K 31/7084 (20130101) A61K 38/05 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 38/14 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/06 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) C07K 16/2896 (20130101) |
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| US 09549991 | Cashman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Cashman (San Diego, California); Mary T. MacDonald (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Human BioMolecular Research Institute (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Cashman (San Diego, California); Mary T. MacDonald (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides organophosphorous (OP) compounds of Formula (I), Formula (II) and Formula (III): OP-Peptide-Linker-CP (I), OP-Peptide-Linker (II); and wherein OP is including that structure corresponding to a reactive organophosphorous reagent, nerve agent or pesticide, or a pesticide P═S to P═O metabolite; P is the Sp or Rp stereoisomer; X is oxygen, sulfur, selenium or imino; R and R′ are as described; Peptide is a sequence of amino acids containing a serine, threonine or tyrosine to which the OP is attached, wherein the total number of amino acids is between 7 and 41; Linker is an amino acid or is derived from another bifunctional reagent capable of covalently attaching an OP-peptide to a CP; and CP is a carrier protein used to display haptens for antibody generation. The disclosure also provides methods for generating monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies specific for an OP-Peptide of a compound of Formula (I) or Formula (II) that can be used to diagnose the presence, identity, and quantity of OP adducts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/937957 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 47/48284 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 16/44 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6842 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/76 (20130101) G01N 2410/00 (20130101) G01N 2430/00 (20130101) G01N 2430/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09549998 | Kattumuri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijaya Kattumuri (Surrey, Canada); Kattesh V. Katti (Columbia, Missouri); Evan Boote (Columbia, Michigan); Raghuraman Kannan (Columbia, Missouri); Stan Casteel (Auxvasse, Missouri); Robert Churchill (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijaya Kattumuri (Surrey, Canada); Kattesh V. Katti (Columbia, Missouri); Evan Boote (Columbia, Michigan); Raghuraman Kannan (Columbia, Missouri); Stan Casteel (Auxvasse, Missouri); Robert Churchill (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A kit for providing a contrast enhancer in a mammal for contrasting during imaging of the mammal comprises functionalized gold nanoparticles configured to be directed to one or more of a target organ, tissue and lesion of the mammal. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/665086 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/508 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09550742 | Marugan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human (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) | Juan Jose Marugan (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jingbo Xiao (Rockville, Maryland); Marc Ferrer (Potomac, Maryland); Noel Terrence Southall (Potomac, Maryland); R. Benjamin Free (Germantown, Maryland); David Robert Sibley (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure includes compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I). Certain compounds and salts of Formula (I) are selective inhibitors of the Dopamine D2 receptor. The variables R1-R4, n, and L are defined herein. The disclosure also provides methods of synthesizing compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula (I). Additionally the disclosure provides methods or treating patients suffering from central nervous system disorders, including Tourette's syndrome, bipolar disorder, hyperprolactinemia, tardive dyskinesia, Huntington's chorea, psychosis, depression, or schizophrenia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/908271 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 281/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 417/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09550753 | Crooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Crooks (Little Rock, Arkansas); Linda P. Dwoskin (Lexington, Kentucky); Guangrong Zheng (Lexington, Kentucky); Sangeetha Sumithran (Lexington, Kentucky); Zhenfa Zhang (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are monoquaternary ammonium compounds which are modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for modulating the function of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, and for the prevention and/or treatment of central nervous system disorders, substance use and/or abuse, and gastrointestinal tract disorders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/470715 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 17/16 (20130101) C07C 17/16 (20130101) C07C 22/04 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/20 (20130101) C07D 213/30 (20130101) C07D 215/10 (20130101) C07D 217/10 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09550769 | Disney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew D. Disney (Jupiter, Florida); Biao Liu (Buffalo, New York); Jessica L. Childs-Disney (Jupiter, Florida); Wang-Yong Yang (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a series of bioactive small molecules that target expanded r(CGG) repeats, termed r(CGG)exp, that causes Fragile X-associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS). The compound was identified by using information on the chemotypes and RNA motifs that interact. Specifically, 9-hydroxy-5,11-dimethyl-2-(2-(piperidin-1-yl)ethyl)-6H-pyrido[4,3-b]carbazol-2-ium, binds the 5′CGG/3′GGC motifs in r(CGG)exp and disrupts a toxic r(CGG)exp-protein complex. Specifically, dimeric compounds incorporating two 9-hydroxyellipticine analog structures can even more potently bind the 5′CGG/3′GGC motifs in r(CGG)exp and disrupts a toxic r(CGG)exp-protein complex. Structure-activity relationships (SAR) studies determined that the alkylated pyridyl and phenolic side chains are important chemotypes that drive molecular recognition of r(CGG) repeats, such as r(CGG)exp. Importantly, the compound is efficacious in FXTAS model cellular systems as evidenced by its ability to improve FXTAS-associated pre-mRNA splicing defects and to reduce the size and number of r(CGG)exp-protein aggregates. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/424761 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48338 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09550778 | Emmitte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle A. Emmitte (Aledo, Texas); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); P. Jeffrey Conn (Nashville, Tennessee); Andrew S. Felts (Brentwood, Tennessee); Katrina A. Smith (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are negative allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873869 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09550803 | McKenna et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles E. McKenna (Pacific Palisades, California); Boris A Kashemirov (Los Angeles, California); Ivan S Krylov (Los Angeles, California); Valeria M. Zakharova (Mannheim, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. McKenna (Pacific Palisades, California); Boris A Kashemirov (Los Angeles, California); Ivan S Krylov (Los Angeles, California); Valeria M. Zakharova (Mannheim, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | An amino acid conjugate of a cyclic or acyclic nucleoside phosphonate is provided. In some cases, the amino acid conjugate is a tyrosine alkyl amide phosphonate ester conjugate of a cyclic or acyclic nucleoside phosphonate, and is useful as an antiviral compound. In certain cases, the tyrosine conjugate includes a long chain alkyl group on the carboxamide group of the tyrosine residue. In a method of preparing an acyclic tyrosine conjugate, a tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc) protected tyrosine residue containing a long chain alkyl group is reacted with an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate mono-ethyl ester in the presence of benzotriazol-1-yl-oxytripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate to produce a Boc-protected nucleoside phosphonate di-ester, and the di-ester is deethylated and deprotected to produce the tyrosine conjugate. Methods of inhibiting viral replication and methods of treating a viral infection using the amino acid conjugate are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/114827 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48038 (20130101) A61K 47/48253 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/10 (20130101) C07H 19/20 (20130101) C07H 19/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09550813 | Lu 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) | Yuan Lu (Palo Alto, California); James R. Swartz (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Intermolecular disulfide stabilized foldon polypeptides are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401754 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/35 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) C07K 2319/42 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) C07K 2319/735 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16022 (20130101) C12N 2760/16034 (20130101) C12N 2795/10122 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Rapraeger (Stoughton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for peptides from syndecan 4 and methods of use therefor. These peptides can inhibit α6β4 integrin interaction with EGFR, thereby preventing tumor cell growth and tissue invasion. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/688703 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4703 (20130101) C07K 14/70596 (20130101) C07K 2319/23 (20130101) |
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| US 09550818 | Bottaro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald P. Bottaro (Rockville, Maryland); Fabiola Cecchi (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides variant VEGF polypeptides which have been altered in their C-terminal heparin binding region to lower their heparin binding affinity. These variants have been found to act as receptor antagonists for VEGF receptors and antagonize angiogenesis. These variants are useful to treat diseases characterized by pathological angiogenesis. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397435 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1866 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/52 (20130101) C07K 14/71 (20130101) C07K 14/475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09550820 | Mohammadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moosa Mohammadi (Scarsdale, New York); Regina Goetz (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moosa Mohammadi (Scarsdale, New York); Regina Goetz (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an isolated chimeric protein. The isolated chimeric protein includes an N-terminus coupled to a C-terminus, where the N-terminus includes an N-terminal portion from a fibroblast growth factor (“FGF”) 23 molecule and the C-terminus includes a C-terminal portion from an FGF19 molecule. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition including an isolated chimeric protein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The isolated chimeric protein includes an N-terminus coupled to a C-terminus, where the N-terminus includes an N-terminal portion from a fibroblast growth factor (“FGF”) 23 molecule and the C-terminus includes a C-terminal portion from an FGF19 molecule, and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a method for treating a subject suffering from a disorder. This method includes selecting a subject suffering from the disorder and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a chimeric protein according to the present invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/185366 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09550987 | Green et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander A. Green (Scottsdale, Arizona); Peng Yin (Brookline, Massachusetts); James J. Collins (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel and versatile classes of riboregulators, including inter alia activating and repressing riboregulators, switches, and trigger and sink RNA, and methods of their use for detecting RNAs in a sample such as a well and in modulating protein synthesis and expression. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/440917 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/17 (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 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6897 (20130101) C12Q 2525/143 (20130101) C12Q 2525/149 (20130101) C12Q 2525/301 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Wang (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure encompasses methods for rational design of microRNA and small interfering RNA chimeras and compositions and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/506131 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2320/11 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/11001 (20130101) |
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| US 09550992 | Mohapatra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida); Shyam S. Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); Srinivas Nagaraj Bharadwaj (Tampa, Florida); Subhra Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyam S. Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); Srinivas Nagaraj Bharadwaj (Tampa, Florida); Subhra Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions for modulating the differentiation of a myeloid derived suppressor cell (MDSC). In particular, described herein are miR-142 polynucleotides and miR-223 polynucleotides that can be used to modulate differentiation of MDSCs. Increased differentiation of a MDSC population, or cells within an MDSC population, can be achieved by increasing the miR-142 and/or miR-223 polynucleotides in a MDSC. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/361537 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0639 (20130101) C12N 5/0645 (20130101) C12N 5/0647 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/17 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2501/65 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09550998 | Williams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NATURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the production and use of covalently closed circular (ccc) recombinant plasmids, and more particularly to vector modifications that improve expression of said DNA molecules in the target organism. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/422865 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/635 (20130101) C12N 2800/107 (20130101) C12N 2820/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09551002 | Coruzzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria Coruzzi (New York, New York); Kenneth D. Birnbaum (Brooklyn, New York); Rodrigo A. Gutierrez (Santiago, Switzerland); Miriam Gifford (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing transgenic plants. In specific embodiments, transgenic plants comprise a construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding microRNA167 (miR167), or precursor thereof, operably linked to a plant pericycle-specific promote, wherein the miR167 is ectopically overexpressed in the transgenic plants, and wherein the promoter is optionally a constitutive or inducible promoter. In some embodiments, the transgenic plant has an improved agronomic or nutritional characteristic when cultivated in nitrogen-rich conditions as compared to a wild type plant cultivated in the same conditions. Also provided herein are commercial products (e.g., pulp, paper, paper products, or lumber) derived from the transgenic plants (e.g., transgenic trees) produced using the methods provided herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/134624 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8261 (20130101) |
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| US 09551011 | Lois-Caballe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos Lois-Caballe (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Xiao-Feng Qin (Sugarland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for the expression of small RNA molecules within a cell using a lentiviral vector. The methods can be used to express doubles stranded RNA complexes. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) can be expressed using the methods of the invention within a cell, which are capable of down regulating the expression of a target gene through RNA interference. A variety of cells can be treated according to the methods of the invention including embryos, embryogenic stem cells, allowing for the generation of transgenic animals or animals constituted partly by the transduced cells that have a specific gene or a group of genes down regulated. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/622064 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/867 (20130101) C12N 15/1132 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2330/30 (20130101) C12N 2740/16043 (20130101) C12N 2830/003 (20130101) C12N 2830/006 (20130101) C12N 2830/008 (20130101) C12N 2830/30 (20130101) C12N 2830/48 (20130101) C12N 2830/60 (20130101) C12N 2830/85 (20130101) C12N 2840/20 (20130101) C12N 2840/203 (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 1/6897 (20130101) |
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| US 09551021 | Henderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Henderson (St. Louis, Missouri); Chia Hung (St. Louis, Missouri); Kaveri Chaturvedi (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses methods and compositions for detecting pathogenic bacteria. Additionally, the present invention encompasses methods and compositions for catalyzing the dismutation of superoxide radicals. Further, the present invention encompasses methods for determining the antibiotic susceptibility of pathogenic bacteria. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689868 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56916 (20130101) G01N 2333/245 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09551037 | Sjoblom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobias Sjoblom (Uppsala, Sweden); Sian Jones (Baltimore, Maryland); D. Williams Parsons (Bellaire, Texas); Laura D. Wood (Baltimore, Maryland); Jimmy Cheng-Ho Lin (Baltimore, Maryland); Thomas Barber (Nobelsville, Tennessee); Diana Mandelker (Baltimore, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland); Victor E. Velculescu (Dayton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Analysis of 13,023 genes in 11 breast and 11 colorectal cancers revealed that individual tumors accumulate an average of ˜90 mutant genes but that only a subset of these contribute to the neoplastic process. Using stringent criteria to delineate this subset, we identified 189 genes (average of 11 per tumor) that were mutated at significant frequency. The vast majority of these genes were not known to be genetically altered in tumors and are predicted to affect a wide range of cellular functions, including transcription, adhesion, and invasion. These data define the genetic landscape of two human cancer types, provide new targets for diagnostic and therapeutic intervention and monitoring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/224102 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 09551040 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary E. Wilson (Iowa City, Iowa); Jason Weirather (Iowa City, Iowa); John E. Donelson (Iowa City, Iowa); Albert Schriefer (Bahia, Brazil); Edgar Carvalho (Salvador, BA, Brazil); Selma M. B. Jeronimo (RN, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary E. Wilson (Iowa City, Iowa); Jason Weirather (Iowa City, Iowa); John E. Donelson (Iowa City, Iowa); Albert Schriefer (Bahia, Brazil); Edgar Carvalho (Salvador, BA, Brazil); Selma M. B. Jeronimo (RN, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for determining the presence, species, and/or quantity of Leishmania in a sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/659746 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09551667 | Schmidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Holger Schmidt (Capitola, California); Aaron Roe Hawkins (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Holger Schmidt (Capitola, California); Aaron Roe Hawkins (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An optofluidic platform is constructed so as to comprise a planar, liquid-core integrated optical waveguides for specific detection of nucleic acids. Most preferably, the optical waveguides comprises antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROWs). A liquid solution can be prepared and introduced into the optofluidic platform for optical excitation. The resulting optical signal can be collected at the edges of the optofluidic platform and can be analyzed to determine the existence of a single and/or a specific nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/988217 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (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 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/03 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) |
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| US 09551706 | Phillips et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sergey S. Shevkoplyas (Brighton, Massachusetts); Phillip W. Snyder (Ringgold, Pennsylvania); Raquel Perez-Castillejos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Malancha Gupta (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Winkleman (Somerville, Massachusetts); Katherine L. Gudiksen (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sergey S. Shevkoplyas (Brighton, Massachusetts); Phillip W. Snyder (Ringgold, Pennsylvania); Raquel Perez-Castillejos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Malancha Gupta (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Winkleman (Somerville, Massachusetts); Katherine L. Gudiksen (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The ability to levitate, to separate, and to detect changes in density using diamagnetic particles suspended in solutions containing paramagnetic cations using an inhomogeneous magnetic field is described. The major advantages of this separation device are that: i) it is a simple apparatus that does not require electric power (a set of permanent magnets and gravity are sufficient for the diamagnetic separation and collection system to work); ii) it is compatible with simple optical detection (provided that transparent materials are used to fabricate the containers/channels where separation occurs; iii) it is simple to collect the separated particles for further processing; iv) it does not require magnetic labeling of the particles/materials; and v) it is small, portable. The method and kits provided provide for separation and collection of materials of different densities, diagnostics for detection of analytes of interest, monitoring of solid-supported chemical reactions and determination of densities of solid and liquid mixtures. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/666132 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50825 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 3/502776 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/045 (20130101) B01L 2300/089 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) B01L 2400/0457 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54333 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/1269 (20130101) |
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| US 09551710 | Papazoglou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhenyu Huang (Voorhees, New Jersey); Constantinos Papathomas (Yardley, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elisabeth S. Papazoglou (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Zhenyu Huang (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method of detecting ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced skin damage in a mammal. The present invention also includes a method of identifying a mammal at risk of developing UVR-induced skin damage, photoaging, or photocarcinogenesis. The present invention further includes a method of inhibiting UVR-induced skin damage in a mammal at risk of developing UVR-induced skin damage. The present invention also includes a method of reducing the level of Syk kinase in the skin of a mammal. The present invention further includes methods of treating or diagnosing a disease associated with a change of Syk kinase expression in the skin in a mammal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/575559 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/686 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/912 (20130101) G01N 2800/20 (20130101) G01N 2800/40 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. (Augusta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen M. Black (Martinez, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies for detecting nitration of nitrotyrosine 247 PKG-1α and antibodies for detecting nitrotyrosine 425 of PKG-1α are disclosed. Methods of detecting nitrotyrosine 247 PKG-1α and nitrotyrosine 425 of PKG-1α, and uses thereof are also disclosed for identification and diagnosis or phenotypes, pathologies, diseases and disorders associated with protein nitration of PKG-1α are also disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the disclosed antibodies is used in the disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/502160 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/91205 (20130101) G01N 2440/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09551720 | Singbartl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kai Singbartl (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); John A. Kellum, Jr. (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwaelth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kai Singbartl (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); John A. Kellum, Jr. (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is related to the field of the prevention and treatment of kidney disease. The treatment of kidney disease may be tailored depending upon the need for, or expectation of, renal recovery. For example, renal recovery can be determined by monitoring urine biomarkers related to the development of chronic kidney disease. For example, a normalized time course of approximately fourteen Days measuring urinary proteins can be used to establish the risk of recovery versus non-recovery in patient's having suffered an acute kidney injury. Alternatively, the invention describes signature protein expression profiles to establish the probability of renal recovery and/or renal non-recovery. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/981747 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/60 (20130101) G01N 2800/347 (20130101) |
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| US 09551721 | Moola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Muralidhar Reddy Moola (Jupiter, Florida); Dwight German (Dallas, Texas); Steven Connell (McKinney, Texas); Rosemary Wilson (Jupiter, Florida); Johnnie Wilson (Jupiter, Florida); Thomas Kodadek (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); OPKO Health, Inc. (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muralidhar Reddy Moola (Jupiter, Florida); Dwight German (Dallas, Texas); Steven Connell (McKinney, Texas); Rosemary Wilson (Jupiter, Florida); Johnnie Wilson (Jupiter, Florida); Thomas Kodadek (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the identification of individuals having neurodegenerative diseases (ND). Peptoids recognized by Parkinson's Disease- and Alzheimer's Disease-specific antibodies are identified, allowing one to diagnose or predict ND in subjects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/791389 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/564 (20130101) G01N 33/6845 (20130101) G01N 33/6896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) G01N 2800/2835 (20130101) |
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| US 09551722 | Yang 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) | Jerry Yang (La Jolla, California); Emmanuel A. Theodorakis (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided compounds and methods for the detection of amyloids and treatment of diseases related to amyloids including Alzheimer's disease and other related amyloid-based neurodegenerative diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/572465 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 255/42 (20130101) C07C 255/43 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 295/13 (20130101) C07D 295/155 (20130101) C07D 317/24 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/4703 (20130101) |
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| US 09552416 | Walther et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guenther Walther (Mountain View, California); Ilana Belitskaya-Levy (New York, New York); Jinhui Pan (Mountain View, California); Leonore A. Herzenberg (Stanford, California); Wayne Moore (San Francisco, California); David Parks (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and/or system for analyzing data using population clustering through density based merging. |
| FILED | Friday, May 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886932 |
| 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 17/3071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30705 (20130101) G06F 17/30943 (20130101) |
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| US 09553220 | Goldan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amirhossein Goldan (Middle Island, New York); Wei Zhao (East Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A field shaping multi-well avalanche detector and method for fabrication thereof are disclosed. The field shaping multi-well avalanche detector provides stable avalanche multiplication gain in direct conversion amorphous selenium radiation detectors. The detector provides stable avalanche multiplication gain by eliminating field hot-spots using high-density avalanche wells with insulated wells and field-shaping within each well. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/414607 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14603 (20130101) H01L 31/107 (20130101) H01L 31/115 (20130101) H01L 31/0272 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0376 (20130101) |
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| US 09554213 | Miles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald N. Miles (Newark Valley, New York); Weili Cui (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A micromechanical structure, comprising a substrate having a through hole; a residual portion of a sacrificial oxide layer peripheral to the hole; and a polysilicon layer overlying the hole, patterned to have a planar portion; a supporting portion connecting the planar portion to polysilicon on the residual portion; polysilicon stiffeners formed extending beneath the planar portion overlying the hole; and polysilicon ribs surrounding the supporting portion, attached near a periphery of the planar portion. The polysilicon ribs extend to a depth beyond the stiffeners, and extend laterally beyond an edge of the planar portion. The polysilicon ribs are released from the substrate during manufacturing after the planar region, and reduce stress on the supporting portion. |
| FILED | Monday, November 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/935771 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/007 (20130101) B81B 3/0027 (20130101) B81B 2201/0257 (20130101) B81B 2203/0127 (20130101) B81B 2207/053 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00595 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 2201/003 (20130101) H04R 2307/025 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen P. Buerger (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson, III (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kenneth E. Wojciechowski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David K. Novick (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Deepesh K. Kholwadwala (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen P. Buerger (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson, III (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kenneth E. Wojciechowski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David K. Novick (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Deepesh K. Kholwadwala (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of neural interfaces according to the present invention comprise sensor modules for sensing environmental attributes beyond the natural sensory capability of a subject, and communicating the attributes wirelessly to an external (ex-vivo) portable module attached to the subject. The ex-vivo module encodes and communicates the attributes via a transcutaneous inductively coupled link to an internal (in-vivo) module implanted within the subject. The in-vivo module converts the attribute information into electrical neural stimuli that are delivered to a peripheral nerve bundle within the subject, via an implanted electrode. Methods and apparatus according to the invention incorporate implantable batteries to power the in-vivo module allowing for transcutaneous bidirectional communication of low voltage (e.g. on the order of 5 volts) encoded signals as stimuli commands and neural responses, in a robust, low-error rate, communication channel with minimal effects to the subjects' skin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/136859 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0478 (20130101) A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/6868 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0476 (20130101) A61N 1/0529 (20130101) A61N 1/0531 (20130101) A61N 1/0534 (20130101) A61N 1/36103 (20130101) |
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| US 09549976 | Peabody et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David S. Peabody (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bryce Chackerian (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Oscar Negrete (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); SANDIA CORPORATION (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Peabody (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bryce Chackerian (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Oscar Negrete (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to virus-like particles of bacteriophage MS2 (MS2 VLPs) displaying peptide epitopes or peptide mimics of epitopes of Nipah Virus envelope glycoprotein that elicit an immune response against Nipah Virus upon vaccination of humans or animals. Affinity selection on Nipah Virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies using random sequence peptide libraries on MS2 VLPs selected peptides with sequence similarity to peptide sequences found within the envelope glycoprotein of Nipah itself, thus identifying the epitopes the antibodies recognize. The selected peptide sequences themselves are not necessarily identical in all respects to a sequence within Nipah Virus glycoprotein, and therefore may be referred to as epitope mimics VLPs displaying these epitope mimics can serve as vaccine. On the other hand, display of the corresponding wild-type sequence derived from Nipah Virus and corresponding to the epitope mapped by affinity selection, may also be used as a vaccine. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/081629 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 09550077 | Tsoupas |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholaos Tsoupas (East Moriches, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for the extraction of particle beams while maintaining the energy levels and precision of the particles and the particle beam. Apparatuses and methods for extracting a charged particle beam from a central orbit in a synchrotron are provided, in which a particle beam is deflected from the central orbit. Parts of the deflected particle beam passes through a stripping foil placed in at least parts of the deflected path such that the particles that pass through the foil are stripped of at least one electron. The electron stripped particles and the non-stripped particles may be separated magnetically. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/317237 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 2005/1087 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09550166 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ho Nyung Lee (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Hyoungjeen Jeen (Knoxville, Tennessee); Woo Seok Choi (Gyeonggido, South Korea); Michael Biegalski (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Chad M. Folkman (San Jose, California); I-Cheng Tung (Chicago, Illinois); Dillon D. Fong (Elmhurst, Illinois); John W. Freeland (Oak Park, Illinois); Dongwon Shin (Knoxville, South Korea); Hiromichi Ohta (Sapporo, Japan); Matthew F. Chisholm (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Rapid, reversible redox activity may be accomplished at significantly reduced temperatures, as low as about 200° C., from epitaxially stabilized, oxygen vacancy ordered SrCoO2.5 and thermodynamically unfavorable perovskite SrCoO3-δ. The fast, low temperature redox activity in SrCoO3-δ may be attributed to a small Gibbs free energy difference between the two topotactic phases. Epitaxially stabilized thin films of strontium cobaltite provide a catalyst adapted to rapidly transition between oxidation states at substantially low temperatures. Methods of transitioning a strontium cobaltite catalyst from a first oxidation state to a second oxidation state are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/090120 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 23/002 (20130101) B01J 23/78 (20130101) B01J 23/847 (20130101) B01J 35/0033 (20130101) B01J 37/349 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 51/66 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2006/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09550168 | Gough et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dara Van Gough (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dale L. Huber (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bruce C. Bunker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark E. Roberts (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A programmable pH buffer comprises a copolymer that changes pKa at a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in water. The copolymer comprises a thermally programmable polymer that undergoes a hydrophobic-to-hydrophilic phase change at the LCST and an electrolytic polymer that exhibits acid-base properties that are responsive to the phase change. The programmable pH buffer can be used to sequester CO2 into water. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/864637 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/264 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09550170 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Sciecne Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia Xu Wang (East Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods for producing nanoparticles. The nanoparticles may be made using ethanol as the solvent and the reductant to fabricate noble-metal nanoparticles with a narrow particle size distributions, and to coat a thin metal shell on other metal cores. With or without carbon supports, particle size is controlled by fine-tuning the reduction power of ethanol, by adjusting the temperature, and by adding an alkaline solution during syntheses. The thickness of the added or coated metal shell can be varied easily from sub-monolayer to multiple layers in a seed-mediated growth process. The entire synthesis of designed core-shell catalysts can be completed using metal salts as the precursors with more than 98% yield; and, substantially no cleaning processes are necessary apart from simple rinsing. Accordingly, this method is considered to be a “green” chemistry method. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/860316 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/02 (20130101) B01J 23/44 (20130101) B01J 23/462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 1/025 (20130101) B22F 1/0085 (20130101) B22F 9/18 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/02 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/926 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09550186 | Anderson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian L. Anderson (Lodi, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian L. Anderson (Lodi, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for fluid partitioning for chemical amplification or other chemical processing or separations of a sample, comprising a first dispenser of a first polymeric sheet, wherein the first polymeric sheet contains chambers; a second dispenser of a second polymeric sheet wherein the first dispenser and the second dispenser are positioned so that the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet become parallel; a dispenser of the fluid positioned to dispense the fluid between the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet; and a seal unit that seals the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet together thereby sealing the sample between the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet and partitioning the fluid for chemical amplification or other chemical processing or separations. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/695968 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 7/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/0038 (20130101) B32B 37/182 (20130101) B32B 37/1027 (20130101) B32B 38/0008 (20130101) Machines, Apparatus or Devices For, or Methods Of, Packaging Articles or Materials; Unpacking B65B 9/023 (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 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 2521/101 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1741 (20150115) |
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| US 09550680 | Andrus, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ALSTOM Technology Ltd (Baden, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH (Baden, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert E. Andrus, Jr. (Granby, Connecticut); Glen D. Jukkola (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Paul R. Thibeault (Windsor, Connecticut); Gregory N. Liljedahl (Tariffville, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical looping system that contains an oxidizer and a reducer is in fluid communication with a gas purification unit. The gas purification unit has at least one compressor, at least one dryer; and at least one distillation purification system; where the gas purification unit is operative to separate carbon dioxide from other contaminants present in the flue gas stream; and where the gas purification unit is operative to recycle the contaminants to the chemical looping system in the form of a vent gas that provides lift for reactants in the reducer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/923800 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/002 (20130101) B01D 53/22 (20130101) B01D 2256/22 (20130101) B01D 2257/80 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/24 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 2900/99008 (20130101) Removal or Treatment of Combustion Products or Combustion Residues; Flues F23J 2215/50 (20130101) F23J 2900/15061 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 20/346 (20130101) |
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| US 09550731 | Lampe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matt Lampe (Kansas City, Missouri); Thomas Robison (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes and systems for synthesizing organic peroxides are provided. One or more of the reactions described herein may be performed in a continuous reactor, optionally including at least one microscale reaction channel. Additionally, at least one phase transfer catalyst may be used to facilitate reaction of components present in a multiphase reaction mixture. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/719364 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 407/00 (20130101) C07C 407/00 (20130101) C07C 409/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 409/38 (20130101) |
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| US 09551079 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Anyin Li (West Lafayette, Indiana); Qingjie Luo (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for producing metal clusters; functionalized surfaces; and droplets including solvated metal ions. In certain aspects, the invention provides methods that involve providing a metal and a solvent. The methods additionally involve applying voltage to the solvated metal to thereby produce solvent droplets including ions of the metal containing compound, and directing the solvent droplets including the metal ions to a target. In certain embodiments, once at the target, the metal ions can react directly or catalyze reactions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/468549 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic Production, Recovery or Refining of Metals; Apparatus Therefor C25C 1/22 (20130101) C25C 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 10/234 (20151101) |
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| US 09551734 | De Geronimo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gianluigi De Geronimo (Syosset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for a current-output peak detector. A current-output peak detector circuit is disclosed and works in two phases. The peak detector circuit includes switches to switch the peak detector circuit from the first phase to the second phase upon detection of the peak voltage of an input voltage signal. The peak detector generates a current output with a high degree of accuracy in the second phase. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/702075 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 29/0857 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 5/1532 (20130101) |
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| US 09551736 | Mentzel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tamar S. Mentzel (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Kenneth MacLean (Hingham, Massachusetts); Marc A. Kastner (Newton, Massachusetts); Nirat Ray (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tamar S. Mentzel (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Kenneth MacLean (Hingham, Massachusetts); Marc A. Kastner (Newton, Massachusetts); Nirat Ray (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical conductance measurement system including a one-dimensional semiconducting channel, with electrical conductance sensitive to electrostatic fluctuations, in a circuit for measuring channel electrical current. An electrically-conductive element is disposed at a location at which the element is capacitively coupled to the channel; a midpoint of the element aligned with about a midpoint of the channel, and connected to first and second electrically-conductive contact pads that are together in a circuit connected to apply a changing voltage across the element. The electrically-conductive contact pads are laterally spaced from the midpoint of the element by a distance of at least about three times a screening length of the element, given in SI units as (K∈0/e2D(EF))1/2, where K is the static dielectric constant, ∈0 is the permittivity of free space, e is electron charge, and D(EF) is the density of states at the Fermi energy for the element. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570556 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4146 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 19/0092 (20130101) G01R 27/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09551772 | McCamey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dane McCamey (Annandale, Australia); Christoph Boehme (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dane McCamey (Annandale, Australia); Christoph Boehme (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic, spin-dependent magnetic field sensor (10) includes an active stack (12) having an organic material with a spin-dependence. The sensor (10) also includes a back electrical contact (14) electrically coupled to a back of the active stack (12) and a front electrical contact (16) electrically coupled to a front of the active stack (12). A magnetic field generator (18) is oriented so as to provide an oscillating magnetic field which penetrates the active stack (12). |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/978638 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/09 (20130101) G01R 33/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/1284 (20130101) |
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| US 09551795 | Friedman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Integrated Sensors, LLC (Ottawa Hills, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated Sensors, LLC (Ottawa Hills, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter S. Friedman (Ottawa Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A position-sensitive ionizing-radiation counting detector includes a radiation detector gas chamber having at least one ultra-thin chamber window and an ultra-thin first substrate contained within the gas chamber. The detector further includes a second substrate generally parallel to and coupled to the first substrate and defining a gas gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The detector further includes a discharge gas between the substrates and contained within the gas chamber, where the discharge gas is free to circulate within the gas chamber and between the first and second substrates at a given gas pressure. The detector further includes a first electrode coupled to one of the substrates and a second electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode. The detector further includes a first discharge event detector coupled to at least one of the electrodes for detecting a gas discharge counting event in the electrode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/218820 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/18 (20130101) G01T 1/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09552196 | Chen 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) | Tong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alexandre E. Eichenberger (Chappaqua, New York); Arpith C. Jacob (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Zehra N. Sura (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes tracking a size of a load-store queue (LSQ) during compile time of a program. The size of the LSQ is time-varying and indicates how many memory access instructions of the program are on the LSQ. The method further includes scheduling, by a computer processor, a plurality of memory access instructions of the program based on the size of the LSQ. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/744051 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/4434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09552299 | Stalzer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Stalzer (Oak Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Stalzer (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of building massively parallel computing systems using low power computing complexes in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. A massively parallel computing system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes at least one Solid State Blade configured to communicate via a high performance network fabric. In addition, each Solid State Blade includes a processor configured to communicate with a plurality of low power computing complexes interconnected by a router, and each low power computing complex includes at least one general processing core, an accelerator, an I/O interface, and cache memory and is configured to communicate with non-volatile solid state memory. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158161 |
| ART UNIT | 2136 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0866 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/214 (20130101) |
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| US 09552897 | Nenoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tina M. Nenoff (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dorina Florentina Sava Gallis (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Karena Chapman (Naperville, Illinois); Peter Chupas (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for capturing waste are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for a high level of confinement and long term stability. The systems and methods include adsorbing waste into a metal-organic framework (MOF), and applying pressure to the MOF material's framework to crystallize or make amorphous the MOF material thereby changing the MOF's pore structure and sorption characteristics without collapsing the MOF framework. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/858232 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 9/001 (20130101) G21F 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09552911 | McGuire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Alan McGuire (Knoxville, Tennessee); Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nirmal Jeevi Ghimire (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An alloy composition is composed essentially of Hf2-XZrXCo11BY, wherein 0<X<2 and 0<Y≦1.5. Moreover, an alloy composition is composed essentially of ferromagnetic Hf2-XZrXCo11BY, wherein 0≦X<2 and 0<Y≦1.5, and has a nanoscale crystalline structure comprising at least one non-equilibrium phase. The alloys can be melt-spun with in-situ and/or ex-situ annealing to produce the nanoscale crystalline structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/044078 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/10 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 1/047 (20130101) H01F 1/15316 (20130101) H01F 1/15333 (20130101) |
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| US 09553223 | Beardslee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Beardslee (Los Angeles, California); Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada Flintridge, California); Bryce Sadtler (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of aligning microwires includes modifying the microwires so they are more responsive to a magnetic field. The method also includes using a magnetic field so as to magnetically align the microwires. The method can further include capturing the microwires in a solid support structure that retains the longitudinal alignment of the microwires when the magnetic field is not applied to the microwires. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/163745 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 41/26 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0352 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4902 (20150115) |
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| US 09553316 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Lu (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois); Larry A. Curtiss (Downers Grove, Illinois); Kah Chun Lau (Darien, Illinois); Yang-Kook Sun (Seoul, South Korea); Yun Jung Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Xiangyi Luo (Westmont, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Lu (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois); Larry A. Curtiss (Downers Grove, Illinois); Kah Chun Lau (Darien, Illinois); Yang-Kook Sun (Seoul, South Korea); Yun Jung Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Xiangyi Luo (Westmont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition includes LiO2, reduced graphene oxide, and a metal catalyst or residue thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/667524 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/92 (20130101) H01M 4/9016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/9041 (20130101) |
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| US 09553327 | Fuller 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) | Timothy J. Fuller (Pittsford, New York); Ruichun Jiang (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a modified solid polymer includes a step of contacting a solid fluorinated polymer with a sodium sodium-naphthalenide solution to form a treated fluorinated solid polymer. The treated fluorinated solid polymer is contacted with carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, or sulfur trioxide to form a solid grafted fluorinated polymer. Characteristically, the grafted fluorinated polymer includes appended CO2H or SO2H or SO3H groups. The solid grafted fluorinated polymer is advantageously incorporated into a fuel cell as part of the ion-conducting membrane or a water transport membrane in a humidifier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/586132 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — 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 9/224 (20130101) C08J 2327/18 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1023 (20130101) H01M 8/1039 (20130101) H01M 8/1044 (20130101) H01M 8/1067 (20130101) H01M 8/1088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/04141 (20130101) H01M 8/04149 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) |
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| US 09553465 | Raghavan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajay Raghavan (Mountain View, California); Peter Kiesel (Palo Alto, California); Alexander Lochbaum (Mountain View, California); Bhaskar Saha (Union City, California); Lars Wilko Sommer (Mountain View, California); Tobias Staudt (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A battery management system includes one or more fiber optic sensors configured to be disposed within an electrochemical battery. Each fiber optic sensor is capable of receiving input light and providing output light that varies based on the input light and an amount of free or dissolved gas present within the battery. A detector detects the output light and generates an electrical detector signal in response to the output light. Battery management circuitry determines the state of the battery based at least in part on the detector signal. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/257673 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/7703 (20130101) G01N 33/0036 (20130101) G01N 2021/0112 (20130101) G01N 2021/772 (20130101) G01N 2021/7709 (20130101) G01N 2021/7783 (20130101) G01N 2021/7786 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3606 (20130101) G01R 31/3679 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/48 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/007 (20130101) H02J 7/0031 (20130101) H02J 7/0052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09553677 | Soh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel B. S. Soh (Pleasanton, California); Mohan Sarovar (Albany, California); Ryan Camacho (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies for continuous-variable quantum key distribution without transmitting a transmitter's local oscillator are described herein. A receiver on an optical transmission channel uses an oscillator signal generated by a light source at the receiver's location to perform interferometric detection on received signals. An optical reference pulse is sent by the transmitter on the transmission channel and the receiver computes a phase offset of the transmission based on quadrature measurements of the reference pulse. The receiver can then compensate for the phase offset between the transmitter's reference and the receiver's reference when measuring quadratures of received data pulses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/943373 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09554484 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Ming Ying (Urbana, Illinois); Andrew Bonifas (Urbana, Illinois); Nanshu Lu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are appendage mountable electronic systems and related methods for covering and conforming to an appendage surface. A flexible or stretchable substrate has an inner surface for receiving an appendage, including an appendage having a curved surface, and an opposed outer surface that is accessible to external surfaces. A stretchable or flexible electronic device is supported by the substrate inner and/or outer surface, depending on the application of interest. The electronic device in combination with the substrate provides a net bending stiffness to facilitate conformal contact between the inner surface and a surface of the appendage provided within the enclosure. In an aspect, the system is capable of surface flipping without adversely impacting electronic device functionality, such as electronic devices comprising arrays of sensors, actuators, or both sensors and actuators. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/853770 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 19/015 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/01 (20130101) A61B 5/483 (20130101) A61B 5/1125 (20130101) A61B 5/4875 (20130101) A61B 5/6806 (20130101) A61B 5/6826 (20130101) A61B 5/6843 (20130101) A61B 5/7455 (20130101) A61B 34/35 (20160201) A61B 34/76 (20160201) A61B 2034/741 (20160201) A61B 2505/05 (20130101) A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/028 (20130101) A61B 2562/029 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) A61B 2562/0209 (20130101) A61B 2562/227 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) A61B 2562/0247 (20130101) A61B 2562/0261 (20130101) A61B 2562/0271 (20130101) A61B 2562/0285 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/5388 (20130101) H01L 2224/95 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0283 (20130101) H05K 3/0014 (20130101) H05K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49124 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nabil Simaan (Nashville, Tennessee); Andrea Bajo (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for establishing an access channel to a target location is presented. The device includes a plurality of cylindrical segments. A plurality of backbones each extends through a backbone channel of each segment to join the plurality of segments together. When joined together, the central bore of each of the plurality of cylindrical segments align to form an access channel. A distal segment is fixedly attached to each of the plurality of backbones such that an orientation of the distal segment can be adjusted by linear movement of one or more of the plurality of backbones through the plurality of cylindrical segments. Furthermore, when linear movement of the plurality of backbones is restricted, the shape of the access channel can be adjusted by external forces while maintaining the orientation of the distal segment. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/394245 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00006 (20130101) A61B 1/0055 (20130101) A61B 1/00082 (20130101) A61B 1/00147 (20130101) A61B 1/00154 (20130101) A61B 17/0218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 34/30 (20160201) A61B 2034/303 (20160201) A61B 2034/306 (20160201) 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 25/10 (20130101) A61M 25/0144 (20130101) |
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| US 09550160 | Winter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jessica O Winter (Columbus, Ohio); Gang Ruan (Columbus, Ohio); Barbara Wyslouzil (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Anthony David Duong (Columbus, Ohio); Kalpesh Mahajan (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing nanocomposite particles is provided. The method comprises supplying an organic phase fluid an organic phase fluid, an aqueous phase fluid, an amphiphile, and a plurality of hydrophobic nanospecies to a nozzle. An electric field is generated proximate the nozzle such that the fluid exiting the nozzle forms a cone jet that disperses into a plurality of droplets. The plurality of droplets are collected, and nanocomposite particles comprising a self-assembled structure encapsulating at least one hydrophobic nanospecies form by self-assembly. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/629552 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5153 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 1/0062 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0036 (20130101) H01F 1/0045 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2989 (20150115) |
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| US 09550614 | Bawendi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, California); Jean-Michel Caruge (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan Steckel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan E. Halpert (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexi Arango (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, California); Jean-Michel Caruge (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan Steckel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan E. Halpert (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexi Arango (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device includes a semiconductor nanocrystal and a charge transporting layer that includes an inorganic material. The charge transporting layer can be a hole or electron transporting layer. The inorganic material can be an inorganic semiconductor. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/486478 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 71/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65D 81/261 (20130101) B65D 2571/0045 (20130101) B65D 2571/0066 (20130101) B65D 2571/00141 (20130101) B65D 2571/00574 (20130101) B65D 2571/00728 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/502 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) |
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| US 09550846 | Leventis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Abhishek Bang (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel urethane-acrylate (UAC) Star monomers and polyurethane-acrylate (PUAC) aerogel polymers derived therefrom are described herein, along with other novel, related monomers and polymers. Also described herein are processes for preparing the UAC Star monomers, the PUAC aerogel polymers, and the other related monomers and polymers. The PUAC and related polymers herein are useful in various applications including in structural and thermal insulation. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/208892 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2208 (20130101) B01J 2531/42 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 271/28 (20130101) C07C 2102/42 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 122/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 222/10 (20130101) C08F 2222/1066 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 2101/0091 (20130101) |
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| US 09551002 | Coruzzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria Coruzzi (New York, New York); Kenneth D. Birnbaum (Brooklyn, New York); Rodrigo A. Gutierrez (Santiago, Switzerland); Miriam Gifford (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing transgenic plants. In specific embodiments, transgenic plants comprise a construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding microRNA167 (miR167), or precursor thereof, operably linked to a plant pericycle-specific promote, wherein the miR167 is ectopically overexpressed in the transgenic plants, and wherein the promoter is optionally a constitutive or inducible promoter. In some embodiments, the transgenic plant has an improved agronomic or nutritional characteristic when cultivated in nitrogen-rich conditions as compared to a wild type plant cultivated in the same conditions. Also provided herein are commercial products (e.g., pulp, paper, paper products, or lumber) derived from the transgenic plants (e.g., transgenic trees) produced using the methods provided herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/134624 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8261 (20130101) |
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| US 09551650 | Nitkowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur Nitkowski (Ithaca, New York); Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Nitkowski (Ithaca, New York); Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated optofluidic system for trapping and transporting particles for analysis is provided comprising a planar substrate; a microfluidic channel; and a waveguide integrated with the channel. A microsphere particle in the integrated optofluidic system can act as a cavity, allowing light to circulate many thousands of times around the circumference of the microsphere. Optical trapping and transport is used for nanoscale positioning to excite the microsphere resonances. Sensitive measurements on molecules can be accomplished by monitoring changes in whispering gallery modes (WGMs) that propagate around the circumference of the microsphere. By using a broadband or supercontinuum light source, a microsphere can be trapped and many WGM resonances can be excited through the visible and near-infrared wavelengths simultaneously. After the resonances are measured using the waveguide transmission, the microsphere can be freed by decreasing the optical power and the process repeated with a different microsphere. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/375433 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 2400/0454 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/53 (20130101) G01N 21/7703 (20130101) G01N 21/7746 (20130101) G01N 2021/058 (20130101) G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) G01N 2021/7789 (20130101) |
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| US 09551655 | Mazumder 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) | Pinaki Mazumder (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nan Zheng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kyungjun Song (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mahdi Aghadjani (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor platform is provided for interrogating a sample with an electromagnetic (EM) wave. The platform includes: a dielectric material having opposing first and second planar surfaces; a first array of loop elements embedded in the first planar surface of the dielectric material, wherein slots are formed between the loop elements in the first array of loop elements and configured to host a sample material therein; and a second array of loop elements embedded in the second planar surface of the dielectric material and formed symmetrically with respect to the first array of loop elements, wherein slots are also formed between the loop elements of the second array of loop elements. The loop elements in the first array and the second array are comprised of a conductive material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/810540 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/253 (20130101) G01N 21/0303 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09551666 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qian Wang (Columbia, South Carolina); Kai Li (Henan, China PRC); Charlene Mello (Rochester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Reactive and modified M13 bacteriophages, and methods of making and using the same, are generally provided. The reactive M13 bacteriophage can include a alkyne functional group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophage can include a substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage via a 1,2,3-triazole linkage. Dual-modified M13 bacteriophages are also generally provided, and can include a cancer-targeting substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage and a fluorescent group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophages can not only be employed as a fluorescent probe for cancer imaging, but also can be used as biomaterials for cell alignment and scaffolding. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/800526 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2795/14142 (20130101) C12N 2795/14145 (20130101) C12N 2810/10 (20130101) C12N 2810/405 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09551687 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-Ping Wang (Shoreview, Minnesota); Chengguo Xing (Shoreview, Minnesota); Yuanpeng Li (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Balasubramanian Srinivasan (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes a sensor surface and a pair of electrodes. The sensor surface includes a first conductive layer separated from a second conductive layer by an intermediary layer, a magnetization direction of the first conductive layer and a magnetization direction of the second conductive layer having a ground state orientation of approximately 0 degrees. An electrical resistance between the pair of electrodes is determined by a magnetic field proximate the sensor surface. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/826995 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 25/00 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 1/00 (20130101) G01B 2210/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/483 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 1/00 (20130101) G01R 33/093 (20130101) G01R 33/1269 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/00 (20130101) H01L 2221/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4902 (20150115) |
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| US 09552495 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Yang (Vestal, New York); Kartik Gopalan (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A checkpointing method for creating a file representing a restorable state of a virtual machine in a computing system, comprising identifying processes executing within the virtual machine that may store confidential data, and marking memory pages and files that potentially contain data stored by the identified processes; or providing an application programming interface for marking memory regions and files within the virtual machine that contain confidential data stored by processes; and creating a checkpoint file, by capturing memory pages and files representing a current state of the computing system, which excludes information from all of the marked memory pages and files. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/753800 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45558 (20130101) G06F 11/1451 (20130101) G06F 17/30088 (20130101) G06F 17/30091 (20130101) G06F 21/53 (20130101) G06F 21/79 (20130101) G06F 21/6245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2009/45583 (20130101) G06F 2009/45587 (20130101) G06F 2201/84 (20130101) |
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| US 09552658 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianing V. Shi (Houston, Texas); Aswin C. Sankaranarayanan (Houston, Texas); Christoph Emanuel Studer (Houston, Texas); Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianing V. Shi (Houston, Texas); Aswin C. Sankaranarayanan (Houston, Texas); Christoph Emanuel Studer (Houston, Texas); Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A compressive sensing system for dynamic video acquisition. The system includes a video signal interface including a compressive imager configured to acquire compressive sensed video frame data from an object, a video processing unit including a processor and memory. The video processing unit is configured to receive the compressive sensed video frame data from the video signal interface. The memory comprises computer readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to generate a motion estimate from the compressive sensed video frame data and generate dynamical video frame data from the motion estimate and the compressive sensed video frame data. The dynamical video frame data may be output. |
| FILED | Friday, July 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/952353 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/50 (20130101) G06T 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) |
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| US 09552929 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Roberts (Clemson, South Carolina); Apparao M. Rao (Anderson, South Carolina); Ramakrishna Podila (Central, South Carolina); Robert Emmett (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to composites including a carbon nanomaterial having a redox-active material, such as a polymer containing redox groups, disposed on the carbon nanomaterial, methods of making the composite, methods of storing energy, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/331264 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/02 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/68 (20130101) H01G 11/84 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 4/602 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09552973 | McEwen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles Nehemiah McEwen (Newark, Delaware); Sarah Trimpin (Detroit, Michigan); Vincent Salvatore Pagnotti (Moosic, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Nehemiah McEwen (Newark, Delaware); Sarah Trimpin (Detroit, Michigan); Vincent Salvatore Pagnotti (Moosic, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionizing system includes a channel having an inlet disposed in a first pressure region and an outlet disposed in a second pressure region, a pressure of the first pressure region being greater than a pressure of the second pressure region. A heater is coupled to the channel and configured to heat the channel. A device is configured to introduce an analyte into the channel where the analyte is ionized. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/819487 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0404 (20130101) H01J 49/0468 (20130101) |
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| US 09553709 | Buddhikot et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milind M. Buddhikot (Raritan Township, New Jersey); Sayandeep Sen (Madison, Wisconsin); Dragan Samardzija (Highlands, New Jersey); Tan Zhang (Madison, Wisconsin); Susan Walker (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milind M. Buddhikot (Raritan Township, New Jersey); Sayandeep Sen (Madison, Wisconsin); Dragan Samardzija (Highlands, New Jersey); Tan Zhang (Madison, Wisconsin); Susan Walker (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and an apparatus is provided for conducting wireless data communications using whitespace and non-whitespace channels. A short-range base station with an interface for whitespace channels and another interface for non-whitespace channels communicates with user equipment outfitted with equivalent interfaces. The short-range base station has a preference for using the interface for the whitespace channels, where the whitespace channels are whitespace spectrum bands that are available during periods when a primary user is not actively utilizing the whitespace. A spectrum server analyzes spectrum occupancy database information and whitespace spectrum sensing measurements to determine lists of available whitespace spectrum bands for use by the short-range base station. |
| FILED | Monday, October 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/053201 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 5/0058 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 27/0006 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/14 (20130101) H04W 72/00 (20130101) H04W 88/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09554484 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Ming Ying (Urbana, Illinois); Andrew Bonifas (Urbana, Illinois); Nanshu Lu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are appendage mountable electronic systems and related methods for covering and conforming to an appendage surface. A flexible or stretchable substrate has an inner surface for receiving an appendage, including an appendage having a curved surface, and an opposed outer surface that is accessible to external surfaces. A stretchable or flexible electronic device is supported by the substrate inner and/or outer surface, depending on the application of interest. The electronic device in combination with the substrate provides a net bending stiffness to facilitate conformal contact between the inner surface and a surface of the appendage provided within the enclosure. In an aspect, the system is capable of surface flipping without adversely impacting electronic device functionality, such as electronic devices comprising arrays of sensors, actuators, or both sensors and actuators. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/853770 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 19/015 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/01 (20130101) A61B 5/483 (20130101) A61B 5/1125 (20130101) A61B 5/4875 (20130101) A61B 5/6806 (20130101) A61B 5/6826 (20130101) A61B 5/6843 (20130101) A61B 5/7455 (20130101) A61B 34/35 (20160201) A61B 34/76 (20160201) A61B 2034/741 (20160201) A61B 2505/05 (20130101) A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/028 (20130101) A61B 2562/029 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) A61B 2562/0209 (20130101) A61B 2562/227 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) A61B 2562/0247 (20130101) A61B 2562/0261 (20130101) A61B 2562/0271 (20130101) A61B 2562/0285 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/5388 (20130101) H01L 2224/95 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0283 (20130101) H05K 3/0014 (20130101) H05K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49124 (20150115) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09549667 | Manohara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harish M. Manohara (Arcadia, California); Anna Liao (Montrose, California); Youngsam Bae (Los Angeles, California); Hrayr Karnig Shahinian (Beverly Hills, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Harish M. Manohara (Arcadia, California); Anna Liao (Montrose, California); Youngsam Bae (Los Angeles, California); Hrayr Karnig Shahinian (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An endoscope including a rigid section having opposed first and second ends and an opening situated between the first and second ends, the rigid section defining a longitudinal axis; a handle portion coupled to a first end of the rigid section and having first and second scissor-type handles suitable for grasping by a user; and a base part situated at the second end of the rigid section and coupled to the first handle of the scissor-type handles such that displacement of the first handle causes a rotation of the base part. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/692573 |
| ART UNIT | 3779 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/05 (20130101) A61B 1/00039 (20130101) A61B 1/00045 (20130101) A61B 1/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 1/051 (20130101) A61B 1/00183 (20130101) A61B 1/0676 (20130101) A61B 1/0684 (20130101) A61B 1/3132 (20130101) |
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| US 09550870 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Hampton, Virginia); Negin Nazem (Blacksburg, Virginia); Larry Taylor (Christiansburg, Virginia); Jin Ho Kang (Newport News, Virginia); Jae-Woo Kim (Newport News, Virginia); Godfrey Sauti (Hampton, Virginia); Peter T. Lillehei (Yorktown, Virginia); Sharon E. Lowther (Hampton, Virginia) |
| 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) | Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Hampton, Virginia); Negin Nazem (Blacksburg, Virginia); Larry Taylor (Christiansburg, Virginia); Jin Ho Kang (Newport News, Virginia); Jae-Woo Kim (Newport News, Virginia); Godfrey Sauti (Hampton, Virginia); Peter T. Lillehei (Yorktown, Virginia); Sharon E. Lowther (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method to develop highly conductive functional materials which can effectively shield various electromagnetic effects (EMEs) and harmful radiations. Metallized nanotube polymer composites (MNPC) are composed of a lightweight polymer matrix, superstrong nanotubes (NT), and functional nanoparticle inclusions. MNPC is prepared by supercritical fluid infusion of various metal precursors (Au, Pt, Fe, and Ni salts), incorporated simultaneously or sequentially, into a solid NT-polymer composite followed by thermal reduction. The infused metal precursor tends to diffuse toward the nanotube surface preferentially as well as the surfaces of the NT-polymer matrix, and is reduced to form nanometer-scale metal particles or metal coatings. The conductivity of the MNPC increases with the metallization, which provides better shielding capabilities against various EMEs and radiations by reflecting and absorbing EM waves more efficiently. Furthermore, the supercritical fluid infusion process aids to improve the toughness of the composite films significantly regardless of the existence of metal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/313945 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/882 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/167 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/203 (20130101) C08J 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 7/06 (20130101) C08J 2379/08 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/544 (20151101) |
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| US 09550873 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Institute of Aerospace (Hampton, Virginia); 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) | Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Jin Ho Kang (Newport News, Virginia); Keith L. Gordon (Hampton, Virginia); Godfrey Sauti (Hampton, Virginia); Sharon E. Lowther (Hampton, Virginia); Robert G. Bryant (Poquoson, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Some implementations provide a composite material that includes a first material and a second material. In some implementations, the composite material is a metamaterial. The first material includes a chiral polymer (e.g., crystalline chiral helical polymer, poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamate (PBLG), poly-L-lactic acid (PLA), polypeptide, and/or polyacetylene). The second material is within the chiral polymer. The first material and the second material are configured to provide an effective index of refraction value for the composite material of 1 or less. In some implementations, the effective index of refraction value for the composite material is negative. In some implementations, the effective index of refraction value for the composite material of 1 or less is at least in a wavelength of one of at least a visible spectrum, an infrared spectrum, a microwave spectrum, and/or an ultraviolet spectrum. |
| FILED | Friday, July 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/941441 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08K 3/08 (20130101) C08K 3/24 (20130101) C08K 3/28 (20130101) C08K 3/30 (20130101) C08K 3/32 (20130101) C08K 3/38 (20130101) C08K 5/42 (20130101) C08K 5/3445 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 49/00 (20130101) C08L 67/00 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (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 1/29 (20130101) G02F 2202/30 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 15/0086 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
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| US 09550911 | Wohl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America 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 Administrtor of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Wohl (Portsmouth, Virginia); John W. Connell (Yorktown, Virginia); Joseph G. Smith (Smithfield, Virginia); Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia); John M. Gardner (Newport News, Virginia); Frank M. Palmieri (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Epoxy resin compositions prepared using amino terminated fluoro alkyl ethers. The epoxy resin compositions exhibit low surface adhesion properties making them useful as coatings, paints, moldings, adhesives, and fiber reinforced composites. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/310997 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/066 (20130101) C08G 59/504 (20130101) C08G 59/1438 (20130101) C08G 2650/50 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/30 (20130101) C08K 3/36 (20130101) C08K 2003/3009 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 163/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 163/00 (20130101) C09D 163/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/30 (20150115) Y10T 428/31511 (20150401) Y10T 428/31529 (20150401) |
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| US 09552952 | Rand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lauren P. Rand (Wayland, Massachusetts); John D. Williams (Fort Collins, Colorado); Rafael A. Martinez (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of the electride form of 12CaO-7Al2O3, or C12A7, as a low work function electron emitter in a hollow cathode discharge apparatus is described. No heater is required to initiate operation of the present cathode, as is necessary for traditional hollow cathode devices. Because C12A7 has a fully oxidized lattice structure, exposure to oxygen does not degrade the electride. The electride was surrounded by a graphite liner since it was found that the C12A7 electride converts to it's eutectic (CA+C3A) form when heated (through natural hollow cathode operation) in a metal tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/091433 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/14 (20130101) H01J 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 27/08 (20130101) H01J 27/146 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09549684 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Reconstruction of cardiac information representing a complex rhythm disorder is facilitated by assigning activation onsets to non-discernible beats in low confidence signals based upon time associations relative to activation onsets in adjacent high confidence signals. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/965388 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/044 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0255 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0432 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0456 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/0472 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/4857 (20130101) A61B 5/6852 (20130101) A61B 5/7221 (20130101) A61B 5/7264 (20130101) A61B 5/7278 (20130101) |
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| US 09549827 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Eric A. Nickel (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia); REGENTS OF THE UNIVERISTY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Eric A. Nickel (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An ankle-foot prosthesis includes a foot plate, an ankle frame attached to the foot plate, a yoke pivotally connected to the ankle frame and including a member for attaching to a leg, a damper having a first end connected to the yoke and a second end connected to the ankle frame, and a control mechanism for switching the damper between low and high settings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/022645 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| 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 2/6607 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/745 (20130101) A61F 2002/748 (20130101) A61F 2002/5006 (20130101) A61F 2002/6642 (20130101) |
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| US 09551040 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary E. Wilson (Iowa City, Iowa); Jason Weirather (Iowa City, Iowa); John E. Donelson (Iowa City, Iowa); Albert Schriefer (Bahia, Brazil); Edgar Carvalho (Salvador, BA, Brazil); Selma M. B. Jeronimo (RN, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary E. Wilson (Iowa City, Iowa); Jason Weirather (Iowa City, Iowa); John E. Donelson (Iowa City, Iowa); Albert Schriefer (Bahia, Brazil); Edgar Carvalho (Salvador, BA, Brazil); Selma M. B. Jeronimo (RN, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for determining the presence, species, and/or quantity of Leishmania in a sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/659746 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09550016 | Gifford |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Halcyon Biomedical, Incorporated (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Halcyon Biomedical, Incorporated (Friendswood, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean C. Gifford (Ft. Edward, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are systems, methods, and kits for compression sedimentation and whole blood separation. For example, a compression sedimentation system may include a compression stage configured to accept a flexible reservoir configured to contain a liquid mixture. The compression stage may include a base substrate and a compression substrate configured to apply a force to the flexible reservoir effective to create a pressure in the liquid mixture. An apparatus for whole blood separation may include a sedimentation system that separates whole blood into a supernatant including platelet rich plasma and a subnatant including red blood cells. At least one platelet-concentrating device may be included to receive the supernatant including the PRP and to separate a platelet concentrate and a platelet poor plasma from the supernatant. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/601220 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/0272 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/3672 (20130101) A61M 1/3695 (20140204) A61M 2202/0415 (20130101) A61M 2202/0427 (20130101) A61M 2202/0429 (20130101) A61M 2202/0439 (20130101) Separation B01D 21/006 (20130101) B01D 21/28 (20130101) B01D 21/2444 (20130101) |
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| US 09550036 | Hoekman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Impel NeuroPharma Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Impel NeuroPharma Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Hoekman (Seattle, Washington); Michael Hite (Normandy Park, Washington); Alan Brunelle (Woodinville, Washington); Joel Relethford (Everett, Washington); Rodney J. Y. Ho (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound delivery device for delivering a plume derived from a propellant and a drug formulation. The drug formulation is in an intranasal dosage form in the form of powder, suspension, dispersion or liquid. The propelled intranasal dosage form is deposited within the olfactory region of the nasal cavity. The drug deposited within the olfactory region is delivered to the brain avoiding the blood-brain-barrier. Hydrofluoroalkane propellant from a pressurized canister is channeled to a diffuser and drug-containing chamber where the intra-nasal dosage form is aerosolized. The aerosolized intra-nasal dosage form passes through a nozzle thus delivering a plume to the olfactory region of a user's nasal cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017048 |
| ART UNIT | 3778 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 11/02 (20130101) A61M 15/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2202/064 (20130101) A61M 2202/0468 (20130101) A61M 2205/073 (20130101) A61M 2205/8225 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Integrated Sensors, LLC (Ottawa Hills, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated Sensors, LLC (Ottawa Hills, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter S. Friedman (Ottawa Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A position-sensitive ionizing-radiation counting detector includes a radiation detector gas chamber having at least one ultra-thin chamber window and an ultra-thin first substrate contained within the gas chamber. The detector further includes a second substrate generally parallel to and coupled to the first substrate and defining a gas gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The detector further includes a discharge gas between the substrates and contained within the gas chamber, where the discharge gas is free to circulate within the gas chamber and between the first and second substrates at a given gas pressure. The detector further includes a first electrode coupled to one of the substrates and a second electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode. The detector further includes a first discharge event detector coupled to at least one of the electrodes for detecting a gas discharge counting event in the electrode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/218820 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/18 (20130101) G01T 1/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09549975 | Palese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York); St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee); The United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York); St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey); Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Richard J. Webby (Memphis, Tennessee); Juergen A. Richt (Ames, Iowa); Robert G. Webster (Memphis, Tennessee); Kelly M. Lager (Colo, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to attenuated swine influenza viruses having an impaired ability to antagonize the cellular interferon (IFN) response, and the use of such attenuated viruses in vaccine and pharmaceutical formulations. In particular, the invention relates to attenuated swine influenza viruses having modifications to a swine NS1 gene that diminish or eliminate the ability of the NS1 gene product to antagonize the cellular IFN response. These viruses replicate in vivo, but demonstrate decreased replication, virulence and increased attenuation, and therefore are well suited for use in live virus vaccines, and pharmaceutical formulations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/636651 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/58 (20130101) A61K 2039/544 (20130101) A61K 2039/552 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16034 (20130101) C12N 2760/16061 (20130101) C12N 2760/16121 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16151 (20130101) C12N 2760/16171 (20130101) |
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| US 09550871 | Gong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaoqin Gong (Middleton, Wisconsin); Alireza Javadi (Santa Clara, California); Qifeng Zheng (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhiyong Cai (Madison, Wisconsin); Ronald Sabo (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Highly porous, lightweight, and sustainable hybrid organic aerogels with ultra-low densities and excellent material properties and methods for preparing them are provided, including, e.g., PVA/CNF/GONS, RF/CNF/GONS, and PVA/CNF/MWCNT. The aerogels are modified to have a super-hydrophobic surface, thus leading to an extremely low swelling ratio and rate of moisture absorption. |
| FILED | Monday, November 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077103 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 9/0076 (20130101) C08J 2201/0484 (20130101) C08J 2205/026 (20130101) C08J 2300/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 09552305 | Volvovski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ilya Volvovski (Chicago, Illinois); Jason K. Resch (Chicago, Illinois); Andrew Baptist (Chicago, Illinois); Greg Dhuse (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilya Volvovski (Chicago, Illinois); Jason K. Resch (Chicago, Illinois); Andrew Baptist (Chicago, Illinois); Greg Dhuse (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method begins by a processing module identifying a first storage space zone that includes a plurality of deleted encoded data slices and a plurality of active encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module determining to compact the first storage space zone based on a function of the plurality of deleted encoded data slices and the plurality of active encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module retrieving the plurality of active encoded data slices from the first storage space zone, identifying a second storage space zone, storing the plurality of active encoded data slices in the second storage space zone, and erasing the plurality of deleted encoded data slices and the plurality of active encoded data slices from the first storage space zone when the first storage space zone is to be compacted. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/270571 |
| ART UNIT | 2131 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0652 (20130101) G06F 12/1408 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30371 (20130101) G06F 2212/7205 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/06 (20130101) H04L 67/1097 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 09550985 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene Tan (Arlington, Massachusetts); Richard F Selden (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Rosemary S. Turingan (Stoneham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NetBio, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene Tan (Arlington, Massachusetts); Richard F Selden (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Rosemary S. Turingan (Stoneham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods and devices for nucleic acid quantification and, in particular, to microfluidic methods and devices for nucleic acid quantification. In certain embodiments methods of quantifying a target nucleic acid without the need for amplification are provided. The methods involve, in some embodiments, allowing a binding agent to become immobilized with respect to the target nucleic acid. In some cases, the binding agent comprises a signaling moiety that can be used to quantify the amount of target nucleic acid. In another aspect, the quantification can be carried out rapidly. For example, in certain embodiments, the quantification can be completed within 5 minutes. In yet another aspect, samples containing a low amount of target nucleic acid can be quantified. For instance, in some cases, samples containing less than 100 nanograms per microliter may be quantified. Also described are devices and kits for performing such methods, or the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/816370 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 09552544 | Chelian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suhas E. Chelian (Encino, California); Rajan Bhattacharyya (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for action selection based on a combination of neuromodulatory and prefrontal cortex models. The system inputs group attack probability estimates for multiple groups in a prefrontal cortex (PFC) input area of a model instance. The system encodes a dispersion of the group attack probability estimates in an anterior cingulated cortex (ACC) conflict input area of the model instance, resulting in activation of the ACC conflict input area. The activation is propagated to an action area and a neuromodulatory area of the model instance. An action strategy is selected in the action area. The action strategy is implemented, and a reward and a cost is generated for the implemented action strategy. An assessment of possible action strategies is updated based on the generated reward and cost. Each model instance modulates its subsequent action strategy selection based on the updated assessment of the possible action strategies. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/334649 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/0472 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09551299 | Loebig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana); Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana); Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Loebig (Greenwood, Indiana); Christopher D. DeBruhl (Carmel, Indiana); John D. Holdcraft (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustion chamber includes an inner wall, an outer wall surrounding the inner wall, and a flow passage between the inner wall and outer wall that permits forward flow and restricts reverse flow. The inner wall has a plurality of effusion holes in fluid communication with the inside of the combustion chamber. The outer wall has a plurality of cooling side holes in fluid communication with a cooling source. The inner wall and the outer wall define a flow passage therebetween that fluidly connects one or more of the cooling side holes with one or more of the effusion holes. The flow passage has a geometric configuration to permit forward flow of gases through the flow passage from the cooling source to the inside of the combustion chamber and to restrict reverse flow of gases through the flow passage from the inside of the combustion chamber to the cooling source. The permitted flow rate is greater than the restricted flow rate. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/202397 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/04 (20130101) F23R 3/06 (20130101) F23R 2900/03041 (20130101) F23R 2900/03042 (20130101) F23R 2900/03341 (20130101) F23R 2900/03342 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49229 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
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- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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