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| US 09609861 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Velico Medical, Inc. (Beverly, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Velico Medical Inc. (Beverly, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiyong Peter Liu (Newton, Massachusetts); Karin Hoffmeister (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a platelet additive solution (PAS) having an amount of one or more β-galactosidase inhibitors with or without an amount of one or more sialidase inhibitors, and optionally one or more glycan-modifying agents; and one or more of PAS components that include a salt, a citrate source, a carbon source, or any combination thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/047689 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09610016 | Shusterman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Shusterman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Shusterman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This multipurpose, modular system provides diagnostic-quality, wireless, multichannel monitoring in diverse settings, including interventional procedures guided by X-ray and MRI, with variable electromagnetic interference (EMI) and eliminates the need for multiple detachments/reattachments of patient cables when the patient is moved from one room/procedure to another. The system includes: 1) multiple filterbanks (filtering procedures) for recording both diagnostic-quality (broad-band) signals in the absence of EMI and narrow-band signals in the presence of EMI, with subsequent reconstruction of diagnostic-quality signals from the narrow-band signals; 2) filtering of EMI, using a priori and adaptive criteria about differences between the EMI and physiological signals' characteristics; 3) filtering of the magneto-hydrodynamic effect, using physiological measurements at different distances from the magnet (i.e., at different strengths of magnetic field) and changes in blood flow and blood pressure; and 4) multiple wireless transmitters for increasing reliability and speed (throughput) of the wireless data transmission. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/470923 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/002 (20130101) A61B 5/021 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0263 (20130101) A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/0476 (20130101) A61B 5/0488 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7225 (20130101) A61B 5/14551 (20130101) |
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| US 09610061 | Ebbini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emad S. Ebbini (Edina, Minnesota); Dalong Liu (Issaquah, Washington); Yayun Wan (Bothell, Washington); Andrew J. Casper (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emad S. Ebbini (Edina, Minnesota); Dalong Liu (Issaquah, Washington); Yayun Wan (Bothell, Washington); Andrew J. Casper (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Ultrasound methods and/or systems provide for the motion tracking of both vessel wall motion and blood flow (e.g., with use of high frame rate ultrasound pulse echo data and speckle tracking both wall motion and flow can be tracked simultaneously). |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/446635 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/06 (20130101) A61B 8/085 (20130101) A61B 8/485 (20130101) A61B 8/486 (20130101) A61B 8/0891 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09610131 | Stoianovici et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan Stoianovici (Reistertown, Maryland); Doru Petrisor (Lutherville, Maryland); Dumitru Mazilu (Lutherville, Maryland); Alexandru Patriciu (Ancaster, Canada); Lucian Gheorghe Gruionu (Dolj, Romania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Stoianovici (Reistertown, Maryland); Doru Petrisor (Lutherville, Maryland); Dumitru Mazilu (Lutherville, Maryland); Alexandru Patriciu (Ancaster, Canada); Lucian Gheorghe Gruionu (Dolj, Romania) |
| ABSTRACT | Featured is a medical instrument driver, a robotic apparatus embodying such a medical instrument driver and methods related thereto for inserting a medical instrument into tissue of a mammal (e.g., human). Such medical instruments include medical needles, biopsy needles, trocars, cutters and introducers. Such a medical instrument driver according to the present invention is configured and arranged so that medical instrument is rotated as it is being moved longitudinally for insertion into the tissue such that the medical instrument is spiraling as it pierces and traverses the tissue to the target area. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/613180 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/0233 (20130101) A61B 34/30 (20160201) A61B 34/70 (20160201) Original (OR) Class A61B 90/11 (20160201) |
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| US 09610250 | Fahmy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric Stern (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard A. Flavell (Guilford, Connecticut); Jason Park (New York, New York); Alyssa Siefert (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Stephen H. Wrzesinski (Slingerlands, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A “nanolipogel” is a delivery vehicle including one or more lipid layer surrounding a hydrogel core, which may include an absorbent such as a cyclodextrin or ion-exchange resin. Nanolipogels can be constructed so as to incorporate a variety of different chemical entities that can subsequently be released in a controlled fashion. These different incorporated chemical entities can differ dramatically with respect to size and composition. Nanolipogels have been constructed to contain co-encapsulated proteins as well as small hydrophobic drugs within the interior of the lipid bilayer. Agents incorporated within nanolipogels can be released into the milieu in a controlled fashion, for example, nanolipogels provide a means of achieving simultaneous sustained release of agents that differ widely in chemical composition and molecular weight. Additionally, nanolipogels can favorably modulate biodistribution. |
| FILED | Friday, April 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/394161 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 9/1273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1277 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 47/24 (20130101) A61K 47/40 (20130101) A61K 47/48176 (20130101) A61K 47/48969 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09610266 | Jackson 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) | Travis Corey Jackson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jonathan D. Verrier (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Patrick Kochanek (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating a cellular injury in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: wherein at least one of R1-R8 is a sulfonic acid, a carboxylic acid, a phosphonic acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a sulfonic acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a carboxylic acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a phosphonic acid, a sulfonate ester, a carboxylate acid ester, or a phosphonate ester; and the remaining R1-R8 are each independently selected from hydrogen, halo, hydroxyl, nitro, nitroso, amino, substituted amino, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoy, alkenyloxy, substituted alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, substituted alkynyloxy, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, substituted cycloalkenyl, cycloalkynyl, substituted cycloalkynyl, cycloalkyloxy, substituted cycloalkyloxy, heterocyclyl, substituted heterocyclyl, heterocyclyloxy, substituted heterocyclyloxy, heterocyclylthio, substituted heterocyclylthio, cyano, acyl, acylamino, acyloxy, aminocarbonyl, aminocarbonylamino, aminothiocarbonylamino, aminocarbonyloxy, aminosulfonyl, sulfonylamino, aryl, substituted aryl, aryloxy, substituted aryloxy, arylthio, substituted arylthio, alkylthio, substituted alkylthio, cycloalkylthio, substituted cycloalkylthio, cycloalkenylthio, substituted cycloalkenylthio, thiol, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, heteroaryloxy, substituted heteroaryloxy, heteroarylthio, substituted heteroarylthio, sulfonyl, or sulfonyloxy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401088 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) |
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| US 09610322 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Juan Pablo Maianti (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alan Saghatelian (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ralph E. Kleiner (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Macrocyclic compounds that specifically inhibit insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) are provided. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, stereoisomers, polymorphs, tautomers, isotopically enriched forms, and prodrugs of the macrocyclic IDE inhibitors are also described. Pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. In vivo and in vitro methods of using the IDE inhibitor, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the IDE inhibitor, for example, for the inhibition of IDE in a subject exhibiting aberrant IDE activity, impaired insulin signaling, or insulin resistance, for example, a subject having diabetes, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/004862 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 5/0215 (20130101) C07K 7/54 (20130101) |
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| US 09610328 | Mooney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Cristina Borselli (Naples, Italy); Herman Vandenburgh (Providence, Rhode Island); Dimitry Shvartsman (Belmont, Massachusetts); Hannah Storrie (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jeff Lichtman (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Cristina Borselli (Naples, Italy); Herman Vandenburgh (Providence, Rhode Island); Dimitry Shvartsman (Belmont, Massachusetts); Hannah Storrie (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jeff Lichtman (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved device and method for extended repair and regeneration of muscle tissue. An exemplary device comprises (a) a scaffold comprising an ECM component; (b) a combination of growth factors such as VEGF and IGF; and (c) a population of myogenic cells. Implantation of the device leads to muscle regeneration and repair over an extended period of time. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/582900 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/34 (20130101) A61K 35/34 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/30 (20130101) A61K 38/30 (20130101) A61K 38/1866 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1866 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (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 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/3612 (20130101) A61L 27/3826 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2400/06 (20130101) A61L 2400/16 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 2201/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09610332 | Yaffe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Yaffe (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Scott R. Floyd (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for increasing or decreasing DNA repair are provided. Composition includes a Brd4 polypeptide, fragment, fusion, or variant thereof. The fusion protein can include a protein transduction, a targeting domain, or a combination thereof to enhance delivery of the fusion protein to the interior of a particular target cell, such as a cancer cell. Inhibitory nucleic acids that target a Brd4 mRNA and antibodies that target a Brd4 polypeptide are also disclosed. The inhibitory nucleic acid or antibody can target a sequence or epitope on Brd4 isoform B that is absent on Brd4 isoform A and Brd4 isoform C. Methods for increasing or decreasing the sensitivity of cells to a DNA damaging agent, methods of treating cancer, and methods of determining cells' sensitivity to a DNA damaging agent are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/945674 |
| 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 31/5517 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (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) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) |
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| US 09610338 | Semenova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dpartment of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vera A. Semenova (Lilburn, Georgia); Conrad P. Quinn (Lilburn, Georgia); Jan Pohl (Tucker, Georgia); Pavel Svoboda (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Regions of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen are provided representing epitopes recognized by antibodies in subjects that have acquired immunity to Bacillus anthracis infection. The recognition of these epitopes correlates with autoimmunity in a subject. Also provided are vaccines that include at least one of these epitopes that when administered to a subject provide improved acquired immunity. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/669580 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/32 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09610346 | Rabinovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Svetlana Rabinovich (Staten Island, New York); Maoli Yuan (Brooklyn, New York); Aaron J. Wilson (Brooklyn, New York); Sanjay Phogat (Edison, New Jersey); Ross W. B. Lindsay (Brooklyn, New York); Maria J. Chiuchiolo (Brooklyn, New York); Christopher L. Parks (Boonton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present relation relates to recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus for use as prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for infectious diseases of AIDS. The present invention encompasses the preparation and purification of immunogenic compositions which are formulated into the vaccines of the present invention. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/792106 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/20243 (20130101) |
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| US 09610355 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California); Akinleye Alabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Carrier nanoparticles comprising a polymer containing a polyol coupled to a polymer containing a boronic acid, configured to present the polymer containing a boronic acid to an environment external to the nanoparticle and related compositions, methods and systems. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/137453 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 47/48092 (20130101) A61K 47/48207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48907 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/4078 (20130101) C08G 65/337 (20130101) C08G 69/40 (20130101) C08G 69/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09610358 | Naleway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marker Gene Technologies, Inc. (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marker Gene Technologies, Inc (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Joseph Naleway (Eugene, Oregon); Fiona Karen Harlan (Eugene, Oregon); Jason Scott Lusk (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the preparation and use of therapeutic compounds for the treatment of diseases at specific subcellular target areas such as specific cellular organelles. In particular, the therapeutic compounds of the invention are specific for modifying enzyme activity within targeted organelles or structures of cells and tissues. Subcellular organelles and structures that may be specifically targeted by compounds of the present invention include lysosomes, autophagasomes, the endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi complex, peroxisomes, the nucleus, membranes and the mitochondria. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689267 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48315 (20130101) |
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| US 09610359 | Fukuda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michiko Fukuda (La Jolla, California); Kazuhiro Sugihara (Higashi-ku, Japan); Naohira Kanayama (Higashi-ku, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California); Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (Shizuoka, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michiko Fukuda (La Jolla, California); Kazuhiro Sugihara (Higashi-ku, Japan); Naohira Kanayama (Higashi-ku, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are conjugates comprising the annexin 1-binding peptide IFLLWQR covalently linked to a therapeutic or detectable agent. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a moiety and a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are isolated nucleic acids comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are methods comprising administering to a subject a composition comprising a moiety and a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are methods of targeting a tumor cell in a subject comprising administering to the subject a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are methods of targeting a tumor cell in a subject comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising a moiety and a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. The disclosed targeting is useful for treatment of, for example, cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/515930 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48276 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09610363 | Cepko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Constance L. Cepko (Newton, Massachusetts); Claudio Punzo (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constance L. Cepko (Newton, Massachusetts); Claudio Punzo (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for the treatment or prevention of starvation in a cell, e.g., a neuronal cell, and methods for the treatment and prevention of disorders associated therewith by the administration of an agent, e.g., a nucleic acid molecule, which enhances the intracellular generation and/or uptake of glucose, pyruvate, lactate, and/or NADPH. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264515 |
| 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 48/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 2799/025 (20130101) C12N 2830/008 (20130101) C12N 2840/203 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/03011 (20130101) C12Y 401/01032 (20130101) C12Y 604/01001 (20130101) |
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| US 09610364 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Heller (Norfolk, Virginia); Melinda Lee Lucas (Fort Myers, Florida); Loree C. Heller (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Heller (Norfolk, Virginia); Melinda Lee Lucas (Fort Myers, Florida); Loree C. Heller (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating cancerous tumors is presented herein. The method includes injecting an effective dose of a plasmid encoded for IL-12, B7-1 or IL-15 into a cancerous tumor and subsequently administering at least one high voltage, short duration pulse to the tumor. The electroporation pulses may be administered at at least 700V/cm for a duration of less than 1 millisecond. The intratumor treatments with electroporation may be administered in at least a two-treatment protocol with the time between treatments being about 7 days. The intratumor treatments with electroporation may be administered in a three-treatment protocol with a time of four days between the first and second treatments and a time of three days between the second and third treatments. It was found that the intratumor treatments using electroporation not only resulted in tumor regression but also induced an immune memory response which prevented the formation of new tumors. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/589463 |
| 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 48/0083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) |
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| US 09610371 | Norenberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Norenberg (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A subject afflicted with a cancer or precancerous condition is treated by administering an agent that increases expression of somatostatin receptors, and a cytotoxic recognition ligand. In an alternative embodiment, somatostatin analogs, which are radiolabeled are used to treat cancer or precancerous conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/669313 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 38/31 (20130101) A61K 38/31 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 51/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/083 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09611140 | Russo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher John Russo (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Jene Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher John Russo (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Jene Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of forming a nanopore in a nanometric material, a nanopore nucleation site is formed at a location that is interior to lateral edges of the nanometric material by directing a first energetic beam, selected from the group of ion beam and neutral atom beam, at the interior location for a first time duration that imposes a first beam dose which causes removal of no more than five interior atoms from the interior location to produce at the interior location a nanopore nucleation site having a plurality of edge atoms. A nanopore is then formed at the nanopore nucleation site by directing a second energetic beam, selected from the group consisting of electron beam, ion beam, and neutral atom beam, at the nanopore nucleation site with a beam energy that removes edge atoms at the nanopore nucleation site but does not remove bulk atoms from the nanometric material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/004743 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2201/0214 (20130101) B81B 2203/0127 (20130101) B81B 2207/056 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
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| US 09611153 | Dankovich |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theresa A. Dankovich (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention comprises an environmentally benign method for the direct in situ preparation of copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) in paper by reducing sorbed copper ions with ascorbic acid. Copper nanoparticles were quickly formed in less than 10 minutes and were well distributed on the paper fiber surfaces. Paper sheets were characterized by x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, and atomic absorption spectroscopy. Antibacterial activity of the CuNP sheets was assessed for by passing Escherichia coli bacteria suspensions through the papers. The effluent was analyzed for viable bacteria and copper release. The CuNP papers with higher copper content showed a high bacteria reduction of log 8.8 for E. coli. The paper sheets containing copper nanoparticles were effective in inactivating the test bacteria as they passed through the paper. The copper levels released in the effluent water were below the recommended limit for copper in drinking water (1 ppm). |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/719711 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 27/04 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/50 (20130101) C02F 1/288 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 15/05 (20130101) |
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| US 09611235 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiao-kun Zhang (San Diego, California); Ying Su (San Diego, California); Hu Zhou (San Diego, California); Wen Liu (La Jolla, California); Pei-Qiang Huang (Xiamen, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California); XIAMEN UNIVERSITY (Xiamen, Fujian, China PRC) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao-kun Zhang (San Diego, California); Ying Su (San Diego, California); Hu Zhou (San Diego, California); Wen Liu (La Jolla, California); Pei-Qiang Huang (Xiamen, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and compositions related to a retinoid receptor-selective pathway. As described herein, this pathway can be targeted to manipulate a tumor microenvironment. For example, the methods and compositions described herein can be used to induce apoptosis in a cancer cell. Further, the compositions described herein, including Sulindac and analogs thereof, can be used to target this pathway for the treatment or prevention of cancer in human patients. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102475 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/191 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 57/62 (20130101) C07C 59/72 (20130101) C07C 255/57 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/55 (20130101) C07D 295/112 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 2333/70567 (20130101) G01N 2510/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09611238 | Serhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham And Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts); Rong Yang (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes novel 14-hydroxy docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) analogues, their preparation, isolation, identification, purification and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/557151 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 20/158 (20160501) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/37 (20130101) A61K 8/365 (20130101) A61K 8/4973 (20130101) A61K 31/202 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 5/006 (20130101) A61Q 19/08 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 59/42 (20130101) C07C 69/732 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 303/12 (20130101) C07D 303/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/55 (20151101) |
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| US 09611239 | Serhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts); Rong Yang (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes novel 14-hydroxy docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) analogues, their preparation, isolation, identification, purification and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/557212 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 20/158 (20160501) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/37 (20130101) A61K 8/365 (20130101) A61K 8/4973 (20130101) A61K 31/202 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 5/006 (20130101) A61Q 19/08 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 59/42 (20130101) C07C 69/732 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 303/12 (20130101) C07D 303/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/55 (20151101) |
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| US 09611240 | Serhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham And Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts); Rong Yang (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes novel 14-hydroxy docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) analogs, their preparation, isolation, identification, purification and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/557230 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 20/158 (20160501) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/37 (20130101) A61K 8/365 (20130101) A61K 8/4973 (20130101) A61K 31/202 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 5/006 (20130101) A61Q 19/08 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 59/42 (20130101) C07C 69/732 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 303/12 (20130101) C07D 303/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/55 (20151101) |
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| US 09611266 | Hergenrother et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Hergenrother (Champaign, Illinois); David A. Boothman (Dallas, Texas); Joseph S. Bair (Albany, California); Rahul Palchaudhuri (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elizabeth I. Parkinson (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of Formula (I) can be selectively lethal toward a variety of different cancer cell types. The compounds are useful for the management, treatment, control, or adjunct treatment of diseases, where the selective lethality is beneficial in chemotherapeutic therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, January 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/993029 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/6561 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09611270 | Aube et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Aube (Lawrence, Kansas); Emily E. Scott (Lawrence, Kansas); Charlie Fehl (Farmington, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds according to formula I or II are provided. Such compounds are useful in treating cancers, such as leukemia, colon cancer, breast cancer, or prostate cancer by beneficially inhibiting CYP17A1. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods including the compounds are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/815686 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Steroids C07J 21/008 (20130101) C07J 31/006 (20130101) C07J 43/003 (20130101) C07J 71/001 (20130101) C07J 73/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09611271 | Boger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (LaJolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Lajolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Boger (LaJolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vinca alkaloid compound that is substituted at the 20′-position with a urea or thiourea group is disclosed. The urea's proximal nitrogen atom bonded to the 20′-position carbon atom is secondary, whereas the distal nitrogen atom can be unsubstituted only when the compound contains an optionally present 10′-fluoro substituent, and is otherwise preferably mono- or di-substituted. Methods of preparing the compounds are disclosed as are compositions for their use and methods of treatment using a compound. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/648624 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/14 (20130101) C07D 471/22 (20130101) C07D 487/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 519/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09611273 | Posner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary H. Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Alexander M. Jacobine (Baltimore, Maryland); Rachel D. Slack (Baltimore, Maryland); Jennifer R. Mazzone (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Monomeric and dimeric trioxane thioacetals and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/381494 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/4192 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/18 (20130101) C07D 493/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611276 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Chen (Mountain View, California); Tomoyo Sakata Kato (Sunnyvale, California); Alison Evelynn Ondrus (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formula I: are disclosed. The compounds are inhibitors of Hedgehog pathway activation and are useful in treating solid tumors. An example of such a compound is: |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/409683 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/429 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) A61K 31/5383 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 498/04 (20130101) C07D 513/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611287 | Myers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Nicholas E. Hill (Arlington, Virginia); Jakub Svenda (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert T. Yu (Somerville, Massachusetts); Daniel J. Smaltz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Thomas Magauer (Steyr, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to trioxacarcin compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are as defined herein. The present invention also provides processes for preparing such compounds and intermediates thereto; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; and methods of use and treatment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/811559 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/22 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/24 (20130101) C07H 15/26 (20130101) C07H 17/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611292 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kathryn Cunningham (Galveston, Texas); Scott Gilbertson (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn Cunningham (Galveston, Texas); Scott Gilbertson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The 5-HT 2C receptor is implicated in feeding, obesity, palatable food reward, metabolic disorders, drug addiction, anxiety, stress sensitivity, and depression. Embodiments of the invention are directed to modulation of the 5-HT 2cR. Certain aspects are directed to therapies for the above referenced conditions. In certain aspects, therapeutic agents are identified that disrupt the 5-HT2cR:PTEN complex activating 5-HT2CR signaling. In certain aspects the complex is disrupted by a disrupter. The disrupter can be a peptide that displaces PTEN from the 5-HT 2cR:PTEN complex or inhibits the formation of the complex. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/113763 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611294 | Cardozo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Cardozo (New York, New York); Xiangpeng Kong (New York, New York); Susan Zolla-Pazner (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Cardozo (New York, New York); Xiangpeng Kong (New York, New York); Susan Zolla-Pazner (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an isolated immunogenic peptide comprising a V2 loop fragment from HIV surface envelope glycoprotein gp120. This peptide binds specifically with antibodies in blood of patients vaccinated with a vaccine that has shown protection from HIV-1 infection, does not react with blood of matched patients who did not receive the vaccine, and can, therefore, elicit anti-HIV-1 antibodies which protect against HIV-1 infection. Other aspects of the present invention relate to an isolated immunogenic polypeptide comprising the peptide inserted into an immunogenic scaffold protein, a vaccine composition comprised of the immunogenic peptide and an immunologically or pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle or excipient as well as methods of inducing an immune response against HIV-1 and methods of detecting HIV-1. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/612300 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/19 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/64 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/6037 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/64 (20130101) C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/28 (20130101) C07K 14/245 (20130101) C07K 16/1063 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2799/023 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2333/162 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09611295 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoxia Li (Cleveland, Ohio); Caini Liu (Cleveland, Ohio); Junpeng Deng (Cleveland, Ohio); Thomas A. Hamilton (Cleveland, Ohio); Jarod Zepp (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating an IL-17 mediated disease in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a of a cell-permeable decoy peptide that competitively inhibits binding of the SEFIR domain of IL-17R to the SEFIR domain of Act1. In particular, it has been determined that the αC helix region of the SEFIR domain of both IL-17R and Act1 plays an important role in the association of IL-17R and Act1. To facilitate cell permeation, the decoy peptide is preferably conjugated to a protein transduction domain. Examples of IL-17 mediated diseases include various human and animal inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as asthma. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/354608 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — 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 38/16 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09611301 | Stapleton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa, Iowa); The United States of America as Represented by The Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack T. Stapleton (Iowa City, Iowa); Nirjal Bhattarai (Coralville, Iowa); Jinhua Xiang (Iowa City, Iowa); James H. McLinden (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | GB virus C (GBV-C or hepatitis G virus) is a flavivirus that frequently leads to chronic viremia in humans. The invention provides compositions and methods involving GBV-C E2 polypeptides and peptides for use in modulating immune responses, including inhibition inflammation related to pathogenic T-cell activation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/384775 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/162 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/00 (20130101) C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/24222 (20130101) C12N 2770/24233 (20130101) |
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| US 09611302 | Srivastava et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Srivastava (Gainesville, Florida); George Vladimirovich Aslanidi (Gainesville, Florida); Kim M. Van Vliet (Gainesville, Florida); Mavis Agbandje-Mckenna (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides AAV capsid proteins comprising modification of one or a combination of the surface-exposed lysine, serine, threonine and/or tyrosine residues in the VP3 region. Also provided are rAAV virions comprising the AAV capsid proteins of the present invention, as well as nucleic acid molecules and rAAV vectors encoding the AAV capsid proteins of the present invention. Advantageously, the rAAV vectors and virions of the present invention have improved efficiency in transduction of a variety of cells, tissues and organs of interest, when compared to wild-type rAAV vectors and virions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401442 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14171 (20130101) |
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| US 09611305 | Ikeda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yasuhiro Ikeda (Rochester, Minnesota); Stephen James Russell (Rochester, Minnesota); Alessandro Cataliotti (Rochester, Minnesota); John C. Burnett, Jr. (Rochester, Minnesota); Jason M. Tonne (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides methods and materials for treating cardiovascular and/or renal diseases. For example, AAV9 vectors designed to express natriuretic polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules encoding natriuretic polypeptides, methods for making AAV9 vectors, and methods for using such vectors or molecules to treat cardiovascular and/or renal diseases are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/370554 |
| 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 14/58 (20130101) C07K 14/4705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/02 (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 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14171 (20130101) |
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| US 09611306 | Hinck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Hinck (San Antonio, Texas); Luzhe Sun (San Antonio, Texas); Christian Zwieb (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments are directed to novel heterotrimeric fusions in which the ectodomain of the TGF-β type II receptor (TβP?II) is coupled to the N- and C-terminal ends of the endoglin-domain of the TGF-β type III receptor (TpRIIIE). Certain embodiments are directed to novel heterotrimeric polypeptides in which the ectodomain of the TGF-β type II receptor (TI3RII) is coupled to the N- and C-terminal ends of the endoglin-domain (E domain) of the TGF-β type III receptor (TI3RIII). This trimeric receptor, known as RER, can bind all three TGF-β isoforms with sub-nanomolar affinity and is effective at neutralizing signaling induced by all three TGF-β isoforms, but not other ligands of the TGF-β superfamily, such as activins, growth and differentiation factors (GDFs), and bone morphonogenetic proteins (BMPs). |
| FILED | Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/387901 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/71 (20130101) C07K 14/495 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09611308 | Matsunami et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiroaki Matsunami (Durham, North Carolina); Yun Li (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polypeptides capable of modulating odorant receptor activation. In particular, the present invention provides polypeptides (e.g., type 3 muscarinic actetylcholine receptor M3) capable of enhancing odorant receptor activation. The present invention further provides assays for the detection of ligands specific for various odorant receptors. Additionally, the present invention provides methods of screening for polypeptide polymorphisms and mutations associated with odorant receptor activation (e.g., polymorphisms and mutations associated with muscarinic actetylcholine receptor polypeptides (e.g., M1, M2, M3, M4, M5)), as well as methods of screening for therapeutic agents, ligands, and modulators of such proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/754940 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/70571 (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 1/6881 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 09611329 | Jaiswal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Siddhartha Jaiswal (San Francisco, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California); Ravindra Majeti (Palo Alto, California); Mark P. Chao (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided to manipulate phagocytosis of cancer cells, including e.g. leukemias, solid tumors including carcinomas, etc. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/054930 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 47/4863 (20130101) A61K 47/48569 (20130101) A61K 47/48607 (20130101) A61K 47/48615 (20130101) A61K 47/48623 (20130101) A61K 47/48638 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 16/3038 (20130101) C07K 16/3046 (20130101) C07K 16/3053 (20130101) C07K 16/3061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/3069 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09611453 | Bhatia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Elliot Hui (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Elliot Hui (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The development and function of living tissues depends largely on interactions between cells that can vary in both time and space; however, temporal control of cell-cell interaction is experimentally challenging. By employing a micromachined silicon substrate with moving parts, herein is disclosed the dynamic regulation of cell-cell interactions via direct manipulation of adherent cells with micron-scale precision. The inventive devices and methods allow mechanical control of both tissue composition and spatial organization. The inventive device and methods enable the investigation of dynamic cell-cell interaction in a multitude of applications, such as intercellular communication, spanning embryogenesis, homeostasis, and pathogenic processes. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/449994 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/04 (20130101) C12M 23/20 (20130101) C12M 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611470 | Cox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Matthew Cox (Oregon, Wisconsin); Angela Jo Gruber (Madison, Wisconsin); Tayla Maria Olsen (Madison, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Purified Ref polypeptides with increased nuclease site-specific targeting activity, recombinant nucleic acids and cells for expression of such Ref polypeptides, and methods for using the Ref polypeptides in combination with RecA protein and variants thereof to effect targeted nuclease cleavage of a DNA duplex are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/336828 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) C12N 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611472 | Zamore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts); Gyorgy Hutvagner (Castle Hill, Australia); Dianne Schwarz (Watertown, Massachusetts); Guiliang Tang (Worcester, Massachusetts); Benjamin Haley (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions for RNA interference and methods of use thereof. In particular, the invention provides single-stranded small interfering RNAs. Functional and genomic and proteomic methods are featured. Therapeutic methods are also featured. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/220388 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2330/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09611491 | Sherman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan); ALLEGHENY-SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan); ALLEGHENY-SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Sherman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Garth D. Ehrlich (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Janto (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert M. Williams (Fort Collins, Colorado); Christopher M. Rath (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the biosynthetic pathway for a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) derived drug and analogs thereof. The invention also discloses polynucleotide sequences useful for heterologous expression in a convenient microbial host for the synthesis of the NRPS derived drug. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/467851 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/52 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 17/182 (20130101) C12P 17/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611501 | Sauer-Budge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Fraunhofer USA, Inc. (Plymouth, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Fraunhofer USA, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexis Fay Sauer-Budge (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Andre Sharon (Newton, Massachusetts); Maxim Kalashnikov (Brighton, Massachusetts); Holger Wirz (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a method and a device for expediting delivery of an agent to a damaged bacterial cell. In one embodiment, the methods and devices are useful for screening candidate antibiotics. In another embodiment, the methods and devices described herein are used to determine susceptibility of bacteria to an antibiotic. The methods also provide a method for determining an appropriate antibiotic to treat an individual having a bacterial infection. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/289745 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — 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 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09612185 | Superfine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Superfine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Chasen Spero (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Adam Richard Shields (Springfield, Virginia); Benjamin Aaron Evans (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Briana Lee Fiser (High Point, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for using actuated surface-attached posts for assessing biofluid rheology are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for testing properties of a biofluid specimen includes placing the specimen onto a micropost array having a plurality of microposts extending outwards from a substrate, wherein each micropost includes a proximal end attached to the substrate and a distal end opposite the proximal end, and generating an actuation force in proximity to the micropost array to actuate the microposts, thereby compelling at least some of the microposts to exhibit motion. The method further includes measuring the motion of at least one of the microposts in response to the actuation force and determining a property of the specimen based on the measured motion of the at least one micropost. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/997111 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5085 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0851 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 39/026 (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 2083/00 (20130101) B29K 2869/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/756 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Non-mechanical Removal of Metallic Material From Surface; Inhibiting Corrosion of Metallic Material or Incrustation in General; Multi-step Processes for Surface Treatment of Metallic Material Involving at Least One Process Provided for in Class C23 and at Least One Process Covered by Subclass C21D or C22F or Class C25 C23F 1/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 11/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/022 (20130101) G01N 33/4905 (20130101) G01N 2291/0255 (20130101) G01N 2291/0256 (20130101) G01N 2291/02827 (20130101) |
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| US 09612242 | Hazen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley L. Hazen (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Renliang Zhang (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Diagnostic tests for characterizing an individual's risk of developing or having a cardiovascular disease. In one embodiment the present diagnostic test comprises determining the level of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in a bodily sample obtained from the individual or test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of MPO mass in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of one or more select MPO-generated oxidation products in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. The select MPO-generated oxidation products are dityrosine, nitrotyrosine, methionine sulphoxide or an MPO-generated lipid peroxidation products. Levels of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in bodily samples from the test subject are then compared to a predetermined value that is derived from measurements of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in comparable bodily samples obtained from the general population or a select population of human subjects. Such comparison characterizes the test subject's risk of developing CVD. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/591381 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/616 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/28 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/28 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 111/01007 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/908 (20130101) G01N 2800/32 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/324 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3431 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09612244 | Cooperman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anima Cell Metrology, Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anima Cell Metrology, Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry S. Cooperman (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Zeev Smilansky (D.N. Emek Sorek, Israel); Yale E. Goldman (Merion, Pennsylvania); Dongli Pan (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for labeling transfer RNA comprising replacing the uracil component of a dihydrouridine of said transfer RNA with a fluorophore. The disclosed methods may comprise fluorescent labeling of natural tRNAs (i.e., tRNAs that have been synthesized in a cell, for example, in a bacterium, a yeast cell, or a vertebrate cell) at dihydrouridine (D) positions, or fluorescent labeling of synthetic tRNAs. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods for assessing protein synthesis in a translation system comprise providing a tRNA having a fluorophore substitution for the uracil component of a dihydrouridine in a D loop of the tRNA; introducing the labeled tRNA into the translation system; irradiating the translation system with electromagnetic radiation, thereby generating a fluorescence signal from the fluorophore; detecting the fluorescence signal; and, correlating the fluorescence signal to one or more characteristics of the protein synthesis in the translation system. The disclosed methods are useful in single molecule as well as in ensemble settings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/294256 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) C12P 21/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5308 (20130101) |
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| US 09612245 | Rich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of North Texas Health Science Center (Fort Worth, Texas); Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas); Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan M. Rich (Hurst, Texas); Ignacy Gryczynski (Fort Worth, Texas); Julian Borejdo (Dallas, Texas); Zygmunt Gryczynski (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method and system for enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio in emission detection comprising: selecting a probe capable of at least one of fluorescence, phosphorescence, or delayed fluorescence in or about a sample that comprises interfering background signal; and exposing the probe to one or more controllable bursts, each burst comprising two or more pulses, wherein the one or more controllable bursts of high repetition energy pulses enhance the signal from the probe above that of the background signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/322998 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0697 (20130101) |
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| US 09612246 | Bruce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Though Its Center For Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Bruce (Kennewick, Washington); Juan Chavez (Seattle, Washington); Chad Weisbrod (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods for large-scale, high-throughput identification of protein-protein interactions and the topologies thereof under physiologically relevant conditions. In one aspect, the disclosure provides methods for identifying one or a plurality of interacting peptides within a biological system comprising obtaining a population of proteins cross-linked with a cleavable protein interaction reporter (PIR) cross-linker, cleaving the PIR crosslinker to produce released peptides and cleaved reporter ions, and analyzing the population of released peptides to identify interacting peptides. Also disclosed are methods for identifying candidate drug compounds, as well as methods of data processing and visualization of protein-protein interactions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/283902 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6848 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2333/212 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) G06F 19/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09612300 | Sharma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samir Dev Sharma (Madison, Wisconsin); Nathan Samuel Artz (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Scott Brian Reeder (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An object-based approach is used to initialize the magnetic field inhomogeneity estimation for chemical species separation, such as water-fat separation, and other imaging applications. For example, a susceptibility distribution in the subject being imaged is estimated from images reconstructed from single-echo or multi-echo k-space data and used to initialize the magnetic field inhomogeneity estimation. This approach can be applied to any complex-based chemical shift encoded chemical species separation technique and to other imaging applications, such as susceptibility-weighted imaging and quantitative susceptibility mapping. The field map can also be used to correct for image distortions and to generate magnetic field shimming values. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/089376 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/243 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4828 (20130101) |
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| US 09612306 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Lin (Newton, Massachusetts); Carolyn Mountford (East Ryde, Australia); Saadallah Ramadan (Bexley, Australia); Robert Stern (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Lin (Newton, Massachusetts); Carolyn Mountford (East Ryde, Australia); Saadallah Ramadan (Bexley, Australia); Robert Stern (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a biomarker indicative of a repetitive head injury in a subject using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. Two-dimensional spectroscopic data is acquired from a subject using an MRI system. From the two-dimensional spectroscopic data, a two-dimensional spectrum is produced. The two-dimensional spectrum contains spectral information indicated by a first spectral dimension and a second spectral dimension. Such a two-dimensional spectrum may include diagonal peaks and off-diagonal, or cross-peaks. In such an instance, each cross peak may indicate, for example, scalar coupling between the two protons it connects on the diagonal. However, depending on the type of method used, different types of coupling may also be present. Using the two-dimensional spectrum, a biomarker indicative of repetitive head injury in the subject is identified, and may be used to produce a report indicating a status or regression of a neurological dysfunction. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/988813 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 2503/00 (20130101) A61B 2503/04 (20130101) A61B 2503/10 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/483 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/485 (20130101) |
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| US 09613442 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaochuan M. Pan (Chicago, Illinois); Emil Sidky (Chicago, Illinois); Chien-min Kao (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for reconstructing images from limited or incomplete data, such as few view data or limited angle data or truncated data generated from divergent beams. The method and apparatus may iteratively constrain the variation of an estimated image in order to reconstruct the image. To reconstruct an image, a first estimated image may be generated. Estimated data may be generated from the first estimated image, and compared with the actual data. The comparison of the estimated data with the actual data may include determining a difference between the estimated and actual data. The comparison may then be used to generate a new estimated image. For example, the first estimated image may be combined with an image generated from the difference data to generate a new estimated image. To generate the image for the next iteration, the variation of the new estimated image may be constrained. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/933844 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/005 (20130101) G06T 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2211/424 (20130101) G06T 2211/432 (20130101) G06T 2211/436 (20130101) |
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| US 09614792 | Davitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Davitz (Danville, California); Sugato Basu (Redwood City, California); Jiye Yu (Menlo Park, California); David Gutelius (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for knowledge generation and deployment in a distributed network. In one embodiment, a method for processing messages in a social network includes receiving a new message from a first node in the network, the new message including a query, providing the first node with an answer to the query, if the answer is located in a repository, and initiating generation of the answer, if the answer is not located in the repository. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/579927 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30091 (20130101) G06F 17/30545 (20130101) G06F 17/30979 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/588 (20130101) H04L 51/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 51/32 (20130101) H04L 67/104 (20130101) H04L 67/303 (20130101) H04L 67/1072 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michiko Fukuda (La Jolla, California); Kazuhiro Sugihara (Higashi-ku, Japan); Naohira Kanayama (Higashi-ku, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California); Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (Shizuoka, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michiko Fukuda (La Jolla, California); Kazuhiro Sugihara (Higashi-ku, Japan); Naohira Kanayama (Higashi-ku, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are conjugates comprising the annexin 1-binding peptide IFLLWQR covalently linked to a therapeutic or detectable agent. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a moiety and a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are isolated nucleic acids comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are methods comprising administering to a subject a composition comprising a moiety and a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are methods of targeting a tumor cell in a subject comprising administering to the subject a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. Also disclosed are methods of targeting a tumor cell in a subject comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising a moiety and a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence that can bind to a carbohydrate receptor on a cell. The disclosed targeting is useful for treatment of, for example, cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/515930 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48276 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09610389 | Ruland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert T. Ruland (Portsmouth, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert T. Ruland (Portsmouth, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating wounds, comprised of the application of reduced pressure to a wound site and alteration of the temperature over said wound. A system for wound healing, comprising: a substantial impermeable drape sized to cover and enclose the wound creating a reservoir and adapted to maintain reduced pressure at the site of the wound; a sterilizable porous cooling pad incorporated into a wound sponge adapted to provide localized cooling to said wound, said cooling pad located between said wound and said cover or over the drape; a reduced pressure supply mechanism capable of providing subatmosphere pressure over said wound site. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/406233 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 7/02 (20130101) A61F 2007/0056 (20130101) A61F 2007/0212 (20130101) A61F 2007/0219 (20130101) A61F 2007/0231 (20130101) A61F 2007/0239 (20130101) A61F 2007/0257 (20130101) A61F 2007/0258 (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 1/0088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2205/3606 (20130101) |
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| US 09610544 | Perez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Israel Perez (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Israel Perez (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method of controlling the perforation of crystalline grains in a layer of material. The first step of the method creates at least one crystalline layer composed of multiple grains and at least one grain boundary. Next, a material covers the grain boundaries to create a protective, reinforcing coating on the crystalline layer. Finally, an etching process creates perforations in the grains while the grain boundaries are protected from etching by the coating. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/096753 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/025 (20130101) B01D 67/0062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 67/0072 (20130101) B01D 71/021 (20130101) |
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| US 09610580 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yangying Zhu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rong Xiao (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yangying Zhu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rong Xiao (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided in one embodiment is a dynamically tunable structure including an elastic layer, and a plurality of ferromagnetic micropillars disposed over the elastic layer. The elastic layer may have an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the micropillars. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/294829 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502792 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2300/123 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2400/0484 (20130101) Turning; Boring B23B 3/10 (20130101) B23B 27/20 (20130101) Printing Machines or Presses B41F 5/24 (20130101) Stamps; Stamping or Numbering Apparatus or Devices B41K 3/62 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 1/12 (20130101) C12M 1/42 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0072 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/44 (20130101) H01L 29/40 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24917 (20150115) |
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| US 09610663 | Goldberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas S. Goldberg (Perris, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas S. Goldberg (Perris, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to exemplary inventive practice, a frame has a geometric vertical axial plane and supports a receptacle, four thumbscrews, and four dial indicators. Each thumbscrew has a dial indicator associated therewith and can be turned to move along its geometric axis, perpendicular to the vertical axial plane. The thumbscrews are paired, with respective axes aligned, on opposite sides of the vertical axial plane. The frame is placed upon a base, the body is secured to the frame using the receptacle to grip a portion of the body, and the dial indicators are calibrated for matching thumbscrew displacement measurements in each opposite thumbscrew pair. The thumbscrews are moved into contact with the base and are adjusted to align the body with the base, as indicated by matching dial indicator readings in each opposite thumbscrew pair. The aligned body is affixed to the base, and the frame (with accompanying components) is removed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/531040 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 19/04 (20130101) B23P 19/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 13/629 (20130101) H01R 43/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09611036 | Khan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION, INC. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Groen Aeronautics Corporation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jehan Zeb Khan (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for reducing flapping loads imposed on a rotor are disclosed. The method may include flying a rotorcraft comprising an airframe, a rotor, a mast extending to connect the rotor to the airframe, a tilt mechanism, at least one sensor, and a computer system. The computer system may obtain in real time, from the at least one sensor, data characterizing at least one flapping load experienced by the rotor during the flying. Using the data, the computer system may issue at least one command to the tilt mechanism. In response to the command, the tilt mechanism may reorient the mast with respect to the airframe. This reorienting may lower the flapping load experienced by the rotor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/544796 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/001 (20130101) B64C 27/02 (20130101) B64C 27/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 19/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09611056 | Spence et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Deployable Space Systems, In.c (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS, INC. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian R. Spence (Solvang, California); Stephen F. White (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An elastic roll out boom includes a thin wall, tubular, elongate structure having a plurality of interlocking elements disposed in spaced-apart relation along the surface thereof. The elastic roll out boom is configured to be flattened and rolled tightly to form a roll in a stowed configuration. The plurality of interlocking elements are positioned such that a first interlocking element engages a second interlocking element when the elastic roll out boom is in the stowed configuration. This prevents shear displacement between layers of the roll out boom. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/161956 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/222 (20130101) B64G 1/443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1362 (20150115) |
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| US 09611138 | Shkel 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) | Andrei A. Shkel (Irvine, California); Alexandra Efimovskaya (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-aspect ratio low resistance through-wafer interconnect for double-sided (TWIDS) fabrication of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) serves as an interconnection method and structure for co-integration of MEMS and integrated circuits or other microcomponent utilizing both sides of the wafer. TWIDS applied to a three dimensional folded TIMU (timing inertial measurement unit) provides a path for electrical signals from sensors on the front side of the SOI wafer to electronic components on the back side of the wafer, while enabling folding of an array of sensors in a three dimensional shape. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/881058 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/0074 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81B 2207/07 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02118 (20130101) H01L 21/76877 (20130101) H01L 21/76898 (20130101) |
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| US 09611146 | Zettl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California); Michael Rousseas (Burlingame, California); Anna P. Goldstein (Berkeley, California); William Mickelson (Albany, California); Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Leta Woo (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides methods and materials related to boron nitride aerogels. In one aspect, a material comprises an aerogel comprising boron nitride. The boron nitride has an ordered crystalline structure. The ordered crystalline structure may include atomic layers of hexagonal boron nitride lying on top of one another, with atoms contained in a first layer being superimposed on atoms contained in a second layer. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320300 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 21/0645 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/04 (20130101) C01P 2002/76 (20130101) C01P 2002/78 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2004/02 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2006/10 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/16 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/5831 (20130101) C04B 2235/46 (20130101) C04B 2235/80 (20130101) C04B 2235/656 (20130101) C04B 2235/761 (20130101) C04B 2235/3409 (20130101) |
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| US 09611179 | Keller 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) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Andrew P. Saab (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Manoj K. Kolel-Veetil (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal carbide or refractory-metal nitride and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising a metal component and an organic component. The metal component is nanoparticles or particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of decomposing into refractory metal nanoparticles. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of reacting or decomposing into refractory-metal nanoparticles with an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight to form a precursor mixture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/207544 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| 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 35/76 (20130101) C04B 35/80 (20130101) C04B 35/524 (20130101) C04B 35/5607 (20130101) C04B 35/5611 (20130101) C04B 35/5622 (20130101) C04B 35/58014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/58035 (20130101) C04B 2235/48 (20130101) C04B 2235/404 (20130101) C04B 2235/524 (20130101) C04B 2235/3843 (20130101) C04B 2235/3847 (20130101) C04B 2235/3886 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) |
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| US 09611181 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xia Tang (West Hartford, Connecticut); Tania Bhatia Kashyap (Middletown, Connecticut); David C. Jarmon (Kensington, Connecticut); Wayde R. Schmidt (Pomfret Center, Connecticut); Harry E. Eaton, Jr. (Woodstock, Connecticut); John G. Smeggil (Simsbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xia Tang (West Hartford, Connecticut); Tania Bhatia Kashyap (Middletown, Connecticut); David C. Jarmon (Kensington, Connecticut); Wayde R. Schmidt (Pomfret Center, Connecticut); Harry E. Eaton, Jr. (Woodstock, Connecticut); John G. Smeggil (Simsbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for applying an oxidation resistant coating to an article includes the steps of mixing at least about 10% by volume to up to about 99% by volume of a slurry at least one silica based material having a viscosity of about 1×102 poise to about 1×107 poise at a temperature of about 1,292° F. (700° C.) to about 3,272° F. (1,800° C.) at least about 1% by volume to up to about 90% by volume of the slurry at least one oxygen scavenger, and a liquid medium to form the slurry; coating an article with the slurry to form a slurry coated article; and heat treating under an inert atmosphere the slurry coated article to form an article having at least one oxidation resistant coating layer containing the at least one oxygen scavenger. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/088599 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/584 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/89 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 41/455 (20130101) C04B 41/4539 (20130101) C04B 41/5025 (20130101) C04B 41/5027 (20130101) C04B 41/5035 (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 26/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/67 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/12611 (20150115) |
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| US 09611235 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiao-kun Zhang (San Diego, California); Ying Su (San Diego, California); Hu Zhou (San Diego, California); Wen Liu (La Jolla, California); Pei-Qiang Huang (Xiamen, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California); XIAMEN UNIVERSITY (Xiamen, Fujian, China PRC) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao-kun Zhang (San Diego, California); Ying Su (San Diego, California); Hu Zhou (San Diego, California); Wen Liu (La Jolla, California); Pei-Qiang Huang (Xiamen, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and compositions related to a retinoid receptor-selective pathway. As described herein, this pathway can be targeted to manipulate a tumor microenvironment. For example, the methods and compositions described herein can be used to induce apoptosis in a cancer cell. Further, the compositions described herein, including Sulindac and analogs thereof, can be used to target this pathway for the treatment or prevention of cancer in human patients. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102475 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/191 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 57/62 (20130101) C07C 59/72 (20130101) C07C 255/57 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/55 (20130101) C07D 295/112 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 2333/70567 (20130101) G01N 2510/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09611453 | Bhatia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Elliot Hui (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Elliot Hui (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The development and function of living tissues depends largely on interactions between cells that can vary in both time and space; however, temporal control of cell-cell interaction is experimentally challenging. By employing a micromachined silicon substrate with moving parts, herein is disclosed the dynamic regulation of cell-cell interactions via direct manipulation of adherent cells with micron-scale precision. The inventive devices and methods allow mechanical control of both tissue composition and spatial organization. The inventive device and methods enable the investigation of dynamic cell-cell interaction in a multitude of applications, such as intercellular communication, spanning embryogenesis, homeostasis, and pathogenic processes. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/449994 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/04 (20130101) C12M 23/20 (20130101) C12M 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611748 | Kington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry Lester Kington (Scottsdale, Arizona); Shezan Kanjiyani (Glendale, Arizona); Natalie Wali (Chandler, Arizona); John Gintert (Tempe, Arizona); Bradley R. Tucker (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Stationary airfoils configured to form an improved slip joint in bi-cast turbine engine components and the turbine engine components including the same are provided. The stationary airfoil for a bi-cast turbine engine component comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge interconnected by a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall. An end portion is shaped with a pair of opposing flanges to form a slip joint with a shroud ring in the bi-cast turbine engine component and to define an interlocking feature. The slip joint permits radial movement of the stationary airfoil relative to the shroud ring due to thermal differential expansion and contraction. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099218 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Foundry Moulding B22C 9/04 (20130101) B22C 9/22 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/041 (20130101) F01D 9/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/26 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/21 (20130101) F05D 2300/50212 (20130101) |
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| US 09611787 | Wotzak |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Gregory Wotzak (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of assembling accessories with a turbine engine and an accessory apparatus for a gas turbine engine having a first shaft that rotates when the gas turbine engine is energized. The accessory apparatus includes a mount rail attached to the gas turbine engine and extending parallel to the first shaft of the gas turbine engine a first accessory having a first mounting block, to mount the first accessory to the mount rail, and an first accessory shaft to power the first accessory and a second accessory having a second mounting block, to mount the second accessory to the mount rail, and a second accessory shaft to power the second accessory. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/714501 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 19/04 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/28 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02C 7/36 (20130101) F02C 7/275 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/40 (20130101) F05D 2260/40311 (20130101) |
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| US 09612091 | Blair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 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) | Justin T. Blair (Woodford, Virginia); Raymond M. Gamache (Monterey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An interleaving hexagonal tile (AHT) is provided for incorporation onto a liner in an array for a personnel armor clothing article. The AHT includes a hexagonally-symmetric solid object composed of a homogeneous material. The object includes a geometry that has obverse and reverse planar surfaces parallel to each other. Each planar surface has triangularly disposed terminals. First and second triple sets of oblique surfaces are disposed between the obverse and reverse planar surfaces. A plurality of facets is disposed substantially perpendicular to the planar surfaces. The facets connect between edges of the planar surfaces and adjacent edges of the oblique surfaces. The first and second triple sets of oblique surfaces are disposed to alternate with each other. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/848121 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09612240 | Johnson, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Brett R. Goldsmith (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph J. Mitala, Jr. (Rockville, Maryland); Bohdana Discher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Stephen G. Sligar (Urbana, Illinois); Timothy H. Bayburt (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Brett R. Goldsmith (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph J. Mitala, Jr. (Rockville, Maryland); Bohdana Discher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Stephen G. Sligar (Urbana, Illinois); Timothy H. Bayburt (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides biomimetic sensor devices that utilize proteins—such as G-protein coupled receptors—and are useful in high-sensitivity analysis of analyte-containing samples. These sensors may be used to determine the presence or concentration of one or more analytes in a sample. The invention also includes methods of fabricating the devices and methods of using the devices to assay samples. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/807323 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/554 (20130101) G01N 33/5438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/726 (20130101) |
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| US 09612398 | Vurgaftman 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) | Igor Vurgaftman (Severna Park, Maryland); Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Martijn Heck (Aarhus, Denmark); Jock Bovington (San Diego, California); Alexander Spott (Santa Barbara, California); Eric Stanton (Santa Barbara, California); John Bowers (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-broadband photonic integrated circuit platform that combines at least two types of waveguides that each transmit in different, but overlapping, spectral bands on a single chip. By combining the multiple waveguides, the bandwidth of the platform can be extended beyond the bandwidth of either waveguide alone. In an exemplary embodiment, an ultra-broadband photonic integrated circuit includes a nitride-on-insulator (NOI) waveguide configured to transmit optical beams in a first spectral band and a silicon-on-nitride-on-insulator (SONOI) waveguide configured to transmit optical beams in a second band, where the same material serves as the core material in the NOI waveguide and as the cladding material in the SONOI waveguide. In some embodiments, light-emitting devices are bonded to an upper surface of the waveguides. In some embodiments, the circuit includes beam-combining elements so that a single beam combining all of the input wavelengths is output from the circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/884917 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/122 (20130101) G02B 6/12011 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Owen White (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A beam combining device comprising at least one beam splitter and phase adjustment circuitry. The at least one beam splitter comprises a semi-reflective surface, first and second inputs, and first and second outputs operatively connected to receive first and second light beams. The semi-reflective surface has first and second sides positioned such that light entering from one input is partially reflected through one output and partially transmitted through another output. The phase adjustment circuitry adjusts the relative phases of the first and second light beams so that light transmitted through the semi reflective surface from one input may be adjusted to have a phase which can cancels or constructively adds to light reflected from another input. Light having a combined power of the light beams, or a fraction thereof, may be selectively emitted through a selective output depending upon the adjustment of phases. Also, a method of operation is claimed. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/068420 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/3588 (20130101) G02B 6/4286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/14 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0071 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) H01S 3/1307 (20130101) H01S 3/2383 (20130101) H01S 3/10038 (20130101) |
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| US 09612852 | Benameur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Veritas Technologies LLC (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Veritas Technologies LLC (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Azzedine Benameur (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Nathan S. Evans (Sterling, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for redirecting input/output are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for redirecting input/output comprising the steps of method for redirecting input/output comprising configuring a first virtual machine with a recorder for library interposition, configuring a replica virtual machine with a player for library interposition, receiving a first recorded event from the first virtual machine, and transferring the first recorded event to the replica virtual machine for replay. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/718805 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/455 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09612853 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system, and computer program product monitor resource usage of a virtual machine. When a virtual machine is instantiated, resource usage of the virtual machine is monitored to form monitoring data. The monitoring is performed externally from the virtual machine. When the virtual machine is later suspended, the monitoring data is stored as metadata associated with the virtual machine. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606577 |
| ART UNIT | 2449 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45533 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/45558 (20130101) G06F 11/3409 (20130101) G06F 11/3476 (20130101) G06F 11/3495 (20130101) G06F 2009/45575 (20130101) G06F 2009/45591 (20130101) G06F 2201/815 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09613170 | Cutts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (Northfield, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (Northfield, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew W. Cutts (Henniker, New Hampshire); Robert Schmidt (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for advancing time in a distributed business process simulation are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, simulation time may be warped from one breakpoint to another breakpoint thereby facilitating an efficient ratio of simulation time to real time. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/658679 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (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 40/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09613178 | Suarez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Suarez (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments that pertain to electronic element matching are described. Having electronic elements, such as transistors, matching can be relatively easy in an integrated circuit environment. Transitioning to a discrete circuit environment, finding electronics elements that match one another can be more challenging. If the electronic elements themselves do not match, then their outputs will not match. To compensate for these mismatches, when one wants the outputs to be matched, an output of one of the electronic elements can be modified so that the outputs are matched. Therefore, a discrete circuit can be produced that functions similarly to that of an integrated circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/595599 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/317 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5063 (20130101) G06F 17/5081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09613439 | Raj |
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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) | Raghu G. Raj (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reconstructing an image of an object, the method including: determining, by a plurality of sensors, a waveform based on the object, wherein the plurality of sensors view the object from a plurality of directions; determining, by a pre-processing module, a plurality of measurements of the object using the waveform, wherein the plurality of measurements are arranged in a vector form; determining, by an option module, a sampling matrix, a dictionary, and a noise factor, wherein the sampling matrix represents a geometric arrangement of the plurality of sensors, and the dictionary is pre-selected by the option module; estimating, by an estimation module, a coefficient vector using the measurements, the sampling matrix, and the noise factor; and reconstructing, by a reconstruction module, the image, using the coefficient vector and the dictionary. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/884841 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 11/006 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09613879 | Hersam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois); REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois); REGENTS OF THE UNIVERITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Michael L. Geier (Chicago, Illinois); Pradyumna L. Prabhumirashi (Chicago, Illinois); Weichao Xu (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Hyungil Kim (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic device formed with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) includes: at least one p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) thin-film transistor (TFT) formed with the SWCNTs, and at least one n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) TFT formed with the SWCNTs, where each of the at least one PMOS TFT and the at least one NMOS TFT has a gate, a source and a drain. The gate of each of the at least one PMOS TFT and the gate of each of the at least one NMOS TFT is configured to alternatively receive at least one input voltage, and respectively includes a local metallic gate structure formed of a metal. At least one of the drain of the at least one PMOS TFT and the drain of the at least one NMOS TFT is configured to output an output voltage VOUT. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/511705 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/0948 (20130101) |
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| US 09613905 | Yazdani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Yazdani (Princeton, New Jersey); N. Phuan Ong (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Robert J. Cava (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An interconnect is disclosed with enhanced immunity of electrical conductivity to defects. The interconnect includes a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating such interconnects. Also disclosed is an integrated circuit including such interconnects. Also disclosed is a gated electronic device including a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/919008 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 28/00 (20130101) C22C 30/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/76838 (20130101) H01L 23/53209 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/53271 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49204 (20150115) |
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| US 09614063 | Friedman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam L. Friedman (Silver Spring, Maryland); Olaf M. T. van 't Erve (Falls Church, Virginia); Connie H. Li (Alexandria, Virginia); Jeremy T. Robinson (Washington, District of Columbia); Berend T. Jonker (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam L. Friedman (Silver Spring, Maryland); Olaf M. T. van 't Erve (Falls Church, Virginia); Connie H. Li (Alexandria, Virginia); Jeremy T. Robinson (Washington, District of Columbia); Berend T. Jonker (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes a method of making a tunnel barrier-based electronic device, in which the tunnel barrier and transport channel are made of the same material—graphene. A homoepitaxial tunnel barrier/transport device is created using a monolayer chemically modified graphene sheet as a tunnel barrier on another monolayer graphene sheet. This device displays enhanced spintronic properties over heteroepitaxial devices and is the first to use graphene as both the tunnel barrier and channel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/629939 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02115 (20130101) H01L 21/02227 (20130101) H01L 21/3081 (20130101) H01L 29/45 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/4236 (20130101) H01L 29/66984 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09614119 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yimin Kang (San Jose, California); Han-Din Liu (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yimin Kang (San Jose, California); Han-Din Liu (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An Si/Ge SACM avalanche photo-diodes (APD) having low breakdown voltage characteristics includes an absorption region and a multiplication region having various layers of particular thicknesses and doping concentrations. An optical waveguide can guide infrared and/or optical signals or energy into the absorption region. The resulting photo-generated carriers are swept into the i-Si layer and/or multiplication region for avalanche multiplication. The APD has a breakdown bias voltage of well less than 12 V and an operating bandwidth of greater than 10 GHz, and is therefore suitable for use in consumer electronic devices, high speed communication networks, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/976379 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/1075 (20130101) H01L 31/035272 (20130101) H01L 33/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09614270 | Chang 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) | Josephine B. Chang (Bedford Hills, New York); John M. Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique relates to a superconducting airbridge on a structure. A first ground plane, resonator, and second ground plane are formed on a substrate. A first lift-off pattern is formed of a first lift-off resist and a first photoresist. The first photoresist is deposited on the first lift-off resist. A superconducting sacrificial layer is deposited while using the first lift-off pattern. The first lift-off pattern is removed. A cross-over lift-off pattern is formed of a second lift-off resist and a second photoresist. The second photoresist is deposited on the second lift-off resist. A cross-over superconducting material is deposited to be formed as the superconducting airbridge while using the cross-over lift-off pattern. The cross-over lift-off pattern is removed. The superconducting airbridge is formed to connect the first and second ground planes by removing the superconducting sacrificial layer underneath the cross-over superconducting material. The superconducting airbridge crosses over the resonator. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/700335 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/08 (20130101) H01P 7/06 (20130101) H01P 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09614279 | McDevitt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. McDevitt (Natick, Massachusetts); David A. Brennan (Maynard, Massachusetts); Curtis Combs (Guntersville, Alabama); Christopher A. Hamner (Huntsville, Alabama); Macdonald J. Andrews (East Douglas, Massachusetts); Joseph D. Corn (Grafton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for calibrating an array antenna comprises a calibration antenna at a first location relative to an array antenna, a first set of calibration files, and a processor. Based on received far field data from a far field data test that was run on the array antenna, using the calibration antenna, the processor is configured to generate a model predicting the actual location of the calibration antenna relative to the array antenna and to generate predicted far field data based on the model. The model is adjusted, if needed, by comparing the predicted far field data with the received far field data. Based on the model, new calibration files are generated that substantially correlate to the actual location of the calibration antenna. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456266 |
| 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 7/4026 (20130101) G01S 13/74 (20130101) G01S 13/79 (20130101) G01S 13/91 (20130101) G01S 2007/4082 (20130101) G01S 2013/0254 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/36 (20130101) H01Q 3/267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09614290 | Remski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard T. Remski (Grand Prairie, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed toward a notch array antenna comprised of a plurality of notch antenna elements projecting from a surface of a base plate at varying angles to provide an array having an expanding element structure. The plurality of notch antenna elements are organized in a regular spacing in one or two directions along the surface of the base plate and each of the plurality of notch antenna elements is formed by a gap between conductive parts projecting from the first surface of the base plate. The notch array antenna includes a plurality of notch antenna element axes, whereby each notch antenna element axis is defined along a centerline of one of the notch antenna elements. Each notch antenna element axis may extend from the first surface of the base plate at systematically varying angles with respect to an axis perpendicular to the base plate. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/958235 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 13/10 (20130101) H01Q 21/06 (20130101) H01Q 21/20 (20130101) H01Q 21/061 (20130101) H01Q 21/064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09614293 | Elliot et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Gordon Elliot (Acton, Massachusetts); Eddie Nelson Rosario (Methuen, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-use antenna system that can be used in, for example, integrated communications and navigation capability is provided. In an embodiment, an antenna system is provided. The antenna system includes a first antenna having a plurality of radiating elements substantially wrapped around an axis and a second antenna located within the first antenna. The first and second antennas are coupled to the same ground plane and are configured to operate in different frequency bands. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/653763 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 11/08 (20130101) H01Q 21/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09614532 | Bulzacchelli 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) | John F. Bulzacchelli (Yonkers, New York); Mark B. Ketchen (Hadley, Massachusetts); Christopher B. Lirakis (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Alexey Y. Lvov (Congers, New York); Stanislav Polonsky (Moscow, Russian Federation); Mark B. Ritter (Sherman, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A probabilistic digitizer for extracting information from a Josephson comparator is disclosed. The digitizer uses statistical methods to aggregate over a set of comparator readouts, effectively increasing the sensitivity of the comparator even when an input signal falls within the comparator's gray zone. Among other uses, such a digitizer may be used to discriminate between states of a qubit. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/972303 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 5/24 (20130101) H03K 19/195 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09614541 | Chakrabarti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anandaroop Chakrabarti (New York, New York); Harish Krishnaswamy (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anandaroop Chakrabarti (New York, New York); Harish Krishnaswamy (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Circuits comprising: digital-to-amplitude converter (DAC), comprising: binary weighted switching transistors (BWSTs), each having gate coupled to amplitude control bit ACB, and wherein the drain of each of the BWSTs are connected together and wherein the source of each of the BWSTs are connected together; transistor M1 having gate coupled to input signal and first bias voltage BV1 and source coupled to the drains of the BWSTs; transistor M2 having gate coupled to BV2 and source coupled to the drain of M1; transistor M3 having gate coupled to BV3 and source coupled to the drain of M2; transistor having gate coupled to BV4, source coupled to the drain of M3; and inverter having input coupled to another ACB and having output coupled to the output of the DAC and the drain of M4. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873177 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Control of Amplification H03G 3/001 (20130101) H03G 3/3036 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 1/78 (20130101) H03M 1/745 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/03878 (20130101) H04L 27/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09614633 | Giannakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Xiaoli Ma (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are described for carrier frequency offset (CFO) and channel estimation of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmissions over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) frequency-selective fading channels. A wireless transmitter forms blocks of symbols by inserting training symbols within two or more blocks of information-bearing symbols. The transmitter applies a hopping code to each of the blocks of symbols to insert a null subcarrier at a different position within each of the blocks of symbols, and a modulator outputs a wireless signal in accordance with the blocks of symbols. A receiver receives the wireless signal and estimates the CFO, and outputs a stream of estimated symbols based on the estimated CFO. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/163055 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/046 (20130101) H04B 7/066 (20130101) H04B 7/0413 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 11/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 5/0016 (20130101) H04L 25/0202 (20130101) H04L 25/0206 (20130101) H04L 25/0228 (20130101) H04L 25/0242 (20130101) H04L 27/2613 (20130101) H04L 27/2626 (20130101) H04L 27/2657 (20130101) H04L 27/2671 (20130101) H04L 27/2672 (20130101) H04L 27/2675 (20130101) H04L 27/2692 (20130101) H04L 27/2695 (20130101) |
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| US 09614735 | Bisdikian 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) | Chatschik Bisdikian (Chappaqua, New York); Ting He (Piermont, New York); Liang Ma (Armonk, New York); Bonnie K. Ray (Nyack, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, computer storage medium, computer system of performing monitor deployment under budget constraints includes obtaining a network topology and a deployment budget, decomposing the network topology into a plurality of components having a predetermined property, computing a benefit and a cost for identifying each of the components, selecting at least one targeted component based on a ratio of the benefit to the cost for identifying each of the components, and deploying monitors to identify links in the at least one targeted component within a remaining portion of the deployment budget. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/052281 |
| ART UNIT | 2463 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/12 (20130101) H04L 41/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 41/0826 (20130101) H04L 43/10 (20130101) H04L 43/12 (20130101) H04L 43/50 (20130101) H04L 43/0876 (20130101) |
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| US 09614792 | Davitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Davitz (Danville, California); Sugato Basu (Redwood City, California); Jiye Yu (Menlo Park, California); David Gutelius (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for knowledge generation and deployment in a distributed network. In one embodiment, a method for processing messages in a social network includes receiving a new message from a first node in the network, the new message including a query, providing the first node with an answer to the query, if the answer is located in a repository, and initiating generation of the answer, if the answer is not located in the repository. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/579927 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30091 (20130101) G06F 17/30545 (20130101) G06F 17/30979 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/588 (20130101) H04L 51/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 51/32 (20130101) H04L 67/104 (20130101) H04L 67/303 (20130101) H04L 67/1072 (20130101) |
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| US 09615038 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael W. Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Megan H. Blackwell (Boston, Massachusetts); Curtis B. Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); James Wey (Arlington, Massachusetts); Christopher David (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Justin Baker (North Andover, Massachusetts); Joseph Costa (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | When imaging bright objects, a conventional detector array can saturate, making it difficult to produce an image with a dynamic range that equals the scene's dynamic range. Conversely, a digital focal plane array (DFPA) with one or more m-bit counters can produce an image whose dynamic range is greater than the native dynamic range. In one example, the DFPA acquires a first image over a relatively brief integration period at a relatively low gain setting. The DFPA then acquires a second image over longer integration period and/or a higher gain setting. During this second integration period, counters may roll over, possibly several times, to capture a residue modulus 2m of the number of counts (as opposed to the actual number of counts). A processor in or coupled to the DFPA generates a high-dynamic range image based on the first image and the residues modulus 2m. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/995557 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/355 (20130101) H04N 5/2355 (20130101) H04N 5/23254 (20130101) H04N 5/23267 (20130101) H04N 5/35572 (20130101) H04N 5/35581 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/37455 (20130101) |
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| US 09610371 | Norenberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Norenberg (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A subject afflicted with a cancer or precancerous condition is treated by administering an agent that increases expression of somatostatin receptors, and a cytotoxic recognition ligand. In an alternative embodiment, somatostatin analogs, which are radiolabeled are used to treat cancer or precancerous conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/669313 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 38/31 (20130101) A61K 38/31 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 51/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/083 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09610531 | Hering et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aerosol Dynamics Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanne Vera Hering (Berkeley, California); Steven Russel Spielman (Oakland, California); Gregory Stephen Lewis (Berkeley, California); Nathan Michael Kreisberg (Richmond, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for particle enlargement with continuously wetted wicks includes a container into which a flow of particle-laden air is introduced in a laminar manner through an inlet and to an outlet. The container has a first section, a second section and a third section though which the particle-laden air flows between the inlet and the outlet. The temperature of the second section is warmer than that of the first section at the inlet and the third section at the outlet. In one embodiment, a continuous wick spanning an interior wall of the first second, second section and third section, said wick being capable of internally transporting liquid water along its length is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/043455 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 5/0009 (20130101) B01D 47/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/18 (20130101) B01D 53/1475 (20130101) Liquefaction, Solidification or Separation of Gases or Gaseous Mixtures by Pressure and Cold Treatment F25J 3/08 (20130101) F25J 2200/70 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 15/102 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/06 (20130101) G01N 15/065 (20130101) G01N 2015/0038 (20130101) G01N 2015/1481 (20130101) |
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| US 09610538 | Kanatzidis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Shulan Ma (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Polysulfide intercalated layered double hydroxides and methods for their use in vapor and liquid-phase metal capture applications are provided. The layered double hydroxides comprise a plurality of positively charged host layers of mixed metal hydroxides separated by interlayer spaces. Polysulfide anions are intercalated in the interlayer spaces. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/715768 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2257/602 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/281 (20130101) C02F 1/288 (20130101) C02F 2101/006 (20130101) C02F 2101/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09610547 | Ding et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yong Ding (Wayland, Massachusetts); Benjamin Bikson (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | POROGEN CORPORATION (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong Ding (Wayland, Massachusetts); Benjamin Bikson (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite porous hydrophobic membranes are prepared by forming a perfluorohydrocarbon layer on the surface of a preformed porous polymeric substrate. The substrate can be formed from poly (aryl ether ketone) and a perfluorohydrocarbon layer can be chemically grafted to the surface of the substrate. The membranes can be utilized for a broad range of fluid separations, such as microfiltration, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration as membrane contactors for membrane distillation and for degassing and dewatering of fluids. The membranes can further contain a dense ultra-thin perfluorohydrocarbon layer superimposed on the porous poly (aryl ether ketone) substrate and can be utilized as membrane contactors or as gas separation. membranes for natural gas treatment and gas dehydration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/979565 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 71/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 71/38 (20130101) B01D 71/78 (20130101) B01D 2323/18 (20130101) B01D 2325/34 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/132 (20151101) |
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| US 09610589 | Siegfried et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. Siegfried (North Augusta, South Carolina); Daniel R. Radford (North Augusta, South Carolina); Russell K. Huffman (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrostatic particle collector may generally include a housing having sidewalls extending lengthwise between a first end and a second end. The housing may define a plate slot that extends heightwise within the housing between a top end and a bottom end. The housing may further include a plate access window that provides access to the bottom end of the plate slot. The collector may also include a collector plate configured to be installed within the plate slot that extends heightwise between a top edge and a bottom edge. Additionally, when the collector plate is installed within the plate slot, the bottom edge of the collector plate may be accessible from an exterior of the housing via the plate access window so as to allow the bottom edge of the collector plate to be moved relative to the housing to facilitate removal of the collector plate from the housing. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/718165 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 3/41 (20130101) B03C 3/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09610608 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minghu Pan (Knoxville, Tennessee); Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera (Knoxville, Tennessee); Petro Maksymovych (Knoxville, Tennessee); Bobby G. Sumpter (Knoxville, Tennessee); Qing Li (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments disclosed herein include all-electron control over a chemical attachment and the subsequent self-assembly of an organic molecule into a well-ordered three-dimensional monolayer on a metal surface. The ordering or assembly of the organic molecule may be through electron excitation. Hot-electron and hot-hole excitation enables tethering of the organic molecule to a metal substrate, such as an alkyne group to a gold surface. All-electron reactions may allow a direct control over the size and shape of the self-assembly, defect structures and the reverse process of molecular disassembly from single molecular level to mesoscopic scale. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/860291 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/185 (20130101) B05D 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05D 3/14 (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) |
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| US 09611146 | Zettl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California); Michael Rousseas (Burlingame, California); Anna P. Goldstein (Berkeley, California); William Mickelson (Albany, California); Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Leta Woo (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides methods and materials related to boron nitride aerogels. In one aspect, a material comprises an aerogel comprising boron nitride. The boron nitride has an ordered crystalline structure. The ordered crystalline structure may include atomic layers of hexagonal boron nitride lying on top of one another, with atoms contained in a first layer being superimposed on atoms contained in a second layer. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320300 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 21/0645 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/04 (20130101) C01P 2002/76 (20130101) C01P 2002/78 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2004/02 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2006/10 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/16 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/5831 (20130101) C04B 2235/46 (20130101) C04B 2235/80 (20130101) C04B 2235/656 (20130101) C04B 2235/761 (20130101) C04B 2235/3409 (20130101) |
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| US 09611347 | Schrock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Royce Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Benjamin Autenrieth (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention, among other things, provides highly syndiotactic poly(dicyclopentadiene) and/or hydrogenated poly(dicyclopentadiene), compositions thereof, and compounds and methods for preparing the same. In some embodiments, a provided compound is a compound of formula I, II or III. In some embodiments, a provided method comprises providing a compound of formula I, II or III. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/627802 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/146 (20130101) B01J 31/181 (20130101) B01J 31/1805 (20130101) B01J 31/2226 (20130101) B01J 31/2265 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/66 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 11/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 132/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/08 (20130101) C08G 2261/418 (20130101) C08G 2261/3325 (20130101) |
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| US 09611439 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Brown (Ames, Iowa); Samuel T. Jones (Ames, Iowa); Anthony Pollard (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of fractionating bio-oil vapors which involves providing bio-oil vapors comprising bio-oil constituents. The bio-oil vapors are cooled in a first stage which comprises a condenser having passages for the bio-oil separated by a heat conducting wall from passages for a coolant. The coolant in the condenser of the first stage is maintained at a substantially constant temperature, set at a temperature in the range of 75 to 100° C., to condense a first liquid fraction of liquefied bio-oil constituents in the condenser of the first stage. The first liquid fraction of liquified bio-oil constituents from the condenser in the first stage is collected. Also disclosed are steps for subsequently recovering further liquid fractions of liquefied bio-oil constituents. Particular compositions of bio-oil condensation products are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/905112 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/02 (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 1/1802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611463 | Wogulis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Wogulis (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to variants of a parent cellobiohydrolase II. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/513087 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8257 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russel B Jones (North Palm Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupitor, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russel B Jones (North Palm Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A sequential flow cooling insert for a turbine stator vane of a small gas turbine engine, where the impingement cooling insert is formed as a single piece from a metal additive manufacturing process such as 3D metal printing, and where the insert includes a plurality of rows of radial extending impingement cooling air holes alternating with rows of radial extending return air holes on a pressure side wall, and where the insert includes a plurality of rows of chordwise extending second impingement cooling air holes on a suction side wall. The insert includes alternating rows of radial extending cooling air supply channels and return air channels that form a series of impingement cooling on the pressure side followed by the suction side of the insert. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/511211 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/189 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/201 (20130101) |
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| US 09612015 | Brun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klaus Brun (Helotes, Texas); Aaron M. McClung (San Antonio, Texas); Rebecca A. Owston (Hondo, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An oxy-combustor is provided which comprises a combustion vessel including at least one solid fuel slurry inlet port, at least one oxygen inlet port and at least one supercritical fluid inlet port, wherein the combustion vessel is operable at an operating pressure of at least 1,100 psi; an interior of the combustion vessel comprises a combustion chamber and a supercritical fluid infusion chamber surrounding at least a part of the combustion chamber, the supercritical fluid infusion chamber and the combustion chamber are separated by a porous liner surrounding the combustion chamber, and the supercritical infusion chamber is located between the porous liner and an outer casing of the combustion vessel. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/319583 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 5/06 (20130101) F23C 9/003 (20130101) F23C 9/08 (20130101) Burners F23D 1/005 (20130101) Supplying Air or Non-combustible Liquids or Gases to Combustion Apparatus in General; Valves or Dampers Specially Adapted for Controlling Air Supply or Draught in Combustion Apparatus; Inducing Draught in Combustion Apparatus; Tops for Chimneys or Ventilating Shafts; Terminals for Flues F23L 7/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 20/344 (20130101) |
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| US 09612160 | Earl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Duncan Earl (Knoxville, Tennessee); Roger A. Kisner (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for determining the temperature of an object using an optical pyrometer. Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology allow for making optical temperature measurements that are independent of the surface emissivity of the object being sensed. In one of the exemplary embodiments disclosed herein, a plurality of spectral radiance measurements at a plurality of wavelengths is received from a surface of an object being measured. The plurality of the spectral radiance measurements is fit to a scaled version of a black body curve, the fitting comprising determining a temperature of the scaled version of the black body curve. The temperature is then output. The present disclosure is not to be construed as limiting and is instead directed toward all novel and nonobvious features and aspects of the various disclosed embodiments, alone or in various combinations and subcombinations with one another. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/072380 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/0003 (20130101) G01J 5/601 (20130101) G01J 5/0821 (20130101) G01J 5/0862 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/0896 (20130101) G01J 2005/0048 (20130101) |
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| US 09612164 | Gong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xun Gong (Oviedo, Florida); Linan An (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator for sensing a physical or an environmental parameter includes a support having a top surface that provides a ground plane, and a polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) element positioned on the top surface including a PDC layer, and a metal patch on the PDC layer. The metal patch is electrically isolated from all surrounding structure, and the resonator has a resonant frequency that changes as a function of the physical or environmental parameter. A system for wirelessly sensing a physical or environmental parameter includes at least one resonator and a wireless RF reader located remotely from the resonator for transmitting a wide-band RF interrogation signal that excites the resonator. The wireless RF reader detects a sensing signal retransmitted by the resonator and includes a processor for determining the physical or environmental parameter at the location of the resonator from the sensing signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/338489 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 11/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 22/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09612219 | Livesay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Jason Livesay (Knoxville, Tennessee); Brandon William Mason (New Market, Maryland); Michael Joseph Kuhn (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nathan Carl Rowe (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are several examples of a system and method for detecting if an article is being tampered with. Included is a covering made of a substrate that is coated with a layer of an electrically conductive material that forms an electrically conductive surface having an electrical resistance. The covering is configured to at least partially encapsulate the article such that the article cannot be tampered with, without modifying the electrical resistance of the electrically conductive surface of the covering. A sensing device is affixed to the electrically conductive surface of the covering and the sensing device monitors the condition of the covering by producing a signal that is indicative of the electrical resistance of the electrically conductive surface of the covering. A measured electrical resistance that differs from a nominal electrical resistance is indicative of a covering that is being tampered with and an alert is communicated to an observer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/823013 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/126 (20130101) |
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| US 09612257 | Jesse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Jesse (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alex Belianinov (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Sergei V. Kalinin (Knoxville, Tennessee); Suhas Somnath (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are described for scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy based on acquisition of full probe response. The full probe response contains valuable information about the probe-sample interaction that is lost in traditional scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy methods. The full probe response is analyzed post data acquisition using fast Fourier transform and adaptive filtering, as well as multivariate analysis. The full response data is further compressed to retain only statistically significant components before being permanently stored. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/063144 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 30/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09612316 | Griesmeyer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Michael Griesmeyer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for tracking at least one object using a plurality of pointing sensors and a tracking system are disclosed herein. In a general embodiment, the tracking system is configured to receive a series of observation data relative to the at least one object over a time base for each of the plurality of pointing sensors. The observation data may include sensor position data, pointing vector data and observation error data. The tracking system may further determine a triangulation point using a magnitude of a shortest line connecting a line of sight value from each of the series of observation data from each of the plurality of sensors to the at least one object, and perform correlation processing on the observation data and triangulation point to determine if at least two of the plurality of sensors are tracking the same object. Observation data may also be branched, associated and pruned using new incoming observation data. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/448513 |
| 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 5/0294 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09612345 | Stowe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashley C. Stowe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Arnold Burger (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cosolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia); Fisk University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashley C. Stowe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Arnold Burger (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodetector device, including: a scintillator material operable for receiving incident radiation and emitting photons in response; a photodetector material coupled to the scintillator material operable for receiving the photons emitted by the scintillator material and generating a current in response, wherein the photodetector material includes a chalcopyrite semiconductor crystal; and a circuit coupled to the photodetector material operable for characterizing the incident radiation based on the current generated by the photodetector material. Optionally, the scintillator material includes a gamma scintillator material and the incident radiation received includes gamma rays. Optionally, the photodetector material is further operable for receiving thermal neutrons and generating a current in response. The circuit is further operable for characterizing the thermal neutrons based on the current generated by the photodetector material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/843150 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 11/06 (20130101) C30B 11/12 (20130101) C30B 29/46 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09612458 | Lentine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher DeRose (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonant photonic device is provided. The device comprises an optical waveguiding element, such as an optical resonator, that includes a diode junction region, two signal terminals configured to apply a bias voltage across the junction region, and a heater laterally separated from the optical waveguiding element. A semiconductor electrical barrier element is juxtaposed to the heater. A metallic strip is electrically and thermally connected at one end to a signal terminal of the optical waveguiding element and thermally connected at another end to the barrier element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/260175 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/26 (20130101) G02B 6/29335 (20130101) G02B 6/29338 (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 1/011 (20130101) G02F 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/0147 (20130101) G02F 1/01708 (20130101) G02F 1/2257 (20130101) G02F 2001/0151 (20130101) G02F 2203/15 (20130101) G02F 2203/055 (20130101) G02F 2203/585 (20130101) |
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| US 09613163 | Ros-Giralt |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Reservoir Labs, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIGNIFICS AND ELEMENTS, LLC (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jordi Ros-Giralt (Newport Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | For balancing load, a forwarder can selectively direct data from the forwarder to a processor according to a loading parameter. The selective direction includes forwarding the data to the processor for processing, transforming and/or forwarding the data to another node, and dropping the data. The forwarder can also adjust the loading parameter based on, at least in part, feedback received from the processor. One or more processing elements can store values associated with one or more flows into a structure without locking the structure. The stored values can be used to determine how to direct the flows, e.g., whether to process a flow or to drop it. The structure can be used within an information channel providing feedback to a processor. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/939881 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/163 (20130101) G06F 17/30952 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 67/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09613729 | Shu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deming Shu (Darien, Illinois); Jie Liu (Lisle, Illinois); Sophie C. Gleber (Oak Park, Illinois); Joan Vila-Comamala (Oak Park, Illinois); Barry Lai (Woodridge, Illinois); Jorg M. Maser (Oak Park, Illinois); Christian Roehrig (Plainfield, Illinois); Michael J. Wojcik (Tinley Park, Illinois); Franz Stefan Vogt (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An enhanced mechanical design of multiple zone plates precision alignment apparatus for hard x-ray focusing in a twenty-nanometer scale is provided. The precision alignment apparatus includes a zone plate alignment base frame; a plurality of zone plates; and a plurality of zone plate holders, each said zone plate holder for mounting and aligning a respective zone plate for hard x-ray focusing. At least one respective positioning stage drives and positions each respective zone plate holder. Each respective positioning stage is mounted on the zone plate alignment base frame. A respective linkage component connects each respective positioning stage and the respective zone plate holder. The zone plate alignment base frame, each zone plate holder and each linkage component is formed of a selected material for providing thermal expansion stability and positioning stability for the precision alignment apparatus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/282281 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/06 (20130101) G21K 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09613905 | Yazdani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Yazdani (Princeton, New Jersey); N. Phuan Ong (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Robert J. Cava (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An interconnect is disclosed with enhanced immunity of electrical conductivity to defects. The interconnect includes a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating such interconnects. Also disclosed is an integrated circuit including such interconnects. Also disclosed is a gated electronic device including a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/919008 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 28/00 (20130101) C22C 30/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/76838 (20130101) H01L 23/53209 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/53271 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49204 (20150115) |
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| US 09613911 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois); NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Jonathan Fan (Columbus, Ohio); Woon-Hong Yeo (Richmond, Virginia); Yewang Su (Evanston, Illinois); Yonggang Huang (Glencoe, Illinois); Yihui Zhang (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides electronic circuits, devices and device components including one or more stretchable components, such as stretchable electrical interconnects, electrodes and/or semiconductor components. Stretchability of some of the present systems is achieved via a materials level integration of stretchable metallic or semiconducting structures with soft, elastomeric materials in a configuration allowing for elastic deformations to occur in a repeatable and well-defined way. The stretchable device geometries and hard-soft materials integration approaches of the invention provide a combination of advance electronic function and compliant mechanics supporting a broad range of device applications including sensing, actuation, power storage and communications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/766333 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/538 (20130101) H01L 23/552 (20130101) H01L 23/564 (20130101) H01L 23/5386 (20130101) H01L 23/5387 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/5389 (20130101) H01L 24/97 (20130101) H01L 2224/16225 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/12041 (20130101) H01L 2924/12041 (20130101) H01L 2924/12042 (20130101) H01L 2924/12042 (20130101) H01L 2924/12043 (20130101) H01L 2924/12043 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0283 (20130101) |
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| US 09613993 | Sadrozinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Turin, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hartmut F. W. Sadrozinski (Palo Alto, California); Abraham Seiden (San Jose, California); Nicolo Cartiglia (Milan, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | Position sensitive radiation detection is provided using a continuous electrode in a semiconductor radiation detector, as opposed to the conventional use of a segmented electrode. Time constants relating to AC coupling between the continuous electrode and segmented contacts to the electrode are selected to provide position resolution from the resulting configurations. The resulting detectors advantageously have a more uniform electric field than conventional detectors having segmented electrodes, and are expected to have much lower cost of production and of integration with readout electronics. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/199382 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14603 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/14641 (20130101) H01L 27/14643 (20130101) H01L 31/053 (20141201) H01L 31/02005 (20130101) H01L 31/022408 (20130101) |
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| US 09614231 | Carter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | W. Craig Carter (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Mihai Duduta (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Pimpa Limthongkul (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 24M Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Craig Carter (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Mihai Duduta (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Pimpa Limthongkul (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Redox flow devices are described including a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode current collector, and an ion-permeable membrane separating said positive and negative current collectors, positioned and arranged to define a positive electroactive zone and a negative electroactive zone; wherein at least one of said positive and negative electroactive zone comprises a flowable semi-solid composition comprising ion storage compound particles capable of taking up or releasing said ions during operation of the cell, and wherein the ion storage compound particles have a polydisperse size distribution in which the finest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume, is at least a factor of 5 smaller than the largest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume. |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 14/002304 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/1879 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) H01M 8/0206 (20130101) H01M 8/0215 (20130101) H01M 8/0221 (20130101) H01M 8/0228 (20130101) H01M 8/0234 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/705 (20130101) Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 09614244 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ESS TECH, INC. (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ESS Tech, Inc. (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig Evans (West Linn, Oregon); Yang Song (West Linn, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for a flow cell for a hybrid flow battery, comprising: a redox plate comprising a plurality of electrolyte flow channels; conductive inserts attached to the redox plate between adjacent electrolyte flow channels; a redox electrode attached to a surface of the redox plate; a plating electrode, comprising: a plurality of folded fins with an oscillating cross-section, the plurality of folded fins comprising: a first planar surface; a second planar surface, parallel to the first planar surface; a plurality of ridges intersecting the first and second planar surfaces such that the plurality of ridges divide the first planar surface into a first plurality of strips, and divide the second planar surface into a second plurality of strips; and a membrane barrier. In this way, the capacity and performance of hybrid flow batteries may be maximized, through decreasing the reaction kinetics, mass transport and ohmic resistance losses at both electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/019488 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-performance rechargeable battery using ultra-fast ion conductors. In one embodiment the rechargeable battery apparatus includes an enclosure, a first electrode operatively connected to the enclosure, a second electrode operatively connected to the enclosure, a nanomaterial in the enclosure, and a heat transfer unit. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/890099 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/39 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0562 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/3909 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) H01M 2300/0065 (20130101) H01M 2300/0077 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 09614273 | Sena |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Sena (Los Lunas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies presented herein relate to constructing and/or operating an antenna having an omnidirectional electrical field of constant phase. The antenna comprises an upper plate made up of multiple conductive rings, a lower ground-plane plate, a plurality of grounding posts, a conical feed, and a radio frequency (RF) feed connector. The upper plate has a multi-ring configuration comprising a large outer ring and several smaller rings of equal size located within the outer ring. The large outer ring and the four smaller rings have the same cross-section. The grounding posts ground the upper plate to the lower plate while maintaining a required spacing/parallelism therebetween. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/829852 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 19/13 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 1/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09614462 | Post |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrostatic generators/motors designs are provided that generally may include a first rippled stator centered about a longitudinal axis; a second rippled stator centered about the axis, a first rippled rotor centered about the axis and located between the first rippled stator and the second rippled stator. A magnetic field having field lines about parallel with the average plane of at least one of the first rippled stator or the second rippled stator is provided with either a Halbach array configuration or a conductor array configuration. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/171724 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09610250 | Fahmy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric Stern (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard A. Flavell (Guilford, Connecticut); Jason Park (New York, New York); Alyssa Siefert (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Stephen H. Wrzesinski (Slingerlands, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A “nanolipogel” is a delivery vehicle including one or more lipid layer surrounding a hydrogel core, which may include an absorbent such as a cyclodextrin or ion-exchange resin. Nanolipogels can be constructed so as to incorporate a variety of different chemical entities that can subsequently be released in a controlled fashion. These different incorporated chemical entities can differ dramatically with respect to size and composition. Nanolipogels have been constructed to contain co-encapsulated proteins as well as small hydrophobic drugs within the interior of the lipid bilayer. Agents incorporated within nanolipogels can be released into the milieu in a controlled fashion, for example, nanolipogels provide a means of achieving simultaneous sustained release of agents that differ widely in chemical composition and molecular weight. Additionally, nanolipogels can favorably modulate biodistribution. |
| FILED | Friday, April 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/394161 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 9/1273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1277 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 47/24 (20130101) A61K 47/40 (20130101) A61K 47/48176 (20130101) A61K 47/48969 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09610319 | Holford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York); The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mande Holford (New York, New York); Prachi Anand (New York, New York); Beatrix Ueberheide (New York, New York); Brian Chait (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating liver cancer using a peptide based on venom from a terebrid snail, terebrid variegata, is described. The venom has a general formula of TRX3CCGCYWNGSKDVCSQSCC (SEQ ID NO: 1) and variants thereof are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/870271 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1767 (20130101) |
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| US 09610346 | Rabinovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Svetlana Rabinovich (Staten Island, New York); Maoli Yuan (Brooklyn, New York); Aaron J. Wilson (Brooklyn, New York); Sanjay Phogat (Edison, New Jersey); Ross W. B. Lindsay (Brooklyn, New York); Maria J. Chiuchiolo (Brooklyn, New York); Christopher L. Parks (Boonton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present relation relates to recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus for use as prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for infectious diseases of AIDS. The present invention encompasses the preparation and purification of immunogenic compositions which are formulated into the vaccines of the present invention. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/792106 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/20243 (20130101) |
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| US 09610538 | Kanatzidis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Shulan Ma (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Polysulfide intercalated layered double hydroxides and methods for their use in vapor and liquid-phase metal capture applications are provided. The layered double hydroxides comprise a plurality of positively charged host layers of mixed metal hydroxides separated by interlayer spaces. Polysulfide anions are intercalated in the interlayer spaces. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/715768 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2257/602 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/281 (20130101) C02F 1/288 (20130101) C02F 2101/006 (20130101) C02F 2101/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09610562 | Olesik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan V. Olesik (Dublin, Ohio); Joseph W. Zewe (Marion Center, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan V. Olesik (Dublin, Ohio); Joseph W. Zewe (Marion Center, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Preparation of a molecularly imprinted carbon is described. The molecularly imprinted carbon has a surface that is imprinted on the molecular level for a specific template molecule of interest, making it highly selective for analytes corresponding to at least a portion of the template molecule. Devices including the molecularly imprinted carbon and their use in methods of detecting analytes are also described. As an example, dibutyl butylphosphonate (DBBP), a surrogate for chemical warfare agents, was used as a template molecule. Electrospun molecularly imprinted SU-8 and pyrolyzed polymer (PP) solid-phase microextraction (SPME) devices were prepared; their ability to preferentially extract DBBP from an aqueous matrix, with and without interferences present, was evaluated via comparison with non-imprinted SU-8 and PP SPME fibers. The electrospun devices demonstrated a higher selectivity for DBBP, as evidenced by their extraction time profiles. The MI-SPME fibers tested extracted at least 60% more DBBP than their non-imprinted counterparts. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/582339 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/20 (20130101) B01J 20/205 (20130101) B01J 20/324 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/3057 (20130101) B01J 20/3078 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/30 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/405 (20130101) G01N 2600/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 09611287 | Myers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Nicholas E. Hill (Arlington, Virginia); Jakub Svenda (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert T. Yu (Somerville, Massachusetts); Daniel J. Smaltz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Thomas Magauer (Steyr, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to trioxacarcin compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are as defined herein. The present invention also provides processes for preparing such compounds and intermediates thereto; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; and methods of use and treatment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/811559 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/22 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/24 (20130101) C07H 15/26 (20130101) C07H 17/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09611453 | Bhatia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Elliot Hui (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Elliot Hui (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The development and function of living tissues depends largely on interactions between cells that can vary in both time and space; however, temporal control of cell-cell interaction is experimentally challenging. By employing a micromachined silicon substrate with moving parts, herein is disclosed the dynamic regulation of cell-cell interactions via direct manipulation of adherent cells with micron-scale precision. The inventive devices and methods allow mechanical control of both tissue composition and spatial organization. The inventive device and methods enable the investigation of dynamic cell-cell interaction in a multitude of applications, such as intercellular communication, spanning embryogenesis, homeostasis, and pathogenic processes. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/449994 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/04 (20130101) C12M 23/20 (20130101) C12M 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09612164 | Gong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xun Gong (Oviedo, Florida); Linan An (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator for sensing a physical or an environmental parameter includes a support having a top surface that provides a ground plane, and a polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) element positioned on the top surface including a PDC layer, and a metal patch on the PDC layer. The metal patch is electrically isolated from all surrounding structure, and the resonator has a resonant frequency that changes as a function of the physical or environmental parameter. A system for wirelessly sensing a physical or environmental parameter includes at least one resonator and a wireless RF reader located remotely from the resonator for transmitting a wide-band RF interrogation signal that excites the resonator. The wireless RF reader detects a sensing signal retransmitted by the resonator and includes a processor for determining the physical or environmental parameter at the location of the resonator from the sensing signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/338489 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 11/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 22/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09612185 | Superfine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Superfine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Chasen Spero (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Adam Richard Shields (Springfield, Virginia); Benjamin Aaron Evans (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Briana Lee Fiser (High Point, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for using actuated surface-attached posts for assessing biofluid rheology are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for testing properties of a biofluid specimen includes placing the specimen onto a micropost array having a plurality of microposts extending outwards from a substrate, wherein each micropost includes a proximal end attached to the substrate and a distal end opposite the proximal end, and generating an actuation force in proximity to the micropost array to actuate the microposts, thereby compelling at least some of the microposts to exhibit motion. The method further includes measuring the motion of at least one of the microposts in response to the actuation force and determining a property of the specimen based on the measured motion of the at least one micropost. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/997111 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5085 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0851 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 39/026 (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 2083/00 (20130101) B29K 2869/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/756 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Non-mechanical Removal of Metallic Material From Surface; Inhibiting Corrosion of Metallic Material or Incrustation in General; Multi-step Processes for Surface Treatment of Metallic Material Involving at Least One Process Provided for in Class C23 and at Least One Process Covered by Subclass C21D or C22F or Class C25 C23F 1/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 11/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/022 (20130101) G01N 33/4905 (20130101) G01N 2291/0255 (20130101) G01N 2291/0256 (20130101) G01N 2291/02827 (20130101) |
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| US 09612240 | Johnson, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Brett R. Goldsmith (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph J. Mitala, Jr. (Rockville, Maryland); Bohdana Discher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Stephen G. Sligar (Urbana, Illinois); Timothy H. Bayburt (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Brett R. Goldsmith (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph J. Mitala, Jr. (Rockville, Maryland); Bohdana Discher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Stephen G. Sligar (Urbana, Illinois); Timothy H. Bayburt (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides biomimetic sensor devices that utilize proteins—such as G-protein coupled receptors—and are useful in high-sensitivity analysis of analyte-containing samples. These sensors may be used to determine the presence or concentration of one or more analytes in a sample. The invention also includes methods of fabricating the devices and methods of using the devices to assay samples. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/807323 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/554 (20130101) G01N 33/5438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/726 (20130101) |
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| US 09612292 | Salmani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohamadamin Salmani (Tallahassee, Florida); Chris S. Edrington (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method for real-time small-signal stability analysis for power electronic-based components in a power system. The method may be used to monitor a power system in real-time by perturbing the source side of an electronic-based component of the power system of about 0.5 to 1 percent of a nominal current of the power system at the source side, and perturbing the load side of the power electronic-based component by varying the voltage at the load side. Time-domain results of the simultaneous perturbations may be transferred to frequency-domain results and the stability of the power system may be monitored by obtaining a Nyquist contour and employing unit circle criterion. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/131700 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/16 (20130101) G01R 31/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09612293 | Salmani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohamadamin Salmani (Tallahassee, Florida); Chris S. Edrington (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method for real-time small-signal stability analysis for power electronic-based components in a power system. The method may be used to monitor a power system in real-time by perturbing the source side of an electronic-based component of the power system of about 0.5 to 1 percent of a nominal current of the power system at the source side, and perturbing the load side of the power electronic-based component by varying the voltage at the load side. Time-domain results of the simultaneous perturbations may be transferred to frequency-domain results and the stability of the power system may be monitored by obtaining a Nyquist contour and employing Generalized Nyquist Criterion. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/131707 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/16 (20130101) G01R 31/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09612299 | Wessels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce W. Wessels (Wilmette, Illinois); Steven J. May (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Ferromagnetic Group III-V semiconductor/non-magnetic Group III-V semiconductor heterojunctions, with a magnetodiode device, to detect heterojunction magnetoresistance responsive to an applied magnetic field. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/704590 |
| 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 25/00 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/093 (20130101) G01R 33/1253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/1284 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/267 (20130101) H01L 43/08 (20130101) H01L 43/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09612395 | Karbasivalashani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salman Karbasivalashani (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Karl William Koch, III (Elmira, New York); Arash Mafi (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corning Incorporated (Corning, New York); UWM Reserach Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salman Karbasivalashani (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Karl William Koch, III (Elmira, New York); Arash Mafi (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical waveguide, such as an optical fiber, which relies on a mechanism involving scattering in random structures to confine light to a region of the waveguide and allow propagation of electromagnetic radiation along the length of the waveguide includes an optically transmissive body having a length and a cross-section transverse to the length, wherein the optically transmissive body has refractive indices that are cross-sectionally random and substantially invariant along the length direction of the waveguide. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/358743 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/0229 (20130101) G02B 6/02338 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09612955 | Akella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivasa Akella (Middleton, Wisconsin); Ashok Anand (Madison, Wisconsin); Aaron Gember (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present invention provide high-performance indexing for data-intensive systems in which “slicing” is used to organize indexing data on an SSD such that related entries are located together. Slicing enables combining multiple reads into a single “slice read” of related items, offering high read performance. Small in-memory indexes, such as hash tables, bloom filters or LSH tables, may be used as buffers for insert operations to resolve slow random writes on the SSD. When full, these buffers are written to the SSD. The internal architecture of the SSD may also be leveraged to achieve higher performance via parallelism. Such parallelism may occur at the channel-level, the package-level, the die-level and/or the plane-level. Consequently, memory and compute resources are freed for use by higher layer applications, and better performance may be achieved. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/737092 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30067 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09613285 | Gardiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Gardiner (Washington, District of Columbia); Rishi Gupta (Cupertino, California); Yaron Rachlin (Newton, Massachusetts); Christopher C. Yu (Belmont, Massachusetts); Piotr Indyk (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eric Price (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for compressive sensing that enable efficient recovery of features in an input signal based on acquiring a few measurements corresponding to the input signal. One method of compressive sensing includes folding an image to generate first and second folds, and recovering a feature of the image based on the first and second folds without reconstructing the image. One example of a compressive sensing apparatus includes a lens, a focal plane array coupled to the lens and configured to generate first and second folds based on the image, and a decoder configured to receive the first and second folds and to recover a feature of the image without reconstructing the image. The feature may be a local geometric feature or a corner. Compressive sensing methods and apparatuses for determining translation and rotation between two images are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/695709 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/60 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 9/00 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 7/3062 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 19/90 (20141101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09613544 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peichun Yang (Raleigh, North Carolina); David A. Winick (Raleigh, North Carolina); Paul Franzon (New Hill, North Carolina); Neil H. DiSpigna (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for an electroactive polymer actuated dot structure is disclosed herein. According to an aspect, an actuated dot structure includes a housing. The actuated dot structure also includes a pin configured to move between a first position and a second position with respect to the housing. Further, the actuated dot structure includes a multimorph engaged with the pin and configured to displace the pin between the first and second positions and to latch the pin in the second position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/446456 |
| 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 21/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09613879 | Hersam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois); REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois); REGENTS OF THE UNIVERITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Michael L. Geier (Chicago, Illinois); Pradyumna L. Prabhumirashi (Chicago, Illinois); Weichao Xu (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Hyungil Kim (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic device formed with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) includes: at least one p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) thin-film transistor (TFT) formed with the SWCNTs, and at least one n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) TFT formed with the SWCNTs, where each of the at least one PMOS TFT and the at least one NMOS TFT has a gate, a source and a drain. The gate of each of the at least one PMOS TFT and the gate of each of the at least one NMOS TFT is configured to alternatively receive at least one input voltage, and respectively includes a local metallic gate structure formed of a metal. At least one of the drain of the at least one PMOS TFT and the drain of the at least one NMOS TFT is configured to output an output voltage VOUT. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/511705 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/0948 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09613905 | Yazdani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Yazdani (Princeton, New Jersey); N. Phuan Ong (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Robert J. Cava (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An interconnect is disclosed with enhanced immunity of electrical conductivity to defects. The interconnect includes a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating such interconnects. Also disclosed is an integrated circuit including such interconnects. Also disclosed is a gated electronic device including a material with charge carriers having topological surface states. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/919008 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 28/00 (20130101) C22C 30/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/76838 (20130101) H01L 23/53209 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/53271 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49204 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09614633 | Giannakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Xiaoli Ma (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are described for carrier frequency offset (CFO) and channel estimation of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmissions over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) frequency-selective fading channels. A wireless transmitter forms blocks of symbols by inserting training symbols within two or more blocks of information-bearing symbols. The transmitter applies a hopping code to each of the blocks of symbols to insert a null subcarrier at a different position within each of the blocks of symbols, and a modulator outputs a wireless signal in accordance with the blocks of symbols. A receiver receives the wireless signal and estimates the CFO, and outputs a stream of estimated symbols based on the estimated CFO. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/163055 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/046 (20130101) H04B 7/066 (20130101) H04B 7/0413 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 11/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 5/0016 (20130101) H04L 25/0202 (20130101) H04L 25/0206 (20130101) H04L 25/0228 (20130101) H04L 25/0242 (20130101) H04L 27/2613 (20130101) H04L 27/2626 (20130101) H04L 27/2657 (20130101) H04L 27/2671 (20130101) H04L 27/2672 (20130101) H04L 27/2675 (20130101) H04L 27/2692 (20130101) H04L 27/2695 (20130101) |
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| US 09615172 | Rosca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, Germany); University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, Germany); University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justinian Rosca (West Windsor, New Jersey); Heiko Claussen (North Brunswick, New Jersey); Radu Victor Balan (Rockville, Maryland); Yenming Lai (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to determine a subset of D microphones in a set of N microphones on a perimeter of a space to monitor a target location. The space is divided into L interference locations. An equation is solved to determine microphone weights for the N microphones by minimizing the maximum gain for signals related to the target location and interference locations, further optimized over an l1 penalty by applying a Lagrange multiplier to an l1 norm of the microphone weights in a manner that determines a set of D non-zero microphones weights and a set of (N-D) microphone weights that are zero or close to zero. Microphone weights are determined for at least 2 different frequencies. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/318733 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 25/48 (20130101) G10L 2021/02166 (20130101) Telephonic Communication H04M 3/568 (20130101) H04M 2203/509 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 1/406 (20130101) H04R 3/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 25/405 (20130101) H04R 25/407 (20130101) H04R 2225/41 (20130101) H04R 2225/43 (20130101) H04R 2430/03 (20130101) H04R 2430/23 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09610650 | Hofmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Hofmann (Altadena, California); Scott N. Roberts (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention fabricate objects including metallic glass-based materials using ultrasonic welding. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an object that includes a metallic glass-based material includes: ultrasonically welding at least one ribbon to a surface; where at least one ribbon that is ultrasonically welded to a surface has a thickness of less than approximately 150 μm; and where at least one ribbon that is ultrasonically welded to a surface includes a metallic glass-based material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/259608 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 20/10 (20130101) B23K 20/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 20/103 (20130101) |
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| US 09611453 | Bhatia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Elliot Hui (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Elliot Hui (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The development and function of living tissues depends largely on interactions between cells that can vary in both time and space; however, temporal control of cell-cell interaction is experimentally challenging. By employing a micromachined silicon substrate with moving parts, herein is disclosed the dynamic regulation of cell-cell interactions via direct manipulation of adherent cells with micron-scale precision. The inventive devices and methods allow mechanical control of both tissue composition and spatial organization. The inventive device and methods enable the investigation of dynamic cell-cell interaction in a multitude of applications, such as intercellular communication, spanning embryogenesis, homeostasis, and pathogenic processes. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/449994 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/04 (20130101) C12M 23/20 (20130101) C12M 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09614026 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang Hyouk Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Glen C. King (Williamsburg, Virginia); Hyun-Jung Kim (Poquoson, Virginia); Kunik Lee (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device includes a trigonal crystal substrate defining a (0001) C-plane. The substrate may comprise Sapphire or other suitable material. A plurality of rhombohedrally aligned SiGe (111)-oriented crystals are disposed on the (0001) C-plane of the crystal substrate. A first region of material is disposed on the rhombohedrally aligned SiGe layer. The first region comprises an intrinsic or doped Si, Ge, or SiGe layer. The first region can be layered between two secondary regions comprising n+doped SiGe or n+doped Ge, whereby the first region collects electrons from the two secondary regions. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/202699 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/155 (20130101) H01L 29/165 (20130101) H01L 29/7782 (20130101) H01L 31/03682 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) H01L 35/22 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/546 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09611391 | Ajdelsztajn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonardo Ajdelsztajn (Niskayuna, New York); James Anthony Ruud (Delmar, New York); Dennis Michael Gray (Delanson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention includes an article. The article includes a substrate and a coating disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating includes a plurality of cermet particles bonded along their prior particle boundaries. The plurality of cermet particles have a median particle size less than about 5 microns and less than 25 percent of the plurality of cermet particles include melted and re-solidified particles. Gate valves are also presented. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/194880 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 4/129 (20160101) C23C 24/04 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 3/30 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/252 (20150115) |
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| US 09612853 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system, and computer program product monitor resource usage of a virtual machine. When a virtual machine is instantiated, resource usage of the virtual machine is monitored to form monitoring data. The monitoring is performed externally from the virtual machine. When the virtual machine is later suspended, the monitoring data is stored as metadata associated with the virtual machine. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606577 |
| ART UNIT | 2449 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45533 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/45558 (20130101) G06F 11/3409 (20130101) G06F 11/3476 (20130101) G06F 11/3495 (20130101) G06F 2009/45575 (20130101) G06F 2009/45591 (20130101) G06F 2201/815 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/08 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09610320 | Murray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel S. Murray (Saugus, California); Elsa J. Brochmann-Murray (Saugus, California); Keyvan Behnam (Simi Valley, California); Jeffrey C. Wang (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the clinical application of BBP, alone or in combination with other growth factors, for use in bone healing applications, such as spinal surgery. Additional applications include use in orthopedic implantable prostheses and implantation into other surgical sites (e.g., surgical reconstruction, regional osteopenia, etc.) where bone is desired. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/731852 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/32 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 38/1875 (20130101) A61K 38/1875 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/64 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/51 (20130101) |
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| US 09611301 | Stapleton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa, Iowa); The United States of America as Represented by The Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack T. Stapleton (Iowa City, Iowa); Nirjal Bhattarai (Coralville, Iowa); Jinhua Xiang (Iowa City, Iowa); James H. McLinden (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | GB virus C (GBV-C or hepatitis G virus) is a flavivirus that frequently leads to chronic viremia in humans. The invention provides compositions and methods involving GBV-C E2 polypeptides and peptides for use in modulating immune responses, including inhibition inflammation related to pathogenic T-cell activation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/384775 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/162 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/00 (20130101) C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/24222 (20130101) C12N 2770/24233 (20130101) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09614119 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yimin Kang (San Jose, California); Han-Din Liu (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yimin Kang (San Jose, California); Han-Din Liu (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An Si/Ge SACM avalanche photo-diodes (APD) having low breakdown voltage characteristics includes an absorption region and a multiplication region having various layers of particular thicknesses and doping concentrations. An optical waveguide can guide infrared and/or optical signals or energy into the absorption region. The resulting photo-generated carriers are swept into the i-Si layer and/or multiplication region for avalanche multiplication. The APD has a breakdown bias voltage of well less than 12 V and an operating bandwidth of greater than 10 GHz, and is therefore suitable for use in consumer electronic devices, high speed communication networks, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/976379 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/1075 (20130101) H01L 31/035272 (20130101) H01L 33/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09614532 | Bulzacchelli 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) | John F. Bulzacchelli (Yonkers, New York); Mark B. Ketchen (Hadley, Massachusetts); Christopher B. Lirakis (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Alexey Y. Lvov (Congers, New York); Stanislav Polonsky (Moscow, Russian Federation); Mark B. Ritter (Sherman, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A probabilistic digitizer for extracting information from a Josephson comparator is disclosed. The digitizer uses statistical methods to aggregate over a set of comparator readouts, effectively increasing the sensitivity of the comparator even when an input signal falls within the comparator's gray zone. Among other uses, such a digitizer may be used to discriminate between states of a qubit. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/972303 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 5/24 (20130101) H03K 19/195 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 09612852 | Benameur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Veritas Technologies LLC (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Veritas Technologies LLC (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Azzedine Benameur (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Nathan S. Evans (Sterling, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for redirecting input/output are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for redirecting input/output comprising the steps of method for redirecting input/output comprising configuring a first virtual machine with a recorder for library interposition, configuring a replica virtual machine with a player for library interposition, receiving a first recorded event from the first virtual machine, and transferring the first recorded event to the replica virtual machine for replay. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/718805 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/455 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09613309 | Apreleva et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sofia Apreleva (Santa Monica, California); Tsai-Ching Lu (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is system for predicting significant events using a progress curve model. The system first determines Z-score values for a predetermined period of a time series to generate a Z-score time series. The Z-score time series are partitioned into a plurality of E-periods to define time frames for progress curve model (PCM) fitting. An E-period is defined as a period of escalation and de-escalation. Finally, a future event is predicted based on an absolute Z-score value that is greater than or equal to a predetermined number. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207357 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/049 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09611976 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongliang Yang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Matthew G. Good (Marriottsville, Maryland); Leung M. Shiu (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of mitigating force in a mechanical system, the system comprising a frame member, a first rail connected to the frame member, a second rail connected to the frame member and extending along the frame member in parallel to the first rail, an assembly movably engaging the first and second rails, and a first bracket located between the first and second rails, with at least one first bracket attachment secured to the frame member, the first bracket sharing an upper edge with a lower edge of the first rail, such that a downward force applied on the first rail is distributed to the first bracket and the frame member via the at least one first bracket attachment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/553768 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 9/00 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 67/0074 (20130101) Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 59/00 (20130101) Handling Thin or Filamentary Material, e.g Sheets, Webs, Cables B65H 1/00 (20130101) B65H 2402/20 (20130101) B65H 2402/30 (20130101) B65H 2402/40 (20130101) Frames, Casings or Beds of Engines, Machines or Apparatus, Not Specific to Engines, Machines or Apparatus Provided for Elsewhere; Stands; Supports F16M 11/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16M 11/2085 (20130101) |
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| US 09613129 | Atkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Scot Atkins (Chantilly, Virginia); Joseph Conway (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer program for processing records is disclosed. The records are associated with record sets, based on a record number contained in the record. Record sets are associated with physically separate processor sets, which include one or more processors. Records are electronically routed to associated processor sets for processing, based on the record set associated with the record. Records are processed on processors in the processor sets. Furthermore, various localized affinities can be established. Process affinity can link server processes with processor sets. Cache affinity can link database caches with processor sets. Data affinity can link incoming data to processor sets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/555443 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/5033 (20130101) G06F 17/3048 (20130101) G06F 17/30445 (20130101) G06F 17/30463 (20130101) G06F 17/30598 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2209/5012 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09611439 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Brown (Ames, Iowa); Samuel T. Jones (Ames, Iowa); Anthony Pollard (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of fractionating bio-oil vapors which involves providing bio-oil vapors comprising bio-oil constituents. The bio-oil vapors are cooled in a first stage which comprises a condenser having passages for the bio-oil separated by a heat conducting wall from passages for a coolant. The coolant in the condenser of the first stage is maintained at a substantially constant temperature, set at a temperature in the range of 75 to 100° C., to condense a first liquid fraction of liquefied bio-oil constituents in the condenser of the first stage. The first liquid fraction of liquified bio-oil constituents from the condenser in the first stage is collected. Also disclosed are steps for subsequently recovering further liquid fractions of liquefied bio-oil constituents. Particular compositions of bio-oil condensation products are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/905112 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/02 (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 1/1802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Education (ED)
| US 09613544 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peichun Yang (Raleigh, North Carolina); David A. Winick (Raleigh, North Carolina); Paul Franzon (New Hill, North Carolina); Neil H. DiSpigna (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for an electroactive polymer actuated dot structure is disclosed herein. According to an aspect, an actuated dot structure includes a housing. The actuated dot structure also includes a pin configured to move between a first position and a second position with respect to the housing. Further, the actuated dot structure includes a multimorph engaged with the pin and configured to displace the pin between the first and second positions and to latch the pin in the second position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/446456 |
| 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 21/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 09614792 | Davitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Davitz (Danville, California); Sugato Basu (Redwood City, California); Jiye Yu (Menlo Park, California); David Gutelius (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for knowledge generation and deployment in a distributed network. In one embodiment, a method for processing messages in a social network includes receiving a new message from a first node in the network, the new message including a query, providing the first node with an answer to the query, if the answer is located in a repository, and initiating generation of the answer, if the answer is not located in the repository. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/579927 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30091 (20130101) G06F 17/30545 (20130101) G06F 17/30979 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/588 (20130101) H04L 51/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 51/32 (20130101) H04L 67/104 (20130101) H04L 67/303 (20130101) H04L 67/1072 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09613163 | Ros-Giralt |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Reservoir Labs, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIGNIFICS AND ELEMENTS, LLC (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jordi Ros-Giralt (Newport Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | For balancing load, a forwarder can selectively direct data from the forwarder to a processor according to a loading parameter. The selective direction includes forwarding the data to the processor for processing, transforming and/or forwarding the data to another node, and dropping the data. The forwarder can also adjust the loading parameter based on, at least in part, feedback received from the processor. One or more processing elements can store values associated with one or more flows into a structure without locking the structure. The stored values can be used to determine how to direct the flows, e.g., whether to process a flow or to drop it. The structure can be used within an information channel providing feedback to a processor. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/939881 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/163 (20130101) G06F 17/30952 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 67/00 (20130101) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09613882 | Starkovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Starkovich (Redondo Beach, California); Jesse B. Tice (Torrance, California); Edward M. Silverman (Encino, California); Hsiao-Hu Peng (Rancho Palo Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal interface material (TIM) using high thermal conductivity nano-particles, particularly ones with large aspect ratios, for enhancing thermal transport across boundary or interfacial layers that exist at bulk material interfaces is disclosed. At least one of the interfacial layers is a vertically aligned metal nanowire array. The nanoparticles do not need to be used in a fluid carrier or as filler material within a bonding adhesive to enhance thermal transport, but simply in a dry solid state. The nanoparticles may be equiaxed or acicular in shape with large aspect ratios like nanorods and nanowires. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/268980 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 5/14 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 2013/006 (20130101) F28F 2255/20 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/42 (20130101) H01L 23/373 (20130101) H01L 23/3677 (20130101) H01L 23/3731 (20130101) H01L 23/3732 (20130101) H01L 23/3733 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/3736 (20130101) H01L 23/3737 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/762 (20130101) Y10S 977/833 (20130101) |
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
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