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Patent Details for Tuesday, February 28, 2017
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| US 09578859 | Harton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albany Medical College (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan A. Harton (Slingerland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A transgenic mouse expressing the human gene for PYRIN domain-only protein 2 (POP2). POP2, when expressed in the transgenic mouse model, broadly dampens inflammatory cytokine production, in part through restricting the activation of both Nlrp3 and Aim2 inflammasomes. POP2 mice exhibit reduced susceptibility to LPS- and bacteria-induced septic shock. Further, POP2 mice are less susceptible to the fatal, acute inflammatory pneumonia caused by pulmonary infection with F. tularensis LVS and F. novicida, which are highly pathogenic to mice, but non-pathogenic to humans. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/989134 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 2207/15 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0368 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2015/8527 (20130101) |
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| US 09579016 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OREGON HEALTH and SCIENCE UNIVERSITY (Portland, Oregon); ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Zhejiang, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Huang (Portland, Oregon); Yan Li (Portland, Oregon); Wei Wu (Zhejiang, China PRC); Huilong Duan (Hangzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of OCT measurement and analysis techniques described herein enable precise 3D anterior chamber angle measurement from major, pertinent landmarks in the eye. Such techniques result in a more reliable, quantifiable angle measurement technique that is both non-invasive and non-contact in nature, thereby improving clinical practicality, while improving patient comfort and care. For example, a method is provided for in vivo imaging of an eye, including taking a plurality of optical coherence tomography (OCT) line scans of an eye to obtain a 3-dimensional (3D) radial scan pattern, the individual line scans including a plurality of axial scans, and obtaining a three-dimensional image of an anterior chamber angle of the eye from the radial scan pattern. |
| FILED | Monday, June 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/407668 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/117 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0014 (20130101) G06T 2207/10101 (20130101) G06T 2207/30041 (20130101) |
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| US 09579200 | Lederman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Lederman (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Ozgur Kocaturk (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Lederman (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Ozgur Kocaturk (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, apparatus, and methods for catheter-based repair of cardiac valves, including transcatheter-mitral-valve-cerclage annuloplasty and transcatheter-mitral-valve reapposition. In particular, a target and capture device is provided for guiding a cerclage traversal catheter system through a cerclage trajectory, particularly through a reentry site of the cerclage trajectory. The target and capture device provides the user with a target through which the cerclage traversal catheter system must be guided, particularly under imaging guidance, so as to properly traverse the cerclage trajectory at any desired location, particularly at a reentry site. The target and capture device can, further, ensnare and externalize the cerclage traversal catheter system. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/824198 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/221 (20130101) A61B 17/00234 (20130101) A61B 2017/0237 (20130101) A61B 2017/00243 (20130101) A61B 2017/00314 (20130101) A61B 2017/00327 (20130101) A61B 2017/22035 (20130101) A61B 2090/3966 (20160201) 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 2/2451 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/2466 (20130101) |
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| US 09579273 | Ponnapakkam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); The Kitasato Institute (Tokyo, Japan); MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER (New York, New York); NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY (Kagawa, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Kitasato Institute (, Japan); National University Corporation Kagawa University (, Japan); Montefiore Medical Center (, None); The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tulasi Ponnapakkam (New York, New York); Sagaya Theresa Leena Philominathan (Cheshire, Connecticut); Joshua Sakon (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Ranjitha Katikaneni (New York, New York); Takaki Koide (Tokyo, Japan); Osamu Matsushita (Kanagawa, Japan); Robert C. Gensure (New York, New York); Nozomu Nishi (Kagawa, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of delivering therapeutic agents by administering compositions including a bacterial collagen-binding polypeptide segment linked to the therapeutic agent to subjects in need of treatment with the therapeutic agent are provided. In these methods, the therapeutic agent is not a PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist or antagonist, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) or epidermal growth factor (EGF). The bacterial collagen-binding polypeptide segment delivers the agent to sites of partially untwisted or under-twisted collagen. Methods of treating collagenopathies using a composition including a collagen-binding polypeptide and a PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist are also provided. In addition, methods of treating hyperparathyroidism, and hair loss using compositions comprising a collagen binding polypeptide and a PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist are provided. Finally, methods of reducing hair regrowth by administering a composition including a collagen binding polypeptide and a PTH/PTHrP receptor antagonist are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/365226 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/64 (20130101) A61K 8/65 (20130101) A61K 8/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 8/99 (20130101) A61K 8/4913 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/29 (20130101) A61K 38/30 (20130101) A61K 38/179 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 38/1858 (20130101) A61K 38/1866 (20130101) A61K 39/44 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/6031 (20130101) A61K 2800/57 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 7/00 (20130101) A61Q 7/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09579283 | Brinker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric C. Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Erin Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cheryl L. Willman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric C. Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Erin Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cheryl L. Willman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to protocells for specific targeting of hepatocellular and other cancer cells which comprise a nanoporous silica core with a supported lipid bilayer; at least one agent which facilitates cancer cell death (such as a traditional small molecule, a macromolecular cargo (e.g. siRNA or a protein toxin such as ricin toxin A-chain or diphtheria toxin A-chain) and/or a histone-packaged plasmid DNA disposed within the nanoporous silica core (preferably supercoiled in order to more efficiently package the DNA into protocells) which is optionally modified with a nuclear localization sequence to assist in localizing protocells within the nucleus of the cancer cell and the ability to express peptides involved in therapy (apoptosis/cell death) of the cancer cell or as a reporter, a targeting peptide which targets cancer cells in tissue to be treated such that binding of the protocell to the targeted cells is specific and enhanced and a fusogenic peptide that promotes endosomal escape of protocells and encapsulated DNA. Protocells according to the present invention may be used to treat cancer, especially including hepatocellular (liver) cancer using novel binding peptides (c-MET peptides) which selectively bind to hepatocellular tissue or to function in diagnosis of cancer, including cancer treatment and drug discovery. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/113371 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/05 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48238 (20130101) A61K 47/48776 (20130101) A61K 48/0016 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2810/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09579302 | Veech et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia); TDELTAS (Thame, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDELTAS (Thame, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Veech (Rockville, Maryland); Kieran Clarke (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the surprising discovery that ketone bodies protect cell and tissues from ionizing radiation. Based on this finding, methods of protecting animal tissue and cells from damage caused by radiation exposure are disclosed which include, contacting the tissue with a therapeutically effective amount of an agent including at least one ketone ester, thereby protecting the tissue from radiation damage. Ketone esters can be used to minimize, reduce and/or prevent tissue damage following intentional and accidental radiation exposure, as well as increasing the therapeutic efficacy of radiation therapies by protecting non-target tissue from incidental radiation damage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/440634 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09579315 | Liggett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen B. Liggett (Baltimore, Maryland); Wayne C. H. Wang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Deepak A. Deshpande (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen B. Liggett (Baltimore, Maryland); Wayne C. H. Wang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Deepak A. Deshpande (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods for enhancing airway dilation and/or relieving bronchoconstriction, e.g., to treat obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and COPD, by administering bitter tastants to subjects in need thereof. Also described herein are methods for identifying compounds that modulate function of bitter tastant receptors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/812508 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0073 (20130101) A61K 31/24 (20130101) A61K 31/36 (20130101) A61K 31/49 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/475 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/7034 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5061 (20130101) G01N 2800/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09579321 | Messina |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis M. Messina (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to therapeutic applications for compositions that reduce the level of oxidative stress on cells in vivo or in vitro. The invention describes methods for improving the therapeutic properties of stem cells. The invention also provides combination therapies that are useful to balance the oxidative microenvironment of cells in vivo or in vitro. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/535690 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/375 (20130101) A61K 31/375 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 35/13 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2799/022 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 13/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09579333 | Heneine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walid Heneine (Atlanta, Georgia); Thomas M. Folks (Helotes, Texas); Robert Janssen (Atlanta, Georgia); Ronald A. Otten (Villa Rica, Georgia); Jose Gerardo Garcia Lerma (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process is provided for protecting a primate host from a self-replicating infection by an immunodeficiency retrovirus. Protection is achieved by administering to the primate host a combination of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and a pharmaceutically effective amount of a nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor prior to exposure to the immunodeficiency retrovirus. The administration is effective if provided in a single dose within 24 hours of the exposure. A regime of regular daily doses is also effective in providing protection against an immunodeficiency retrovirus becoming self-replicating after infecting a primate host. A process for controlling retrovirus transmission within a population includes the administration to a subpopulation at high risk for contracting an immunodeficiency retroviral infection the detailed combination prior to sexual exposure to a source of immunodeficiency retrovirus so as to preclude the immunodeficiency retrovirus from becoming self-replicating in a member of the subpopulation. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/679887 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0034 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/683 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09579337 | Stover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick J. Stover (Ithaca, New York); Martha S. Field (Burdett, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Stover (Ithaca, New York); Martha S. Field (Burdett, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical or dietary composition comprising deoxyuridine and a pharmaceutically or dietetically suitable carrier. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of supplementing the dietary needs of a subject. This method includes administering to the subject a dietary supplementing effective amount of deoxyuridine. Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating cancer in a subject. This method includes selecting a subject having cancer and administering to the selected subject a therapeutically effective amount of uridine, thereby treating the cancer in the selected subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/113858 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 33/13 (20160801) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09579344 | Kevil |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical college (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Kevil (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating a subject who has an tissue damage or who is at risk for tissue necrosis are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject who has an inflammatory disorder. The methods can include administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising inorganic nitrite or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for a time and in an amount sufficient to reduce the tissue damage. The subject can be diagnosed as having a medical condition that results tissue damage, for example, diabetes, peripheral artery disease, cardiovascular disease, defective wound healing, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, ischemia, or a bacterial infection, e.g., Group A staphylococcal infection. The methods can include the step of monitoring the course of treatment. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/104411 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 33/06 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09579349 | Daldrup-Link |
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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) | Heike E. Daldrup-Link (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Intravenous ferumoxytol is used to effectively label mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vivo and is used for in vivo tracking of stem cell transplants with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The method eliminates risk of contamination and biologic alteration of MSCs associated with ex-vivo-labeling procedures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/161315 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09579360 | Lambris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lambris (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); George Hajishengallis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes methods for preventing or treating periodontitis or diseases associated with periodontitis. The present disclosure also describes methods of screening for compounds that can be used to prevent or treat periodontitis or diseases associated with periodontitis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/801096 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/502 (20130101) G01N 2333/4716 (20130101) G01N 2800/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09579370 | Torres |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alfredo G. Torres (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo G. Torres (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments are directed to compositions comprising EHEC-specific antigens. In certain aspects EHEC O157:H7-specific antigen(s) are used as components of immunogenic compositions and vaccines. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/638956 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/552 (20130101) |
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| US 09579376 | Corey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington); FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Corey (Mercer Island, Washington); Kerry J. Laing (Seattle, Washington); Anna Wald (Seattle, Washington); David M. Koelle (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides HSV antigens that are useful for the prevention and treatment of HSV infection, including epitopes confirmed to be recognized by T-cells derived from herpetic lesions. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes, and in many cases, against cells infected with HSV. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing antigens or polynucleotides encoding antigens of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of HSV infection. |
| FILED | Monday, June 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/727666 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) |
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| US 09579400 | Lam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kit S. Lam (Davis, California); Juntao Luo (Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kit S. Lam (Davis, California); Juntao Luo (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a nanocarrier having an interior and an exterior, the nanocarrier comprising at least one conjugate, wherein each conjugate includes a polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer. Each conjugate also includes at least two amphiphilic compounds having both a hydrophilic face and a hydrophobic face. In addition, each conjugate includes an oligomer, wherein at least 2 of the amphiphilic compounds are covalently attached to the oligomer which is covalently attached to the PEG. The nanocarrier is such that each conjugate self-assembles in an aqueous solvent to form the nanocarrier such that a hydrophobic pocket is formed in the interior of the nanocarrier by the orientation of the hydrophobic face of each amphiphilic compound towards each other, and wherein the PEG of each conjugate self-assembles on the exterior of the nanocarrier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/120140 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1075 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 47/488 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0082 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09579408 | Sharma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijay Sharma (Wildwood, Missouri); Jothilingam Sivapackiam (St. Louis, Missouri); David Piwnica-Worms (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Sharma (Wildwood, Missouri); Jothilingam Sivapackiam (St. Louis, Missouri); David Piwnica-Worms (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Tracers that can be used for PET or SPECT imaging of the distribution of Pgp are disclosed. The tracers are metalloprobes that can comprise a radioactive metal ion such as 67Ga or 68Ga. Methods of synthesizing the tracers, and methods of imaging heart and other tissues are also disclosed. The tracers can be used to obtain high signal-to-background ratios for imaging tissues in vivo such as heart or tumor tissue. In various embodiments, disclosed tracers can exhibit, a) enhanced first pass extraction into heart tissue compared to presently available probes, b) linearity with true blood flow, c) enhanced detection of myocardial viability compared to presently available probes, d) reduced liver retention compared to presently available probes, and e) more efficient clearance from non-cardiac and adjoining tissues compared to presently available probes. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/984723 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/0478 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Inorganic Fertilisers Not Covered by Subclasses C05B, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide C05D 9/02 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/001 (20130101) C07B 59/002 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 251/24 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09579422 | Ju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Young Min Ju (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Francis Moussy (Uxbridge, United Kingdom); Thomas J. Koob (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young Min Ju (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Francis Moussy (Uxbridge, United Kingdom); Thomas J. Koob (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns non-degradable three dimensional porous collagen scaffolds and coatings. These scaffolds can be prepared around sensors for implantation into a body. A specific embodiment of the invention concerns implantable glucose sensors. Sensors comprising a collagen scaffold of the invention have improved biocompatibility by minimizing tissue reactions while stimulating angiogenesis. The subject invention also concerns methods for preparing collagen scaffolds of the invention. The subject invention also concerns sensors that have a collagen scaffold of the invention around the exterior of the sensor. |
| FILED | Monday, March 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/642137 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1486 (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 27/24 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/044 (20130101) A61L 31/129 (20130101) A61L 2400/02 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) A61L 2420/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/06 (20130101) C08L 89/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09579442 | Galea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lung Biotechnology PBC (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lung Biotechnology PBC (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna M. Galea (Stow, Massachusetts); Kristen LeRoy (Somerville, Massachusetts); Nicholas Vitale (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of hollow fibers including a plurality of hollow fibers of a predetermined diameter configured to receive a gas having oxygen therein and transfer the oxygen to a fluid and/or transfer carbon dioxide in the fluid to a gas. The array is configured in a predetermined pattern having a predetermined packing density that is a fraction of a total cross-sectional area of the array occupied by the hollow fibers. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/589301 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| 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 1/1698 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2202/0208 (20130101) A61M 2202/0225 (20130101) Separation B01D 19/0073 (20130101) B01D 53/22 (20130101) B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 63/02 (20130101) B01D 63/04 (20130101) B01D 63/021 (20130101) B01D 63/022 (20130101) B01D 67/00 (20130101) B01D 69/08 (20130101) B01D 2053/224 (20130101) B01D 2325/20 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 65/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09579494 | Kersten et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EKOS CORPORATION (Bothell, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ekos Corporation (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jocelyn Kersten (Kirkland, Washington); Curtis Genstler (Snohomish, Washington); Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III (Redmond, Washington); Douglas R. Hansmann (Bainbridge Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasound catheter with a lumen for fluid delivery and fluid evacuation, and an ultrasound source is used for the treatment of intracerebral or intraventricular hemorrhages. After the catheter is inserted into a blood clot, a lytic drug can be delivered to the blood clot via the lumen while applying ultrasonic energy to the treatment site. As the blood clot is dissolved, the liquefied blood clot can be removed by evacuation through the lumen. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/209804 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 2017/22088 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 25/0021 (20130101) A61M 25/0071 (20130101) A61M 27/00 (20130101) A61M 27/006 (20130101) A61M 37/0092 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2025/0002 (20130101) A61M 2025/0078 (20130101) A61M 2210/0693 (20130101) |
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| US 09580393 | Golden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky); Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas); UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Louisville, Kentucky); SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Golden (Olathe, Kansas); Jeffrey Aube (Lawrence, Kansas); Donghoon Chung (Louisville, Kentucky); Chad Schroeder (Lawrence, Kansas); Tuanli Yao (Lawrence, Kansas); E. Lucile White (Birmingham, Alabama); Nichole A. Tower (South Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present technology relates to compounds and compositions of Formulas I-III and methods using such compounds. The compounds and compositions described herein may be used in the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases associated with an alphavirus, for example, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV). |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/651777 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/90 (20130101) C07D 239/91 (20130101) C07D 239/95 (20130101) C07D 241/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) C07D 409/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09580398 | Stockwell 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) | Brent R. Stockwell (New York, New York); Scott J. Dixon (New York, New York); Rachid Skouta (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, inter alia, a compound having the structure: (Formula (I). Also provided are compositions containing a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound according to the present invention. Further provided are methods for treating or ameliorating the effects of an excitotoxic disorder in a subject, methods of modulating ferroptosis in a subject, methods of reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) in a cell, and methods for treating or ameliorating the effects of a neurodegenerative disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/390256 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/245 (20130101) A61K 31/325 (20130101) A61K 31/351 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/4465 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 69/78 (20130101) C07C 205/57 (20130101) C07C 205/58 (20130101) C07C 211/50 (20130101) C07C 229/60 (20130101) C07C 233/54 (20130101) C07C 237/30 (20130101) C07C 255/58 (20130101) C07C 271/16 (20130101) C07C 271/24 (20130101) C07C 271/28 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2101/18 (20130101) C07C 2101/20 (20130101) C07C 2103/74 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/58 (20130101) C07D 213/36 (20130101) C07D 213/80 (20130101) C07D 239/26 (20130101) C07D 295/30 (20130101) C07D 295/088 (20130101) C07D 295/192 (20130101) C07D 309/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09580427 | Taunton, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John William Taunton, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Jesse McFarland (Oakland, California); Shyam Krishnan (San Francisco, California); Jonathan Choy (Lafayette, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John William Taunton, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Jesse McFarland (Oakland, California); Shyam Krishnan (San Francisco, California); Jonathan Choy (Lafayette, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compounds such as the compounds having the structure of Formula (XI) and methods of using the same, such as methods of inhibiting kinases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/118541 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/54 (20130101) C07D 235/08 (20130101) C07D 239/48 (20130101) C07D 239/94 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09580430 | Wang 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) | Shaomeng Wang (Saline, Michigan); Yujun Zhao (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bing Zhou (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Angelo Aguilar (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Liu Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Longchuan Bai (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Donna McEachern (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Duxin Sun (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bo Wen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ruijuan Luo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ting Zhao (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Arul Chinnaiyan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Irfan A. Asangani (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeanne Stuckey (Fenton, Michigan); Jennifer Lynn Meagher (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xu Ran (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yang Hu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides substituted 9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indoles and 5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indoles and related analogs represented by Formula I: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates thereof, wherein R1a, A, B1, B2, G, X1, Y1, Y2, and Y3 are as defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I to treat a condition or disorder responsive to inhibition of BET bromodomains. Compounds of the present disclosure are especially useful for treating cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/633360 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/14 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guangshun Wang (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Anti-microbial peptides and methods of use are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/358340 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/00 (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 1/18 (20130101) Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 7/10 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/22 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 51/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09580477 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Catholic University of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venigalla B. Rao (Silver Spring, Maryland); Wadad Alsalmi (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An approach of producing recombinant trimers that mimic native HIV-1 envelope trimers is developed. A recombinant protein forming the recombinant trimers encompasses a recombinant HIV-1 gp140 fused to a tag through a linker at C-terminus of the recombinant HIV-1 gp140. The linker is sufficiently long so that the tag is accessible for binding by a binding molecule bound on a solid matrix. After expressed in a cell, the recombinant protein is secreted into the culture medium and assembles into recombinant trimers therein. The recombinant trimers may be directly purified from the culture medium. Cleaved and uncleaved trimers from different clade viruses are produced. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/806739 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/7023 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/627 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/22 (20130101) C07K 1/36 (20130101) C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/20 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16022 (20130101) C12N 2740/16043 (20130101) C12N 2740/16051 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) |
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| US 09580482 | Springer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy A. Springer (Boston, Massachusetts); Chafen Lu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Gaojie Song (Boston, Massachusetts); Adem Koksal (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response against a parasite of the genus Plasmodium in a mammal. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/379050 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) A61K 2039/6075 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (20130101) |
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| US 09580492 | Chen 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) | Zhaochun Chen (North Potomac, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Suzanne U. Emerson (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Stephen H. Leppla (Bethesda, Maryland); Mahtab Moayeri (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind or neutralize anthrax lethal factor (LF), edema factor (EF), and/or protective antigen (PA). The invention provides such antibodies, fragments of such antibodies retaining anthrax toxin-binding ability, fully human or humanized antibodies retaining anthrax toxin-binding ability, and pharmaceutical compositions including such antibodies. The invention further provides for isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the invention and host cells transformed therewith. Additionally, the invention provides for prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic methods employing the antibodies and nucleic acids of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/595475 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/1009 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/1278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/51 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/515 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/32 (20130101) G01N 2333/954 (20130101) G01N 2469/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09580548 | Harth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eva M. Harth (Nashville, Tennessee); David M. Stevens (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are crosslinked polycarbonates, composition thereof and methods thereof. The cross-linked polycarbonates can be prepared from allyl or epoxy polycarbonates. Described herein is the formation of functionalized poly(carbonate) particles with an established intermolecular cross-linking process. Six types of ‘nanosponges’ were prepared with the differentiation in crosslinking density and crosslinking chemistry. The intermolecular chain cross-linking process was investigated via the epoxide amine reaction and the thiol-ene click reaction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/399920 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/19 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/146 (20130101) A61L 2300/412 (20130101) A61L 2300/416 (20130101) A61L 2400/12 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 64/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 64/0216 (20130101) C08G 64/0241 (20130101) C08G 64/0291 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/075 (20130101) C08J 3/246 (20130101) C08J 2369/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/37 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 69/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09580684 | Sharpe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arlene Sharpe (Brookline, Massachusetts); Loise M. Francisco (Belmont, Massachusetts); Vijay Kuchroo (Newton Center, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arlene Sharpe (Brookline, Massachusetts); Loise M. Francisco (Belmont, Massachusetts); Vijay Kuchroo (Newton Center, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for generating and maintaining induced regulatory T cells (iTregs) are provided. Methods and compositions for treating an autoimmune disorder, organ transplant rejection, graft versus host disease or allergic or hypersensitivity and inflammation are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/223372 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2035/122 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/15 (20130101) C12N 2501/48 (20130101) C12N 2501/51 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) |
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| US 09580689 | Kikyo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nobuaki Kikyo (Edina, Minnesota); Hiroyuki Hirai (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nobuaki Kikyo (Edina, Minnesota); Hiroyuki Hirai (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a major breakthrough in nuclear reprogramming and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology. Fusion of the powerful transcription activation domain (TAD) of MyoD to the Oct4 protein makes iPSCs generation faster, more efficient, purer, safer and feeder-free. Also, disclosed herein is the first report of the use of a TAD fused to a transcription factor as a method for making iPSCs. By combining transcription factors and TADs, this approach to nuclear reprogramming can have a range of applications from inducing pluriopotency to inducing transdifferentiation without transitioning through iPSCs. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/811572 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2207/12 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) C07K 2319/71 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0696 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2501/602 (20130101) C12N 2501/603 (20130101) C12N 2501/604 (20130101) C12N 2501/606 (20130101) C12N 2506/1307 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/15041 (20130101) |
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| US 09580690 | Weaver et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott C. Weaver (Galveston, Texas); Ilya V. Frolov (Birmingham, Alabama); Elena Frolova (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses an attenuated recombinant alphavirus that is incapable of replicating in mosquito cells and of transmission by mosquito vectors. These attenuated alphavirus may include but is not limited to Western Equine Encephalitis virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus or Chikungunya virus. The present invention also discloses the method of generating such alphaviruses and their use as immunogenic compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/855960 |
| 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 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2770/36134 (20130101) C12N 2770/36161 (20130101) C12N 2840/203 (20130101) |
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| US 09580693 | Kawaoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Gabriele Neumann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods useful to prepare segmented, negative strand RNA viruses, e.g., orthomyxoviruses such as influenza A viruses, entirely from cloned cDNAs and in the absence of helper virus. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873708 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 48/0091 (20130101) A61K 2039/525 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2760/16121 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16123 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16143 (20130101) C12N 2760/16151 (20130101) C12N 2800/30 (20130101) C12N 2810/6081 (20130101) |
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| US 09580699 | Goins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Goins (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joseph C. Glorioso, III (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Justus Bernhard Cohen (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bonnie L. Reinhart (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for ameliorating chronic pain signaling involving transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) by expressing PP1α in neurons. The invention also provides HSV vectors for expressing PP1α within neurons and compositions comprising such vectors. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/690038 |
| 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 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0085 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) A61K 47/02 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4703 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/16643 (20130101) C12N 2799/028 (20130101) C12N 2830/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09580704 | Kolls et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay K. Kolls (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Zheng (Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania); Karen Norris (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Heather Kling (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A vaccine is disclosed that promotes CD4+ T cell-independent host defense mechanisms to defend against infection by fungi such as Pneumocystis spp. The vaccine may be used to prevent or to treat fungal infections. The novel vaccine can provide protective immunity, even for immunocompromised individuals such as HIV patients having reduced levels of CD4+ T cells. |
| FILED | Monday, August 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/959691 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0002 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 304/21061 (20130101) |
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| US 09580707 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan); Wes Colangelo (West Bloomfield, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan); Wes Colangelo (West Bloomfield, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions for in vivo display and screening of peptides for antimicrobial activity. The methods can include expressing a random peptide library in a microbial cell culture and identifying clones in which microbial cell growth or survival is affected by the peptide expressed by that clone. Also provided are peptide antimicrobials identified using these methods and compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/635296 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) C07K 2319/61 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/635 (20130101) C12N 15/1034 (20130101) C12N 15/1079 (20130101) C12N 15/1086 (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 1/18 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09580713 | Breaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Breaker (Guilford, Connecticut); Jenny Baker (Churchville, New York); Narasimhan Sudarsan (New Haven, Connecticut); Zasha Weinberg (New Haven, Connecticut); Adam Roth (Guilford, Connecticut); Tyler Ames (New Haven, Connecticut); James Nelson (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds, compositions, and methods relating to fluoride aptamers, fluoride-responsive riboswitches, fluoride-regulated expression constructs, fluoride transporters, nucleic acids encoding fluoride transporters, expression constructs encoding fluoride transporters, and cells containing or including any combination of these. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/344006 |
| 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 | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 33/13 (20160801) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/166 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/4436 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Separation B01D 15/38 (20130101) Detergent Compositions; Use of Single Substances as Detergents; Soap or Soap-making; Resin Soaps; Recovery of Glycerol C11D 3/48 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2320/12 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09580716 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hee-Sung Park (Daejeon, South Korea); Dieter Soll (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids encoding mutant elongation factor proteins (EF-Sep), phosphoseryl-tRNA synthetase (SepRS), and phosphoseryl-tRNA (tRNASep) and methods of use in site specific incorporation of phosphoserine into a protein or polypeptide are described. Typically, SepRS preferentially aminoacylates tRNASep with O-phosphoserine and the tRNASep recognizes at least one codon such as a stop codon. Due to the negative charge of the phosphoserine, Sept-tRNASep does not bind elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu). However, mutant EF-Sep proteins are disclosed that bind Sep-tRNASep and protect Sep-tRNASep from deacylation. In a preferred embodiment the nucleic acids are on vectors and are expressed in cells such as bacterial cells, archeaebacterial cells, and eukaryotic cells. Proteins or polypeptides containing phosphoserine produced by the methods described herein can be used for a variety of applications such as research, antibody production, protein array manufacture and development of cell-based screens for new drug discovery. |
| FILED | Monday, January 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/992542 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/245 (20130101) C07K 14/435 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 15/67 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) C12P 21/02 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 601/01027 (20130101) |
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| US 09580718 | Curtiss, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Curtiss, III (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Karen Brenneman (Phoenix, Arizona); Kenneth Roland (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to inducing acid resistance in a bacterium and methods of increasing the acid resistance of an acid sensitive bacterium. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/307091 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0275 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) A61K 2039/552 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09580721 | Chin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Reserach Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); T. Ashton Cropp (Bethesda, Maryland); J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides compositions and methods for producing translational components that expand the number of genetically encoded amino acids in eukaryotic cells. The components include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases and unnatural amino acids. Proteins and methods of producing proteins with unnatural amino acids in eukaryotic cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/574257 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/81 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 601/01 (20130101) C12Y 601/0102 (20130101) C12Y 601/01001 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 435/81 (20130101) Y10S 435/975 (20130101) |
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| US 09580750 | Parsons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald William Parsons (Ellicott City, Maryland); Tian-li Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Yardena Samuels (Baltimore, Maryland); Alberto Bardelli (Turin, Italy); Christopher Lengauer (Noisy-le-Roi, France); Victor Velculescu (Dayton, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald William Parsons (Ellicott City, Maryland); Tian-li Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Yardena Samuels (Baltimore, Maryland); Alberto Bardelli (Turin, Italy); Christopher Lengauer (Noisy-le-Roi, France); Victor Velculescu (Dayton, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Given the important role of protein kinases in pathways affecting cellular growth and invasion, we have analyzed 340 serine/threonine kinases for genetic mutations in colorectal cancers. Mutations in eight genes were identified, including three members of the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway; the alterations in the latter genes each occurred in different tumors and did not overlap with mutations in PIK3CA or other non-serine-threonine kinase (STK) members of the PI3K pathway, suggesting that mutations in any of these genes had equivalent tumorigenic effects. These data demonstrate that the PI3K pathway is a major target for mutational activation in colorectal cancers and provide new opportunities for therapeutic intervention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/920860 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 1/485 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5044 (20130101) G01N 33/57419 (20130101) |
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09580752 — Methods of predicting medically refractive ulcerative colitis (MR-UC) requiring colectomy
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerome I. Rotter (Los Angeles, California); Kent D. Taylor (Ventura, California); Stephan R. Targan (Santa Monica, California); Talin Haritunians (Encino, California); Dermot P. McGovern (Los Angeles, California); Xiuqing Guo (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome I. Rotter (Los Angeles, California); Kent D. Taylor (Ventura, California); Stephan R. Targan (Santa Monica, California); Talin Haritunians (Encino, California); Dermot P. McGovern (Los Angeles, California); Xiuqing Guo (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of predicting the development of medically refractory ulcerative colitis (MR-UC) in a patient In one embodiment, disclosed is a method of prognosing ulcerative colitis in an individual by determining the presence or absence of one or more risk variants, where the presence of one or more risk variants is indicative of a severe and/or aggressive form of ulcerative colitis. In another embodiment, the severe form of ulcerative colitis is indicative of MR-UC. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/140874 |
| 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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2800/067 (20130101) |
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| US 09580754 | Markowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanford D. Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Joseph Willis (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Amitabh Chak (University Heights, Ohio); Rom Leidner (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This application describes methods and compositions for detecting and treating vimentin-associated neoplasia. Differential methylation of the vimentin nucleotide sequences has been observed in vimentin-associated neoplasia such as neoplasia of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and/or bladder. Nucleic acid sequences for regions of vimentin that are found to be differentially methylated are described. The present disclosure further describes bisulfite-converted vimentin template DNA sequences. Oligonucleotide primer sequences for use in assays (e.g., methylation-sensitive PCR assays or HpaII assays) designed to detect the methylation status of the vimentin gene are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/670155 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) |
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| US 09580756 | Buechler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Buechler (Granger, Indiana); Amanda B. Hummon (Granger, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions/methods for employing fresh-frozen or FFPE colon cancer tissue in left side colon cancer (LCC) and right-side colon cancer (RCC) disease patients for risk of relapse assessment/stratification is provided (3 strata and a 4 strata methodology). An RCC gene panel of 4 genes (FAM69A, CDX2, FAM84A, ITGA3), and 9 genes (FAM69A, CDX2, ITGA3, FAM84A, ITPRIP, RAB3B, SMAD3, PCSK5, MMP28), is provided. An LCC gene panel of 4 genes (NOX4, WNT5A, MMP3, IBSP), and a 9 genes (MMP3, WINT5A, NOX4, IBSP, SLC16A6, CYPIBI, TFAP2C, MATN3, ANKRD6), is provided. A microchip-based clinical tool, and a kit including a microchip, is presented. The invention also describes a computer-implemented method for assessing relative risk of relapse in LCC and/or RCC disease. An individual patient scoring method that presents a continuous stratification score useful in the post-surgical colon cancer management of LCC and/or RCC patient is also presented. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/209266 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/70 (20130101) G06F 19/3431 (20130101) |
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| US 09580762 | Linnen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Linnen (Poway, California); Reinhold B. Pollner (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for detecting flavivirus nucleic acids. Particularly described are methods for detecting West Nile virus nucleic acids in the 3′ non-coding region. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/273835 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/701 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) |
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| US 09581549 | Raz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tal Raz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Pascaline Mary (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GnuBio, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tal Raz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Pascaline Mary (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally pertains to methods for detecting the presence or absence of a particular nucleic acid sequence. The present invention generally relates to incorporating a detector into a target nucleic acid, adding an oligonucleotide probe, polymerase enzyme and an inhibitor to the reaction, and detecting interference of the oligonucleotide probe with the inhibitor as an indication of the presence of a particular target nucleic acid sequence as well as kits encompassing the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/992187 |
| 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 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 2535/125 (20130101) C12Q 2563/159 (20130101) C12Q 2565/101 (20130101) C12Q 2565/101 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09581586 | Shin 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) | Hye-Won Shin (Irvine, California); Dan M. Cooper (Irvine, California); Donald R. Blake (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to measuring the effectiveness and an compliance of inhaler medication, such as for asthma treatment. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of determining the effectiveness of an inhaler medication, comprising taking a measurement of HFA-134(a) from an exhaled breath of an individual after the individual has inhaled a medication, and determining an effective administration of the medication based on the presence of a high level of HFA-134(a). |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/712280 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/082 (20130101) A61B 5/097 (20130101) A61B 5/4848 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 15/00 (20130101) A61M 2230/43 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/7206 (20130101) G01N 33/497 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2033/4975 (20130101) |
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| US 09581597 | Hazen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley L. Hazen (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Renliang Zhang (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Diagnostic tests for characterizing an individual's risk of developing or having a cardiovascular disease. In one embodiment the present diagnostic test comprises determining the level of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in a bodily sample obtained from the individual or test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of MPO mass in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of one or more select MPO-generated oxidation products in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. The select MPO-generated oxidation products are dityrosine, nitrotyrosine, methionine sulphoxide or an MPO-generated lipid peroxidation products. Levels of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in bodily samples from the test subject are then compared to a predetermined value that is derived from measurements of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in comparable bodily samples obtained from the general population or a select population of human subjects. Such comparison characterizes the test subject's risk of developing CVD. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/135757 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/616 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/28 (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 1/28 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 111/01007 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/908 (20130101) G01N 2800/32 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/324 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3431 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09581599 | Singh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pomila Singh (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pomila Singh (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a method for diagnosing/prognosing a metastatic cancer in a subject by measuring and detecting one or more of CS-ANXA2, DCAMKL, Lgr5 or CS-ANAX2 and DCAMKL or CS-ANXA2 and Lgr5 positive circulating tumor stem cells in the subject's blood or plasma. Also provided is a method for distinguishing the presence of early stage primary cancer from advanced stage metastatic cancer in the subject by measuring and detecting AnnexinA2, CS-ANXA2 and DCAMKL−1 or Lgr5 in the blood or plasma. In addition, there is provided a method for distinguishing the presence of benign, pre-cancerous tumorous growths or cancerous tumors in the subject by measuring and detecting AnnexinA2 and circulating tumor stem cells positive for CS-ANXA2 and DCAMKL or CS-ANXA2 and Lgr5 in the blood or plasma. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/135141 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57492 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/4718 (20130101) |
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| US 09581668 | Waddell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin W. Waddell (Hendersonville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin W. Waddell (Hendersonville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An NMR imaging system comprising a transceiver module configured to couple with a magnetic resonance transmitter coil, where the transceiver module includes a first transmitter channel and a pulse programmer configured to control the transceiver module, the transceiver module generating a precession and nutation for observing rotation at multiple intervals about the carrier (“PANORAMIC”) waveform, the PANORAMIC waveform configured to produce nuclear polarization. The PANORAMIC waveform may a single-banded PANORAMIC waveform or a multiple-banded PANORAMIC waveform. A method of NMR spectroscopy or imaging, the method comprising: determining for a nuclear spin rotation at least one frequency interval and at least one corresponding phase; creating a PANORAMIC waveform for the at least one frequency interval and the at least one corresponding phase; and applying the PANORAMIC waveform from an amplifier output to a probe input. The PANORAMIC waveform may be a single-banded PANORAMIC waveform or a multiple-banded PANORAMIC waveform. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 14/125418 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/46 (20130101) G01R 33/543 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/3635 (20130101) |
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| US 09582880 | Kim 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) | Hyun J. Kim (Porter Ranch, California); Jonathan G. Goldin (Los Angeles, California); Matthew S. Brown (Marina del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Automated image analysis systems and methods are disclosed to quantify change in fibrosis and interstitial lung disease. The system generates scoring changes in Quantitative Interstitial Lung Disease (QILD) by filtering the uploaded images to minimize cross-site variability within images, sampling from a grid of pixels or voxels within the CT images, classifying individual pixels or voxels within downloaded images based on one or more selected texture features, generating a QILD score for each image based on selected features within the image, and calculating a transition between QILD scores within the plurality of CT images. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/708949 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/03 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/5217 (20130101) A61B 6/5258 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10081 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30061 (20130101) |
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| US 09579025 | Ramlall |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rohan Ramlall (Brentwood, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rohan Ramlall (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for collecting biosignals can include a master node and a plurality of biosensor slave nodes wirelessly connected to the master node. The biosensor can be implanted in the body, or external to the body. One of the biosensors can function as the master node, or a networked cell phone or local area network (LAN) router can function as the master node. The biosensor slave nodes can collect biosignals such as blood pressure, blood sugar (glucose), EEG brain activity and similar biomarkers as biodata. The slave nodes can transmit the biodata to the master node, along with implicit timing information. In response, the master nodes can communicate implicit timing adjustment information back to the slave node(s), but only when said slave node's implicit timing information is outside of a predefined synchronization accuracy α, which can be determined according to the timing frequency requirements of the biodata being monitored. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/233070 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/10 (20130101) A61B 5/021 (20130101) A61B 5/0024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/125 (20130101) A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/0476 (20130101) A61B 5/747 (20130101) A61B 5/1036 (20130101) A61B 5/14532 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) A61B 2562/0219 (20130101) Transmission H04B 13/005 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 56/0015 (20130101) |
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| US 09579218 | Lipsey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Lipsey (Oak Park, Illinois); Jon Sensinger (Fredericton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Prosthetic devices and, more particularly, modular myoelectric prosthesis components and related methods, are described. In one embodiment, a hand for a prosthetic limb may comprise a rotor-motor; a transmission, comprising a differential roller screw; a linkage coupled to the transmission; and at least one finger coupled to the linkage. In one embodiment, a component part of a wrist of a prosthetic limb may comprise an exterior-rotor motor, a planetary gear transmission, a clutch, and a cycloid transmission. In one embodiment, an elbow for a prosthetic limb may comprise an exterior-rotor motor, and a transmission comprising a planetary gear transmission, a non-backdrivable clutch, and a screw. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/614256 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) A61F 2/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/583 (20130101) A61F 2/585 (20130101) A61F 2/586 (20130101) A61F 2002/543 (20130101) A61F 2002/587 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) A61F 2002/5043 (20130101) A61F 2002/5072 (20130101) A61F 2002/6836 (20130101) A61F 2002/6845 (20130101) A61F 2002/6872 (20130101) A61F 2310/00047 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/0009 (20130101) B25J 15/086 (20130101) B25J 17/0258 (20130101) Couplings for Transmitting Rotation; Clutches; Brakes F16D 15/00 (20130101) Gearing F16H 25/2252 (20130101) F16H 37/041 (20130101) F16H 2035/005 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/14 (20130101) H02K 7/116 (20130101) |
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| US 09579283 | Brinker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric C. Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Erin Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cheryl L. Willman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric C. Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Erin Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cheryl L. Willman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to protocells for specific targeting of hepatocellular and other cancer cells which comprise a nanoporous silica core with a supported lipid bilayer; at least one agent which facilitates cancer cell death (such as a traditional small molecule, a macromolecular cargo (e.g. siRNA or a protein toxin such as ricin toxin A-chain or diphtheria toxin A-chain) and/or a histone-packaged plasmid DNA disposed within the nanoporous silica core (preferably supercoiled in order to more efficiently package the DNA into protocells) which is optionally modified with a nuclear localization sequence to assist in localizing protocells within the nucleus of the cancer cell and the ability to express peptides involved in therapy (apoptosis/cell death) of the cancer cell or as a reporter, a targeting peptide which targets cancer cells in tissue to be treated such that binding of the protocell to the targeted cells is specific and enhanced and a fusogenic peptide that promotes endosomal escape of protocells and encapsulated DNA. Protocells according to the present invention may be used to treat cancer, especially including hepatocellular (liver) cancer using novel binding peptides (c-MET peptides) which selectively bind to hepatocellular tissue or to function in diagnosis of cancer, including cancer treatment and drug discovery. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/113371 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/05 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48238 (20130101) A61K 47/48776 (20130101) A61K 48/0016 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2810/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09579374 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Balitmore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Lin (Silver Spring, Maryland); Andrew S. Pekosz (Towson, Maryland); Andrew B. Feldman (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the present invention include a method for rapidly designing pharmaceutical preparations for preventing viral infection that have adapted to growth in various culturing systems but maintain antigenic similarity to the original virus. The method may include serial passaging a plurality of instances of a targeted virus strain from an infected first animal in respective droplets in second animal cells, in parallel synthesizing antibodies that neutralize the targeted virus strain in a third animal, and selecting the second animal cell-adapted viral lineages that are neutralized by the antibodies to identify second animal cell-adapted viral lineages having antigenic similarity to the targeted virus strain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/558751 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) |
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| US 09579449 | Sharma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Upma Sharma (Somerville, Massachusetts); Rany Busold (Medford, Massachusetts); Adam Rago (Falmouth, Massachusetts); Gregory T. Zugates (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Toby Freyman (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lisette Manrique Miller (Taunton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arsenal Medical, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Upma Sharma (Somerville, Massachusetts); Rany Busold (Medford, Massachusetts); Adam Rago (Falmouth, Massachusetts); Gregory T. Zugates (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Toby Freyman (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lisette Manrique Miller (Taunton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Delivery systems for in situ forming foam formulations are provided. The devices may include various actuation mechanisms and may entrain air into fluid formulation components in a variety of ways, including mixing with air and the addition of compressed gas. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211469 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/00491 (20130101) A61B 2017/00398 (20130101) A61B 2017/00495 (20130101) A61B 2017/00544 (20130101) A61B 2017/00548 (20130101) A61B 2017/8838 (20130101) Dentistry; Apparatus or Methods for Oral or Dental Hygiene A61C 9/0026 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/19 (20130101) A61M 5/1409 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 5/1452 (20130101) A61M 13/003 (20130101) A61M 2205/103 (20130101) Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/04453 (20130101) B01F 5/0602 (20130101) B01F 5/0604 (20130101) B01F 7/00558 (20130101) B01F 7/00583 (20130101) B01F 13/0023 (20130101) B01F 15/00253 (20130101) B01F 15/0279 (20130101) B01F 15/00525 (20130101) Apparatus for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05C 17/00553 (20130101) 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 81/325 (20130101) |
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| US 09579624 | Eden 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) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Sung-Jin Park (Champaign, Illinois); Jin Hoon Cho (Champaign, Illinois); Seung Hoon Sung (Beaverton, Oregon); Min Hwan Kim (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas reactor device includes a plurality of microcavities or microchannels defined at least partially within a thick metal oxide layer consisting essentially of defect free oxide. Electrodes are arranged with respect to the microcavities or microchannels to stimulate plasma generation therein upon application of suitable voltage. One or more or all of the electrodes are encapsulated within the thick metal oxide layer. A gas inlet is configured to receive feedstock gas into the plurality of microcavities or microchannels. An outlet is configured to outlet reactor product from the plurality of microcavities or microchannels. In an example preferred device, the feedstock gas is air or O2 and is converted by the plasma into ozone (O3). In another preferred device, the feedstock gas is an unwanted gas to be decomposed into a desired form. Gas reactor devices of the invention can, for example, decompose gases such as CO2, CH4, or NOx. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/591242 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/00783 (20130101) B01J 2219/00842 (20130101) B01J 2219/00853 (20130101) B01J 2219/00891 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/115 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 11/02 (20130101) C25D 11/12 (20130101) C25D 11/18 (20130101) C25D 11/022 (20130101) C25D 11/026 (20130101) C25D 11/26 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 11/18 (20130101) H01J 11/22 (20130101) H01J 11/34 (20130101) H01J 17/16 (20130101) H01J 17/066 (20130101) H01J 37/32055 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 2001/2412 (20130101) H05H 2001/2418 (20130101) |
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| US 09579650 | Hong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jong Wook Hong (Pasadena, California); Vincent Studer (Paris, France); W. French Anderson (San Marino, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Jared Leadbetter (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid from cells and viruses sampled from a variety of environments may purified and expressed utilizing microfluidic techniques. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, individual or small groups of cells or viruses may be isolated in microfluidic chambers by dilution, sorting, and/or segmentation. The isolated cells or viruses may be lysed directly in the microfluidic chamber, and the resulting nucleic acid purified by exposure to affinity beads. Subsequent elution of the purified nucleic acid may be followed by ligation and cell transformation, all within the same microfluidic chip. In one specific application, cell isolation, lysis, and nucleic acid purification may be performed utilizing a highly parallelized microfluidic architecture to construct gDNA and cDNA libraries. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/494284 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2300/0809 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (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 2565/629 (20130101) |
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| US 09580300 | Meyer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Meyer (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Meyer (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods with the ability to raise the set point temperature immediately after a temperature increase due to radiation exposure, thereby reducing T-dot (rate of change in temperature) errors when trying to cool the inertial system back to its original set point temperature. An example system includes an inertial instrument, a sensor that senses if an increased temperature event has been experienced by the inertial instrument, and a controller device that will increase the set point temperature of the inertial instrument based on the determined increase in temperature. The controller device will also maintain the inertial instrument at a temperature associated with at least one of the sensed increased temperature event or the increased set point temperature. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/027854 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/0019 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09580319 | Sutto |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas E. Sutto (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Sutto (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making unit cell sized oxide particulates comprising preparing a water solution of a metal or ceramic salt or methanol solution of Pt, adding a 2-fold molar excess of KO2 to the water solution and forming a reaction solution, spinning down the reaction solution, and creating oxide nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/527650 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 5/14 (20130101) C01F 5/40 (20130101) C01F 17/0043 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 1/02 (20130101) C01G 3/02 (20130101) C01G 19/02 (20130101) C01G 45/02 (20130101) C01G 49/02 (20130101) C01G 51/04 (20130101) C01G 53/04 (20130101) C01G 55/004 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/76 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/42 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09580321 | Feaver et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron M. Feaver (Seattle, Washington); Henry R. Costantino (Woodinville, Washington); William D. Scott (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is generally directed to ultrapure synthetic carbon materials having both high surface area and high porosity, ultrapure polymer gels and devices containing the same. The disclosed ultrapure synthetic carbon materials find utility in any number of devices, for example, in electric double layer capacitance devices and batteries. Methods for making ultrapure synthetic carbon materials and ultrapure polymer gels are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/734993 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/80 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/042 (20130101) H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/32 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) H01G 11/48 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/96 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 10/06 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 2220/20 (20130101) H01M 2220/30 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09580359 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Andrew Saab (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Andrew Saab (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition having nanoparticles of a boron carbide and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising boron and an organic component. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining boron and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight, and heating to form boron carbide or boron nitride nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/333714 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/64 (20130101) C04B 35/76 (20130101) C04B 35/83 (20130101) C04B 35/522 (20130101) C04B 35/524 (20130101) C04B 35/563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/591 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 2235/46 (20130101) C04B 2235/48 (20130101) C04B 2235/80 (20130101) C04B 2235/95 (20130101) C04B 2235/386 (20130101) C04B 2235/421 (20130101) C04B 2235/422 (20130101) C04B 2235/602 (20130101) C04B 2235/604 (20130101) C04B 2235/658 (20130101) C04B 2235/3821 (20130101) C04B 2235/3856 (20130101) C04B 2235/3886 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5288 (20130101) C04B 2235/5454 (20130101) C04B 2235/6581 (20130101) C04B 2235/9661 (20130101) |
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| US 09580364 | Sippel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis R. Sippel (Ames, Iowa); Steven F. Son (West Lafayette, Indiana); Lori J. Groven (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis R. Sippel (Ames, Iowa); Steven F. Son (West Lafayette, Indiana); Lori J. Groven (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides mechanically activated metal fuels for energetic material applications. An exemplary embodiment involves mechanically treating micrometer-sized particles of at least one metal with particles of at least one fluorocarbon to form composite particles containing the at least one metal and the at least one fluorocarbon. |
| FILED | Monday, December 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/980893 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C06B 45/18 (20130101) C06B 45/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09580480 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Allen Yuyin Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Allen Yuyin Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention relate to the engineering of biological nanostructures and materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/119319 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4711 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/20 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/24 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) C07K 2319/735 (20130101) |
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| US 09580553 | Boydston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington); Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington); Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Boydston (Seattle, Washington); Neal A. Yakelis (Tacoma, Washington); Ronald Jay Berenson (Seattle, Washington); Derek C. Church (Seattle, Washington); Gregory I. Peterson (Seattle, Washington); Michael Larsen (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer including a self-immolative polymer segment and a thermally-activated trigger moiety is described. The self-immolative polymer segment includes a head end, a tail end, and a plurality of repeating units. The trigger moiety includes a cycloaddition adduct that is covalently coupled to the head end of the self-immolative polymer segment. When the polymer is exposed to an activation temperature, the cycloaddition adduct undergoes retro-cycloaddition to release the self-immolative polymer segment. The self-immolative polymer segment then decomposes to sequentially release repeating units in a head-to-tail direction. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/650221 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48053 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48715 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 71/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 81/028 (20130101) C08G 85/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09580659 | MacDonnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick M. MacDonnell (Arlington, Texas); Brian H. Dennis (Arlington, Texas); Richard E. Billo (Irving, Texas); John W. Priest (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the conversion of lignites, subbituminous coals and other carbonaceous feedstocks into synthetic oils, including oils with properties similar to light weight sweet crude oil using a solvent derived from hydrogenating oil produced by pyrolyzing lignite are set forth herein. Such methods may be conducted, for example, under mild operating conditions with a low cost stoichiometric co-reagent and/or a disposable conversion agent. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/776423 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/745 (20130101) B01J 27/043 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 1/083 (20130101) C10G 1/086 (20130101) C10G 3/45 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) C10G 2300/301 (20130101) C10G 2300/308 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09580667 | Sawyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wallace Gregory Sawyer (Gainesville, Florida); Jennifer Vail (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include articles and methods of making articles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/151621 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 107/24 (20130101) C10M 107/32 (20130101) C10M 107/38 (20130101) C10M 109/00 (20130101) C10M 147/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10M 2209/1013 (20130101) C10M 2211/063 (20130101) C10M 2213/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2220/08 (20130101) C10N 2220/086 (20130101) C10N 2230/06 (20130101) C10N 2250/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/254 (20150115) |
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| US 09580728 | Kallas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISYS TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toivo Kallas (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Matthew Nelson (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Eric Singsaas (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of isoprenoid production are provided by the present invention. In particular, transgenic Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 cyanobacteria and methods for producing isoprene and pinene using a host transgenic Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 cyanobacterium are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/156557 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 205/01001 (20130101) C12Y 402/03015 (20130101) |
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| US 09580834 | Najmaei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sina Najmaei (Houston, Texas); Zheng Liu (Singapore, Singapore); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas); Jun Lou (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Najmaei (Houston, Texas); Zheng Liu (Singapore, Singapore); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas); Jun Lou (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of growing chalcogen-linked metallic films on a surface in a chamber. In some embodiments, the method comprises placing a metal source and a chalcogen source in the chamber, and gradually heating the chamber, where the heating leads to the chemical vapor deposition of the chalcogen source and the metal source onto the surface, and facilitates the growth of the chalcogen-linked metallic film from the chalcogen source and the metal source on the surface. In some embodiments, the chalcogen source comprises sulfur, and the metal source comprises molybdenum trioxide. In some embodiments, the growth of the chalcogen-linked metallic film occurs by formation of nucleation sites on the surface, where the nucleation sites merge to form the chalcogen-linked metallic film. In some embodiments, the formed chalcogen-linked metallic film includes MoS2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/203958 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/305 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/00 (20130101) C30B 25/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 25/10 (20130101) C30B 29/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09581028 | Jones et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell B Jones (North Palm Beach, Florida); Alex Pinera (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLORIDA TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Jupiter, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell B Jones (North Palm Beach, Florida); Alex Pinera (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An air cooled turbine stator vane form a small gas turbine engine in which the vane has an airfoil of less than one inch in spanwise height, where the airfoil is a hollow airfoil having an insert that forms a sequential impingement cooling circuit for the pressure side wall and then the suction side wall. The insert includes a plurality of cooling air supply channels connected together by ribs where pressure side impingement holes are formed in the cooling air supply channels and suction side wall impingement cooling holes are formed in the ribs. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/291510 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/188 (20130101) F01D 5/189 (20130101) F01D 9/065 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John H Vontell (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP0RATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H Vontell (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface mounted heater assembly for an aerospace component having a support layer, an electrically resistive heater foil element supported by the support layer, a coating covering the heater element; and an adhesive to secure said support layer to the component is provided. The coating has two layers that are visually distinct to permit identification of potential exposure of the heater foil element. A surface mounted heater having a multiple layer assembly having a support layer; a heater element and a transition layer to couple the support layer to the aerospace component is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/702715 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/18 (20130101) F01D 5/288 (20130101) F01D 9/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/02 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/047 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/501 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) Y02T 50/673 (20130101) Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09581110 | Herrera 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) | Brandi A. Herrera (Ridgecrest, California); Gregory J. Magas (Ridgecrest, California); Daniel T. Connor (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A maverick igniter cable saver employs a longitudinal housing having a first portion, a second portion, an outer surface, an inner surface, a forward end, and an aft end. The inner surface of the first portion is configured to snap fasten substantially around an igniter cable. The second portion has off-setting tapered tabs. Each of the tapered tabs has a proximal end and a distal end. The distal ends are interfaces configured to friction-fit in an umbilical slot groove. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/257689 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/95 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 2/22 (20130101) Blasting F42D 1/043 (20130101) |
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| US 09581402 | Minnicino, II |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Minnicino, II (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A projectile for use with a tapered gun bore having a tapered bore section between the breech and the muzzle. The projectile includes an elongated body having a cylindrical bulkhead with a diameter substantially equal to the large caliber section of the gun bore. A tapered ogive extends from the bulkhead to a front end of the projectile while a tapered tail extends from a rear end of the projectile to the cylindrical bulkhead. A plurality of circumferentially spaced forward grooves extend forwardly from the bulkhead and to a point short of the front end while a plurality of circumferentially spaced rearward grooves extend rearwardly from said midsection and to a point short of a rear end of the body. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/295642 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 21/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 30/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09581448 | Christensen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MagiQ Technologies, Inc (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MagiQ Technologies, Inc. (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Caleb A Christensen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Anton Zavriyev (Swampscott, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for enhancing a sensitivity of an optical sensor having an optical cavity counter-propagates beams of pump light within the optical cavity to produce scattered light based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). The properties of the pump light are selected to generate fast-light conditions for the scattered light, such that the scattered light includes counter-propagating beams of fast light. The method prevents the pump light from resonating within the optical cavity, while allowing the scattered light to resonate within the optical cavity. At least portions of the scattered light are interfered outside of the optical cavity to produce a beat note for a measurement of the optical sensor. The disclosed method is particularly applicable to optical gyroscopes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/262089 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/66 (20130101) G01C 19/72 (20130101) G01C 19/661 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/093 (20130101) |
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| US 09581530 | Guthrie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Guthrie (Provo, Utah); Brian Mazzeo (Provo, Utah); Jacob Larsen (Katsville, Utah); Joseph McElderry (Jacksonville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-destructive test system includes a plurality of impact devices including a knob configured to generate at least one flexural mode in a material when a surface of the material is impacted by the knob, a controller configured to independently control each of the plurality of impact devices, the controller having a communications channel for each of the plurality of impact devices, and a microphone configured to detect an acoustic response generated upon impact of the knob on the surface of the material, the acoustic response being based on the at least one flexural modes generated in the material. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/795889 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 3/34 (20130101) G01N 3/48 (20130101) G01N 29/38 (20130101) G01N 29/42 (20130101) G01N 29/045 (20130101) G01N 2291/0232 (20130101) G01N 2291/0427 (20130101) |
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| US 09581594 | Taitt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris Rowe Taitt (White Plains, Maryland); Brandy J. White (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) | Chris Rowe Taitt (White Plains, Maryland); Brandy J. White (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Porphyrin-modified antimicrobial peptides as described here may be used as indicators of the presence of microbial targets. Their application may be as (for example) (1) fluorescent indicators in a microarray format, (2) fluorescence or absorbance based indicators in traditional solution based applications, or (3) reflectance based indicators for use in reagent-less detection platforms. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/208189 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 10/003 (20130101) D06M 10/08 (20130101) D06M 13/07 (20130101) D06M 13/352 (20130101) D06M 13/513 (20130101) D06M 13/5135 (20130101) D06M 16/00 (20130101) D06M 2400/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09581699 | Zarowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mayflower Communications Company, Inc. (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayflower Communications Company, Inc. (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Jonathan Zarowski (Burlington, Massachusetts); Jianhui Luo (Wayland, Massachusetts); Huan-Wan Tseng (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for mean phase compensation of code and carrier phase distortions induced by Space Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) filters used for removing interferences from received GPS signals. The phase distortion is mitigated (without the use of beamforming) using a single STAP filter for processing the GPS satellite channels in which appropriate bundling of constraints is applied to the filter weights. The complete solution can be contained in the antenna electronics with no required changes to the legacy GPS receiver. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/093572 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 19/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09581812 | Warren |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Warren (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the disclosure relate to correction of aberration in optical systems. In one aspect, correction of aberration can rely on a corrector lens that is movably positioned between an objective lens and an optical member, and that can introduce a perturbation to a convergent beam of light that forms an image at the substantially the focal point of the objective lens. The formed image presents aberration and such a perturbation can correct at least a portion thereof. In another aspect, the corrector lens can embody or can comprise a positive power lens, that introduces the perturbation via, at least in part, a radially symmetric wavefront correction into the convergent beam, where such a correction varies as a fourth power of a radial distance from a central axis of propagation of the convergent beam of light. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/477242 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/0025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09581899 | Guillorn 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) | Michael A. Guillorn (Yorktown Heights, New York); Kafai Lai (Poughkeepsie, New York); Jed W. Pitera (Portola Valley, California); Hsinyu Tsai (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | After formation of a template layer over a neutral polymer layer, a self-assembling block copolymer material is applied and self-assembled. The template layer includes a first linear portion, a second linear portion that is shorter than the first linear portion, and blocking template structures having a greater width than the second linear portion. The self-assembling block copolymer material is phase-separated into alternating lamellae in regions away from the widthwise-extending portion. The blocking template structures perturb, and cause termination of, the lamellae. A cavity parallel to the first and second linear portions and terminating in self-alignment to the blocking template structures is formed upon selective removal of a polymeric block component. The pattern of the cavity can be inverted and transferred into the material layer to form fins having different lengths. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/686058 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/0006 (20130101) B81B 2203/0353 (20130101) B81B 2207/07 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) B81C 2201/0198 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/0035 (20130101) G03F 7/165 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0337 (20130101) H01L 21/31144 (20130101) H01L 21/76816 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09582447 | Arehart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan B Arehart (Torrance, California); Michael P Hernandez (Redfern, Australia); John C Nilles (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A switch configured to enforce MIL-STD-1553B communication protocol is provided. The protocol is a request-response protocol allowing a bus controller to send a request and a remote terminal to send a response. In one embodiment, the switch is configured to isolate communication between a bus controller and each remote terminal by blocking non-compliant communications issued from any remote terminal. The switch may also isolate communication preventing a first remote terminal from receiving communication from a second remote terminal when the communication is not addressed to the first remote terminal. In another embodiment, a system provides isolation for bus controller to remote terminal communications by using one-to-one pairings of bus controller terminals to remote terminals. The switch may select a particular bus-controller-terminal-to-remote-terminal pairing from amongst a plurality of bus-controller-terminal-to-remote-terminal pairings. In certain embodiments, the switch records and reports information regarding communications from remote terminals not complying with the MIL-STD-1553B protocol. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/149134 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 13/16 (20130101) G06F 13/4022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09582631 | Guillorn 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) | Michael A. Guillorn (Yorktown Heights, New York); Kafai Lai (Poughkeepsie, New York); Melih Ozlem (Fishkill, New York); Hsinyu Tsai (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for design template pattern optimization, comprises receiving a design for a fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device, wherein the design includes a configuration of fins, creating a design template pattern for the design for use in connection with directed self-assembly (DSA) patterning using graphoepitaxy, and optimizing the design template pattern to minimize pattern density gradients, wherein the design template pattern includes a plurality of guiding lines for guiding a block-copolymer deposited during the DSA patterning and the optimizing comprises altering the guiding lines. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/750742 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09582674 | Cheng 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) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown-Heights, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (Los Altos, California); Claudia Keser (Yorktown Heights, New York); Josyula R. Rao (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to manage risk associated with access to information within a given organization. The overall risk tolerance for the organization is determined and allocated among a plurality of subjects within the organization. Allocation is accomplished using either a centralized, request/response or free market mechanism. As requested from subjects within the organization for access to objects, i.e. information and data, are received, the amount of risk or risk level associated with each requested is quantified. Risk quantification can be accomplished using, for example, fuzzy multi-level security. The quantified risk associated with the access request in combination with the identity of the object and the identity of the subject are used to determine whether or not the request should be granted, denied or granted with appropriated mitigation measures. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/101063 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/62 (20130101) G06F 21/604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/06 (20130101) G06Q 30/0601 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09582695 | Hoppensteadt 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) | Frank C. Hoppensteadt (Carefree, Arizona); Varun Narendra (Jamaica, New York); Eugene M. Izhikevich (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a polychronous wave propagation system that is based on relative timing between two or more propagated waves through a wave propagation medium. The relative timing may be associated with interference patterns of energy between the propagated waves. Operational behavior of the polychronous wave propagation system is based on the relative timing of the propagated waves and distances between initiators that transmit the propagated waves and responders that receive the propagated waves. The operational behavior may include arithmetical computations, memory storage, Boolean functions, frequency-based computations, or the like. The polychronous wave propagation system relies on time delays between the propagated waves that result from propagation velocities of the propagated waves through the wave propagation medium. By incorporating the time delays into the system, operational capacity may be greatly enhanced. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/826963 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/00 (20130101) G06F 17/11 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/10366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09582883 | Shirley |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lyle G. Shirley (Boxborough, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lyle G. Shirley (Boxborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems and methods to extract information about the size and shape of an object by observing variations of the radiation pattern caused by illuminating the object with coherent radiation sources and changing the wavelengths of the source. Sensing and image-reconstruction systems and methods are described for recovering the image of an object utilizing projected and transparent reference points and radiation sources such as tunable lasers. Sensing and image-reconstruction systems and methods are also described for rapid sensing of such radiation patterns. A computational system and method is also described for sensing and reconstructing the image from its autocorrelation. This computational approach uses the fact that the autocorrelation is the weighted sum of shifted copies of an image, where the shifts are obtained by sequentially placing each individual scattering cell of the object at the origin of the autocorrelation space. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/281255 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0077 (20130101) A61B 5/117 (20130101) A61B 2576/00 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02004 (20130101) G01B 9/02005 (20130101) G01B 9/02069 (20130101) G01B 9/02083 (20130101) G01B 9/02096 (20130101) G01B 11/2441 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/32 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/629 (20130101) G06K 9/2018 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0057 (20130101) G06T 7/0065 (20130101) G06T 2207/10152 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09583212 | Parkin 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) | Stuart P. Parkin (San Jose, California); Timothy Phung (Milpitas, California); Aakash Pushp (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A domain wall injector device uses electrical current passed across an interface between two magnetic regions whose magnetizations are aligned non-collinearly to create a domain wall or a series of domain walls in one of the magnetic regions. The method relies on a combination of innate fringing fields from the magnetic regions and the spin-transfer torque derived from the charge current. The device may be used to store data that are subsequently read out. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/466904 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 19/0808 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 19/0841 (20130101) G11C 19/0875 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09583250 | Meyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher D. Meyer (Bethesda, Maryland); Nathan S. Lazarus (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide a tunable inductor having a magnetic core which has an air gap. In order to vary the inductance of the inductor, the inductor includes a tuner that is moveable relative to the magnetic core in the vicinity of the air gap. An actuator is attached to the tuner which, upon actuation, moves the tuner relative to the magnetic core to thereby vary the spacing between the tuner and the core in the vicinity of the air gap. The variation of the spacing between the tuner and the magnetic core varies the effective air gap of the overall inductor in the desired fashion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/016284 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 21/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09583354 | Abraham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margaret H. Abraham (Portola Valley, California); David P. Taylor (Hawthorne, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret H. Abraham (Portola Valley, California); David P. Taylor (Hawthorne, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for depositing materials on either side of a freestanding film using laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition (LA-CVD), and structures formed using same. A freestanding film, which is suspended over a cavity defined in a substrate, is exposed to a fluidic CVD precursor that reacts to form a solid material when exposed to light and/or heat. The freestanding film is then exposed to a laser beam in the presence of the precursor. The CVD precursor preferentially deposits on the surface(s) of the freestanding film. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/196619 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0021 (20130101) B81B 2203/0109 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00373 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/01 (20130101) C23C 16/18 (20130101) C23C 16/481 (20130101) C23C 16/483 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/3065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09583410 | Edelstein 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) | Daniel C. Edelstein (White Plains, New York); Michael A. Gaynes (Vestal, New York); Thomas M. Shaw (Peekskill, New York); Bucknell C. Webb (Ossining, New York); Roy R. Yu (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A volumetric integrated circuit manufacturing method is provided. The method includes assembling a slab element of elongate chips, exposing a wiring layer between adjacent elongate chips of the slab element, metallizing a surface of the slab element at and around the exposed wiring layer to form a metallized surface electrically coupled to the wiring layer and passivating the metallized surface to hermetically seal the metallized surface. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/221477 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/291 (20130101) H01L 23/293 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/3171 (20130101) H01L 23/3192 (20130101) H01L 2224/11 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09583589 | Mei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaobing Mei (Manhattan Beach, California); Ling-Shine Lee (Torrance, California); Michael D. Lange (Anaheim, California); Wayne Yoshida (Redondo Beach, California); Po-Hsin Liu (Anaheim, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a double-recess gate structure for an FET device that includes providing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of semiconductor layers and depositing an EBL resist layer on the wafer. The method also includes patterning the EBL resist layer to form an opening in the EBL resist layer and performing a first wet etch to form a first recess in the wafer. The method further includes depositing a dielectric layer over the EBL resist layer and into the first recess and performing a dry etch to remove a portion of the dielectric layer in the first recess. The method also includes performing a second wet etch through the opening in the dielectric layer to form a second recess, and depositing a gate metal layer in the first and second recesses and in the opening in the EBL resist layer to form a gate terminal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/883238 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0277 (20130101) H01L 21/283 (20130101) H01L 21/31111 (20130101) H01L 21/31116 (20130101) H01L 21/31133 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/42316 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09583724 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinsong Huang (Lincoln, Nebraska); Qingfeng Dong (Lincoln, Nebraska); Yuchuan Sao (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Continuous processes for fabricating a perovskite device are described that include using a doctor blade for continuously forming a perovskite layer and using a conductive tape lamination process to form an anode or a cathode layer on the perovskite device. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/009718 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0028 (20130101) H01L 51/424 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/442 (20130101) H01L 51/4213 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09583830 | Stambovsky |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Stambovsky (New Hartford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method improving the performance and allowing increased directionality and bandwidth via display-like software defined antenna. A surface is composed of an array of interconnected pixels which are capable of either becoming conducting or resistive allowing arbitrarily sized and shaped antenna structures. Each pixel is controlled by biasing the base which alters the conductivity on the top portion of the pixel. The specific pattern which is active on the display style antenna is based on the desired direction, frequency range, and waveform necessary for a required transmit and receive function. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/185956 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 9/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09583840 | Lawrance |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie E. Lawrance (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A zoom antenna includes an ordinary pyramidal horn antenna with either a coaxial or waveguide feed and two parallel plate waveguide lenses (commonly referred to as “metal plate lenses”) positioned with their optical axes collinear with the boresight of the pyramidal horn antenna and aligned with their plates parallel to the electric field vector. The zoom antenna outputs a collimated microwave beam having a diameter varied by translation of the lenses along boresight relative to each other and relative to the phase center of the horn antenna. The zoom antenna can be rotated to vary the azimuth and elevation angles of the collimated microwave beam produced therefrom, to thereby aim the beam in any direction. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/791086 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 13/02 (20130101) H01Q 19/062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09584169 | Qiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joe Qiu (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ali Darwish (Laurel, Maryland); Hingloi Alfred Hung (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio transmitter having a RF signal source. A splitter receives an input signal from the signal source and divides that input signal into two output signals. These output signals are fed into two phase shifters. A phase control signal is applied to each phase shifter so that the vector sum of the output signals represents the desired amplitude and phase of the desired transmitted signal. The outputs of both phase shifters are both frequency multiplied and amplified before recombining to form the transmitter output signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/969665 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/0483 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09584756 | 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 | Motion estimator apparatus and methods are presented in which a fully constrained nonlinear system of equations combining forward and backward displaced frame difference equations with a plurality of displacement vector invariant equations is solved using the input data from two image frames without approximation and without any additional constraints or assumptions to obtain an estimated displacement field. Also presented is an adaptive framework for solving a system of motion estimation equations with an integer valued block size defining a number of node points within an image, the number of node points being less than or equal to a number of pixels within the image, and a cost function based on a nonlinear least-squares principle. A system of iteration equations for the motion field on node points is solved using an iterative technique, and a degree of over-constraint can be progressively relaxed by selectively reducing the block size during the iteration. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/328121 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/0137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 19/51 (20141101) H04N 19/52 (20141101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09585009 | Ta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, College Park, a constituent institution of the University System of Maryland, itself a public agency and instrumentality of the State of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tuan Ta (Lanham, Maryland); John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for negating location privacy attacks in cellular networks involves signal processing techniques at the physical identification layer. In particular the methodology involves embedding user's unique tags onto the downlink paging signal waveforms so that the tags are stealthy and robust. The scheme not only improves users' privacy but also saves system bandwidth. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210611 |
| ART UNIT | 2644 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 12/12 (20130101) H04W 68/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09585011 | Arunkumar 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) | Saritha Arunkumar (Basingstoke, United Kingdom); Stephen D. Pipes (Hampshire, United Kingdom); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Anonymizing location information of a mobile device by an anonymization provider. The anonymizing provider receives, from the mobile device, location information identifying the location of the mobile device and an anonymity requirement. The anonymization provider selects an obfuscation value indicating an extent of location obfuscation that satisfies the received anonymity requirement. The extent of location obfuscation determines location boundaries within which a generated obfuscated location will reside. The anonymization provider generates an obfuscated location for the mobile device and sends the obfuscated location to the mobile device. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/046529 |
| ART UNIT | 2646 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/0421 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/02 (20130101) H04W 12/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric C. Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Erin Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cheryl L. Willman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric C. Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Erin Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cheryl L. Willman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to protocells for specific targeting of hepatocellular and other cancer cells which comprise a nanoporous silica core with a supported lipid bilayer; at least one agent which facilitates cancer cell death (such as a traditional small molecule, a macromolecular cargo (e.g. siRNA or a protein toxin such as ricin toxin A-chain or diphtheria toxin A-chain) and/or a histone-packaged plasmid DNA disposed within the nanoporous silica core (preferably supercoiled in order to more efficiently package the DNA into protocells) which is optionally modified with a nuclear localization sequence to assist in localizing protocells within the nucleus of the cancer cell and the ability to express peptides involved in therapy (apoptosis/cell death) of the cancer cell or as a reporter, a targeting peptide which targets cancer cells in tissue to be treated such that binding of the protocell to the targeted cells is specific and enhanced and a fusogenic peptide that promotes endosomal escape of protocells and encapsulated DNA. Protocells according to the present invention may be used to treat cancer, especially including hepatocellular (liver) cancer using novel binding peptides (c-MET peptides) which selectively bind to hepatocellular tissue or to function in diagnosis of cancer, including cancer treatment and drug discovery. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/113371 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/05 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48238 (20130101) A61K 47/48776 (20130101) A61K 48/0016 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2810/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09579649 | Renzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California); Gregory J. Sommer (Livermore, California); Anup K. Singh (Danville, California); Anson V. Hatch (Tracy, California); Mark R. Claudnic (Livermore, California); Ying-Chih Wang (Pleasanton, California); James L. Van de Vreugde (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California); Gregory J. Sommer (Livermore, California); Anup K. Singh (Danville, California); Anson V. Hatch (Tracy, California); Mark R. Claudnic (Livermore, California); Ying-Chih Wang (Pleasanton, California); James L. Van de Vreugde (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of fluid distribution manifolds, cartridges, and microfluidic systems are described herein. Fluid distribution manifolds may include an insert member and a manifold base and may define a substantially closed channel within the manifold when the insert member is press-fit into the base. Cartridges described herein may allow for simultaneous electrical and fluidic interconnection with an electrical multiplex board and may be held in place using magnetic attraction. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/900276 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/56 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 35/1095 (20130101) G01N 2035/00158 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/6851 (20150401) |
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| US 09579662 | Hering et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aerosol Dynamics Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanne Vera Hering (Berkeley, California); Steven Russel Spielman (Oakland, California); Gregory Stephen Lewis (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle charging method and apparatus are provided. An ion source is applied to a particle laden flow. The flow is introduced into a container in a laminar manner. The container has at least a first section, a second section and a third section. The first section includes wetted walls at a first temperature. A second section adjacent to the first section has wetted walls at a second temperature T2 greater than the first temperature T1. A third section adjacent to the second section has dry walls provided at a temperature T3 equal to or greater than T2. Additional water removal and temperature conditioning sections may be provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/043662 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 5/0009 (20130101) B01D 53/002 (20130101) B01D 53/1475 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 3/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/065 (20130101) G01N 2015/0038 (20130101) G01N 2015/1481 (20130101) |
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| US 09579722 | Alvin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary Anne Alvin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Iver Anderson (Ames, Iowa); Andy Heidlof (West Des Moines, Iowa); Emma White (Ames, Iowa); Bruce McMordie (Perkasie, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Anne Alvin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Iver Anderson (Ames, Iowa); Andy Heidlof (West Des Moines, Iowa); Emma White (Ames, Iowa); Bruce McMordie (Perkasie, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for generating transpiration cooling using an oxidized porous HTA layer metallurgically bonded to a substrate having micro-channel architectures. The method and apparatus generates a porous HTA layer by spreading generally spherical HTA powder particles on a substrate, partially sintering under O2 vacuum until the porous HTA layer exhibits a porosity between 20% and 50% and a neck size ratio between 0.1 and 0.5, followed by a controlled oxidation generating an oxidation layer of alumina, chromia, or silica at a thickness of about 20 to about 500 nm. In particular embodiments, the oxidized porous HTA layer and the substrate comprise Ni as a majority element. In other embodiments, the oxidized porous HTA layer and the substrate further comprise Al, and in additional embodiments, the oxidized porous HTA layer and the substrate comprise γ-Ni+γ′-Ni3Al. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/596307 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 3/1143 (20130101) B22F 2003/242 (20130101) B22F 2201/03 (20130101) B22F 2201/20 (20130101) B22F 2301/15 (20130101) Alloys C22C 19/058 (20130101) |
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| US 09580172 | Hobart et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Clinton G. Hobart (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William D. Morse (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert James Bickerstaff (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEUV that is able to navigate aerial, aquatic, and terrestrial environments through the use of different mission mobility attachments is disclosed. The attachments allow the MEUV to be deployed from the air or through the water prior to any terrestrial navigation. The mobility attachments can be removed or detached by and from the vehicle during a mission. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/484138 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicles for Use Both on Rail and on Road; Amphibious or Like Vehicles; Convertible Vehicles B60F 3/003 (20130101) B60F 5/02 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2201/00 (20130101) B64C 2201/021 (20130101) B64C 2201/126 (20130101) B64C 2201/146 (20130101) B64C 2211/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09580326 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Miller (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard B. Diver, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nathan P. Siegel (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Miller (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard B. Diver, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nathan P. Siegel (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for splitting carbon dioxide via a two-step metal oxide thermochemical cycle by heating a metal oxide compound selected from an iron oxide material of the general formula AxFe3-xO4, where 0≦x≦1 and A is a metal selected from Mg, Cu, Zn, Ni, Co, and Mn, or a ceria oxide compound of the general formula MaCebOc, where 0<a<1, 0<b<1, and 0<c<2, where M is a metal selected from the group consisting of at least one of a rare earth metal and an alkaline earth metal, to a temperature greater than approximately 1400° C., thereby producing a first solid-gas mixture, adding carbon dioxide, and heating to a temperature less than approximately 1400 C, thereby producing carbon monoxide gas and the original metal oxide compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/472445 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/75 (20130101) B01J 23/745 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 15/043 (20130101) C01B 31/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 25/02 (20130101) C01G 49/02 (20130101) C01G 51/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09580541 | Fujimoto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cy Fujimoto (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Harry Pratt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Travis Mark Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to functionalized polymers including a poly(phenylene) structure. In some embodiments, the polymers and copolymers of the invention include a highly localized concentration of acidic moieties, which facilitate proton transport and conduction through networks formed from these polymers. In addition, the polymers can include functional moieties, such as electron-withdrawing moieties, to protect the polymeric backbone, thereby extending its durability. Such enhanced proton transport and durability can be beneficial for any high performance platform that employs proton exchange polymeric membranes, such as in fuel cells or flow batteries. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/933981 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09580608 | Denton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuququerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michele L. Baca Denton (Bosque, New Mexico); Shawn M. Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ross Stefan Johnson (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to antifouling coatings capable of being switched by using heat or ultraviolet light. Prior to switching, the coating includes an onium cation component having antimicrobial and antibacterial properties. Upon switching, the coating is converted to a conjugated polymer state, and the cationic component is released with any adsorbed biofilm layer. Thus, the coatings herein have switchable and releasable properties. Methods of making and using such coatings are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/455702 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/1637 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 5/1693 (20130101) |
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| US 09580659 | MacDonnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick M. MacDonnell (Arlington, Texas); Brian H. Dennis (Arlington, Texas); Richard E. Billo (Irving, Texas); John W. Priest (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the conversion of lignites, subbituminous coals and other carbonaceous feedstocks into synthetic oils, including oils with properties similar to light weight sweet crude oil using a solvent derived from hydrogenating oil produced by pyrolyzing lignite are set forth herein. Such methods may be conducted, for example, under mild operating conditions with a low cost stoichiometric co-reagent and/or a disposable conversion agent. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/776423 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/745 (20130101) B01J 27/043 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 1/083 (20130101) C10G 1/086 (20130101) C10G 3/45 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) C10G 2300/301 (20130101) C10G 2300/308 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09580705 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristen J. Kelly (Wilmington, Delaware); Rick W. Ye (Hockessin, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of screening for dihydroxy-acid dehydratase (DHAD) variants that display increased DHAD activity are disclosed, along with DHAD variants identified by these methods. Such enzymes can result in increased production of compounds from DHAD requiring biosynthetic pathways. Also disclosed are isolated nucleic acids encoding the DHAD variants, recombinant host cells comprising the isolated nucleic acid molecules, and methods of producing butanol. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207823 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/52 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/16 (20130101) C12P 7/40 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 402/01009 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09580721 | Chin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Reserach Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); T. Ashton Cropp (Bethesda, Maryland); J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides compositions and methods for producing translational components that expand the number of genetically encoded amino acids in eukaryotic cells. The components include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases and unnatural amino acids. Proteins and methods of producing proteins with unnatural amino acids in eukaryotic cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/574257 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/81 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 601/01 (20130101) C12Y 601/0102 (20130101) C12Y 601/01001 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 435/81 (20130101) Y10S 435/975 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ATI Properties LLC (Albany, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ATI Properties LLC (Albany, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Rakowski (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reducing the formation of electrically resistive scale on a an article comprising a silicon-containing ferritic stainless subjected to oxidizing conditions in service includes, prior to placing the article in service, subjecting the article to conditions under which silica, which includes silicon derived from the steel, forms on a surface of the steel. Optionally, at least a portion of the silica is removed from the surface to placing the article in service. A ferritic stainless steel alloy having a reduced tendency to form silica on at least a surface thereof also is provided. The steel includes a near-surface region that has been depleted of silicon relative to a remainder of the steel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/873272 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Modifying the Physical Structure of Ferrous Metals; General Devices for Heat Treatment of Ferrous or Non-ferrous Metals or Alloys; Making Metal Malleable, e.g by Decarburisation or Tempering C21D 1/74 (20130101) C21D 3/02 (20130101) C21D 6/002 (20130101) C21D 6/008 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 8/08 (20130101) C23C 8/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/02 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/00 (20130101) H01M 8/021 (20130101) H01M 8/0228 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
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| US 09580793 | Alvine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyle J. Alvine (Richland, Washington); Bruce E. Bernacki (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle J. Alvine (Richland, Washington); Bruce E. Bernacki (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for forming subwavelength coatings for use in the UV, visible, or infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. A first material and a second material are deposited onto a substrate. The first material may include dielectric spheres of subwavelength size that self-assemble on the substrate to form a template or scaffold with subwavelength size voids between the spheres into which the second material is deposited or filled. First and second materials are heated on the substrate at a preselected temperature to form the subwavelength coating. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/815011 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/024 (20130101) C23C 14/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54346 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/12 (20130101) G02B 1/118 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/12104 (20150115) Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
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| US 09580823 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates LLC (, None) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Fu Chen (Ridge, New York); Shweta Iyer (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Shilpa Iyer (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Kotaro Sasaki (Hauppauge, New York); James T. Muckerman (Port Jefferson, New York); Etsuko Fujita (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalytic composition from earth-abundant transition metal salts and biomass is disclosed. A calcined catalytic composition formed from soybean powder and ammonium molybdate is specifically exemplified herein. Methods for making the catalytic composition are disclosed as are electrodes for hydrogen evolution reactions comprising the catalytic composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/430528 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 35/0033 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/062 (20130101) C01B 31/34 (20130101) C01B 31/301 (20130101) C01B 31/303 (20130101) C01B 31/305 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/76 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/16 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 11/0415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/0447 (20130101) C25B 11/0478 (20130101) |
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| US 09580824 | Masel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dioxide Materials, Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dioxide Materials, Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard I. Masel (Boca Raton, Florida); Qingmei Chen (Savoy, Illinois); Zengcai Liu (Boca Raton, Florida); Robert Kutz (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion conducting polymeric composition mixture comprises a copolymer of styrene and vinylbenzyl-Rs. Rs is selected from the group consisting of imidazoliums, pyridiniums, pyrazoliums, pyrrolidiniums, pyrroliums, pyrimidiums, piperidiniums, indoliums, and triaziniums. The composition contains 10%-90% by weight of vinylbenzyl-Rs. The composition can further comprise a polyolefin comprising substituted polyolefins, a polymer comprising cyclic amine groups, a polymer comprising at least one of a phenylene group and a phenyl group, a polyamide, and/or the reaction product of a constituent having two carbon-carbon double bonds. The composition can be in the form of a membrane. In a preferred embodiment, the membrane is a Helper Membrane that increases the faradaic efficiency of an electrochemical cell into which the membrane is incorporated, and also allows product formation at lower voltages than in cells without the Helper Membrane. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/090477 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 41/14 (20130101) B01J 41/125 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/461 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/10 (20130101) C25B 3/04 (20130101) C25B 9/08 (20130101) C25B 9/10 (20130101) C25B 13/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1018 (20130101) H01M 8/1023 (20130101) H01M 8/1044 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) |
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| US 09580833 | Bondokov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert T. Bondokov (Watervliet, New York); Shailaja P. Rao (Albany, New York); Shawn R. Gibb (Clifton Park, New York); Leo J. Schowalter (Latham, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CRYSTAL IS, INC. (Green Island, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert T. Bondokov (Watervliet, New York); Shailaja P. Rao (Albany, New York); Shawn R. Gibb (Clifton Park, New York); Leo J. Schowalter (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, non-zero thermal gradients are formed within a growth chamber both substantially parallel and substantially perpendicular to the growth direction during formation of semiconductor crystals, where the ratio of the two thermal gradients (parallel to perpendicular) is less than 10, by, e.g., arrangement of thermal shields outside of the growth chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/686812 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 23/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 23/06 (20130101) C30B 29/403 (20130101) |
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| US 09580834 | Najmaei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sina Najmaei (Houston, Texas); Zheng Liu (Singapore, Singapore); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas); Jun Lou (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Najmaei (Houston, Texas); Zheng Liu (Singapore, Singapore); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas); Jun Lou (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of growing chalcogen-linked metallic films on a surface in a chamber. In some embodiments, the method comprises placing a metal source and a chalcogen source in the chamber, and gradually heating the chamber, where the heating leads to the chemical vapor deposition of the chalcogen source and the metal source onto the surface, and facilitates the growth of the chalcogen-linked metallic film from the chalcogen source and the metal source on the surface. In some embodiments, the chalcogen source comprises sulfur, and the metal source comprises molybdenum trioxide. In some embodiments, the growth of the chalcogen-linked metallic film occurs by formation of nucleation sites on the surface, where the nucleation sites merge to form the chalcogen-linked metallic film. In some embodiments, the formed chalcogen-linked metallic film includes MoS2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/203958 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/305 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/00 (20130101) C30B 25/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 25/10 (20130101) C30B 29/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09580839 | Bohnert 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) | George Bohnert (Harrisonville, Missouri); Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Making carbon fiber from asphaltenes obtained through heavy oil upgrading. In more detail, carbon fiber is made from asphaltenes obtained from heavy oil feedstocks undergoing upgrading in a continuous coking reactor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/727249 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/00 (20130101) C01B 31/04 (20130101) C01B 31/089 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/52 (20130101) C04B 35/521 (20130101) C04B 35/522 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/145 (20130101) D01F 9/155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09580976 | Grubelich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Grubelich (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jiann-Cherng Su (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven D. Knudsen (Stanley, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A centralizer assembly is disclosed that allows for the assembly to be deployed in-situ. The centralizer assembly includes flexible members that can be extended into the well bore in situ by the initiation of a gas generating device. The centralizer assembly can support a large load carrying capability compared to a traditional bow spring with little or no installation drag. Additionally, larger displacements can be produced to centralize an extremely deviated casing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/195986 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 17/1028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09581004 | Ciezobka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jordan Ciezobka (Addison, Illinois); Iraj Salehi (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Insitute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jordan Ciezobka (Addison, Illinois); Iraj Salehi (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydraulic fracturing system and method for enhancing effective permeability of earth formations to increase hydrocarbon production, enhance operation efficiency by reducing fluid entry friction due to tortuosity and perforation, and to open perforations that are either unopened or not effective using traditional techniques, by varying a pump rate and/or a flow rate to a wellbore. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/469065 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09581128 | MacDonald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel G. MacDonald (Mashpee, Massachusetts); Justin Cantara (Fall River, Massachusetts); Craig Nathan (Andover, Massachusetts); Amy M. Lopes (New Bedford, Massachusetts); Brandon E. Green (Fall River, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel G. MacDonald (Mashpee, Massachusetts); Justin Cantara (Fall River, Massachusetts); Craig Nathan (Andover, Massachusetts); Amy M. Lopes (New Bedford, Massachusetts); Brandon E. Green (Fall River, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems for wave energy conversion that have components that can survive the harsh marine environment and that can be attached to fixed structures, such as a pier, and having the ability to naturally adjust for tidal height and methods for their use are presented. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/402392 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines or Engines for Liquids F03B 13/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F03B 13/1855 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors, to Machines or Engines for Liquids Covered by Subclasses F03B, F03D and F03G F05B 2260/302 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/38 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livewrmore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik P. Brown (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system seals a filter or equipment component to abase and will continue to seal the filter or equipment component to the base in the event of hot air or fire. The system includes a first sealing material between the filter or equipment component and the base; and a second sealing material between the filter or equipment component and the base and proximate the first sealing material. The first sealing material and the second seal material are positioned relative to each other and relative to the filter or equipment component and the base to seal the filter or equipment component to the base and upon the event of fire the second sealing material will be activated and expand to continue to seal the filter or equipment component to the base in the event of hot air or fire. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/469338 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16J 15/065 (20130101) |
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| US 09581335 | Cihlar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David William Cihlar (Greenville, South Carolina); Patrick Benedict Melton (Horse Shoe, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for retaining a fuel nozzle premix tube includes a retention plate and a premix tube which extends downstream from an outlet of a premix passage defined along an aft side of a fuel plenum body. The premix tube includes an inlet end and a spring support feature which is disposed proximate to the inlet end. The premix tube extends through the retention plate. The spring retention feature is disposed between an aft side of the fuel plenum and the retention plate. The system further includes a spring which extends between the spring retention feature and the retention plate. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/453950 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/283 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Two exemplary approaches to the acceleration of projectiles are provided. Both approaches can utilize concepts associated with the Inductrack maglev system. Either of them provides an effective means of accelerating multi-kilogram projectiles to velocities of several kilometers per second, using launchers of order 10 meters in length, thus enabling the acceleration of projectiles to high velocities by electromagnetic forces. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099933 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapons for Projecting Missiles Without Use of Explosive or Combustible Propellant Charge; Weapons Not Otherwise Provided for F41B 6/00 (20130101) F41B 6/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09581564 | Woo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EmiSense Technologies, LLC (Ladera Ranch, California); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EmiSense Technologies, LLC (Lareda Ranch, California); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leta Yar-Li Woo (Oakland, California); Robert Scott Glass (Livermore, California); Joseph Jay Fitzpatrick (Glendale, California); Gangqiang Wang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Brett Tamatea Henderson (Salt Lake City, Utah); Anthoniraj Lourdhusamy (West Jordan, Utah); James John Steppan (Park City, Utah); Klaus Karl Allmendinger (San Juan Capistrano, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for signal processing. The device includes a signal generator, a signal detector, and a processor. The signal generator generates an original waveform. The signal detector detects an affected waveform. The processor is coupled to the signal detector. The processor receives the affected waveform from the signal detector. The processor also compares at least one portion of the affected waveform with the original waveform. The processor also determines a difference between the affected waveform and the original waveform. The processor also determines a value corresponding to a unique portion of the determined difference between the original and affected waveforms. The processor also outputs the determined value. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/055562 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 13/02 (20130101) G01K 2013/024 (20130101) G01K 2205/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4065 (20130101) G01N 27/4071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0037 (20130101) |
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| US 09581741 | Berland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ITN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Spencer Berland (Morrison, Colorado); Michael Wayne Stowell, Jr. (Loveland, Colorado); Russell Hollingsworth (Arvada, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for creating an infrared-control coated thin film device with certain visible light transmittance and infrared reflectance properties are disclosed. The device may be made using various techniques including physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, thermal evaporation, pulsed laser deposition, sputter deposition, and sol-gel processes. In particular, a pulsed energy microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process may be used. Production of the device may occur at speeds greater than 50 Angstroms/second and temperatures lower than 200° C. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/293934 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/34 (20130101) C23C 16/407 (20130101) C23C 16/511 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/285 (20130101) |
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| US 09582402 | Reinhardt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven K. Reinhardt (Vancouver, Washington); Michael L. Chu (San Jose, California); Vinod Tipparaju (Austin, Texas); Walter B. Benton (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The described embodiments include a networking subsystem in a second computing device that is configured to receive a task message from a first computing device. Based on the task message, the networking subsystem updates an entry in a task queue with task information from the task message. A processing subsystem in the second computing device subsequently retrieves the task information from the task queue and performs the corresponding task. In these embodiments, the networking subsystem processes the task message (e.g., stores the task information in the task queue) without causing the processing subsystem to perform operations for processing the task message. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/164220 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/4843 (20130101) G06F 11/34 (20130101) G06F 11/3419 (20130101) G06F 11/3471 (20130101) G06F 11/3612 (20130101) G06F 11/3672 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung Han (Woodbridge, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Conductivity-selective lateral etching of III-nitride materials is described. Methods and structures for making vertical cavity surface emitting lasers with distributed Bragg reflectors via electrochemical etching are described. Layer-selective, lateral electrochemical etching of multi-layer stacks is employed to form semiconductor/air DBR structures adjacent active multiple quantum well regions of the lasers. The electrochemical etching techniques are suitable for high-volume production of lasers and other III-nitride devices, such as lasers, HEMT transistors, power transistors, MEMs structures, and LEDs. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/923248 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/306 (20130101) H01L 21/30612 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/30635 (20130101) H01L 33/0075 (20130101) H01L 33/105 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/343 (20130101) H01S 5/18341 (20130101) H01S 5/18363 (20130101) H01S 5/18369 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
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| US 09583482 | Matocha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Monolith Semiconductor, Inc. (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MONOLITH SEMICONDUCTOR INC. (Round Rock, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Matocha (Round Rock, Texas); Kiran Chatty (Round Rock, Texas); Sujit Banerjee (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-cell MOSFET device including a MOSFET cell with an integrated Schottky diode is provided. The MOSFET includes n-type source regions formed in p-type well regions which are formed in an n-type drift layer. A p-type body contact region is formed on the periphery of the MOSFET. The source metallization of the device forms a Schottky contact with an n-type semiconductor region adjacent the p-type body contact region of the device. Vias can be formed through a dielectric material covering the source ohmic contacts and/or Schottky region of the device and the source metallization can be formed in the vias. The n-type semiconductor region forming the Schottky contact and/or the n-type source regions can be a single continuous region or a plurality of discontinuous regions alternating with discontinuous p-type body contact regions. The device can be a SiC device. Methods of making the device are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/619742 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/823412 (20130101) H01L 27/0629 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0696 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) |
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| US 09583667 | Albin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLC (Golden, Colorado); ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A. (Sevilla, Spain) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado); Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. (Sevilla, Spain) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Albin (Golden, Colorado); Nirav Vora (Toledo, Ohio); Sebastian Caparros Jimenez (Sevilla, Spain); Joaquin Murillo Gutierrez (Sevilla, Spain); Emilio Sanchez Cortezon (Sevilla, Spain); Manuel Romero (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for forming solar cells with CuInSe2 and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 films are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: during a first stage (220), performing a mass transport through vapor transport of an indium chloride (InClx) vapor (143, 223) and Se vapor (121, 225) to deposit a semiconductor film (212, 232, 252) upon a substrate (114, 210, 230, 250); heating the substrate (114, 210, 230, 250) and the semiconductor film to a desired temperature (112); during a second stage (240) following the first stage (220), performing a mass transport through vapor transport of a copper chloride (CuClx) vapor (143, 243) and Se vapor (121, 245) to the semiconductor film (212, 232, 252); and during a third stage (260) following the second stage (240), performing a mass transport through vapor transport of an indium chloride (InClx) vapor (143, 263) and Se vapor (121, 265) to the semiconductor film (212, 232, 252). |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/382106 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/22 (20130101) C23C 14/0623 (20130101) C23C 16/44 (20130101) C23C 16/46 (20130101) C23C 16/305 (20130101) C23C 16/455 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02422 (20130101) H01L 21/02491 (20130101) H01L 21/02568 (20130101) H01L 21/02614 (20130101) H01L 21/02631 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0322 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/541 (20130101) |
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| US 09583724 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinsong Huang (Lincoln, Nebraska); Qingfeng Dong (Lincoln, Nebraska); Yuchuan Sao (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Continuous processes for fabricating a perovskite device are described that include using a doctor blade for continuously forming a perovskite layer and using a conductive tape lamination process to form an anode or a cathode layer on the perovskite device. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/009718 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0028 (20130101) H01L 51/424 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/442 (20130101) H01L 51/4213 (20130101) |
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| US 09583751 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (Camas, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (Camas, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuhao Lu (Vancouver, Washington); Long Wang (Vancouver, Washington); Jong-Jan Lee (Camas, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for fabricating a battery using an anode preloaded with consumable metals. The method forms an ion-permeable membrane immersed in an electrolyte. A preloaded anode is immersed in the electrolyte, comprising MeaX, where X is a material such as carbon, metal capable of being alloyed with Me, intercalation oxides, electrochemically active organic compounds, and combinations of the above-listed materials. Me is a metal such as alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and combinations of the above-listed metals. A cathode is also immersed in the electrolyte and separated from the preloaded anode by the ion-permeable membrane. The cathode comprises M1YM2Z(CN)N |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198702 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 17/02 (20130101) C01B 19/02 (20130101) C01B 25/003 (20130101) C01B 31/00 (20130101) C01B 33/021 (20130101) Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 3/12 (20130101) Compounds of Alkali Metals, i.e Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, or Francium C01D 1/02 (20130101) C01D 15/02 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/1653 (20130101) H01M 2/1686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/04 (20130101) H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/049 (20130101) H01M 4/56 (20130101) H01M 4/58 (20130101) H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/381 (20130101) H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/387 (20130101) H01M 4/0404 (20130101) H01M 4/0416 (20130101) H01M 4/0452 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/0495 (20130101) H01M 4/0497 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/628 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0565 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/0042 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) |
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| US 09583779 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); William Henry Woodford (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zheng Li (Arlington, Massachusetts); W. Craig Carter (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); William Henry Woodford (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zheng Li (Arlington, Massachusetts); W. Craig Carter (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to energy storage devices, and to metal sulfide energy storage devices in particular. Some aspects of the invention relate to energy storage devices comprising at least one flowable electrode, wherein the flowable electrode comprises an electroactive metal sulfide material suspended and/or dissolved in a carrier fluid. In some embodiments, the flowable electrode further comprises a plurality of electronically conductive particles suspended and/or dissolved in the carrier fluid, wherein the electronically conductive particles form a percolating conductive network. An energy storage device comprising a flowable electrode comprising a metal sulfide electroactive material and a percolating conductive network may advantageously exhibit, upon reversible cycling, higher energy densities and specific capacities than conventional energy storage devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/172648 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/225 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 09583796 | Saha 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) | Bhaskar Saha (Redwood City, California); Ajay Raghavan (Mountain View, California); Peter Kiesel (Palo Alto, California); Lars Wilko Sommer (Bretten, Germany); Alexander Lochbaum (Landau, Germany); Tobias Staudt (Nuremberg, Germany); Saroj Kumar Sahu (Fremont, California); Anurag Ganguli (Milpitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining an operating state (e.g., state-of-charge or state-of-health) and/or generating management (charge/discharge) control information in a system including an electrochemical energy device (EED, e.g., a rechargeable Li-ion battery, supercapacitor or fuel cell) that uses optical sensors to detect the intercalation stage change events occurring in the EED. The externally or internally mounted optical sensors measure operating parameter (e.g., strain and/or temperature) changes of the EED during charge/recharge cycling, and transmit measured parameter data using light signals sent over optical fibers to a detector/converter. A processor then analyzes the measured parameter data, e.g., using a model-based estimation process, to detect intercalation stage changes (i.e., crystalline structure changes caused by migration of guest species, such as Li-ions, between the EED's anode and cathode), and generates the operating state and charge/discharge control information based the analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/242850 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/353 (20130101) G01D 5/35316 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/246 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 11/085 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3679 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/44 (20130101) H01M 10/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/425 (20130101) H01M 10/486 (20130101) H01M 10/4257 (20130101) H01M 2010/4271 (20130101) H01M 2010/4278 (20130101) |
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| US 09584044 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yan Zhou (Tallahassee, Florida); Haiyu Zhang (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments of the disclosed inverter topologies, an inverter may include a full bridge LLC resonant converter, a first boost converter, and a second boost converter. In such embodiments, the first and second boost converters operate in an interleaved manner. In other disclosed embodiments, the inverter may include a half-bridge inverter circuit, a resonant circuit, a capacitor divider circuit, and a transformer. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/214896 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 7/5381 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 2007/4815 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 70/1441 (20130101) |
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| US 09584061 | Dede et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric drive system includes a smoothing capacitor including at least one terminal, a bus bar electrically coupled to the at least one terminal, a thermoelectric device including a first side and a second side positioned opposite the first side, where the first side is thermally coupled to at least one of the at least one terminal and the bus bar, and a cooling element thermally coupled to the second side of the thermoelectric device, where the cooling element dissipates heat from the thermoelectric device. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/857147 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/30 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/32 (20130101) Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 29/0088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US RE46322 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian L. Anderson (Lodi, California); Bill W. Colston (San Ramon, California); Christopher J. Elkin (Cranston, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for nucleic acid amplification of a sample comprises partitioning the sample into partitioned sections and performing PCR on the partitioned sections of the sample. Another embodiment of the invention provides a system for nucleic acid amplification and detection of a sample comprising partitioning the sample into partitioned sections, performing PCR on the partitioned sections of the sample, and detecting and analyzing the partitioned sections of the sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/701392 |
| ART UNIT | 3991 — Central Reexamination Unit (Chemical) |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09579219 | Amend, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Amend, Jr. (Ithaca, New York); Hod Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A dexterous robotic apparatus includes an asymmetrical hand mechanism including only two finger components: a first independent finger and a second independent finger, and a respective first finger motor and a respective second finger motor disposed in the hand mechanism, wherein the hand mechanism is characterized by only two continuous degrees of freedom. |
| FILED | Friday, October 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/438368 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| 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 2/586 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/588 (20130101) A61F 2002/543 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/08 (20130101) B25J 15/12 (20130101) B25J 15/0023 (20130101) |
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| US 09579283 | Brinker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric C. Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Erin Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cheryl L. Willman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric C. Carnes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlee Erin Ashley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cheryl L. Willman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to protocells for specific targeting of hepatocellular and other cancer cells which comprise a nanoporous silica core with a supported lipid bilayer; at least one agent which facilitates cancer cell death (such as a traditional small molecule, a macromolecular cargo (e.g. siRNA or a protein toxin such as ricin toxin A-chain or diphtheria toxin A-chain) and/or a histone-packaged plasmid DNA disposed within the nanoporous silica core (preferably supercoiled in order to more efficiently package the DNA into protocells) which is optionally modified with a nuclear localization sequence to assist in localizing protocells within the nucleus of the cancer cell and the ability to express peptides involved in therapy (apoptosis/cell death) of the cancer cell or as a reporter, a targeting peptide which targets cancer cells in tissue to be treated such that binding of the protocell to the targeted cells is specific and enhanced and a fusogenic peptide that promotes endosomal escape of protocells and encapsulated DNA. Protocells according to the present invention may be used to treat cancer, especially including hepatocellular (liver) cancer using novel binding peptides (c-MET peptides) which selectively bind to hepatocellular tissue or to function in diagnosis of cancer, including cancer treatment and drug discovery. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/113371 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/05 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48238 (20130101) A61K 47/48776 (20130101) A61K 48/0016 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2810/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09579419 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gongyao Zhou (Wilmington, Delaware); Christopher Geisler (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogel material for use in three-dimensional scaffold printing is disclosed. The material is formed from a first triblock polymer having a formula ABA and a second triblock polymer having a formula AmaBAma, wherein A is a first polymer, B is a second polymer, and Ama is a methacrylate of the first polymer. The material is thermosensitive and photocrosslinkable. A method of manufacturing the material is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/886084 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 2430/34 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/10 (20130101) C08L 33/10 (20130101) C08L 53/00 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 87/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09579650 | Hong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jong Wook Hong (Pasadena, California); Vincent Studer (Paris, France); W. French Anderson (San Marino, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Jared Leadbetter (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid from cells and viruses sampled from a variety of environments may purified and expressed utilizing microfluidic techniques. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, individual or small groups of cells or viruses may be isolated in microfluidic chambers by dilution, sorting, and/or segmentation. The isolated cells or viruses may be lysed directly in the microfluidic chamber, and the resulting nucleic acid purified by exposure to affinity beads. Subsequent elution of the purified nucleic acid may be followed by ligation and cell transformation, all within the same microfluidic chip. In one specific application, cell isolation, lysis, and nucleic acid purification may be performed utilizing a highly parallelized microfluidic architecture to construct gDNA and cDNA libraries. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/494284 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2300/0809 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (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 2565/629 (20130101) |
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| US 09579766 | Greenslet |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hitomi Greenslet (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are various embodiments for a system and method of processing a surface using a mixture containing magnetic particles. A mixture is disposed on a workpiece and exposed to a dynamic magnetic field. In response to the dynamic magnetic field, the magnetic particles of the mixture may move along the workpiece. The movement of the magnetic particles creates a pattern of grooves on the surface of the workpiece. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/381856 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines, Devices, or Processes for Grinding or Polishing; Dressing or Conditioning of Abrading Surfaces; Feeding of Grinding, Polishing, or Lapping Agents B24B 1/005 (20130101) B24B 19/02 (20130101) B24B 31/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B24B 31/112 (20130101) |
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| US 09580480 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Allen Yuyin Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Allen Yuyin Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention relate to the engineering of biological nanostructures and materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/119319 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4711 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/20 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/24 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) C07K 2319/735 (20130101) |
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| US 09580534 | Nealey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Franklin Nealey (Madison, Wisconsin); Frank S. Bates (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); Sangwon Kim (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Franklin Nealey (Madison, Wisconsin); Frank S. Bates (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); Sangwon Kim (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of formulating and engineering block copolymer (BCP) systems for directed self-assembly (DSA) processes. In some embodiments, the methods involve engineering a BCP material based on the interaction parameter (χ) of the material and the surface and/or interaction energies of its constituent blocks. Also provided are novel block BCP materials that can be used in DSA techniques. In some embodiments, the BCP systems described herein have micro-phase separating blocks, with at least one block including multiple types of repeat units. Also provided are structures formed by DSA, including structures having a sub-20 nm dimension. Applications included nanolithography for semiconductor devices, fabrication of cell-based assays, nanoprinting, photovoltaic cells, and surface-conduction electron-emitter displays. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/560016 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Treatment or Chemical Modification of Rubbers C08C 19/06 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/08 (20130101) C08F 8/08 (20130101) C08F 212/08 (20130101) C08F 212/08 (20130101) C08F 220/14 (20130101) C08F 236/08 (20130101) C08F 297/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 297/046 (20130101) C08F 297/046 (20130101) C08F 2220/325 (20130101) C08F 2438/02 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/0002 (20130101) G03F 7/165 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 09580548 | Harth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eva M. Harth (Nashville, Tennessee); David M. Stevens (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are crosslinked polycarbonates, composition thereof and methods thereof. The cross-linked polycarbonates can be prepared from allyl or epoxy polycarbonates. Described herein is the formation of functionalized poly(carbonate) particles with an established intermolecular cross-linking process. Six types of ‘nanosponges’ were prepared with the differentiation in crosslinking density and crosslinking chemistry. The intermolecular chain cross-linking process was investigated via the epoxide amine reaction and the thiol-ene click reaction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/399920 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/19 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/146 (20130101) A61L 2300/412 (20130101) A61L 2300/416 (20130101) A61L 2400/12 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 64/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 64/0216 (20130101) C08G 64/0241 (20130101) C08G 64/0291 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/075 (20130101) C08J 3/246 (20130101) C08J 2369/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/37 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 69/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09580560 | Mattoussi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hedi Mattoussi (Tallahassee, Florida); Wentao Wang (Tallahassee, Florida); Goutam Palui (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure is directed to polymer ligands that are optimally suited for surface-functionalizing magnetic nanoparticles. The amphiphilic polymers are prepared by coupling several amine-terminated anchoring groups, polyethylene glycol moieties, and reactive groups onto a poly(isobutylene-alt-maleic anhydride) (PIMA) chain. The reaction of maleic anhydride groups with amine-containing molecules is highly-efficient and occurs in one-step. The availability of several dopamine groups in the same ligand greatly enhances the ligand affinity, via multiple-coordination, to the magnetic NPs, while the hydrophilic and reactive groups promote colloidal stability in buffer media and allow subsequent conjugation with target biomolecules. Nanoparticles ligated with terminally reactive polymers have been easily coupled to target dyes and tested in live cell imaging with no measurable cytotoxicity. |
| FILED | Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/672436 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/32 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 81/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 123/36 (20130101) C09D 135/00 (20130101) C09D 187/005 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5005 (20130101) |
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| US 09580716 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hee-Sung Park (Daejeon, South Korea); Dieter Soll (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids encoding mutant elongation factor proteins (EF-Sep), phosphoseryl-tRNA synthetase (SepRS), and phosphoseryl-tRNA (tRNASep) and methods of use in site specific incorporation of phosphoserine into a protein or polypeptide are described. Typically, SepRS preferentially aminoacylates tRNASep with O-phosphoserine and the tRNASep recognizes at least one codon such as a stop codon. Due to the negative charge of the phosphoserine, Sept-tRNASep does not bind elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu). However, mutant EF-Sep proteins are disclosed that bind Sep-tRNASep and protect Sep-tRNASep from deacylation. In a preferred embodiment the nucleic acids are on vectors and are expressed in cells such as bacterial cells, archeaebacterial cells, and eukaryotic cells. Proteins or polypeptides containing phosphoserine produced by the methods described herein can be used for a variety of applications such as research, antibody production, protein array manufacture and development of cell-based screens for new drug discovery. |
| FILED | Monday, January 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/992542 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/245 (20130101) C07K 14/435 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 15/67 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) C12P 21/02 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 601/01027 (20130101) |
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| US 09580834 | Najmaei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sina Najmaei (Houston, Texas); Zheng Liu (Singapore, Singapore); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas); Jun Lou (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Najmaei (Houston, Texas); Zheng Liu (Singapore, Singapore); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas); Jun Lou (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of growing chalcogen-linked metallic films on a surface in a chamber. In some embodiments, the method comprises placing a metal source and a chalcogen source in the chamber, and gradually heating the chamber, where the heating leads to the chemical vapor deposition of the chalcogen source and the metal source onto the surface, and facilitates the growth of the chalcogen-linked metallic film from the chalcogen source and the metal source on the surface. In some embodiments, the chalcogen source comprises sulfur, and the metal source comprises molybdenum trioxide. In some embodiments, the growth of the chalcogen-linked metallic film occurs by formation of nucleation sites on the surface, where the nucleation sites merge to form the chalcogen-linked metallic film. In some embodiments, the formed chalcogen-linked metallic film includes MoS2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/203958 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/305 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/00 (20130101) C30B 25/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 25/10 (20130101) C30B 29/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09581214 | Sun 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) | Lizhi Sun (Irvine, California); Hang Sun (Irvine, California); Rui Li (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, devices, uses and methods relating to magnetorhological materials including carbon nanotubes, such as single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes, are disclosed. Uses of magnetorheological materials such as in motion damping/vibration isolation are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/312559 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 25/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 32/0637 (20130101) F16C 33/1035 (20130101) F16C 33/6644 (20130101) F16C 2210/06 (20130101) Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 1/361 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/447 (20130101) |
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| US 09581556 | Segall |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Industrial Optical Measurement Systems (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Industrial Optical Measurement Systems, LLC (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Barrett Segall (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-contact optical probe for inspecting an inside surface of a cylindrical workpiece includes a laser source that emits an incident light beam, a polarizing beam splitter that transmits one polarization of the incident beam and reflects the opposite polarization, and a quarter wave plate that together with the polarizing beam splitter separates back reflected return light from the incident laser beam. The non-contact optical probe further includes an optical system that directs the incident laser beam onto the cylinder surface and directs reflected light from the surface back to the beam splitter, and at least one detector that receives a portion of the reflected light and generates data about the cylinder surface. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/802603 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/954 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/9546 (20130101) G01N 2021/9548 (20130101) G01N 2201/0683 (20130101) |
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| US 09584976 | Merwaday et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arvind Merwaday (Miami, Florida); Ismail Guvenc (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arvind Merwaday (Miami, Florida); Ismail Guvenc (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for determining a specific velocity of a device attached to a wireless network. The specific velocity can be determined using a handover count of the base station boundary transitions over a time window and/or using a set of sojourn time samples that each denote the duration the device remains in the zone of a particular base station. Techniques operate effectively in cellular networks having high base station densities. The specific velocity estimates may be inputs to components on the device or network to adjust a local device function or performance behavior. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/749054 |
| ART UNIT | 2646 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 36/32 (20130101) H04W 36/0083 (20130101) H04W 36/0088 (20130101) H04W 72/048 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09579284 | Zale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pfizer Inc. (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pfizer Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen E. Zale (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Greg Troiano (Pembroke, Massachusetts); Mir Mukkaram Ali (Woburn, Massachusetts); Jeff Hrkach (Lexington, Massachusetts); James Wright (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to therapeutic nanoparticles. Exemplary nanoparticles disclosed herein may include about 1 to about 20 weight percent of a mTOR inhibitor; and about 70 to about 99 weight percent biocompatible polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/091343 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/19 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/435 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 59/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
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| US 09579386 | Zale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pfizer Inc. (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pfizer Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen E. Zale (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Greg Troiano (Pembroke, Massachusetts); Mir Mukkaram Ali (Woburn, Massachusetts); Jeff Hrkach (Lexington, Massachusetts); James Wright (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol. Other aspects of the invention include methods of making such nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/659460 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers Specially Adapted for Medical or Pharmaceutical Purposes; Devices or Methods Specially Adapted for Bringing Pharmaceutical Products into Particular Physical or Administering Forms; Devices for Administering Food or Medicines Orally; Baby Comforters; Devices for Receiving Spittle A61J 3/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/10 (20130101) A61K 9/14 (20130101) A61K 9/19 (20130101) A61K 9/145 (20130101) A61K 9/146 (20130101) A61K 9/1647 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/475 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4355 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/4883 (20130101) A61K 47/48869 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 59/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
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| US 09580809 | Hildreth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Owen Hildreth (Pacific Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An article includes a substrate; and a coating disposed on the substrate that includes a microporous layer; a gradient in a density of a volume of the microporous layer, and a plurality of dendritic veins that are anisotropically disposed in the coating. A process for forming a coating includes disposing an activating catalyst on a substrate; introducing an activatable etchant; introducing an etchant oxidizer, performing an oxidation-reduction reaction between the substrate, the activatable etchant, and the etchant oxidizer in a presence of the activating catalyst, the oxidation-reduction reaction occurring in a liquid medium including the activatable etchant; and the etchant oxidizer, forming an etchant product comprising atoms from the substrate; removing a portion of the etchant product from the substrate; and forming a dendritic vein in the substrate to form the coating, the dendritic vein being anisotropically disposed in the coating. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/596338 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/31 (20130101) C23C 18/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 18/1879 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic Removal of Materials From Objects; Apparatus Therefor C25F 3/12 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/306 (20130101) H01L 21/28506 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 17/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09580828 | Moffat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (NIST) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (NIST) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Moffat (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Yihua Liu (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-terminating rapid process for controlled growth of platinum or platinum alloy monolayer films from a K2PtCl4—NaCl—NaBr electrolyte. Using the present process, platinum deposition may be quenched at potentials just negative of proton reduction by an alteration of the double layer structure induced by a saturated surface coverage of underpotential deposited hydrogen. The surface may be reactivated for platinum deposition by stepping the potential to more positive values where underpotential deposited hydrogen is oxidized and fresh sites for absorption of platinum chloride become available. Periodic pulsing of the potential enables sequential deposition of two dimensional platinum layers to fabricate films of desired thickness relevant to a range of advanced technologies, from catalysis to magnetics and electronics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/012830 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 3/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25D 5/18 (20130101) C25D 5/34 (20130101) C25D 5/36 (20130101) C25D 5/38 (20130101) C25D 5/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09581559 | Neikirk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean P. Neikirk (Austin, Texas); Sharon L. Wood (Austin, Texas); Praveenkumar Pasupathy (Austin, Texas); Ali Abu Yosef (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A corrosion detection sensor embedded within a concrete structure. The sensor includes a hermetically sealed resonant circuit that is a resistor-inductor-capacitor (RLC) circuit. The sensor further includes a sacrificial transducer that is inductively or capacitively coupled to the resonant circuit, where the sacrificial transducer is exposed to an environment outside the sensor to monitor corrosion of steel reinforcement in the concrete structure. Additionally, the sensor includes a protective cementitious housing surrounding the resonant circuit and the sacrificial transducer. The sensor further includes a diffusion layer placed over the sacrificial transducer, where the diffusion layer enables a dispersion of a chemical species over the sacrificial transducer. In this manner, a more uniform distribution of the chemical species over the surface of the sacrificial transducer mitigating the localized corrosion is ensured. Furthermore, such a design is less susceptible to false positives. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/459474 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 17/04 (20130101) G01N 27/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/383 (20130101) |
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| US 09581570 | Caicedo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan M. Caicedo (Columbia, South Carolina); Boris A. Zarate (Columbia, South Carolina); Paul H. Ziehl (Irmo, South Carolina); Jianguo Peter Yu (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan M. Caicedo (Columbia, South Carolina); Boris A. Zarate (Columbia, South Carolina); Paul H. Ziehl (Irmo, South Carolina); Jianguo Peter Yu (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present disclosure, a method of using acoustic emission data to predict the state of a structural element is described. The method includes capturing acoustic emission data for a structural element. The method further includes predicting the future stress intensity in the structural element using the captured acoustic emission data and calculating the probability of future failure of the structural element using the predicted future stress intensity. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/370664 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/043 (20130101) G01N 29/4472 (20130101) G01N 2291/0232 (20130101) G01N 2291/0258 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09578884 | Kennedy |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann C. Kennedy (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary embodiments, the disclosure provides weed-suppressive Pseudomonas fluorescens strains effective for controlling one or more invasive grass weeds that are members selected from the group consisting of downy brome (cheatgrass, Bromus tectorum L.), medusahead (Taeniatherum caput medusae (L.) Nevski) and jointed goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica L.). In exemplary embodiments, the weed-suppressive Pseudomonas fluorescens bacterial strain is a member selected from the group consisting of: Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55, Pseudomonas fluorescens strain NKK78 and Pseudomonas fluorescens strain SMK69. In still other exemplary embodiments the disclosure provides methods for selecting weed-suppressive Pseudomonas fluorescens strains. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/270006 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/39 (20130101) |
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| US 09580657 | Heydenrych et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael David Heydenrych (Lyttleton Manor, South Africa); Stephen David Swart (Newcastle, South Africa); Akwasi Acheampong Boateng (Royersford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pretoria (Hatfield Pretoria, South Africa); The United States, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael David Heydenrych (Lyttleton Manor, South Africa); Stephen David Swart (Newcastle, South Africa); Akwasi Acheampong Boateng (Royersford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbonaceous feed pyrolysis apparatus is provided including two or more hot particle fluidized beds, and one or more positive displacement apparatus for the transfer of hot particles between two or more of the beds, wherein one or more of the fluidized beds contains a combustion zone. A bio-oil production process is also provided, including pyrolysis of a carbonaceous bio-mass using two or more fluidized beds, including a first combustion zone carried out in one or more combustion fluidized beds in which a particulate material is fluidized and heated, and a second pyrolysis zone carried out in one or more pyrolysis fluidized beds in which the hot particles heated in the combustion zone are used for pyrolysis of the bio-mass. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/820721 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 49/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10B 53/02 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/16 (20130101) Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 10/01 (20130101) F23C 10/005 (20130101) F23C 10/20 (20130101) F23C 10/24 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/14 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/145 (20151101) |
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| US 09580709 | Puterka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Puterka (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Scott J. Nicholson (Perkins, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are specific aphid dsRNA constructs that target either Chloride Intracellular Channel (CLIC) gene expression or Sucrase gene expression. Also disclosed is the use of dsRNA constructs of a CLIC gene to interfere with critical functions of CLIC gene peptide products. A novel method to develop nucleic acid control for pest management is also disclosed. Also disclosed is the use of dsRNA constructs to interfere with critical functions of Sucrase gene peptide products. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/825427 |
| 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 | 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 57/16 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01048 (20130101) |
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| US 09580728 | Kallas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISYS TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toivo Kallas (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Matthew Nelson (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Eric Singsaas (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of isoprenoid production are provided by the present invention. In particular, transgenic Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 cyanobacteria and methods for producing isoprene and pinene using a host transgenic Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 cyanobacterium are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/156557 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 205/01001 (20130101) C12Y 402/03015 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09579718 | Hofmann |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Hofmann (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention fabricate objects including amorphous metals using techniques akin to additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an object that includes an amorphous metal includes: applying a first layer of molten metallic alloy to a surface; cooling the first layer of molten metallic alloy such that it solidifies and thereby forms a first layer including amorphous metal; subsequently applying at least one layer of molten metallic alloy onto a layer including amorphous metal; cooling each subsequently applied layer of molten metallic alloy such that it solidifies and thereby forms a layer including amorphous metal prior to the application of any adjacent layer of molten metallic alloy; where the aggregate of the solidified layers including amorphous metal forms a desired shape in the object to be fabricated; and removing at least the first layer including amorphous metal from the surface. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/163936 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 23/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/115 (20130101) B22F 3/1055 (20130101) B22F 2003/247 (20130101) Alloys C22C 45/00 (20130101) C22C 2200/02 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 4/08 (20130101) C23C 4/185 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 10/295 (20151101) |
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| US 09579867 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Ho Kang (Newport News, Virginia); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) film electrode (FE), all-organic electroactive device systems fabricated with the SWNT-FE, and methods for making same. The SWCNT can be replaced by other types of nanotubes. The SWCNT film can be obtained by filtering SWCNT solution onto the surface of an anodized alumina membrane. A freestanding flexible SWCNT film can be collected by breaking up this brittle membrane. The conductivity of this SWCNT film can advantageously be higher than 280 S/cm. An electroactive polymer (EAP) actuator layered with the SWNT-FE shows a higher electric field-induced strain than an EAP layered with metal electrodes because the flexible SWNT-FE relieves the restraint of the displacement of the polymeric active layer as compared to the metal electrode. In addition, if thin enough, the SWNT-FE is transparent in the visible light range, thus making it suitable for use in actuators used in optical devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/938622 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 37/14 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/24 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/29 (20130101) H01L 41/45 (20130101) H01L 41/0478 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/75 (20130101) Y10S 977/751 (20130101) Y10S 977/752 (20130101) Y10S 977/762 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
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| US 09581448 | Christensen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MagiQ Technologies, Inc (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MagiQ Technologies, Inc. (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Caleb A Christensen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Anton Zavriyev (Swampscott, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for enhancing a sensitivity of an optical sensor having an optical cavity counter-propagates beams of pump light within the optical cavity to produce scattered light based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). The properties of the pump light are selected to generate fast-light conditions for the scattered light, such that the scattered light includes counter-propagating beams of fast light. The method prevents the pump light from resonating within the optical cavity, while allowing the scattered light to resonate within the optical cavity. At least portions of the scattered light are interfered outside of the optical cavity to produce a beat note for a measurement of the optical sensor. The disclosed method is particularly applicable to optical gyroscopes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/262089 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/66 (20130101) G01C 19/72 (20130101) G01C 19/661 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/093 (20130101) |
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| US 09583018 | Archdeacon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (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) | John L. Archdeacon (San Ramon, California); Nelson H. Iwai (Mountain View, California); Kenji H. Kato (San Jose, California); Barbara T. Sweet (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A RiG may simulate visual conditions of a real world environment, and generate the necessary amount of pixels in a visual simulation at rates up to 120 frames per second. RiG may also include a database generation system capable of producing visual databases suitable to drive the visual fidelity required by the RiG. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/302750 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30247 (20130101) G06F 17/30321 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 9/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09582674 | Cheng 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) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown-Heights, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (Los Altos, California); Claudia Keser (Yorktown Heights, New York); Josyula R. Rao (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to manage risk associated with access to information within a given organization. The overall risk tolerance for the organization is determined and allocated among a plurality of subjects within the organization. Allocation is accomplished using either a centralized, request/response or free market mechanism. As requested from subjects within the organization for access to objects, i.e. information and data, are received, the amount of risk or risk level associated with each requested is quantified. Risk quantification can be accomplished using, for example, fuzzy multi-level security. The quantified risk associated with the access request in combination with the identity of the object and the identity of the subject are used to determine whether or not the request should be granted, denied or granted with appropriated mitigation measures. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/101063 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/62 (20130101) G06F 21/604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/06 (20130101) G06Q 30/0601 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09583410 | Edelstein 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) | Daniel C. Edelstein (White Plains, New York); Michael A. Gaynes (Vestal, New York); Thomas M. Shaw (Peekskill, New York); Bucknell C. Webb (Ossining, New York); Roy R. Yu (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A volumetric integrated circuit manufacturing method is provided. The method includes assembling a slab element of elongate chips, exposing a wiring layer between adjacent elongate chips of the slab element, metallizing a surface of the slab element at and around the exposed wiring layer to form a metallized surface electrically coupled to the wiring layer and passivating the metallized surface to hermetically seal the metallized surface. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/221477 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/291 (20130101) H01L 23/293 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/3171 (20130101) H01L 23/3192 (20130101) H01L 2224/11 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09582465 | Hyde et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elwha LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elwha LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, Washington); Nicholas F. Pasch (Bellevue, Washington); Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes but is not limited to a non-volatile memory array and a processor integrated with the apparatus. The processor is operable to operate in combination with the non-volatile memory array to accumulate information associated with a product. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/691448 |
| ART UNIT | 2135 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/6801 (20130101) A61B 5/6846 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/7814 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1207 (20130101) Y02B 60/1225 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09585009 | Ta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, College Park, a constituent institution of the University System of Maryland, itself a public agency and instrumentality of the State of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tuan Ta (Lanham, Maryland); John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for negating location privacy attacks in cellular networks involves signal processing techniques at the physical identification layer. In particular the methodology involves embedding user's unique tags onto the downlink paging signal waveforms so that the tags are stealthy and robust. The scheme not only improves users' privacy but also saves system bandwidth. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210611 |
| ART UNIT | 2644 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 12/12 (20130101) H04W 68/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09581590 | Alocilja et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evangelyn C. Alocilja (East Lansing, Michigan); Michael J. Anderson (East Lansing, Michigan); Edith Torres-Chavolla (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to metal nanoparticle compositions and their methods of formation and use, in particular gold nanoparticles (AuNP) and gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles. Compositions according to the disclosure include aqueous suspensions of metal nanoparticles that are stabilized with one or more carbohydrate capping agents and/or that are functionalized with one or more binding pair members for capture/detection of a target analyte. The nanoparticle suspensions are stable for extended periods and can be functionalized as desired at a later point in time, typically prior to use in an assay for the detection of a target biological analyte. The stable nanoparticle suspension can be formed by the aqueous reduction of oxidized metal precursors at non-acidic pH values in the presence of a carbohydrate-based capping agent such as dextrin or other oligosaccharides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/670630 |
| 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 | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 9/16 (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 1/6825 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/44 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5434 (20130101) G01N 33/54326 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54346 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09581698 | Weed 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) | Douglas Weed (Forest Lake, Minnesota); Randy J. Reuter (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods to monitor for false alarms from ionosphere gradient monitors are provided. In one embodiment, a method for mitigating false gradient alarms in a satellite navigation Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) ground station comprising a plurality of satellite navigation system reference receivers comprises: generating an alarm signal with an ionosphere gradient monitor (IGM) at the GBAS ground station; determining whether the alarm signal is a false alarm based on data derived from carrier phase measurements received from the plurality of satellite navigation system reference receivers; and blocking the alarm signal for at least a first duration of time based on the determining. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/171569 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 19/08 (20130101) G01S 19/21 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09581448 | Christensen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MagiQ Technologies, Inc (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MagiQ Technologies, Inc. (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Caleb A Christensen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Anton Zavriyev (Swampscott, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for enhancing a sensitivity of an optical sensor having an optical cavity counter-propagates beams of pump light within the optical cavity to produce scattered light based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). The properties of the pump light are selected to generate fast-light conditions for the scattered light, such that the scattered light includes counter-propagating beams of fast light. The method prevents the pump light from resonating within the optical cavity, while allowing the scattered light to resonate within the optical cavity. At least portions of the scattered light are interfered outside of the optical cavity to produce a beat note for a measurement of the optical sensor. The disclosed method is particularly applicable to optical gyroscopes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/262089 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/66 (20130101) G01C 19/72 (20130101) G01C 19/661 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/093 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09581018 | Dolgin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin P. Dolgin (Newington, Virginia); William G. Suliga (Manassas, Virginia); Thomas G Pepin (Warrenton, Virginia); John T. Ishibashi (Burke, Virginia); Michael A. Toreno (Herdon, Virginia); James A. Nalasco (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system and method for horizontal directional drilling (HDD). The system and method utilize predictive algorithms to both characterize the soil within the borehole and to quantify instability within the drillstring. The soil characteristics are represented by a soil coefficient (α) which relates the curvature of the borehole with the length of thrust of the drill rig as well as by comparison of thrust while thrusting with torque while drilling. The value of (α) is obtained by comparison of the historical orientation of the drilling head over the length of the borehole and the borehole shape as determined by an arbitrary navigation sensor. Drillstring instability is determined as a function of historical thrust and torque efficiencies and windup over the length of the borehole. |
| FILED | Friday, October 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/921556 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 7/06 (20130101) E21B 7/046 (20130101) E21B 7/062 (20130101) E21B 44/00 (20130101) E21B 47/09 (20130101) E21B 47/024 (20130101) E21B 49/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 11/002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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