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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
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| US 09591961 | Milner 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) | Thomas E. Milner (Austin, Texas); Nathaniel J. Kemp (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a rotating tip catheter-imaging probe where electromagnetic energy is delivered to the distal end of a catheter and converted to mechanical energy using a light drive apparatus. The mechanical energy is then used to rotate a mirror that redirects light in fixed pattern on a sample. The rotating element of the light drive apparatus contains vanes, which rotate about an axis and positioned with bearings to minimize friction. A chamber encompasses the rotating element and is set to a vacuum pressure. The rotational speed of the catheter tip can be controlled by varying the optical power delivered to the vanes, the vacuum pressure in the chamber, or by a braking mechanism applied to the rotating element. The vanes may be shaped in a particular geometry to increase forces on the vanes from thermally driven gas flow. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785262 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/0011 (20130101) A61B 1/00163 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 1/00172 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/6852 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09591989 | Tai |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuan-Chuan Tai (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuan-Chuan Tai (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Insert devices that include a RF surface coil and gamma-ray photon detector array for enhancing PET and MRI images produced from integrated PET-MRI scanners are disclosed. Integrated PET-MRI scanners that include such insert devices as well of methods for scanning an object by use of such devices are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450009 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0035 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/037 (20130101) A61B 6/50 (20130101) A61B 6/0435 (20130101) A61B 6/501 (20130101) A61B 6/502 (20130101) A61B 6/508 (20130101) A61B 6/4258 (20130101) A61B 6/4266 (20130101) A61B 6/4417 (20130101) A61B 6/5235 (20130101) A61B 2576/00 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/341 (20130101) G01R 33/481 (20130101) G01R 33/34053 (20130101) |
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| US 09592207 | Charney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis S. Charney (New York, New York); Sanjay J. Mathew (New York, New York); Husseini K. Manji (Rockville, Maryland); Carlos A. Zarate (Rockville, Maryland); John H. Krystal (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression are described. More specifically, the invention demonstrates that intranasal administration of ketamine is effective to ameliorate the symptoms of depression in a patient who has not responded to an adequate trial of one antidepressant in the current episode and has recurrent or chronic depressive symptoms (>2 years). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/306382 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0043 (20130101) A61K 9/7023 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (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 15/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09592212 | Beal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Flint Beal (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a therapeutic treatment for a neurodegenerative disease with a pan-PPAR agonist, such as bezafibrate. In particular, the present invention provides that pan-PPAR agonists enhance PPAR related responses in both the central nervous system and peripheral tissues in Huntington's Disease (HD) and tauopathy. Therapeutic compositions comprising one or more pan-PPAR agonist(s), and kit thereof, for treating a neurodegenerative disease or disorder are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/274025 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09592221 | Ebright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey); PROVID PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Provid Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Yon W. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Juan Shen (New Brunswick, New Jersey); James Bacci (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Anne-Cecile Hiebel (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); William Solvibile (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Christopher Self (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Gary Olson (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of formula Ia, Ib and Ic: and salts thereof, wherein variables are as described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula Ia-Ic, methods of making such compounds, and methods of using such compounds, e.g., as inhibitors of bacterial RNA polymerase and as antibacterial agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/064452 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/4025 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4433 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 309/36 (20130101) C07D 309/38 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 407/06 (20130101) C07D 407/12 (20130101) C07D 409/06 (20130101) C07D 417/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09592226 | Arbiser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia); MERCER UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia); UNION UNIVERSITY (Jackson, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Mercer University (Atlanta, Georgia); Union University (Jackson, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia); J. Philip Bowen (Atlanta, Georgia); E. Blake Watkins (Jackson, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to solenopsin derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions, and therapeutic uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to compounds of the following formula: or salts, esters or prodrugs thereof as described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/794094 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/10 (20130101) C07D 211/22 (20130101) C07D 211/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09592228 | Tracey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH (Manhasset, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Hong Wang (Havertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of inhibiting release of a proinflammatory cytokine from a macrophage are provided. The methods comprise treating the macrophage with a cholinergic agonist in an amount sufficient to decrease the amount of the proinflammatory cytokine that is released from the macrophage, wherein the cholinergic agonist is selective for an α7 nicotinic receptor. Methods for inhibiting an inflammatory cytokine cascade in a patient are also provided. The methods comprise treating the patient with a cholinergic agonist in an amount sufficient to inhibit the inflammatory cytokine cascade, wherein the cholinergic agonist is selective for an α7 nicotinic receptor. Methods for determining whether a compound is a cholinergic agonist reactive with an α7 nicotinic receptor are also provided. The methods comprise determining whether the compound inhibits release of a proinflammatory cytokine from a mammalian cell. Additionally, methods for determining whether a compound is a cholinergic antagonist reactive with an α7 nicotinic receptor are provided. These methods comprise determining whether the compound reduces the ability of a cholinergic agonist to inhibit the release of a proinflammatory cytokine from a mammalian cell. Oligonucleotides or mimetics capable of inhibiting attenuation of lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF release from a mammalian macrophage upon exposure of the macrophage to a cholinergic agonist are also provided. The oligonucleotides or mimetics consist essentially of a sequence greater than 5 nucleotides long that is complementary to an mRNA of an α7 receptor. Additionally, methods of inhibiting attenuation of TNF release from a mammalian macrophage upon exposure of the macrophage to a cholinergic agonist are provided. These methods comprise treating the macrophage with the above-described oligonucleotide or mimetic. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/844652 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/439 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 33/9406 (20130101) G01N 2333/54 (20130101) G01N 2333/525 (20130101) |
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| US 09592229 | Hergenrother et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Vanquish Oncology, Inc. (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Vanquish Oncology, Inc. (Champaign, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Hergenrother (Champaign, Illinois); Rachel C. Botham (Champaign, Illinois); Timothy M. Fan (Mahomet, Illinois); Mark J. Gilbert (Seattle, Washington); Michael K. Handley (Windsor, Colorado); Theodore M. Tarasow (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cell death, for example, cancer cell death. Combinations of compounds and related methods the use are disclosed, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. The disclosed drug combinations can have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds and combinations of compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/382546 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/008 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/2054 (20130101) A61K 9/4858 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 47/40 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09592236 | Zennadi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rahima Zennadi (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahima Zennadi (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of alleviating the symptoms of hemoglobinopathies, including, but not limited to, sickle cell disease, β-thalassemia, and hemoglobin H disease are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise administering an inhibitor selected from an ERK inhibitor, a MEK inhibitor, and a Raf inhibitor. Methods of inhibiting adhesion of sickle red blood cells to endothelial cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/114456 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/18 (20130101) A61K 31/166 (20130101) A61K 31/277 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/4412 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09592238 | Rotolo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jimmy Andrew Rotolo (New York, New York); Richard N. Kolesnick (New York, New York); Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas); Wadih Arap (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas); SLOAN KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jimmy Andrew Rotolo (New York, New York); Richard N. Kolesnick (New York, New York); Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas); Wadih Arap (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | We have discovered that administering anti-ceramide antibody treats and prevents an array of diseases mediated by cytolytic T lymphocyte (CTLs)-induced killing and by damage to endothelial microvasculture, including radiation-induced GI syndrome, Graft vs. Host diseases, inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases. We have also discovered new anti-ceramide monoclonal antibodies, that have therapeutic use preferably in humanized form to treat or prevent these diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/974405 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/44 (20130101) |
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| US 09592255 | Larkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lisa M. Larkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jennifer Baltich (Calgary, Canada); Aaron Adams (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Leah Hatch-Vallier (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa M. Larkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jennifer Baltich (Calgary, Canada); Aaron Adams (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Leah Hatch-Vallier (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to scaffold-free three dimensional nerve fibroblast constructs and method of generating the nerve fibroblast constructs. The invention also relates to methods or repairing nerve transection and replacing damaged nerve tissue using the nerve fibroblast constructs of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/805486 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/30 (20130101) A61K 35/30 (20130101) A61K 35/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/33 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/383 (20130101) A61L 27/3804 (20130101) A61L 27/3878 (20130101) A61L 27/3891 (20130101) A61L 2430/32 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0622 (20130101) C12N 5/0697 (20130101) C12N 2500/32 (20130101) C12N 2500/38 (20130101) C12N 2501/11 (20130101) C12N 2501/15 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2502/08 (20130101) C12N 2502/086 (20130101) C12N 2502/1323 (20130101) C12N 2506/1307 (20130101) C12N 2506/1384 (20130101) C12N 2533/10 (20130101) C12N 2533/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09592256 | Christman 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) | Karen Christman (San Diego, California); Jessica DeQuach (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions comprising decellularized extracellular matrix derived from skeletal muscle or other suitable tissue, and therapeutic uses thereof. Methods for treating, repairing or regenerating defective, diseased, damage, ischemic, ulcer cells, tissues or organs in a subject preferably a human, with diseases, such as PAD and CLI, using a decellularized extracellular matrix of the invention are provided. Methods of preparing culture surfaces and culturing cells with absorbed decellularized extracellular matrix are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/193664 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 35/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/38 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 27/3633 (20130101) A61L 2400/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09592268 | Hla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Hla (Avon, Connecticut); Hideru Obinata (New York, New York); Sylvain Galvani (New York, New York); Bjorn Dahlback (Malmo, Sweden); Lars Bo Nielsen (Copenhagen K, Denmark); Christina Christoffersen (Copenhagen K, Denmark); Victoria Blaho (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Hla (Avon, Connecticut); Hideru Obinata (New York, New York); Sylvain Galvani (New York, New York); Bjorn Dahlback (Malmo, Sweden); Lars Bo Nielsen (Copenhagen K, Denmark); Christina Christoffersen (Copenhagen K, Denmark); Victoria Blaho (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apolipoprotein M forms a complex with sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and is the carrier of S1P in high density lipoprotein particles and mediates its endothelial protective effect. Increasing the concentration of the apoM/S1P complex by administering it, either alone or in HDL particles, can prevent or treat diseases caused by endothelial cell injury, including inflammatory diseases, sepsis, atherosclerosis and acute lung injury, ischemic heart disease, stroke, vital organ failure after ischemic stress. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/122057 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1275 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09592269 | Byzova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio); CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tatiana Byzova (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Ganapati H. Mahabaleshwar (Cleveland, Ohio); Weiyi Feng (Woodmere, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A pharmaceutical composition includes a synthetic peptide consisting of about 10 to about 50 amino acids and having an amino acid sequence substantially homologous to consecutive amino acids of a portion of the cytoplasmic domain of at least one of αvβ3 integrin or VEGFR2 that includes a tyrosine residue, the amino acid sequence of the peptide including a phosphorylated tyrosine residue or a γ-carboxyglutamic acid residue that is substituted for a corresponding tyrosine residue of the portion of the cytoplasmic domain of αvβ3 integrin or VEGFR2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/937289 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/179 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1777 (20130101) |
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| US 09592303 | Chilkoti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, North Carolina); Yizhi Qi (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing polypeptide-polymer conjugates include attachment of an initiator agent to a polypeptide specifically at the C-terminus of the polypeptide using a sortase enzyme and in situ polymerization of a polymer from the C-terminus. The polypeptide-polymer conjugates may have desirable pharmacological properties and may be used therapeutically. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/894731 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48176 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 1/1077 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 122/105 (20130101) |
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| US 09592304 | FitzGerald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. FitzGerald (Rockville, Maryland); Ira Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Elizabeth Mansfield (Bethesda, Maryland); Robert Kreitman (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. FitzGerald (Rockville, Maryland); Ira Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Elizabeth Mansfield (Bethesda, Maryland); Robert Kreitman (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions relating to anti-CD22 antibodies with high binding affinity, and immunoconjugates comprising the anti-CD22 antibody linked to a therapeutic agent such as a Pseudomonas exotoxin or a detectable label. The invention provides diagnostic methods, and means to inhibit the growth of malignant B cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/433737 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48561 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09592309 | Witte 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) | Owen Witte (Sherman Oaks, California); Peter M. Clark (Los Angeles, California); Blanca Graciela Flores Castillo (Van Nuys, California); Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Nikolai M. Evdokimov (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed herein discloses selected ribose isomers that are useful as PET probes (e.g. [18F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-arabinose). These PET probes are useful, for example, in methods designed to monitor physiological processes including ribose metabolism and/or to selectively observe certain tissue/organs in vivo. The invention disclosed herein further provides methods for making and using such probes. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/399701 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/037 (20130101) A61B 6/507 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0433 (20130101) A61K 51/0491 (20130101) Original (OR) Class General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) C07H 5/02 (20130101) Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/0005 (20130101) |
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| US 09592377 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Brian V. Mech (Valencia, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Brian V. Mech (Valencia, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention consists of an implantable device with at least one package that houses electronics that receives input data or signals, and optionally power, from an external system through at least one coil attached to the at least one package, processes the input data and delivers electrical pulses to neural tissue through at least one array of multiple electrodes that is/are attached to the at least one package. The invention, or components thereof, is/are intended to be installed in the head, or on or in the cranium or on the dura, or on or in the brain. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/180436 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/375 (20130101) A61N 1/0531 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0534 (20130101) A61N 1/0539 (20130101) A61N 1/36082 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/141 (20130101) H05K 1/147 (20130101) H05K 3/284 (20130101) |
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| US 09592378 | Gluckman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce J. Gluckman (State College, Pennsylvania); Balaji Shanmugasundaram (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce J. Gluckman (State College, Pennsylvania); Balaji Shanmugasundaram (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Biocompatible electrodes with smaller geometric area improve the selectivity of the neural recording and stimulation applications. A volume within the electrode back plane of a micro-reaction chamber (μRC) is used to confine and sequester an electrochemical reaction used for charge passage. The μRC electrode decreases impedance and improves charge storage capacity without altering the geometry of the active site. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/595656 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/6877 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09592383 | Schiff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Schiff (New York, New York); Keith Purpura (New York, New York); Jonathan Baker (Scarsdale, New York); Jae-Wook Ryou (Flushing, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method to control a thalamic projecting fiber in a subject. This method involves providing a subject having a first stimulator and a second stimulator implanted in the subject's central thalamus. A stimulus signal generator is provided which is coupled to the first and second stimulators. Separate stimulus signals are provided from the stimulus signal generator to the first and second stimulators under conditions effective to control the thalamic projecting fiber in the subject. Also disclosed is an apparatus for deep brain stimulation. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/762616 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0534 (20130101) A61N 1/36064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36067 (20130101) A61N 1/36071 (20130101) A61N 1/36082 (20130101) A61N 1/36107 (20130101) A61N 1/36135 (20130101) |
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| US 09592396 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alfred E. Mann (Beverly Hills, California); Neil Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Gaillard R. Nolan (Oxford, Maryland); Dau Min Zhou (Saugus, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alfred E. Mann (Beverly Hills, California); Neil Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Gaillard R. Nolan (Oxford, Maryland); Dau Min Zhou (Saugus, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, for a retinal or cortical electrode array to enable restoration of sight to certain non-sighted individuals. The hermetically sealed electronics package is directly bonded to the flex circuit or electrode by electroplating a biocompatible material, such as platinum or gold, effectively forming a plated rivet-shaped connection, which bonds the flex circuit to the electronics package. The resulting electronic device is biocompatible and is suitable for long-term implantation in living tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/351899 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/375 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0543 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0306 (20130101) H05K 3/321 (20130101) H05K 3/328 (20130101) H05K 3/361 (20130101) H05K 3/423 (20130101) H05K 3/4015 (20130101) H05K 3/4652 (20130101) H05K 3/4691 (20130101) H05K 2201/1028 (20130101) H05K 2201/09127 (20130101) H05K 2201/10287 (20130101) H05K 2201/10295 (20130101) H05K 2201/10977 (20130101) H05K 2203/0733 (20130101) H05K 2203/1446 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49155 (20150115) |
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| US 09593052 | Jurisson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Silvia S. Jurisson (Columbia, Missouri); Cathy S. Cutler (Columbia, Missouri); Donald E. Wycoff (Columbia, Missouri); Anthony J. DeGraffenreid (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia S. Jurisson (Columbia, Missouri); Cathy S. Cutler (Columbia, Missouri); Donald E. Wycoff (Columbia, Missouri); Anthony J. DeGraffenreid (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides radioactive arsenic complexes useful in diagnostic and therapeutic applications and methods for forming those arsenic complexes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/958185 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/74 (20130101) C07F 9/743 (20130101) |
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| US 09593069 | Kirsch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Cambria Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Cambria Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald R. Kirsch (Bedford, Massachusetts); Radhia Benmohamed (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); Anthony C. Arvanites (Medford, Massachusetts); Richard I. Morimoto (Evanston, Illinois); Wei Zhang (Evanston, Illinois); Richard B. Silverman (Winnetka, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of provided cyclohexane-1,3-diones (CHD compounds) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases. The invention also provides methods of preparing the provided CHD compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/887550 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/136 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 49/563 (20130101) C07C 49/567 (20130101) C07C 49/577 (20130101) C07C 69/75 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593095 | Seed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); The University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas); Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas); Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick C. Seed (Durham, North Carolina); Carlos C. Goller (Durham, North Carolina); Steven Rogers (Dallas, Texas); Brooks Maki (Lawrence, Kansas); Frank Schoenen (Lawrence, Kansas); James Noah (Birmingham, Alabama); E. Lucile White (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to the discovery of a method of inhibiting, preventing or treating bacterial infections. The invention also relates to a method of inhibiting bacterial capsule biogenesis. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/305649 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/43 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/545 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 333/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 409/12 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (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 1/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09593125 | Ye |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keqiang Ye (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to heterocyclic flavone derivatives, such as those described by formula provided herein, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of 5 treating or preventing diseases or conditions related to BDNF and TrkB activity, such as depression, stroke, Rett syndrome, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease by administering effective amounts of pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/410756 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/30 (20130101) C07D 491/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 491/052 (20130101) |
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| US 09593136 | Boshoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helena I. Boshoff (Potomac, Maryland); Cynthia S. Dowd (Washington, District of Columbia); Emily R. Jackson (Springfield, Virginia); Kylene Kehn-Hall (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Richard E. Lee (Cordova, Tennessee); Robin Lee (Cordova, Tennessee); Geraldine San Jose (Mios, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia); George Mason University (Fairfax, Virginia); St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helena I. Boshoff (Potomac, Maryland); Cynthia S. Dowd (Washington, District of Columbia); Emily R. Jackson (Springfield, Virginia); Kylene Kehn-Hall (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Richard E. Lee (Cordova, Tennessee); Robin Lee (Cordova, Tennessee); Geraldine San Jose (Mios, France) |
| ABSTRACT | In particular, the compound is effective to inhibit Dxr in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The present invention relates to compounds having general formula (I) or (II) where X is an acidic group, such as carboxylate, phosphonate, sulfate, and tetrazole; Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, preferably 2, 3, or 4. The compounds inhibits 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase (Dxr), particularly Dxr in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/130384 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 37/46 (20130101) A01N 57/18 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/66 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/4018 (20130101) C07F 9/4021 (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 1/533 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2500/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09593138 | Kodanko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan); Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan); Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy J. Kodanko (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan); Claudia Turro (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides nitrile-containing protease inhibitors caged to ruthenium compounds. The nitrile-caged ruthenium compounds provide inactivated inhibitors that can be delivered to surface or site for activation, for example, but exposure to light. The invention also provides methods for delivering protease inhibitors to subjects for the therapeutic treatment of conditions such as cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998148 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593139 | Lippard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Lippard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Justin J. Wilson (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert John Radford (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Maria R. Chan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel Y. Zhang (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, kits, and methods for treatment of cancers are generally provided. In some embodiments, the compositions, kits, and methods comprise a platinum (e.g., Pt(II) or Pt(IV)) compound associated with a ligand (e.g., a beta-diketonate ligand) comprising a targeting moiety. Methods of synthesizing platinum (e.g., Pt(II) or Pt(IV)) compounds associated with a ligand comprising a targeting moiety are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/245360 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593141 | Sliz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Piotr Sliz (Canton, Massachusetts); Yunsun Nam (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for regulating microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis. The invention also relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing cancer in a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/357020 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/712 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 31/7115 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 47/48315 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) |
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| US 09593142 | Arora et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paramjit S. Arora (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Monika Raj (Jersey City, New Jersey); Huabin Wu (Ningde, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paramjit S. Arora (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Monika Raj (Jersey City, New Jersey); Huabin Wu (Ningde, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to ligation agents and their use in making an amide ligation product. Methods of making the ligation agents are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/583586 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 231/10 (20130101) C07C 231/10 (20130101) C07C 231/12 (20130101) C07C 237/22 (20130101) C07C 245/08 (20130101) C07C 319/12 (20130101) C07C 319/12 (20130101) C07C 323/59 (20130101) C07C 391/02 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/16 (20130101) C07D 209/20 (20130101) C07D 233/64 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/1075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 5/0806 (20130101) C07K 5/0808 (20130101) C07K 5/1008 (20130101) C07K 5/06026 (20130101) C07K 5/06034 (20130101) C07K 5/06052 (20130101) C07K 5/06078 (20130101) C07K 5/06165 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09593150 | Grover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California); Rajesh Grover (Del Mar, California); Richard Lerner (La Jolla, California); Ian Wilson (La Jolla, California); Xueyong Zhu (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajesh Grover (Del Mar, California); Richard Lerner (La Jolla, California); Ian Wilson (La Jolla, California); Xueyong Zhu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein methods of alleviating the symptoms of multiple myeloma in a patient or subject in need thereof, methods of treating multiple myeloma in a patient or subject, and methods of preventing development of multiple myeloma in a patient at risk thereof, such as a patient with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), which methods include administering an agent effective to treat a Mycoplasma infection. The invention also relates to a new class of antigen, MG281 protein {also referenced as Protein M), that binds to various immunoglobulins with high affinity, and their uses in purifying immunoglobulins. The invention additionally relates to using MG281 protein and analog or derivative molecules for treating autoimmune diseases. Further provided are antigens and antibodies for use in the disclosed methods, and the identification of molecules that bind to MG281 protein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/415307 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/04 (20130101) A61K 39/0241 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/35 (20130101) C07K 16/1253 (20130101) C07K 16/3061 (20130101) C07K 2317/10 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09593152 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Altor BioScience Corporation (Miramar, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Altor Bioscience Corporation (Miramar, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hing C. Wong (Weston, Florida); Peter Rhode (Miami, Florida); Xiaoyun Zhu (Miami, Florida); Kai-ping Han (Miramar, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention provides soluble fusion protein complexes and IL-15 variants that have therapeutic and diagnostic use, and methods for making such proteins. The instant invention additionally provides methods of stimulating or suppressing immune responses in a mammal using the fusion protein complexes and IL-15 variants of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/568573 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) A61K 47/48269 (20130101) A61K 47/48276 (20130101) A61K 47/48423 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/5443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/7051 (20130101) C07K 14/7155 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/74 (20130101) C07K 2319/75 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/09 (20130101) C12N 15/62 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56977 (20130101) |
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| US 09593162 | Liu 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) | Bin Liu (San Francisco, California); James D. Marks (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method that allows selection of antibodies against cells (e.g., tumor cells) in situ using laser capture microdissection. By restricting antibody selection to binders of internalizing epitopes, a panel of phage antibodies was generated that targets clinically represented prostate cancer antigens. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/486943 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/1072 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/3069 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57434 (20130101) |
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| US 09593169 | Stayton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick S. Stayton (Seattle, Washington); Allan S. Hoffman (Seattle, Washington); Anthony J. Convertine (Seattle, Washington); Scott M. Henry (Seattle, Washington); Robert W. Overell (Shoreline, Washington); Paul H. Johnson (Snohomish, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); PhaseRx, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Stayton (Seattle, Washington); Allan S. Hoffman (Seattle, Washington); Anthony J. Convertine (Seattle, Washington); Scott M. Henry (Seattle, Washington); Robert W. Overell (Shoreline, Washington); Paul H. Johnson (Snohomish, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymeric compounds having spatially controlled bioconjugation sites are described. Functionalization is achieved by selective ω-terminal chain extension of polymer chains by radical polymerization, such as reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/133355 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48176 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 220/54 (20130101) C08F 293/005 (20130101) C08F 2438/03 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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09593311 — Wnt pathway stimulation in reprogramming somatic cells with nuclear reprogramming factors
| US 09593311 | Chevalier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Chevalier (Malden, Massachusetts); Alexander Marson (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard A. Young (Weston, Massachusetts); Ruth Foreman (Somerville, Massachusetts); Rudolf Jaenisch (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods of use in reprogramming somatic cells. Compositions and methods of the invention are of use, e.g., for generating or modulating (e.g., enhancing) generation of induced pluripotent stem cells by reprogramming somatic cells. The reprogrammed somatic cells are useful for a number of purposes, including treating or preventing a medical condition in an individual. The invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reprograms somatic cells to a pluripotent state and/or enhances the speed and/or efficiency of reprogramming. Certain of the compositions and methods relate to modulating the Wnt pathway. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/822653 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (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 5/0696 (20130101) C12N 2501/415 (20130101) C12N 2501/602 (20130101) C12N 2501/603 (20130101) C12N 2501/604 (20130101) C12N 2502/45 (20130101) C12N 2502/99 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09593334 | Sadovsky 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) | Yoel Sadovsky (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Carolyn Coyne Candrilli (Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | It is disclosed herein that cultured primary placental human trophoblast (PHT) cells are highly resistant to infection by a number of disparate viruses, and confer this resistance to non-placental recipient cells by exosome-mediated delivery of microRNAs (miRs). PHT cells express high levels of unique, primate-specific miRNAs, expressed from the chromosome 19 miRNA cluster (C19MC). It is further disclosed herein that C19MC miRNAs are packaged within PHT-derived exosomes and attenuate viral replication in recipient cells by inducing autophagy. Thus, provided herein are methods of inhibiting, treating or preventing microbial infections by administering one or more miRs of the C19MC. Also provided are methods of inducing autophagy in a cell by contacting the cell with one or more miRs of the C19MC. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/383222 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1132 (20130101) C12N 15/1133 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) |
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| US 09593336 | Scheinberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Scheinberg (New York, New York); Prabodhika Mallikaratchy (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Aptamers and improved aptamers are provided with enhanced efficacy for binding to target molecules in vivo or for treating cancer or other diseases. Such improvements in aptamers are provided that enhance in vivo efficacy such as binding to the target molecule or enhancing anti-cancer activity. Such improvements also include stability to serum nucleases, reduced binding to a soluble form of the target molecule, increased avidity, affinity or specificity to the target molecule on a cell surface, increased lifetime in circulation, or any combination of the foregoing. Improvements are provided by truncation, multimerization, including at least one non-natural nucleic acid, adding a 3′ or 5′ polyethylene glycol, or any combination thereof. Aptamers for treatment of autoimmune diseases are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/727509 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/711 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09593346 | Roy 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) | Soumitra Roy (Noordwijk, Netherlands); James M. Wilson (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania); Luc H. Vandenberghe (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A recombinant vector comprises simian adenovirus 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 or 50 sequences and a heterologous gene under the control of regulatory sequences. A cell line which expresses simian adenovirus 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 or 50 gene(s) is also disclosed. Methods of using the vectors and cell lines are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/548631 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/10321 (20130101) C12N 2710/10322 (20130101) C12N 2710/10341 (20130101) C12N 2710/10342 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2710/10345 (20130101) C12N 2710/10352 (20130101) C12N 2810/6018 (20130101) |
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| US 09593347 | Glorioso, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph C. Glorioso, III (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hiroaki Uchida (Tokyo, Japan); Justus B. Cohen (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Glorioso, III (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hiroaki Uchida (Tokyo, Japan); Justus B. Cohen (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides modified HSV vectors that exhibit enhanced entry of cells, either through direct infection and/or lateral spread. In one aspect, HSV vectors of the present invention can directly infect cells through interaction with cell proteins other than typical mediators of HSV infection. In another aspect, the invention provides an HSV vector, which exhibits lateral spread in cells typically resistant to HSV lateral spread, such as cells lacking gD receptors. The invention further provides DNA encoding mutant forms of the HSV gB and gH glycoproteins, stocks of the inventive virus, and methods for effecting viral targeting and efficient entry of cells. The invention also pertains to the use of the inventive vectors for treating cancers. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/641649 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/8695 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16643 (20130101) C12N 2810/859 (20130101) C12N 2810/6009 (20130101) |
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| US 09593360 | Undieh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashiwel S Undieh (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ashiwel S Undieh (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of diagnosing depressive disorders in a subject by comparing a CDP-diacylglycerol synthase 1 enzyme activity or expression level to enzyme activity or expression level of CDP-diacylglycerol synthase 1 in a control subject. Also herein are methods of predicting therapeutic efficacy of an antidepressant drug in a subject with depressive disorders by monitoring enzyme activity or expression level of CDP-diacylglycerol synthase 1 in the subject. Further provided herein are methods of identifying a compound effective to treat or alleviate the symptoms of depression by monitoring enzyme activity or expression level of CDP-diacylglycerol synthase 1 in a tissue. Further provided are kits for diagnosing depressive disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/626051 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (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 1/25 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/304 (20130101) |
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| US 09593372 | Lindsay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS on behalf of ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Lindsay (Phoenix, Arizona); Peiming Zhang (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for identifying biopolymers, such as strands of DNA, as they pass through a constriction such as a carbon nanotube nanopore. More particularly, the invention is directed to such systems, devices and methods in which a newly translocated portion of the biopolymer forms a temporary electrical circuit between the nanotube nanopore and a second electrode, which may also be a nanotube. Further, the invention is directed to such systems, devices and methods in which the constriction is provided with a functionalized unit which, together with a newly translocated portion of the biopolymer, forms a temporary electrical circuit that can be used to characterize that portion of the biopolymer. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/577715 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Organic 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 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
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| US 09593377 | Hahn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William C. Hahn (Newton, Massachusetts); Pablo Tamayo (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Jesse S. Boehm (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Jill P. Mesirov (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Hahn (Newton, Massachusetts); Pablo Tamayo (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Jesse S. Boehm (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Jill P. Mesirov (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of detecting cancer using biomarkers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/990710 |
| 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/18 (20130101) G06F 19/20 (20130101) G06F 19/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09593380 | Isaacs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT OFFICE (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); The Regents of the University of Michigan Technology Management Office (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William B. Isaacs (Glyndon, Maryland); Kathleen A. Cooney (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of prostate cancer, well as for treatment selection. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/357034 |
| 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 14/82 (20130101) C07K 16/32 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57434 (20130101) |
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| US 09593385 | Thomas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jennifer Dolan Thomas (Atlanta, Georgia); Xin Wang (Lilburn, Georgia); Cynthia Hatcher (Atlanta, Georgia); Raydel Anderson (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Mary Jordan Theodore (Atlanta, Georgia); Leonard W. Mayer (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Dolan Thomas (Atlanta, Georgia); Xin Wang (Lilburn, Georgia); Cynthia Hatcher (Atlanta, Georgia); Raydel Anderson (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Mary Jordan Theodore (Atlanta, Georgia); Leonard W. Mayer (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for detecting Haemophilus influenzae nucleic acid in a sample includes producing an amplification product by amplifying a Haemophilus influenzae nucleotide sequence and measuring the amplification product to detect Haemophilus influenzae in the sample. Some embodiments allow direct serotype determination in a single step assay. Also provided are reagents and methods for detecting and distinguishing Haemophilus influenzae from other infectious agents. A kit is provided for detecting and quantifying Haemophilus influenzae in a sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/996913 |
| 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 1/689 (20130101) C12Q 1/701 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09594086 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hui Zhang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Yuan Tian (Baltimore, Maryland); Daniel W. Chan (Clarksville, Maryland); Jing Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Zhang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Yuan Tian (Baltimore, Maryland); Daniel W. Chan (Clarksville, Maryland); Jing Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of biomarkers and, more specifically, to biomarkers useful in diagnosing aggressive prostate cancer. In specific embodiments, a method for diagnosing aggressive prostate cancer in a patient comprises (a) measuring the levels of one or more biomarkers in a sample collected from the patient; and (b) comparing the levels of the one or more biomarkers with predefined levels of the same biomarkers that correlate to a patient having aggressive prostate cancer and predefined levels of the same biomarkers that correlate to a patient not having aggressive prostate cancer, wherein a correlation to one of the predefined levels provides the diagnosis. In a specific embodiment, the one or more biomarkers may comprise cathepsin-L (CTSL), periostin, microfibrillar-associated protein 4 (MFAP4), collagen XII, neprilysin, clusterin, neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL), epithelial cell activating molecule (EpCAM), prostate specific antigen (PSA), membrane metallo-endopeptidase (MME) and asporin (ASPN). |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/006503 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57434 (20130101) |
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| US 09594134 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Robert Smith (Verona, Wisconsin); Nathan Samuel Artz (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Scott Brian Reeder (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for simultaneously acquiring three-dimensional data from multiple different frequency bins with a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system, and without frequency-encoding gradients, are provided. A multiband radio frequency (“RF”) pulse is used to excite spins associated with multiple different resonance frequency offsets, and a fully phase-encoded acquisition is used to acquire data, which may be spectrally-resolved data, from magnetic resonance signals formed in response to the multiband RF pulse. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/161308 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4822 (20130101) G01R 33/4835 (20130101) G01R 33/56536 (20130101) |
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| US 09594141 | Weller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Weller (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Leo Grady (Millbrae, California); Lawrence Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vivek K Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS), The United States of America NIH Division of Extramural Inventions and Technology Resources (DEITR) (Washington, District of Columbia); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Siemens Healthcare GmbH (Erlangen, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Weller (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Leo Grady (Millbrae, California); Lawrence Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vivek K Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An MR imaging system uses multiple RF coils for acquiring corresponding multiple image data sets of a slice or volume of patient anatomy. An image data processor comprises at least one processing device conditioned for, deriving a first set of weights for weighted combination of k-space data of the multiple image data sets for generating a calibration data set comprising a subset of k-space data of composite image data representing the multiple image data sets. The image data processor uses the calibration data set in generating a first MR image data set, deriving the parameters of a probability distribution in response to the first set of weights and the first MR image data set and deriving a second set of weights and second MR image data set together using the probability distribution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/633908 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5611 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09594143 | Riederer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J. Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for performing parallel magnetic resonance angiography includes controlling operation of a magnetic gradient system and an RF system to perform a calibration data pulse sequence to begin acquiring calibration data for use in a parallel imaging reconstruction process after receiving an indication that the subject has received a dose of a contrast agent. The acquisition of the calibration data is discontinued before the contrast agent reaches a peak concentration within a region of interest (ROI) of the subject and operation of the magnetic gradient system and RF system is controlled to perform an imaging pulse sequence in accordance with a parallel imaging acquisition to begin acquiring image data from the ROI. The image data is reconstructed into an image of the ROI using the calibration data. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/601417 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/05 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5611 (20130101) G01R 33/5635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09594880 | Brüschweiler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Brüschweiler (Tallahassee, Florida); Kerem Bingol (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides for new methods for quantification of metabolite concentrations in metabolomics studies, which addresses the difficulties in quantification through 1D peak integrals due to significant peak overlaps in metabolomics samples. For samples from uniformly 13C-labeled organisms the 2D NMR 13C-13C constant-time (CT) TOCSY experiment provides high-resolution information about individual metabolites that allows their identification via database searching or, in the case of novel compounds, through the reconstruction of their backbone-carbon topology. This disclosure further demonstrates using CT-TOCSY spectra for quantification purposes. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/278003 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4633 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595187 | Kotz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Kotz (Lyme, New Hampshire); Ryan Halter (Orford, New Hampshire); Cory Cornelius (Portland, Oregon); Jacob Sorber (Clemson, South Carolina); Minho Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea); Ronald Peterson (Brattleboro, Vermont); Shrirang Mare (West Lebanon, Vermont); Aarathi Prasad (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Joseph Skinner (Manchester, New Hampshire); Andres David Molina-Markham (White River Jct., Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A wearable master electronic device (Amulet) has a processor with memory, the processor coupled to a body-area network (BAN) radio and uplink radio. The device has firmware for BAN communications with wearable nodes to receive data, and in an embodiment, send configuration data. The device has firmware for using the uplink radio to download apps and configurations, and upload data to a server. An embodiment has accelerometers in Amulet and wearable node, and firmware for using accelerometer readings to determine if node and Amulet are worn by the same subject. Other embodiments use pulse sensors or microphones in the Amulet and node to both identify a subject and verify the Amulet and node are worn by the same subject. Another embodiment uses a bioimpedance sensor to identify the subject. The wearable node may be an insulin pump, chemotherapy pump, TENS unit, cardiac monitor, or other device. |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/312316 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0028 (20130101) A61B 5/053 (20130101) A61B 5/7267 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/323 (20130101) G06F 19/3406 (20130101) G06F 19/3412 (20130101) G06F 19/3418 (20130101) Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595430 | Furtaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LI-COR, Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LI-COR, INC. (Lincoln, Nebraska); Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Furtaw (Lincoln, Nebraska); Jon P. Anderson (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mary J. Wirth (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert E. Birdsall (West Lafayette, Indiana); Yimin Hua (Arlington, Massachusetts); Zhaorui Zhang (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-assembled engineered lattice of nanometer-scale silica particles, or other suitable particles generally resembling regularly-sized spheres, is configured in a separation bed for electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, chromatography, or other voltage-induced separation of analytes. After separation, the analytes are immobilized on the separation bed and then ionized using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) for use with a mass spectrometer. The nanoparticles can be coated with polymers that activate to immobilize the analytes or assist with MALDI. The separation can occur in two dimensions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/668485 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0027 (20130101) H01J 49/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595685 | Lieber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Xiaojie Duan (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ruixuan Gao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ping Xie (Needham, Massachusetts); Xiaocheng Jiang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Xiaojie Duan (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ruixuan Gao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ping Xie (Needham, Massachusetts); Xiaocheng Jiang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to nanotechnology, including field effect transistors and other devices used as sensors (for example, for electrophysiological studies), nanotube structures, and applications. Certain aspects of the present invention are generally directed to transistors such as field effect transistors, and other similar devices. In one set of embodiments, a field effect transistor is used where a nanoscale wire, for example, a silicon nanowire, acts as a transistor channel connecting a source electrode to a drain electrode. In some cases, a portion of the transistor channel is exposed to an environment that is to be determined, for example, the interior or cytosol of a cell. A nanotube or other suitable fluidic channel may be extended from the transistor channel into a suitable environment, such as a contained environment within a cell, so that the environment is in electrical communication with the transistor channel via the fluidic channel. In some embodiments, the rest of the transistor channel may be coated, e.g., so that the electrical properties of the transistor channel reflect the electrical behavior of the environment that the fluidic channel is in communication with. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to methods of making such sensors, methods of using such sensors, kits involving such sensors, or the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/124816 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4146 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 1/02 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 51/0002 (20130101) H01L 51/0512 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09596417 | Lindau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manfred Lindau (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, Systems, Devices and Programs are provided for obtaining high time resolution data from low time resolution data and subsequently comparing the timings of two events which have been simultaneously recorded by devices with two different time resolutions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/769906 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0026 (20130101) G06T 7/0038 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/341 (20130101) H04N 5/372 (20130101) H04N 5/2355 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23232 (20130101) |
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| US 09592302 | Thayumanavan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sankaran Thayumanavan (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sankaran Thayumanavan (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel system of nano-assemblies and related method for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic or imaging agent to biological sites. The compositions and methods of the invention enable the syntheses of novel polymeric nano-assemblies (nanoparticles) under non-emulsion conditions with the incorporation of hydrophobic guest molecules. The versatilities and advantages of the polymer nanoparticles of the invention include: (i) the guest molecules (e.g., drug molecules) can be readily incorporated non-covalently within the nanoparticles; (ii) the surface of the nanoparticles are functionalizable; (iii) the non-covalently encapsulated guest molecule (payload) can be released in response to a biologically relevant stimulus at the target site; (iv) the payload is held by the polymeric nanoparticle before being internalized in cells and can be released within the cellular interiors; (v) encapsulating lipophilic small molecules within its crosslinked interiors and binding proteins on its surface through electrostatic interactions; (vi) facile synthetic methods for ligand functionalization that can be utilized to decorate nanogels with cell targeting ligands that facilitate receptor-dependent cellular uptake, and (vii) the payload release kinetics is tunable and controllable. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/118224 |
| 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 9/5138 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 47/48176 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 220/20 (20130101) C08F 220/26 (20130101) C08F 220/34 (20130101) C08F 220/38 (20130101) C08F 226/02 (20130101) C08F 2810/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) |
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| US 09592306 | Ballinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Webster Ballinger (Odenville, Alabama); Danny R. Welch (Shawnee, Kansas); Robert Allen Kesterson (Birmingham, Alabama); Larry W. Johnson (Jasper, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are mitochondrial-nuclear exchanged cells and animals comprising mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from one subject and nuclear DNA (nDNA) from a different subject. Methods for producing a mitochondrial-nuclear exchanged animal and animals made by the methods are provided. Also provided are methods of screening for agents useful for treating a disease or disorder using mitochondrial-nuclear exchanged animals or cells, tissues or organs thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, April 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/697243 |
| 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 | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0275 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0331 (20130101) A01K 2267/0375 (20130101) Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, or Methods A61D 19/04 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5023 (20130101) |
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| US 09592414 | Blades et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy A. Blades (Street, Maryland); Raymond A. DiBerardo (Baltimore, Maryland); Adam P. Baker (Abingdon, Maryland); Jeffery A. Gonce (Perryville, Maryland); Jason J. Adamek (Baltimore, Maryland); Brian J. O'Donnell (Bel Air, Maryland); David J. Kline (Forest Hill, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A transportable and modular field-deployable hydrolysis system for neutralizing toxic chemical agents is described. The system comprises a transportable chemical process plant that is capable of operating in a remote location without significant site infrastructure. The system is also capable of operating in a maritime, shipboard environment. A flexible design allows processing of chemical agents in both batch and continuous flow modes, as well as collection and accumulation of agents from a variety of containers whose form and size may not be known until the system is on-site. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/465358 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/35 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62D 2101/02 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/24 (20130101) B01J 2219/0002 (20130101) B01J 2219/00022 (20130101) |
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| US 09592888 | Bracho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pedro Bracho (Lynn Haven, Florida); Bryan John (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pedro Bracho (Lynn Haven, Florida); Bryan John (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A lifting device to retrieve a marine vehicle comprises a lifting arms portion pivotally connected with a vehicle capture portion. The lifting arms portion and the vehicle capture portion rotate independently of each other. The vehicle capture portion comprises a capture connector having a probe for insertion into a latch opening in the vehicle to thereby attach the vehicle to the lifting device. The lifting arras portion further comprises two lifting arms and two vehicle pads for engaging the vehicle when it is captured. As the vehicle rolls during recovery operations, springs disposed between the vehicle capture portion and lifting arms portion dampen rotational motion. Lift line connections are provided on distal ends of the vehicle capture portion, and the lifting arms. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/245373 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 27/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593001 | Frizzell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Seal Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J Frizzell (Ballwin, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is disclosed for controlling the position of a heavy object, such as a part of a vehicle, in an x, y, z coordinate plane. The mechanism includes linear positioners, such as rail-guided carriage assemblies spanning the width of the mechanism, as well as longitudinal rails and blocks running the length of the mechanism. A lift table is mounted to the linear positioners such that the mechanism can be used to move the heavy object to virtually any desired position and orientation in the x, y, z coordinate plane. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/146470 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling or Pushing, Not Otherwise Provided For, e.g Devices Which Apply a Lifting or Pushing Force Directly to the Surface of a Load B66F 7/08 (20130101) B66F 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B66F 7/28 (20130101) B66F 7/0683 (20130101) B66F 9/065 (20130101) |
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| US 09593160 | Ingber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Super (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Charles Way (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mark J. Cartwright (West Newton, Massachusetts); Julia B. Berthet (Framingham, Massachusetts); Dinah R. Super (Lexington, Massachusetts); Martin M. Rottman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexander Watters (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Super (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Charles Way (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mark J. Cartwright (West Newton, Massachusetts); Julia B. Berthet (Framingham, Massachusetts); Dinah R. Super (Lexington, Massachusetts); Martin M. Rottman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexander Watters (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are engineered microbe-targeting or microbe-binding molecules, kits comprising the same and uses thereof. Some particular embodiments of the microbe-targeting or microbe-binding molecules comprise a carbohydrate recognition domain of mannose-binding lectin, or a fragment thereof, linked to a portion of a Fc region. In some embodiments, the microbe-targeting molecules or microbe-binding molecules can be conjugated to a substrate, e.g., a magnetic microbead, forming a microbe-targeting substrate (e.g., a microbe-targeting magnetic microbead). Such microbe-targeting molecules and/or substrates and the kits comprising the same can bind and/or capture of a microbe and/or microbial matter thereof, and can thus be used in various applications, e.g., diagnosis and/or treatment of an infection caused by microbes such as sepsis in a subject or any environmental surface. Microbe-targeting molecules and/or substrates can be regenerated after use by washing with a low pH buffer or buffer in which calcium is insoluble. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/233553 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/4843 (20130101) A61K 47/48369 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/42 (20130101) C07K 16/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/33 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54353 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 33/56916 (20130101) G01N 33/56938 (20130101) G01N 33/56961 (20130101) G01N 2333/42 (20130101) G01N 2333/4724 (20130101) |
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| US 09593206 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ASPEN AEROGELS, INC. (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shannon Olga White (Hudson, Massachusetts); Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos (Newton, Massachusetts); Jimmy Lee Clark (Newhall, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides articles and methods related to insulation panels made from aerogels, and specifically polyimide based aerogels. Such insulation panels have a wide variety of applications, including specifically in aerospace applications. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/202873 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/04 (20130101) B32B 5/18 (20130101) B32B 5/32 (20130101) B32B 2266/04 (20130101) B32B 2266/0214 (20130101) B32B 2266/0292 (20130101) B32B 2307/72 (20130101) B32B 2307/304 (20130101) B32B 2307/416 (20130101) B32B 2307/546 (20130101) B32B 2605/18 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 73/1067 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/06 (20130101) C08K 7/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 79/08 (20130101) C08L 79/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/233 (20150115) Y10T 428/249953 (20150401) Y10T 428/249986 (20150401) |
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| US 09593225 | Leventis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rola, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Malik Adnan Saeed (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a series of new and improved porous polyamide aerogels derived from multifunctional aromatics that combine the high mechanical strength of aramids with the pore structure of aerogels. The polyamide aerogels have a hyperbranched structure, relatively low density, high porosity and may be derived from functionalized monomers having more aromatic groups than functional groups. The present disclosure also provides a new method for producing the porous polyamide aerogels by polymerizing an aromatic multifunctional carboxylic acid or a ferrocene multifunctional carboxylic acid with a polyfunctional aromatic isocyanate at moderate reaction conditions followed by drying with liquid CO2. Also disclosed are various methods of use of these polyamide aerogels in a variety of applications, particularly in the generation of various precious metal catalysts. Thus, monolithic nanoporous carbon-supported Fe, Au, Pt, Pd, Co, Ni, Ru, and Rh catalysts are disclosed herein, which are derived by pyrolysis and transmetalation via galvanic replacement of ferrocene-based polyamide aerogels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/969650 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0091 (20130101) B01J 23/42 (20130101) B01J 23/44 (20130101) B01J 23/52 (20130101) B01J 27/22 (20130101) B01J 35/10 (20130101) B01J 37/035 (20130101) B01J 37/086 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 2/861 (20130101) C07C 2/861 (20130101) C07C 15/52 (20130101) C07C 45/38 (20130101) C07C 45/38 (20130101) C07C 47/54 (20130101) C07C 67/10 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 69/618 (20130101) C07C 209/36 (20130101) C07C 209/36 (20130101) C07C 211/46 (20130101) C07C 2527/20 (20130101) C07C 2531/28 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2201/0502 (20130101) C08J 2205/024 (20130101) C08J 2205/026 (20130101) C08J 2205/042 (20130101) C08J 2300/202 (20130101) C08J 2377/00 (20130101) C08J 2385/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09593258 | Webster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean C. Webster (Fargo, North Dakota); Umesh Harkal (Fargo, North Dakota); James Garrett (Gordonsville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to alcohol-modified glycidyl carbamate resins wherein at least some of the glycidol groups in the resin have been replaced with an alcohol. The invention also relates to coating compositions containing the resins. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/633434 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/30 (20130101) C08G 18/2845 (20130101) C08G 18/7831 (20130101) C08G 59/3236 (20130101) C08G 59/5026 (20130101) C08G 65/3322 (20130101) C08G 65/33327 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 163/00 (20130101) C09D 175/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593663 | Badakhshan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alireza Badakhshan (San Pedro, California); Stephen A Danczyk (Grande, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photo-ignition torch is provided including a light source configured to generate at least one of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light. A photo-ignitable sub-micron particle mix is contained in capsule configured to receive the at least one of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light generated by the light source or alternatively the photo-ignitable sub-micron particle mix is in direct contact with the light source. The exposure of the photo-ignitable sub-micron particle mix to the at least one of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light initiates a photo-ignition process causing a release of burning byproducts of the photo-ignition process. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/925383 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, for Internal-combustion Engines; Testing of Ignition Timing in Compression-ignition Engines F02P 23/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/85 (20130101) F05D 2260/99 (20130101) Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 99/001 (20130101) Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 13/005 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/113 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/00 (20130101) Spark Gaps; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark Gaps; Sparking Plugs; Corona Devices; Generating Ions to be Introduced into Non-enclosed Gases H01T 13/50 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09593913 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael T. Wright (Hopatcong, New Jersey); Peter Tewksbury (Leesburg, Virginia); James Marraccini (Hamilton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael T. Wright (Hopatcong, New Jersey); Peter Tewksbury (Leesburg, Virginia); James Marraccini (Hamilton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital positioning system that interfaces with a portable weapon to automatically realign the weapon through and after a firing shock that saturates electronic components of the portable weapon. The digital positioning system includes a digital fire control device that receives target destination data. The digital fire control device transmits the target destination data to an automatic calibration and pointing device, which, in turn, generates a reference orientation from the target destination data. In response to the firing shock, the automatic calibration and pointing device acquires a current orientation of the portable weapon, independently of the saturated electronic components, and compares the current orientation to the stored reference orientation for causing a mechanical alignment and orientation mechanism to reposition the portable weapon. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/712109 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593919 | Neff |
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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) | Daniel R Neff (Jasper, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for deployment of a material or desirable product is included. A desirable product can include a combination of a pyrophoric material with a material adapted to be sublimated by pyrophoric effect and produce a desired effect such as, for example, type of dye configured to be an obscurant material with a desired effect after sublimation could be a visual obscurant, electromagnetic obscurant, or some type of pesticide. A system for deploying and storing the material could include a housing configured to seal the combination of dye and pyrophoric materials from the presence of oxygen so that the pyrophoric material does not react until selectively exposed to a gas. A selection and mix of the pyrophoric material with the material, e.g., dye can be accomplished in such a way that the reaction between the pyrophoric material and oxygen is not substantially impeded. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/225809 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 9/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593921 | Kostka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Kostka (Denville, New Jersey); Luis M. Lavrador (Stanhope, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A large caliber, frangible, training projectile imitates, for training purposes, the corresponding tactical projectile. To enable fragmentation of the training projectile at impact, some embodiments of the frangible projectile are partially or entirely made of a material with a lower yield strength than the material used in the counterpart tactical projectile. Some embodiments of the frangible projectile may include portions that are sectioned, welded, or provided with stress risers. Some embodiments of the frangible projectile may include high density particles suspended in a weaker medium. The fragmentation methods may be applied to the overall mass of the projectile, or to a portion of the projectile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/175325 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 8/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 12/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09593923 | Gold |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir M. Gold (Hillside, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of the America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir M. Gold (Hillside, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A selectable yield fragmentation grenade is provided with a feature for relatively easily setting the output of the grenade to a higher or to a lower yield lethality output of fragments. An operator can selectively inflate the grenade by various provisions, and such inflation lowers the grenade's lethality yield output. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/453810 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 27/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09593981 | Weiss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee); Yang Jiao (Nashville, Tennessee); Judson D. Ryckman (Nashville, Tennessee); Peter N. Ciesielski (Lakewood, Colorado); G. Kane Jennings (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee); Yang Jiao (Nashville, Tennessee); Judson D. Ryckman (Nashville, Tennessee); Peter N. Ciesielski (Lakewood, Colorado); G. Kane Jennings (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are patterned nanoporous gold (“P-NPG”) films that may act as at least one of an effective and stable surface-enhanced Raman scattering (“SERS”) substrate. Methods of fabricating the P-NPG films using a low-cost stamping technique are also provided. The P-NPG films may provide uniform SERS signal intensity and SERS signal intensity enhancement by a factor of at least about 1×107 relative to the SERS signal intensity from a non-enhancing surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/825152 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 22/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/44 (20130101) G01J 3/0267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) |
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| US 09594000 | Farmer 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) | Harry Farmer (Cannelburg, Indiana); Timothy Leonard (West Baden, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A leak test apparatus and method is provided which includes an embodiment including a transparent container adapted to selectively permit a device under test to be placed therein, selectively maintain a vacuum, and contain an immersion liquid. The test apparatus further includes a test fixture plate adapted to remain fixed while the container moves along a first axis so as to permit the container to raise or lower with respect to the test fixture plate so as to raise or lower a test fluid with respect to the test fixture plate. The apparatus further includes a support structure adapted to raise or lower the container such that the test fixture plate remains fixed with regard to the container, a vacuum manifold system selectively coupled to the container, and a control system adapted to control raising or lowering of the container and control of vacuum in the container. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/590194 |
| ART UNIT | 2854 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09594010 | D'Onofrio |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrence G D'Onofrio (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for measuring the permeation of chemicals through protective materials is described. The testing apparatus and method includes a PTFE layer; placing a sorbent pad on the PTFE layer; applying contaminants to a protective material; placing the protective material adjacent to the sorbent pad with the side having contaminants opposite the sorbent pad; applying a weight to the protective material causing the protective material to contact the sorbent pad, and determining any permeation of contaminants through said protective material causing exposure on the sorbent pad to the contaminants; and measuring a level of contamination of the sorbent pad upon exposure to any contaminants which permeated the protective material. A second PTFE layer may be placed in between the weight and the protective material. An o-ring gasket may also be used to further confine the contaminant on the protective material being tested. Additionally, another PTFE layer may be placed in between the protective material and the sorbent pad. The protective material may include any of air impermeable materials, air permeable materials, and semi-permeable materials. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/702166 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/0806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09594011 | Herzog |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William D. Herzog (Groton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William D. Herzog (Groton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Physical property determination of a particle or classification of the particle as a function of the physical property by evaluating scattered light profile from a single particle is disclosed. The particle may include chemical structures that vibrate as a function of a physical property of the particle. The physical property may include an absorptive property of the particle or a chemical composition. From a detected scattered light spectrum, at least two anomalous dispersive regions may be identified. The physical property of the particle may be determined as a function of the at least two regions. A system employing the physical property determination can achieve sensitivities useful for low particle density applications such as detection for biological and chemical agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124767 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1456 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/35 (20130101) G01N 21/53 (20130101) G01N 21/3577 (20130101) G01N 2021/4707 (20130101) G01N 2021/4709 (20130101) G01N 2021/4726 (20130101) |
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| US 09594012 | Sandusky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold W. Sandusky (Fulton, Maryland); Joshua E. Felts (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold W. Sandusky (Fulton, Maryland); Joshua E. Felts (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A friction tester for explosive material includes a cylinder with a piston disposed therein for sliding movement along the cylinder's axial dimension. The piston includes first and second opposing faces. A plate is coupled to the piston and extends away from the first face thereof along the cylinder's axial dimension. The plate includes a portion extending from the cylinder. The plate has opposing surfaces of defined surface roughness. A sample holder disposed adjacent to the cylinder holds an explosive material sample against each of the opposing surfaces of the plate at the portion thereof that extends from the cylinder. A driver coupled to the second face of the piston drives the piston in the cylinder's axial dimension such that the plate moves relative to and against each explosive material sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/545326 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 19/00 (20130101) G01N 19/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/22 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) |
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| US 09594117 | Duncan 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) | Adam Duncan (Bloomington, Indiana); Matthew Gadlage (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Various apparatus and method s associated with a compact electronics test system having user programmable device interfaces and on-board functions adapted for use in various environments are provided. Exemplary embodiments can include a variety of apparatuses and method s to realize an advanced field programmable gate array adapted to perform functional tests on digital electronics within an exemplary 48-pin DIP footprint. One aspect of the invention can include a testing device comprised of components to produce a product that is inexpensive and consumable. A small size of an exemplary embodiment of the invention further allows for desirable shielding to be placed around a highly portable and highly programmable and adaptable testing device in order to protect it from external dangers found in harsh environments (e.g., high levels of radiation when operating in space, etc). |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/551418 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 3/00 (20130101) G01R 31/31905 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/31914 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
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| US 09594160 | Garrett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig Garrett (McLean, Virginia); Justin Gray (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments for track association. An embodiment operates by receiving a first set of track identification data from a first tracking system. The first set of track identification data is associated with a global track identifier (GID). The first set of track identification data associated with the GID is broadcasted to the first tracking system and a second tracking system. A second set of track identification data is received from the second tracking system. The second set of track identification data identifies any tracks of the second tracking system that match the first set of track identification data. The GID is associated with the second set of track identification data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/188725 |
| 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 13/66 (20130101) G01S 13/87 (20130101) G01S 13/91 (20130101) G01S 13/726 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 2013/916 (20130101) |
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| US 09594170 | Kennedy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Echo Ridge LLC (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Echo Ridge LLC (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Kennedy (Great Falls, Virginia); John Carlson (Dulles, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of determining the location of a mobile device using signals of opportunity, derived time stamps and sharing of signal information with other mobile devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/909824 |
| 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 19/18 (20130101) G01S 19/22 (20130101) G01S 19/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 19/48 (20130101) G01S 19/246 (20130101) |
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| US 09594172 | Karunasiri 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) | Gamani Karunasiri (Pacific Grove, California); Fabio Durante Pereira Alves (Monterey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A combined semiconductor controlled circuit (CSCC) includes a semiconductor controlled switch (SCS). The SCS includes anode, cathode, anode gate and cathode gate terminals connected to P1 anode, N2 cathode, N1 anode gate and P2 cathode gate layers. The SCS also includes P-N junctions between P1 anode and N1 anode gate layers, N1 anode gate and P2 cathode gate layers and P2 cathode gate and N2 cathode layers. The CSCC also includes a Zener diode having a current path flowing from the cathode terminal to the anode gate terminal, a feedback resistor connecting cathode and cathode gate terminals and a substrate. A solid-state spark chamber includes a CSCC, a DC bias voltage source and an RC load having a parallel-connected load resistor and capacitor. The solid-state spark chamber also includes a plurality of measurement terminals and a ground. A method of making a solid-state spark chamber includes connecting the above components. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/480220 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/7408 (20130101) H01L 29/7412 (20130101) H01L 29/66371 (20130101) H01L 29/66401 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravinder Jain (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC. UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravinder Jain (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an optical fiber and method of making the same. The optical fiber includes a body for transmitting light. The body has an anisotropic refractive index wherein the anisotropic refractive index offsets changes in the refractive index of the fiber caused by bending the fiber. The fiber body may further include a core and cladding. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/659422 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00682 (20130101) B29D 11/00721 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/253 (20130101) B29K 2995/0031 (20130101) Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 37/02 (20130101) C03B 37/016 (20130101) C03B 2203/22 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/036 (20130101) |
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| US 09594267 | Bahl 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); THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gaurav Bahl (Champaign, Illinois); JunHwan Kim (Savoy, Illinois); Hailin Wang (Eugene, Oregon); Mark Kuzyk (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method includes a laser to create a control laser signal and a laser to create a probe laser signal. A resonator creates an acoustic signal adjacent the control laser signal and the probe laser signal. A resulting coherent interaction between the control laser signal and the probe laser signal creates a Brillouin scattering induced transparency in one direction and maintains opacity in an opposite direction. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/872321 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/2843 (20130101) G02B 6/2934 (20130101) G02B 6/29341 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09594377 | Perkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Douglas Perkins (Arlington, Massachusetts); Kevin Blankespoor (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An example implementation includes (i) receiving sensor data that indicates topographical features of an environment in which a robotic device is operating, (ii) processing the sensor data into a topographical map that includes a two-dimensional matrix of discrete cells, the discrete cells indicating sample heights of respective portions of the environment, (iii) determining, for a first foot of the robotic device, a first step path extending from a first lift-off location to a first touch-down location, (iv) identifying, within the topographical map, a first scan patch of cells that encompass the first step path, (v) determining a first high point among the first scan patch of cells; and (vi) during the first step, directing the robotic device to lift the first foot to a first swing height that is higher than the determined first high point. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/709830 |
| ART UNIT | 3668 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/032 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09594825 | Skarin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Skarin (Millbury, Massachusetts); Andrew Duchon (Portland, Oregon); Richard Alexis DeJordy (Stoughton, Massachusetts); Paul David Allopenna (Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the subject invention comprise a computer based system and methods to collect and compare the attributes of a group of entities using data representing topic data of the entity and interaction data between entities. Embodiments of the invention comprise using minimally invasive means to automatically collect and model both an entity's attributes such as their knowledge/work/interest as well as model the social interactions of the entity together with a means to identify opportunities to influence changes in the entity attributes. Minimally invasive means to collect and model attributes include semantic analysis and topic modeling techniques. Means to model social interactions include social network analysis techniques that can incorporate location data of the entity. Embodiments of the invention further provide a sharable index of the attributes of the entities and the group of entities. |
| FILED | Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/809231 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30312 (20130101) G06F 17/30604 (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 10/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09594850 | Donneau-Golencer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thierry D. Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for developing a computer-executable query relating to a search request issued by a user includes determining whether a search term of the search request has a user-specific meaning, connotation, context, or association based on an analysis of electronic content associated with the user and/or an analysis of interactions of the user with electronic content that is accessible to the user through one or more computing devices. If the search term has a user-specific meaning, connotation, context, or association, the method and system can incorporate the user-specific meaning, connotation, context, or association into the search request and/or the computer-executable query. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/511999 |
| ART UNIT | 2164 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3053 (20130101) G06F 17/30699 (20130101) G06F 17/30967 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09594878 | Silva et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julio Cesar Silva (Naperville, Illinois); Dino Peter Rumoro (Winfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for generating a diagnosis are provided. In some aspects, a computing device receives medical information for a patient, wherein each medical information item in the medical information comprises a date, a source, and a medical state. The computing device constructs, in a memory of the computing device, a diagnosis tree for the patient, wherein the diagnosis tree comprises a patient node, the patient node having first children nodes corresponding to the dates or the sources, and the first children nodes having second children nodes corresponding to the medical states. The computing device generates a diagnosis for the patient using the constructed diagnosis tree. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/768304 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/3493 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/101 (20130101) G06Q 30/0205 (20130101) G06Q 50/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09595198 | Limbaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kutta Technologies, Inc. (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kutta Technologies, Inc. (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas V. Limbaugh (Phoenix, Arizona); David H. Barnhard (Lilburn, Georgia); Thomas H. Rychener (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An unmanned aerial system (UAS) position reporting system may include an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) of a UAS and at least one network-connected remote terminal. The ATC-RS may include an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver and one or more telecommunications modems. The ATC-RS may receive position data of at least one UAS in an airspace from the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal and selectively communicate the position of the at least one UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC), to a military command and control (C2) communication center, or to both through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver. The ATC-RS may display the position of the at least one UAS in the airspace on a display screen coupled with the ATC-RS. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/819119 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/0013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08G 5/0026 (20130101) G08G 5/0069 (20130101) G08G 5/0082 (20130101) |
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| US 09595208 | Ottensmeyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Ottensmeyer (Watertown, Massachusetts); Gianluca De Novi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory J. Loan (Arlington, Virginia); Ryan Scott Bardsley (Manchester, Massachusetts); John Cho Moore (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Surgical trauma training simulator system including replaceable trauma module structured to mimic a portion of human anatomy and, in particular, a prosthetic anatomical structure containing a periorbital structure that includes an eye-lid and an eye globe in cooperation with a drive mechanism. The system is structured to provide, in operation, an event-driven surgical gesture recognition-based tracking of the simulation of the surgical procedure by the trainee and, in absence of expert trainer, provide visual feedback comparing the tracked simulation with correct sequence of steps of such procedure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/446980 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 23/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G09B 23/34 (20130101) G09B 23/286 (20130101) |
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| US 09595519 | Titus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Titus (Bloomington, Indiana); Mark Savage (Bloomington, Indiana); Patrick L. Cole (Bedford, Indiana); Adam R. Duncan (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for controlling current or mitigating electromagnetic or radiation interference effects using a combination of a metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) and junction field effect transistor (JFET) disposed perpendicularly and within a certain orientation to each other. An embodiment of the invention can be formed and operable for modulating current and/or voltage response or mitigating electromagnetic or radiation interference effects on the MOSFET by controlling a semi-conductive channel region (SCR) using an additional gate, e.g., JFET, disposed perpendicularly with respect to the MOSFET configured to generate an electromagnetic field into the MOSFET's semi-SCR. A control system for controlling operation is also provided to include automated systems including sensors as well as manually operated systems. Automated systems can include radiation sensors as well as other control systems such as radio frequency transmitter or receiver systems. Methods of operation for a variety of modes are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/668081 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/0705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595634 | Shur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Maxim S. Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Alexander Dobrinsky (Loudonville, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A device including one or more layers with lateral regions configured to facilitate the transmission of radiation through the layer and lateral regions configured to facilitate current flow through the layer is provided. The layer can comprise a short period superlattice, which includes barriers alternating with wells. In this case, the barriers can include both transparent regions, which are configured to reduce an amount of radiation that is absorbed in the layer, and higher conductive regions, which are configured to keep the voltage drop across the layer within a desired range. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/200313 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02507 (20130101) H01L 29/15 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/10 (20130101) H01L 33/22 (20130101) H01L 33/0025 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/325 (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 5/125 (20130101) H01S 5/3054 (20130101) H01S 5/3063 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) H01S 5/34346 (20130101) |
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| US 09595636 | Shatalov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maxim S Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Jianyu Deng (Lexington, South Carolina); Alexander Dobrinsky (Providence, Rhode Island); Xuhong Hu (Lexington, South Carolina); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device having improved light extraction is provided. The light emitting device can be formed by epitaxially growing a light emitting structure on a surface of a substrate. The substrate can be scribed to form a set of angled side surfaces on the substrate. For each angled side surface in the set of angled side surfaces, a surface tangent vector to at least a portion of each angled side surface in the set of angled side surfaces forms an angle between approximately ten and approximately eighty degrees with a negative of a normal vector of the surface of the substrate. The substrate can be cleaned to clean debris from the angled side surfaces. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/852487 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/22 (20130101) H01L 33/0095 (20130101) |
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| US 09595656 | Tolpygo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hypres Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergey K. Tolpygo (Putnam Valley, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved microfabrication technique for Josephson junctions in superconducting integrated circuits, based on the use of a double-layer lithographic mask for partial anodization of the side-walls and base electrode of the junctions. The top layer of the mask is a resist material, and the bottom layer is a dielectric material chosen so to maximize adhesion between the resist and the underlying superconducting layer, be etch-compatible with the underlying superconducting layer, and be insoluble in the resist and anodization processing chemistries. The superconductor is preferably niobium, under a silicon dioxide layer, with a conventional photoresist or electron-beam resist as the top layer. This combination results in a substantial increase in the fabrication yield of high-density superconducting integrated circuits, increase in junction uniformity and reduction in defect density. A dry etch more compatible with microlithography may be employed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/850634 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/18 (20130101) H01L 39/12 (20130101) H01L 39/025 (20130101) H01L 39/223 (20130101) H01L 39/249 (20130101) H01L 39/2406 (20130101) H01L 39/2493 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595676 | Bazan 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) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Cheng-Kang Mai (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a composition of matter, including fabricating one or more conjugated polyelectrolytes each comprising a donor-acceptor copolymer backbone and one or more anionic side groups, wherein the one or more conjugated polyelectrolytes are self doped. The doped conjugated polyelectrolytes can be used in a hole transport layer in a solar cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/470629 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2013 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09595747 | Jones, III |
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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 Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas O. Jones, III (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for designing an electrically small antenna, in one embodiment, within an enclosing volume. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises the steps of designing the electrically small antenna which has a general cross-sectional contour shape of an oblate spheroid from a top load portion to a stem portion below the top load portion. The oblate spheroid contour shape is represented by an antenna dipole moment algorithm which includes a dipole moment term. The method further comprises the steps of controlling the amplitude of the dipole moment term, including adjusting the amplitude of the dipole moment term to independently change the oblate spheroid contour shape, resulting in a change to the electric field outside the enclosing volume and a change to the electric field inside the enclosing volume. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/687032 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595763 | Waters |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Waters (Solsberry, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for assembling different multi-element items with different specifications using a reconfigurable apparatus are provided. One embodiment includes a base plate, a back plate coupled to the base plate in a predetermined angle relationship. The exemplary back plate comprises a plurality of alignment pins adapted to engage with alignment locations of multiple element assembly items. The exemplary base plate and alignment mounting structures couple to end cap parts disposed on opposing ends of the multiple element assembly items holding the items together. A clamping mechanism maintains/releases pressure on the multiple element assembly items against the back plate. The back plate holds alignment pins in a first back plate location in a first orientation for one type of multiple element assembly items and hold the alignment pins in a second location when the back plate is in a second orientation for a different type of multiple element assembly items. |
| FILED | Monday, January 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/992417 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools or Bench Devices Not Otherwise Provided For, for Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging or Holding B25B 5/12 (20130101) B25B 11/02 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/1207 (20130101) H01Q 13/0283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/064 (20130101) H01Q 21/0087 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4902 (20150115) Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) Y10T 29/49899 (20150115) Y10T 29/53961 (20150115) |
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| US 09595812 | Nam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donguk Nam (Mountain View, California); Jan A. Petykiewicz (Stanford, California); Devanand S. Sukhdeo (Jersey City, New Jersey); Shashank Gupta (Stanford, California); Jelena Vuckovic (Palo Alto, California); Krishna C. Saraswat (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A crossed nanobeam structure for strain engineering in semiconductor devices is provided. For example, such a structure can be used for a low-threshold germanium laser. While the photonic crystal nanobeam enables light confinement in a subwavelength volume with small optical loss, another crossing nanobeam induces high tensile strain in the small region where the optical mode is tightly confined. As maintaining a small optical loss and a high tensile strain reduces the required pumping for achieving net optical gain beyond cavity losses, this technique can be used to develop an extremely low-threshold Ge laser source. Moreover, the structure can be easily integrated into electronic and photonic circuits. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/747756 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/105 (20130101) H01S 5/0261 (20130101) H01S 5/0607 (20130101) H01S 5/3223 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595910 | Grimsley |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James L. Grimsley (Norman, Oklahoma) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Grimsley (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Various aspect provide for a solar assembly. The solar assembly may be a mechanical structure that allows many small solar cells to be integrated into the wing design of an aircraft without placing them on the surface area of the wing or the vehicle. Additional aspects may provide for an adjustable solar assembly. The adjustable solar assembly may be configured to be installed into a structure having a structural profile. When installed, the solar assembly may conform to the structural profile such that the structural profile is maintained. The solar assembly may further comprise an adjustable carrier system comprising a plurality of solar cells attached thereto. The adjustable carrier system may be configured to dynamically adjust the orientation of the solar cells so as to maintain an optimal angle with respect to an external light source. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551799 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 3/00 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 2211/00 (20130101) Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/5201 (20130101) F24J 2/5237 (20130101) F24J 2/5403 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02S 20/22 (20141201) H02S 20/23 (20141201) H02S 20/30 (20141201) H02S 20/32 (20141201) H02S 40/22 (20141201) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/12 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/47 (20130101) Y02E 10/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09595918 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiang Li (Pasadena, California); Kerry Vahala (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microwave-frequency source, generating an output electrical signal at an output frequency fM, comprises a pump laser source, an optical resonator, and a photodetector. Free spectral range vFSR of the optical resonator equals an integer submultiple of a Brillouin shift frequency vB of the optical resonator (i.e., vB=MvFSR). The pump laser source is frequency-locked to a corresponding resonant optical mode of the optical resonator. Pumping the optical resonator with output of the pump laser source at a pump frequency vpump results in stimulated Brillouin laser oscillation in the optical resonator at respective first, second, and third Stokes Brillouin-shifted frequencies v1=vpump−vB, v2=vpump−2vB, and v3=vpump−3vB. The photodetector receives stimulated Brillouin laser outputs at the first and third Stokes Brillouin-shifted frequencies v1 and v3 and generates therefrom the output electrical signal at a beat frequency fM=v1−v3=2vB. The output electrical signal at the output frequency fM exhibits exceptionally low phase noise. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/640031 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/005 (20130101) H01S 3/302 (20130101) H01S 3/0809 (20130101) H01S 3/1312 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) H01S 3/09415 (20130101) H01S 5/0085 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595969 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald L. Miller (Export, Pennsylvania); Ofer Naaman (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Miller (Export, Pennsylvania); Ofer Naaman (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention includes a reciprocal quantum logic (RQL) readout system. The system includes an input stage on which a read pulse is provided and an output stage configured to propagate an output pulse. The system also includes an RQL comparator comprising a first Josephson junction and a second Josephson junction that are coupled to a qubit. A bias current switches between a first Josephson junction in a first quantum state of the qubit and a second Josephson junction in a second quantum state of the qubit. The first Josephson junction triggers to provide the output pulse on the output stage in the first quantum state in response to the read pulse and the second Josephson junction triggers to provide no output pulse on the output stage in the second quantum state in response to the read pulse. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/008022 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/44 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/223 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 3/38 (20130101) H03K 19/195 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595983 | Rowe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESETNED 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) | Nathaniel W. Rowe (Clinton, New York); Dominic M. Lisi (Cicero, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for performing digital pre-distortion of wideband analog upconversion chains existing within communications systems. By pre-distorting for the deterministic non-linearities in an analog upconverter, a radiated passband signal will show an improved signal quality which will enhance the ability of a receiver to properly decode received data symbols, as well as perform equalization of the received signal constellation. It is desired that this pre-distortion technique will further improve the signal quality of communication systems who only implement pre-distortion techniques for compression effects due to power amplifiers. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/062244 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/0007 (20130101) H04B 1/62 (20130101) H04B 1/0475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 3/32 (20130101) H04B 7/0639 (20130101) H04B 10/40 (20130101) H04B 10/2504 (20130101) H04B 10/2507 (20130101) H04B 10/2557 (20130101) H04B 10/25753 (20130101) H04B 15/00 (20130101) H04B 17/11 (20150115) H04B 17/21 (20150115) H04B 2001/0408 (20130101) H04B 2001/0425 (20130101) H04B 2001/0433 (20130101) |
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| US 09596125 | Regli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Regli (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ali Shokoufandeh (New Hope, Pennsylvania); Evan A. Sultanik (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The Location Design and Routing problem asks to find a subset of “depot” nodes and a spanning forest of a graph such that every connected component in the forest contains at least one depot. This problem arises in a number of both logistical and computer networking problems, for example, in selecting the number and location of distribution centers in vehicle routing networks. This problem is functionally equivalent to that of supernode selection in peer-to-peer networks. A distributed algorithm approximates a solution to this problem that runs in a logarithmic number of communication rounds with respect to the number of nodes (independent of the topology of the network), and, under assumptions on the embedding of the edge weights, whose solutions are within a factor of 2 of optimal. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/243952 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 45/44 (20130101) H04L 67/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09592309 | Witte 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) | Owen Witte (Sherman Oaks, California); Peter M. Clark (Los Angeles, California); Blanca Graciela Flores Castillo (Van Nuys, California); Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Nikolai M. Evdokimov (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed herein discloses selected ribose isomers that are useful as PET probes (e.g. [18F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-arabinose). These PET probes are useful, for example, in methods designed to monitor physiological processes including ribose metabolism and/or to selectively observe certain tissue/organs in vivo. The invention disclosed herein further provides methods for making and using such probes. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/399701 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/037 (20130101) A61B 6/507 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0433 (20130101) A61K 51/0491 (20130101) Original (OR) Class General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) C07H 5/02 (20130101) Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/0005 (20130101) |
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| US 09593024 | Thackeray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Seoul, South Korea); Mahalingam Balasubramanian (Naperville, Illinois); Jason Croy (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods of preparing positive electrode materials for electrochemical cells and batteries. It relates, in particular, to a method for fabricating lithium-metal-oxide electrode materials for lithium cells and batteries. The method comprises contacting a hydrogen-lithium-manganese-oxide material with one or more metal ions, preferably in an acidic solution, to insert the one or more metal ions into the hydrogen-lithium-manganese-oxide material; heat-treating the resulting product to form a powdered metal oxide composition; and forming an electrode from the powdered metal oxide composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/154948 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds of Alkali Metals, i.e Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, or Francium C01D 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0402 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/54 (20151101) |
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| US 09593052 | Jurisson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Silvia S. Jurisson (Columbia, Missouri); Cathy S. Cutler (Columbia, Missouri); Donald E. Wycoff (Columbia, Missouri); Anthony J. DeGraffenreid (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia S. Jurisson (Columbia, Missouri); Cathy S. Cutler (Columbia, Missouri); Donald E. Wycoff (Columbia, Missouri); Anthony J. DeGraffenreid (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides radioactive arsenic complexes useful in diagnostic and therapeutic applications and methods for forming those arsenic complexes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/958185 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/74 (20130101) C07F 9/743 (20130101) |
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| US 09593054 | Kania et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kania (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul Blommel (Oregon, Wisconsin); Elizabeth Woods (Middleton, Wisconsin); Brice Dally (Madison, Wisconsin); Warren Lyman (Madison, Wisconsin); Randy Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, reactor systems and catalysts for converting biomass and biomass-derived feedstocks to C8+ hydrocarbons using heterogenous catalysts. The product stream may be separated and further processed for use in chemical applications, or as a neat fuel or a blending component in jet fuel and diesel fuel, or as heavy oils for lubricant and/or fuel oil applications. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/832376 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/45 (20130101) C10G 3/46 (20130101) C10G 3/47 (20130101) C10G 3/48 (20130101) C10G 3/49 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) C10G 3/52 (20130101) C10G 45/08 (20130101) C10G 45/10 (20130101) C10G 2300/202 (20130101) C10G 2300/301 (20130101) C10G 2300/805 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2300/4037 (20130101) C10G 2300/4081 (20130101) C10G 2400/02 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (20130101) C10G 2400/08 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (20130101) C10L 1/08 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/582 (20151101) Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09593203 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott D. Allen (Ithaca, New York); Jay J. Farmer (Ithaca, New York); Gabriel E. Job (Ithaca, New York); Anna E. Cherian (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novomer, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Allen (Ithaca, New York); Jay J. Farmer (Ithaca, New York); Gabriel E. Job (Ithaca, New York); Anna E. Cherian (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel metal complexes, methods of making, and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/233571 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/065 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 64/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593215 | Liang 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) | Siwei Liang (Albany, California); Nathaniel A. Lynd (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a polymer formed by reacting a first reactant polymer, or a mixture of first reactant polymers comprising different chemical structures, comprising a substituent comprising two or more nitrogen atoms (or a functional group/sidechain comprising a two or more nitrogen atoms) with a second reactant polymer, or a mixture of second reactant polymers comprising different chemical structures, comprising a halogen substituent (or a functional group/sidechain comprising a halogen). |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/757920 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 41/125 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/485 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/2256 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2371/12 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/003 (20130101) C25B 1/10 (20130101) C25B 13/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09593282 | Marker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry L. Marker (Palos Heights, Illinois); Larry G. Felix (Pelham, Alabama); Martin B. Linck (Grayslake, Illinois); Michael J. Roberts (Itasca, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for processing biomass into hydrocarbon fuels that includes processing a biomass in a hydropyrolysis reactor resulting in hydrocarbon fuels and a process vapor stream and cooling the process vapor stream to a condensation temperature resulting in an aqueous stream. The aqueous stream is sent to a catalytic reactor where it is oxidized to obtain a product stream containing ammonia and ammonium sulfate. A resulting cooled product vapor stream includes non-condensable process vapors comprising H2, CH4, CO, CO2, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/512841 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/52 (20130101) B01D 53/75 (20130101) B01D 2255/705 (20130101) B01D 2257/304 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/38 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 1/022 (20130101) C01C 1/026 (20130101) C01C 1/247 (20130101) Nitrogenous Fertilisers C05C 3/00 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 1/06 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) C10G 2300/207 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) C10G 2400/02 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (20130101) C10G 2400/08 (20130101) Production of Producer Gas, Water-gas, Synthesis Gas From Solid Carbonaceous Material, or Mixtures Containing These Gases; Carburetting Air or Other Gases C10J 2300/0966 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/004 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (20130101) C10L 2200/0469 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/32 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09593344 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Changcheng Xu (Calverton, New York); Jilian Fan (Calverton, New York); Chengshi Yan (Coppell, Texas); John Shanklin (Shoreham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In the tgd1-1 mutant that displays substantially enhanced TAG synthesis and turnover, disruption of SUGAR-DEPENDENT1 (SDP1) TAG lipase or PEROXISOMAL TRANSPORTER1 (PXA1) severely decreases FA turnover, leading to an increase in leaf TAG content up to 9% of dry weight and total leaf lipid by three-fold. The membrane lipid content and composition of tgd1-1 sdp1-4 and tgd1-1 pxa1-2 double mutants are altered and they are compromised in growth and development and fertility. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/790139 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/14 (20130101) C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593413 | Amine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois); Junbing Yang (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Ali Abouimrane (Naperville, Illinois); Jianguo Ren (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois); Junbing Yang (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Ali Abouimrane (Naperville, Illinois); Jianguo Ren (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing nanocomposite materials for use in batteries includes electroactive materials are incorporated within a nanosheet host material. The process may include treatment at high temperatures and doping to obtain desirable properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/100579 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0415 (20130101) C01B 31/0476 (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 16/06 (20130101) C23C 16/24 (20130101) C23C 16/40 (20130101) C23C 16/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/403 (20130101) C23C 16/442 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) |
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| US 09593425 | Luca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oana R. Luca (Pasadena, California); Raymond Weitekamp (Glendale, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Harry A. Atwater (South Pasadena, California); Slobodan Mitrovic (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A CO2 reduction electrode includes an active layer on an electrode base. The active layer includes a polymer that includes one or more reaction components selected from a group consisting of a CO2 reduction catalyst and an activator that bonds CO2 so as to form a CO2 reduction intermediate. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/603332 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/0405 (20130101) C25B 11/0489 (20130101) |
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| US 09593552 | Aines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California); APACHE CORPORATION (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); Apache Corporation (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger D. Aines (Livermore, California); William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California); Eric B. Duoss (Dublin, California); William C. Floyd, III (Oakland, California); Christopher M. Spadaccini (Oakland, California); John J. Vericella (Campaign, Illinois); Kenneth Michael Cowan (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for cementing a wellbore penetrating an earth formation into which a pipe extends. A cement material is positioned in the space between the wellbore and the pipe by circulated capsules containing the cement material through the pipe into the space between the wellbore and the pipe. The capsules contain the cementing material encapsulated in a shell. The capsules are added to a fluid and the fluid with capsules is circulated through the pipe into the space between the wellbore and the pipe. The shell is breached once the capsules contain the cementing material are in position in the space between the wellbore and the pipe. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/226512 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 26/20 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 2103/0062 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/02 (20130101) C09K 8/44 (20130101) C09K 8/467 (20130101) Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 33/138 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593568 | LeMonds et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey LeMonds (Clifton Park, New York); Judith Ann Guzzo (Niskayuna, New York); Shaopeng Liu (Clifton Park, New York); Uttara Ashwin Dani (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a system for estimating fatigue damage in a riser string is provided. The system includes a plurality of accelerometers which can be deployed along a riser string and a communications link to transmit accelerometer data from the plurality of accelerometers to one or more data processors in real time. With data from a limited number of accelerometers located at sensor locations, the system estimates an optimized current profile along the entire length of the riser including riser locations where no accelerometer is present. The optimized current profile is then used to estimate damage rates to individual riser components and to update a total accumulated damage to individual riser components. The number of sensor locations is small relative to the length of a deepwater riser string, and a riser string several miles long can be reliably monitored along its entire length by fewer than twenty sensor locations. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/879239 |
| ART UNIT | 3678 — 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 17/01 (20130101) E21B 47/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593590 | Ebert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd A. Ebert (West Palm Beach, Florida); Keith D. Kimmel (North Palm Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An active bypass flow control system for controlling bypass compressed air based upon leakage flow of compressed air flowing past an outer balance seal between a stator and rotor of a first stage of a gas turbine in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The active bypass flow control system is an adjustable system in which one or more metering devices may be used to control the flow of bypass compressed air as the flow of compressed air past the outer balance seal changes over time as the outer balance seal between the rim cavity and the cooling cavity wears In at least one embodiment, the metering device may include an annular ring having at least one metering orifice extending therethrough, whereby alignment of the metering orifice with the outlet may be adjustable to change a cross-sectional area of an opening of aligned portions of the outlet and the metering orifice. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/193000 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/081 (20130101) F01D 11/001 (20130101) F01D 11/04 (20130101) F01D 11/06 (20130101) F01D 17/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2270/58 (20130101) F05D 2270/301 (20130101) |
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| US 09593642 | Wicks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Donald Wicks (Allen Park, Michigan); Mark Michael Madin (Canton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A cam carrier assembly includes a cylinder head having valves and a camshaft having lobes. A cam carrier has a first side coupled with the cylinder head engaging around the valves and a second side with bearing surfaces supporting the camshaft. A series of apertures extend between the first and second sides for the lobes to interface with the valves. The cam carrier is made of carbon fiber composite insulating the camshaft from the cylinder head and providing substantial weight reduction to an upper section of an associated engine. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/576616 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cyclically Operating Valves for Machines or Engines F01L 1/0532 (20130101) F01L 2001/0471 (20130101) F01L 2001/0476 (20130101) F01L 2001/0537 (20130101) F01L 2101/00 (20130101) F01L 2103/00 (20130101) F01L 2810/02 (20130101) Lubricating of Machines or Engines in General; Lubricating Internal Combustion Engines; Crankcase Ventilating F01M 9/102 (20130101) Cylinders, Pistons or Casings, for Combustion Engines; Arrangements of Sealings in Combustion Engines F02F 7/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02F 7/0085 (20130101) F02F 11/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09593847 | Zink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ZEECO, INC. (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ZEECO, INC. (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darton J. Zink (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Rex K. Isaacs (Collinsville, Oklahoma); A. S. (Jamal) Jamaluddin (Sugar Land, Texas); Charles E. Benson (Windham, New Hampshire); Roberto O. Pellizzari (Groton, Massachusetts); Cody L. Little (Coweta, Oklahoma); Seth A. Marty (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma); K. Parker Imel (Coweta, Oklahoma); Jonathon E. Barnes (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma); Chris S. Parker (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A burner apparatus for a fired heating system and a method of burner operation. The burner provides stable operation when burning gas fuels having heating values ranging from low to high and accommodates sudden wide changes in the Wobbe value of the fuel delivered to the burner. The burner apparatus includes a plurality of exterior fuel ejectors and has an exterior notch which extends around the burner wall for receiving and combusting a portion of the gas fuel. At least a portion of the hot combustion product gas produced in the exterior notch is delivered through channels formed in the burner wall to the combustion area at the forward end of the burner. As the Wobbe value of the gas fuel decreases, one or more outer series of addition ejectors can be automatically activated as needed to maintain the amount of heat output desired. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/197333 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Burners F23D 14/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23D 14/58 (20130101) F23D 14/60 (20130101) F23D 14/62 (20130101) |
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| US 09593853 | Montgomery et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew D. Montgomery (Jupiter, Florida); Richard C. Charron (West Palm Beach, Florida); Gary D. Snyder (Jupiter, Florida); William W. Pankey (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Clinton A. Mayer (Jupiter, Florida); Benjamin G. Hettinger (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A duct arrangement in a can annular gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine has a gas delivery structure for delivering gases from a plurality of combustors to an annular chamber that extends circumferentially and is oriented concentric to a gas turbine engine longitudinal axis for delivering the gas flow to a first row of blades A gas flow path is formed by the duct arrangement between a respective combustor and the annular chamber for conveying gases from each combustor to the first row of turbine blades The duct arrangement includes at least one straight section having a centerline that is misaligned with a centerline of the combustor. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/185352 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — 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 3/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09593924 | Mace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan L. Mace (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Bryce C. Tappan (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Gerald J. Seitz (El Rancho, New Mexico); Lawrence E. Bronisz (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An explosive system for fracturing an underground geologic formation adjacent to a wellbore can comprise a plurality of explosive units comprising an explosive material contained within the casing, and detonation control modules electrically coupled to the plurality of explosive units and configured to cause a power pulse to be transmitted to at least one detonator of at least one of the plurality of explosive units for detonation of the explosive material. The explosive units are configured to be positioned within a wellbore in spaced apart positions relative to one another along a string with the detonation control modules positioned adjacent to the plurality of explosive units in the wellbore, such that the axial positions of the explosive units relative to the wellbore are at least partially based on geologic properties of the geologic formation adjacent the wellbore. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/371696 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 25/34 (20130101) Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/263 (20130101) E21B 43/1185 (20130101) E21B 47/123 (20130101) Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 21/00 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/02 (20130101) F42B 3/10 (20130101) F42B 3/113 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 15/42 (20130101) Blasting F42D 1/02 (20130101) F42D 1/05 (20130101) F42D 1/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42D 1/045 (20130101) F42D 3/00 (20130101) F42D 3/04 (20130101) F42D 3/06 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09594154 | Henderer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Henderer (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for calibrating a multistatic array having a plurality of transmitter and receiver pairs spaced from one another along a predetermined path and relative to a plurality of bin locations, and further being spaced at a fixed distance from a stationary calibration implement. A clock reference pulse may be generated, and each of the transmitters and receivers of each said transmitter/receiver pair turned on at a monotonically increasing time delay interval relative to the clock reference pulse. Ones of the transmitters and receivers may be used such that a previously calibrated transmitter or receiver of a given one of the transmitter/receiver pairs is paired with a subsequently un-calibrated one of the transmitters or receivers of an immediately subsequently positioned transmitter/receiver pair, to calibrate the transmitter or receiver of the immediately subsequent transmitter/receiver pair. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/274308 |
| 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 7/4004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/003 (20130101) G01S 13/87 (20130101) G01S 2007/4086 (20130101) |
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| US 09594266 | Brener et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Wanke (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Alexander Benz (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic apparatus includes a metamaterial resonator array overlying and electromagnetically coupled to a vertically stacked plurality of quantum wells defined in a semiconductor body. An arrangement of electrical contact layers is provided for facilitating the application of a bias voltage across the quantum well stack. Those portions of the semiconductor body that lie between the electrical contact layers are conformed to provide an electrically conductive path between the contact layers and through the quantum well stack. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/183261 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/218 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 15/0086 (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 5/3402 (20130101) |
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| US 09594558 | Bose 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) | Pradip Bose (Yorktown Heights, New York); Chen-Yong Cher (Port Chester, New York); Ravi Nair (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An aspect includes receiving a write request that includes a memory address and write data. Stored data is read from a memory location at the memory address. Based on determining that the memory location was not previously modified, the stored data is compared to the write data. Based on the stored data matching the write data, the write request is completed without writing the write data to the memory and a corresponding silent store bit, in a silent store bitmap is set. Based on the stored data not matching the write data, the write data is written to the memory location, the silent store bit is reset and a corresponding modified bit is set. At least one of an application and an operating system is provided access to the silent store bitmap. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/245946 |
| ART UNIT | 2139 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/3863 (20130101) G06F 9/30043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595112 | Rodriquez-Valderrama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC. UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Rodriquez-Valderrama (Barranco, Peru); Brendt Wohlberg (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An incremental Principal Component Pursuit (PCP) algorithm for video background modeling that is able to process one frame at a time while adapting to changes in background, with a computational complexity that allows for real-time processing, having a low memory footprint and is robust to translational and rotational jitter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/722651 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/11 (20170101) G06T 7/0081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0087 (20130101) G06T 7/143 (20170101) G06T 7/194 (20170101) G06T 7/254 (20170101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/20144 (20130101) |
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| US 09595363 | Helms 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) | Brett Anthony Helms (San Francisco, California); Delia Jane Milliron (Oakland, California); Evelyn Louise Rosen (Berkeley, California); Raffaella Buonsanti (Oakland, California); Anna Llordes (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanocrystals comprising organic ligands at surfaces of the plurality of nanocrystals are provided. The organic ligands are removed from the surfaces of the nanocrystals using a solution comprising a trialkyloxonium salt in a polar aprotic solvent. The removal of the organic ligands causes the nanocrystals to become naked nanocrystals with cationic surfaces. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/078340 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09595616 | Wierer, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Wierer, Jr. (Coopersburg, Pennsylvania); Arthur J. Fischer (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Andrew A. Allerman (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical III-nitride thin-film power diode can hold off high voltages (kV's) when operated under reverse bias. The III-nitride device layers can be grown on a wider bandgap template layer and growth substrate, which can be removed by laser lift-off of the epitaxial device layers grown thereon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/957012 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/268 (20130101) H01L 29/0619 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/6609 (20130101) H01L 29/8613 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09595628 | Okandan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Mark S. Derzon (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bruce L. Draper (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation detector comprises a silicon body in which are defined vertical pores filled with a converter material and situated within silicon depletion regions. One or more charge-collection electrodes are arranged to collect current generated when secondary particles enter the silicon body through walls of the pores. The pores are disposed in low-density clusters, have a majority pore thickness of 5 μm or less, and have a majority aspect ratio, defined as the ratio of pore depth to pore thickness, of at least 10. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456934 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0284 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09595894 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Sihong Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Long Lin (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Zong-Hong Lin (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A triboelectric generator includes a first contact charging member and a second contact charging member. The first contact charging member includes a first contact layer and a conductive electrode layer. The first contact layer includes a material that has a triboelectric series rating indicating a propensity to gain electrons due to a contacting event. The conductive electrode layer is disposed along the back side of the contact layer. The second contact charging member is spaced apart from and disposed oppositely from the first contact charging member. It includes an electrically conductive material layer that has a triboelectric series rating indicating a propensity to lose electrons when contacted by the first contact layer during the contacting event. The electrically conductive material acts as an electrode. A mechanism maintains a space between the first contact charging member and the second contact charging member except when a force is applied thereto. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/032864 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/04 (20130101) H02N 11/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09595902 | Gallegos-Lopez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel Gallegos-Lopez (Lomita, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Michael H. Kinoshita (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Gallegos-Lopez (Lomita, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Michael H. Kinoshita (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems and apparatus for controlling operation of a multi-phase machine in a motor drive system. The disclosed embodiments provide a mechanism for adjusting modulation index of voltage commands to improve linearity of the voltage commands. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/197629 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 21/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02P 21/18 (20160201) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09592198 | Hood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Renee Hood (Baltimore, Maryland); Donald Lad DeVoe (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Renee Hood (Baltimore, Maryland); Donald Lad DeVoe (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic methods and systems are provided for continuous flow synthesis and active loading of liposomes, which include a liposome formation region configured to form a population of liposomes and a microdialysis region downstream from the liposome formation region and configured to form a transmembrane gradient for active drug loading of the liposomes. Microfluidic methods and systems for high throughput production of liposomes are also provided featuring high aspect ratio microchannels. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/524797 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09592300 | Abbott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas L. Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); David M. Lynn (Middleton, Wisconsin); Yukishige Kondo (Nishi-Tokyo, Japan); Christopher M. Jewell (Madison, Wisconsin); Melissa E. Hays (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas L. Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); David M. Lynn (Middleton, Wisconsin); Yukishige Kondo (Nishi-Tokyo, Japan); Christopher M. Jewell (Madison, Wisconsin); Melissa E. Hays (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods utilizing redox-active surfactants to provide electrochemical control over polymer interactions. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a transfection method using a redox-active transfection agent that preferentially promotes transfection dependent on the oxidation state of the transfection agent. Accordingly, certain methods according to the invention provide spatial and/or temporal control of cell transfection. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/450640 |
| 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 31/295 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 47/4803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/0008 (20130101) A61K 48/0025 (20130101) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09592302 | Thayumanavan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sankaran Thayumanavan (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sankaran Thayumanavan (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel system of nano-assemblies and related method for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic or imaging agent to biological sites. The compositions and methods of the invention enable the syntheses of novel polymeric nano-assemblies (nanoparticles) under non-emulsion conditions with the incorporation of hydrophobic guest molecules. The versatilities and advantages of the polymer nanoparticles of the invention include: (i) the guest molecules (e.g., drug molecules) can be readily incorporated non-covalently within the nanoparticles; (ii) the surface of the nanoparticles are functionalizable; (iii) the non-covalently encapsulated guest molecule (payload) can be released in response to a biologically relevant stimulus at the target site; (iv) the payload is held by the polymeric nanoparticle before being internalized in cells and can be released within the cellular interiors; (v) encapsulating lipophilic small molecules within its crosslinked interiors and binding proteins on its surface through electrostatic interactions; (vi) facile synthetic methods for ligand functionalization that can be utilized to decorate nanogels with cell targeting ligands that facilitate receptor-dependent cellular uptake, and (vii) the payload release kinetics is tunable and controllable. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/118224 |
| 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 9/5138 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 47/48176 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 220/20 (20130101) C08F 220/26 (20130101) C08F 220/34 (20130101) C08F 220/38 (20130101) C08F 226/02 (20130101) C08F 2810/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09593026 | Boal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew K. Boal (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Susan Rivera (Ellensburg, Washington); Justin Sanchez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Wesley Bradford (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company (London, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew K. Boal (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Susan Rivera (Ellensburg, Washington); Justin Sanchez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Wesley Bradford (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for destroying organic contaminants in a fluid. At least one oxidant is added to a contaminated fluid, which is then irradiated with ultraviolet radiation. The oxidant is preferably chlorine-based and generated on-site. The intensity of the radiation is higher than typical AOP processes. Various process parameters, such as the pH and/or flow rate of the contaminated fluid, and/or the relative intensities of various UV wavelength sources, are varied in response to measuring quality indicators. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465985 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/76 (20130101) C02F 1/725 (20130101) C02F 2101/30 (20130101) C02F 2209/06 (20130101) C02F 2303/04 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 10/37 (20150501) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09593138 | Kodanko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan); Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan); Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy J. Kodanko (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan); Claudia Turro (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides nitrile-containing protease inhibitors caged to ruthenium compounds. The nitrile-caged ruthenium compounds provide inactivated inhibitors that can be delivered to surface or site for activation, for example, but exposure to light. The invention also provides methods for delivering protease inhibitors to subjects for the therapeutic treatment of conditions such as cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998148 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09593142 | Arora et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paramjit S. Arora (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Monika Raj (Jersey City, New Jersey); Huabin Wu (Ningde, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paramjit S. Arora (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Monika Raj (Jersey City, New Jersey); Huabin Wu (Ningde, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to ligation agents and their use in making an amide ligation product. Methods of making the ligation agents are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/583586 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 231/10 (20130101) C07C 231/10 (20130101) C07C 231/12 (20130101) C07C 237/22 (20130101) C07C 245/08 (20130101) C07C 319/12 (20130101) C07C 319/12 (20130101) C07C 323/59 (20130101) C07C 391/02 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/16 (20130101) C07D 209/20 (20130101) C07D 233/64 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/1075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 5/0806 (20130101) C07K 5/0808 (20130101) C07K 5/1008 (20130101) C07K 5/06026 (20130101) C07K 5/06034 (20130101) C07K 5/06052 (20130101) C07K 5/06078 (20130101) C07K 5/06165 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09593225 | Leventis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rola, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Malik Adnan Saeed (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a series of new and improved porous polyamide aerogels derived from multifunctional aromatics that combine the high mechanical strength of aramids with the pore structure of aerogels. The polyamide aerogels have a hyperbranched structure, relatively low density, high porosity and may be derived from functionalized monomers having more aromatic groups than functional groups. The present disclosure also provides a new method for producing the porous polyamide aerogels by polymerizing an aromatic multifunctional carboxylic acid or a ferrocene multifunctional carboxylic acid with a polyfunctional aromatic isocyanate at moderate reaction conditions followed by drying with liquid CO2. Also disclosed are various methods of use of these polyamide aerogels in a variety of applications, particularly in the generation of various precious metal catalysts. Thus, monolithic nanoporous carbon-supported Fe, Au, Pt, Pd, Co, Ni, Ru, and Rh catalysts are disclosed herein, which are derived by pyrolysis and transmetalation via galvanic replacement of ferrocene-based polyamide aerogels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/969650 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0091 (20130101) B01J 23/42 (20130101) B01J 23/44 (20130101) B01J 23/52 (20130101) B01J 27/22 (20130101) B01J 35/10 (20130101) B01J 37/035 (20130101) B01J 37/086 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 2/861 (20130101) C07C 2/861 (20130101) C07C 15/52 (20130101) C07C 45/38 (20130101) C07C 45/38 (20130101) C07C 47/54 (20130101) C07C 67/10 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 69/618 (20130101) C07C 209/36 (20130101) C07C 209/36 (20130101) C07C 211/46 (20130101) C07C 2527/20 (20130101) C07C 2531/28 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2201/0502 (20130101) C08J 2205/024 (20130101) C08J 2205/026 (20130101) C08J 2205/042 (20130101) C08J 2300/202 (20130101) C08J 2377/00 (20130101) C08J 2385/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09593338 | Liu 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) | Chang Liu (Berkeley, California); Adam P. Arkin (San Francisco, California); Lei S. Qi (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are nucleic acid constructs that contain a synthetic control element that includes a cis-regulator of translation, and an adapter translation-coupled regulator of transcription. Further provided herein are nucleic acid constructs that contain nucleic acid sequences under the control of the synthetic control elements. Also provided are compositions and methods related to the nucleic acid constructs. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/346263 |
| 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 | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2830/001 (20130101) C12N 2840/002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09593981 | Weiss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee); Yang Jiao (Nashville, Tennessee); Judson D. Ryckman (Nashville, Tennessee); Peter N. Ciesielski (Lakewood, Colorado); G. Kane Jennings (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee); Yang Jiao (Nashville, Tennessee); Judson D. Ryckman (Nashville, Tennessee); Peter N. Ciesielski (Lakewood, Colorado); G. Kane Jennings (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are patterned nanoporous gold (“P-NPG”) films that may act as at least one of an effective and stable surface-enhanced Raman scattering (“SERS”) substrate. Methods of fabricating the P-NPG films using a low-cost stamping technique are also provided. The P-NPG films may provide uniform SERS signal intensity and SERS signal intensity enhancement by a factor of at least about 1×107 relative to the SERS signal intensity from a non-enhancing surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/825152 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 22/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/44 (20130101) G01J 3/0267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) |
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| US 09594141 | Weller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Weller (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Leo Grady (Millbrae, California); Lawrence Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vivek K Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS), The United States of America NIH Division of Extramural Inventions and Technology Resources (DEITR) (Washington, District of Columbia); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Siemens Healthcare GmbH (Erlangen, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Weller (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Leo Grady (Millbrae, California); Lawrence Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vivek K Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An MR imaging system uses multiple RF coils for acquiring corresponding multiple image data sets of a slice or volume of patient anatomy. An image data processor comprises at least one processing device conditioned for, deriving a first set of weights for weighted combination of k-space data of the multiple image data sets for generating a calibration data set comprising a subset of k-space data of composite image data representing the multiple image data sets. The image data processor uses the calibration data set in generating a first MR image data set, deriving the parameters of a probability distribution in response to the first set of weights and the first MR image data set and deriving a second set of weights and second MR image data set together using the probability distribution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/633908 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5611 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09594267 | Bahl 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); THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gaurav Bahl (Champaign, Illinois); JunHwan Kim (Savoy, Illinois); Hailin Wang (Eugene, Oregon); Mark Kuzyk (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method includes a laser to create a control laser signal and a laser to create a probe laser signal. A resonator creates an acoustic signal adjacent the control laser signal and the probe laser signal. A resulting coherent interaction between the control laser signal and the probe laser signal creates a Brillouin scattering induced transparency in one direction and maintains opacity in an opposite direction. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/872321 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/2843 (20130101) G02B 6/2934 (20130101) G02B 6/29341 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09594857 | Akgiray |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Akgiray (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods and systems for antenna design are disclosed. A quadruple-ridged flared horn antenna can be designed based on geometry and frequency requirements. Automated optimization allows the design of antennas with decade-bandwidth. Optimized quadruple-ridged flared horn antennas can be used for radio astronomy. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/106591 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/50 (20130101) G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2217/08 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 13/0275 (20130101) |
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| US 09594879 | Eiler |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Instutute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Eiler (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented system and method for determining the isotopic anatomy of molecules. The system receives a user identified molecule that is to be analyzed, makes an initial guess as to the isotopic anatomy of the molecule, and iteratively refines the initial guess based on one or more observations made by the user. When sufficient iterations have been performed, the system outputs information about the isotopic anatomy of the molecule. The information may then be stored, displayed on a monitor, analyzed for making other conclusions, and/or printed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/656577 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09595090 | Bovik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Bovik (Austin, Texas); Anush Moorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques and structures are disclosed in which one or more distortion categories are identified for an image or video, and a quality of the image or video is determined based on the one or more distortion categories. The image or video may be of a natural scene, and may be of unknown provenance. Identifying a distortion category and/or determining a quality may be performed without any corresponding reference (e.g., undistorted) image or video. Identifying a distortion category may be performed using a distortion classifier. Quality may be determined with respect to a plurality of human opinion scores that correspond to a particular distortion category to which an image or video of unknown provenance is identified as belonging. Various statistical methods may be used in performing said identifying and said determining, including use of generalized Gaussian distribution density models and natural scene statistics. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/188413 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/036 (20130101) G06K 9/00664 (20130101) G06K 9/00711 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30168 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09595187 | Kotz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Kotz (Lyme, New Hampshire); Ryan Halter (Orford, New Hampshire); Cory Cornelius (Portland, Oregon); Jacob Sorber (Clemson, South Carolina); Minho Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea); Ronald Peterson (Brattleboro, Vermont); Shrirang Mare (West Lebanon, Vermont); Aarathi Prasad (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Joseph Skinner (Manchester, New Hampshire); Andres David Molina-Markham (White River Jct., Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A wearable master electronic device (Amulet) has a processor with memory, the processor coupled to a body-area network (BAN) radio and uplink radio. The device has firmware for BAN communications with wearable nodes to receive data, and in an embodiment, send configuration data. The device has firmware for using the uplink radio to download apps and configurations, and upload data to a server. An embodiment has accelerometers in Amulet and wearable node, and firmware for using accelerometer readings to determine if node and Amulet are worn by the same subject. Other embodiments use pulse sensors or microphones in the Amulet and node to both identify a subject and verify the Amulet and node are worn by the same subject. Another embodiment uses a bioimpedance sensor to identify the subject. The wearable node may be an insulin pump, chemotherapy pump, TENS unit, cardiac monitor, or other device. |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/312316 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0028 (20130101) A61B 5/053 (20130101) A61B 5/7267 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/323 (20130101) G06F 19/3406 (20130101) G06F 19/3412 (20130101) G06F 19/3418 (20130101) Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09595894 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Sihong Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Long Lin (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Zong-Hong Lin (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A triboelectric generator includes a first contact charging member and a second contact charging member. The first contact charging member includes a first contact layer and a conductive electrode layer. The first contact layer includes a material that has a triboelectric series rating indicating a propensity to gain electrons due to a contacting event. The conductive electrode layer is disposed along the back side of the contact layer. The second contact charging member is spaced apart from and disposed oppositely from the first contact charging member. It includes an electrically conductive material layer that has a triboelectric series rating indicating a propensity to lose electrons when contacted by the first contact layer during the contacting event. The electrically conductive material acts as an electrode. A mechanism maintains a space between the first contact charging member and the second contact charging member except when a force is applied thereto. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/032864 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/04 (20130101) H02N 11/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09595918 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiang Li (Pasadena, California); Kerry Vahala (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microwave-frequency source, generating an output electrical signal at an output frequency fM, comprises a pump laser source, an optical resonator, and a photodetector. Free spectral range vFSR of the optical resonator equals an integer submultiple of a Brillouin shift frequency vB of the optical resonator (i.e., vB=MvFSR). The pump laser source is frequency-locked to a corresponding resonant optical mode of the optical resonator. Pumping the optical resonator with output of the pump laser source at a pump frequency vpump results in stimulated Brillouin laser oscillation in the optical resonator at respective first, second, and third Stokes Brillouin-shifted frequencies v1=vpump−vB, v2=vpump−2vB, and v3=vpump−3vB. The photodetector receives stimulated Brillouin laser outputs at the first and third Stokes Brillouin-shifted frequencies v1 and v3 and generates therefrom the output electrical signal at a beat frequency fM=v1−v3=2vB. The output electrical signal at the output frequency fM exhibits exceptionally low phase noise. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/640031 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/005 (20130101) H01S 3/302 (20130101) H01S 3/0809 (20130101) H01S 3/1312 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) H01S 3/09415 (20130101) H01S 5/0085 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09596417 | Lindau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manfred Lindau (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, Systems, Devices and Programs are provided for obtaining high time resolution data from low time resolution data and subsequently comparing the timings of two events which have been simultaneously recorded by devices with two different time resolutions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/769906 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0026 (20130101) G06T 7/0038 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/341 (20130101) H04N 5/372 (20130101) H04N 5/2355 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23232 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09591847 | Dhingra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Dhingra (Pullman, Washington); Christopher Hendrickson (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of controlling the maturation of plants and/or plant products (e.g. fruit, vegetable, ornamentals, etc.) by manipulating Alternative Oxidize (AOX) activity. An increase in activity hastens the maturation process while a decrease in activity slows or stops maturation. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/833928 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| 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 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 59/02 (20130101) Preserving, e.g by Canning, Meat, Fish, Eggs, Fruit, Vegetables, Edible Seeds; Chemical Ripening of Fruit or Vegetables; the Preserved, Ripened, or Canned Products A23B 7/154 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09591858 | Valles 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) | Steven M. Valles (Gainesville, Florida); David H. Oi (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | At least one novel virus capable of infecting crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva) is isolated, along with polynucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences of the virus. The virus is capable of be used as a biopesticide to control populations of crazy ants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/984199 |
| 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 | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/006 (20130101) A01N 63/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 2770/00021 (20130101) C12N 2770/00031 (20130101) C12N 2770/32021 (20130101) C12N 2770/32031 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09594077 | Clark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Francis Clark (Columbia, Missouri); Peter Sutovsky (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a new apparatus/system for determining fertility of mammalian sperm based on a specific sperm-binding test that mimics sperm binding to an egg. The inventive apparatus/system comprises surface-modified beads with a compound or conjugates containing a carbohydrate sequence associated with the mammalian zona-pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/412318 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/50 (20130101) G01N 33/5091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56966 (20130101) G01N 2400/38 (20130101) G01N 2800/367 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP27782 | Ruter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Ruter (Bishop, Georgia); Donglin Zhang (Athens, Georgia); Allan M. Armitage (Athens, Georgia); David A. Knauft (Watkinsville, Georgia); Suzzanne C. Tate (Athens, Georgia); Kelly Preslar (Signal Mountain, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An Abutilon plant named ‘RutAbut1’ has full blooms throughout the summer, short internode lengths, and large flowers that are yellow-orange with a red throat. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/545198 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/263.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09592923 | Stackpoole 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) | Margaret M. Stackpoole (Santa Clara, California); Ehson M. Ghandehari (Livermore, California); Jeremy J. Thornton (Gardena, California); Melmoth Alan Covington (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-density article comprising a flexible substrate and a pyrolizable material impregnated therein, methods of preparing, and devices using the article are disclosed. The pyrolizable material pyrolizes above 350 C and does not flow at temperatures below the pyrolysis temperature. The low-density article remains flexible after impregnation and continues to remain flexible when the pyrolizable material is fully pyrolized. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/658749 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 59/029 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09594061 | Hartman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orbital ATK, Inc. (Dulles, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital ATK, Inc. (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Hartman (Logan, Utah); Lee H Pearson (Bear River City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting defects in an object of interest comprises applying an ultrasonic signal including a tone burst having a predetermined frequency and number of cycles into an object of interest, receiving a return signal reflected from the object of interest, and processing the return signal to detect defects in at least one inner material. The object may have an outer material and the at least one inner material that have different acoustic impedances. An ultrasonic sensor system includes an ultrasonic sensor configured to generate an ultrasonic signal having a tone burst at a predetermined frequency corresponding to a resonant frequency of an outer material of an object of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/178100 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/225 (20130101) G01N 29/265 (20130101) G01N 29/343 (20130101) G01N 29/348 (20130101) G01N 29/4454 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09595727 | Mittelsteadt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cortney K. Mittelsteadt (Wayland, Massachusetts); Castro S. T. Laicer (Watertown, Massachusetts); Katherine E. Harrison (North Cambridge, Massachusetts); Bryn M. McPheeters (Gothenburg, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GINER, INC. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cortney K. Mittelsteadt (Wayland, Massachusetts); Castro S. T. Laicer (Watertown, Massachusetts); Katherine E. Harrison (North Cambridge, Massachusetts); Bryn M. McPheeters (Gothenburg, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical device, such as a fuel cell or an electrolyzer. In one embodiment, the electrochemical device includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), an anodic gas diffusion medium in contact with the anode of the MEA, a cathodic gas diffusion medium in contact with the cathode, a first bipolar plate in contact with the anodic gas diffusion medium, and a second bipolar plate in contact with the cathodic gas diffusion medium. Each of the bipolar plates includes an electrically-conductive, non-porous, liquid-permeable, substantially gas-impermeable membrane in contact with its respective gas diffusion medium, the membrane including a solid polymer electrolyte and a non-particulate, electrically-conductive material, such as carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, and/or metal nanowires. In addition, each bipolar plate also includes an electrically-conductive fluid chamber in contact with the electrically-conductive, selectively-permeable membrane and further includes a non-porous and electrically-conductive plate in contact with the fluid chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/373512 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 13/04 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8807 (20130101) H01M 8/023 (20130101) H01M 8/1039 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/523 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09596460 | Seshadri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh Seshadri (West Covina, California); David Cole (Glendale, California); Roger M. Smith (La Canada Flintridge, California); Bruce R. Hancock (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The effects of inter pixel capacitance in a pixilated array may be measured by first resetting all pixels in the array to a first voltage, where a first image is read out, followed by resetting only a subset of pixels in the array to a second voltage, where a second image is read out, where the difference in the first and second images provide information about the inter pixel capacitance. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/914532 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/006 (20130101) G09G 2320/0209 (20130101) G09G 2320/0219 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/378 (20130101) H04N 5/2256 (20130101) H04N 17/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09593596 | Uskert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Uskert (Timonium, Maryland); David J. Thomas (Brownsburg, Indiana); Adam L. Chamberlain (Mooresville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of present application provides an intermediate structure in a gas turbine engine. The intermediate structure is positioned between a first component and another component. The first component may be a composite component. The components may be interlocking. The intermediate structure may be load bearing. Also disclosed is a method using the intermediate structure. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/142754 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/284 (20130101) F01D 5/323 (20130101) F01D 5/3007 (20130101) F01D 11/006 (20130101) F01D 25/14 (20130101) F01D 25/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/28 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/023 (20130101) F04D 29/322 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/941 (20130101) F05D 2300/6032 (20130101) F05D 2300/6033 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4932 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09593026 | Boal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew K. Boal (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Susan Rivera (Ellensburg, Washington); Justin Sanchez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Wesley Bradford (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company (London, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew K. Boal (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Susan Rivera (Ellensburg, Washington); Justin Sanchez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Wesley Bradford (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for destroying organic contaminants in a fluid. At least one oxidant is added to a contaminated fluid, which is then irradiated with ultraviolet radiation. The oxidant is preferably chlorine-based and generated on-site. The intensity of the radiation is higher than typical AOP processes. Various process parameters, such as the pH and/or flow rate of the contaminated fluid, and/or the relative intensities of various UV wavelength sources, are varied in response to measuring quality indicators. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465985 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/76 (20130101) C02F 1/725 (20130101) C02F 2101/30 (20130101) C02F 2209/06 (20130101) C02F 2303/04 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 10/37 (20150501) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter E. Daum (Fishers, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of applying a laser metal formed build layer on a surface of an article. The surface of the article is melted locally using a light source to form a melt pool. Powdered metal is injected into the melt pool. The melt pool is solidified to form the build layer having a desired microstructure and geometry on the surface of the article. |
| FILED | Monday, December 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/143514 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/1055 (20130101) Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/342 (20151001) B23K 26/345 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 2201/001 (20130101) B23K 2203/04 (20130101) B23K 2203/14 (20130101) Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 6/007 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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