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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 13, 2017
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| US 09675040 | Cleary et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Cleary (Portland, Oregon); Carlos I. Fonck (Pasadena, California); Henry A. Lester (South Pasadena, California); Michael P. Walsh (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Cleary (Portland, Oregon); Carlos I. Fonck (Pasadena, California); Henry A. Lester (South Pasadena, California); Michael P. Walsh (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed device provides uniform illumination of variable intensity for a plant or animal container, e.g., a rodent cage, using infrared and broad spectrum light. Manual control or a timer can be provided. The device can mount on top of the container without need for substantial modification of the cage-or cage configuration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825912 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Horticulture; Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops or Seaweed; Forestry; Watering A01G 7/045 (20130101) Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 1/031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 63/06 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 37/0281 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 20/42 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 60/146 (20151101) |
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| US 09675420 | Higgins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Higgins (State College, Pennsylvania); Jason D. Gibbs (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus assist in planning routes through hollow, branching organs in patients to optimize subsequent endoscopic procedures. Information is provided about the organ and a follow-on endoscopic procedure associated with the organ. The most appropriate navigable route or routes to a target region of interest (ROI) within the organ are then identified given anatomical, endoscopic-device, or procedure-specific constraints derived from the information provided. The method may include the step of modifying the viewing direction at each site along a route to give physically meaningful navigation directions or to reflect the requirements of a follow-on live endoscopic procedure. An existing route may further be extended, if necessary, to an ROI beyond the organ. The information provided may include anatomical constraints that define locations or organs to avoid; anatomical constraints that confine the route within specific geometric locations; or a metric for selecting the most appropriate route. For example, the metric may define the closest route to the ROI such that the route satisfies all applicable anatomical, device, and procedural constraints. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/714836 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00009 (20130101) A61B 1/00045 (20130101) A61B 1/2676 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/466 (20130101) A61B 6/469 (20130101) A61B 34/10 (20160201) Original (OR) Class A61B 2034/105 (20160201) A61B 2034/107 (20160201) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/003 (20130101) G06T 2207/30061 (20130101) G06T 2210/41 (20130101) |
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| US 09675550 | Croyle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria A. Croyle (Austin, Texas); Jun Huk Choi (Austin, Texas); Stephen Schafer (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Vaccine compositions that may be administered to a subject via the buccal and/or sublingual mucosa are provided. Methods for administration and preparation of such vaccine compositions are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750774 |
| 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 9/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 47/26 (20130101) A61K 2039/541 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/04 (20130101) C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2710/10351 (20130101) C12N 2760/14134 (20130101) |
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| US 09675556 | Akala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Howard University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emmanuel Oyekanmi Akala (Mitchellville, Maryland); Simeon Kolawole Adesina (Lanham, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a crosslinked or non-crosslinked polymer particle, wherein the crosslinked polymer particle comprises a copolymer of poly(alklyene glycol-graft-lactate) that is crosslinked by at least one hydrolysable monomer. Another embodiment of the present invention is a polymer particle comprising a crosslinked polymer particle that is a product of starting materials comprising (a) a hydrophilic monomer, (b) a hydrophobic monomer, and (c) a hydrolysable crosslinking agent. Another embodiment of the present invention is a polymer particle comprising, a crosslinked copolymer comprises structures represented by Formulas (I), (II), and (III), where Formulas (I), (II) and (III) are defined in the specification. Yet other embodiments of the present invention include a method of preparing a methacrylate terminated macromonomer, a method of preparing a crosslinking agent, and a method of preparing a therapeutic agent loaded nanosphere by dispersion polymerization. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/575517 |
| 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 9/1635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/06 (20130101) B01J 13/16 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/85 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09675560 | Ramamurthi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anand Ramamurthi (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Balakrishnan Sivaraman (Westlake, Ohio); Andrew Sylvester (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Fibrinolytic nanoparticles including a polymeric core having a surface that is functionalized with a cationic amphiphilic compound, and a fibrinolytic agent dispersed within the core, are described herein. The fibrinolytic nanoparticles can be used in method of dissolving a blood clot in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of fibrinolytic nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/471616 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48023 (20130101) A61K 47/48915 (20130101) |
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| US 09675561 | Bencherif 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) | Sidi A. Bencherif (Dorchester, Massachusetts); Roger Warren Sands (Chicago, Illinois); Sandeep T. Koshy (Boston, Massachusetts); David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides polymer compositions for cell and drug delivery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/166689 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 9/7007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 2039/5152 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (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 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) A61L 2300/258 (20130101) A61L 2400/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/04 (20130101) C08L 89/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09675576 | Golub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York); Chem-Master International, Inc. (East Setauket, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Albany, New York); CHEM-MASTER INTERNATIONAL, INC. (East Setauket, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lorne M. Golub (Smithtown, New York); Francis Johnson (Setauket, New York); Galina I. Botchkina (Stony Brook, New York); Iwao Ojima (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of inhibiting the growth of or promoting differentiation and destruction of cancer stem cells (CSCs) comprising contacting the cancer stem cells with a compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/950033 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/136 (20130101) A61K 31/136 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/216 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/216 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09675591 | Wulff 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) | Heike Wulff (Davis, California); Nichole Coleman (Davis, California); David Paul Jenkins (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for treating seizure disorders. The method includes administering to a subject in need thereof 2-amino-6-trifluoromethylthio-benzothiazole, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Methods for the treatment of pain are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/130796 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/82 (20130101) |
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| US 09675602 | Moss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Moss (Chicago, Illinois); Mark Lingen (Oak Park, Illinois); Patrick A. Singleton (Chicago, Illinois); Joe G. N. Garcia (Chicago, Illinois); Chun-Su Yuan (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of attenuating, e.g., inhibiting or reducing, cellular proliferation and migration, particularly endothelial cell proliferation and migration, including that associated with angiogenesis, using opioid antagonists, including, but not limited to, those that are peripherally restricted antagonists. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/972122 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/451 (20130101) A61K 31/451 (20130101) A61K 31/485 (20130101) A61K 31/485 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09675607 | Messersmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Iossif A. Strehin (Lincolnshire, Illinois); Ellen Heber-Katz (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are described for enhancing tissue regeneration or wound repair in a mammalian subject comprising a composition comprising (a) a proline hydroxylase inhibitor component or molecule that increases or upregulates HIF1a and (b) a carrier component comprising a hydrogel. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/544003 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4745 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 47/48784 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/333 (20130101) C08G 65/33396 (20130101) C08G 2210/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0071 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/11002 (20130101) |
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| US 09675620 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean C. Shih (Beverly Hills, California); Florence M. Hofman (Venice, California); Thomas C. Chen (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A pharmaceutical composition and method for treating brain cancer are provided. The method includes administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of one or more compounds that include moclobemide, clorgyline, clorgyline's Near-infra-red dye Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor (NMI), and MHI 148-clorgyline, and their salt thereof. The composition and method are particularly effective in reducing the size of glioblastomas that are temozolomide (TMZ) resistant. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/615416 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/15 (20130101) A61K 31/15 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/5375 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 49/16 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/24 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 104/03004 (20130101) |
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| US 09675623 | Gestwicki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason E. Gestwicki (Moss Beach, California); Kathryn McMenimen (South Hadley, Massachusetts); Leah Makley (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides inhibitors of α-crystallin aggregation and methods of using α-crystallin aggregation inhibitors to, e.g., treat or prevent cataracts in a subject having or at risk of developing cataracts. The invention further provides high throughput methods of screening compounds for modulation of protein thermal stability, the method comprising contacting a protein with each of a plurality of test compounds; and (b) measuring the melting transition (Tm) of the protein in the presence of each of the plurality of test compounds, wherein a compound that decreases or increases the apparent Tm by at least 2 standard deviations is identified as a pharmacological protein chaperone. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944477 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 31/045 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48969 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Steroids C07J 9/00 (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 1/34 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 2201/10 (20130101) G01N 2333/4709 (20130101) G01N 2500/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09675633 | Heimberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy Heimberger (Houston, Texas); Jun Wei (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some aspects, miRNA for the treatment of cancer are provided. In some embodiments, a miRNA (e.g., miR-124, miR-142, and/or miR-138) may be used to promote or enhance immune destruction of a cancer, or reduce the immune suppression of the cancer, in a subject. In other aspects, the miRNA may be used in, or in combination with, an adoptive immunotherapy. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/775667 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) |
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| US 09675634 | Machielse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vtesse, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vtesse Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernardus Nicolaas Machielse (North Potomac, Maryland); Allan Darling (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides mixtures of beta-cyclodextrin molecules substituted at one or more hydroxyl positions by hydroxypropyl groups, the mixture optionally including unsubstituted beta-cyclodextrin molecules, for use as a pharmaceutically active ingredient; methods of making such mixtures; methods of qualifying such mixtures for use in a pharmaceutical composition suitable for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration; pharmaceutical compositions suitable for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration comprising such mixtures; and methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of Niemann-Pick disease Type C. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/288876 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0085 (20130101) A61K 31/724 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09675637 | Gladwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark T. Gladwin (Washington, District of Columbia); Alan N. Schechter (Bethesda, Maryland); David J. Lefer (Bronx, New York); Rakesh P. Patel (Birmingham, Alabama); Christian J. Hunter (Boston, Massachusetts); Gordon G. Power (Redlands, California); Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Ryszard Pluta (Bethesda, Maryland); Edward H. Oldfield (Philomont, Virginia); Richard O. Cannon, III (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, acting through Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Shreveport, Louisiana); The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama); Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, California); Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark T. Gladwin (Washington, District of Columbia); Alan N. Schechter (Bethesda, Maryland); David J. Lefer (Bronx, New York); Rakesh P. Patel (Birmingham, Alabama); Christian J. Hunter (Boston, Massachusetts); Gordon G. Power (Redlands, California); Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Ryszard Pluta (Bethesda, Maryland); Edward H. Oldfield (Philomont, Virginia); Richard O. Cannon, III (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | It has been surprisingly discovered that administration of nitrite to subjects causes a reduction in blood pressure and an increase in blood flow to tissues. The effect is particularly beneficial, for example, to tissues in regions of low oxygen tension. This discovery provides useful treatments to regulate a subject's blood pressure and blood flow, for example, by the administration of nitrite salts. Provided herein are methods of administering a pharmaceutically-acceptable nitrite salt to a subject, for treating, preventing or ameliorating a condition selected from: (a) ischemia-reperfusion injury (e.g., hepatic or cardiac or brain ischemia-reperfusion injury); (b) pulmonary hypertension (e.g., neonatal pulmonary hypertension); or (c) cerebral artery vasospasm. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/563683 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09675641 | Pelus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis M. Pelus (Indianapolis, Indiana); Jonathan Hoggatt (Somerville, Massachusetts); Pratibha Singh (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure is directed to the methods of enhancing hematopoietic stem cells (HSPC) and progenitor cell (HSPC) engraftment procedure. Treatment in vivo of a HSPC donor with compounds that reduce PGE2 biosynthesis or PGE2 receptor antagonists alone, or in combination with other hematopoietic mobilization agents such as AMD3100 and G-CSF, increases the circulation of available HSPCs. Compounds that reduce the cellular synthesis of PGE2 include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compounds such as indomethacin. Treatment ex vivo of HSPC with an effective amount of PGE2 or at least one of its derivatives such as 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (dmPGE2), promotes HSPC engraftment. Similar methods may also be used to increase viral-mediated gene transduction efficacy into HSPC. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/638676 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/4035 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) A61K 31/5415 (20130101) A61K 35/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/50 (20130101) A61K 35/51 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/16 (20130101) C12N 5/0647 (20130101) C12N 9/0083 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2501/02 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/99001 (20130101) |
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| US 09675646 | Bitar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Bitar (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of generating tubular, bioengineered, smooth muscle structures are disclosed as well as bioengineered tissue for tubular organ repair or replacement. The methods can include the steps of obtaining smooth muscle cells; culturing the muscle cells to form a smooth muscle cell construct of directionally oriented smooth muscle cells; disposing the smooth muscle cell construct around a tubular scaffold; and culturing construct and scaffold in a growth media until a smooth muscle cell structure is achieved. The step of obtain smooth muscle cells can further include obtaining autologous smooth muscle cells from a subject. In one preferred embodiment, the muscle cells can first be on a fibrin substrate to form a muscle construct, which is then disposed around a tubular scaffold, for example, a chitosan scaffold. The methods of the present invention can further include connecting two or more tubular structures together to form an elongate composite structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/375818 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/04 (20130101) A61F 2/08 (20130101) A61F 2002/045 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/3826 (20130101) A61L 27/3873 (20130101) A61L 2430/30 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/08 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 5/0623 (20130101) C12N 5/0661 (20130101) C12N 2501/999 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101) C12N 2533/72 (20130101) |
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| US 09675649 | Bode |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lars Bode (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lars Bode (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides formulations comprising isolated Disialyllacto-N-tetraose (DSLNT) or variants, isomers, analogs and derivatives thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/983624 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 10/18 (20160501) A23K 20/163 (20160501) A23K 40/10 (20160501) A23K 50/00 (20160501) Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 29/30 (20160801) A23L 33/40 (20160801) A23L 33/135 (20160801) Shaping or Working of Foodstuffs, Not Fully Covered by a Single Other Subclass A23P 10/28 (20160801) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/702 (20130101) A61K 35/741 (20130101) A61K 35/742 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/50 (20130101) G01N 2400/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/38 (20130101) G01N 2800/065 (20130101) G01N 2800/067 (20130101) G01N 2800/7095 (20130101) |
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09675662 — Compositions for inhibition of RNA polymerase I and methods of production and use thereof
| US 09675662 | Rothblum |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Rothblum (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Rothblum (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions for inhibition of RNA Polymerase I include peptides of Rpa43. Methods of production and use thereof are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/309651 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1247 (20130101) |
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| US 09675663 | Roth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Roth (Houston, Texas); David Stewart (Ottawa, Canada); Charles Lu (Houston, Texas); Ignacio I. Wistuba (Houston, Texas); Shaoyu Yan (Pearland, Texas); Maria I. Nunez (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for predicting a subject's response to a TUSC2 therapy is provided. In particular, a subject's response is predicted based on the proportion of cancers cells that are apoptotic. Also provided is a method of treating a subject previously predicted to have a favorable response with a TUSC2 therapy. Methods for treating cancer by administration of a TUSC2 therapeutic in conjunction with an EGFR inhibitor and/or a protein kinase inhibitor are also disclosed. Kits and reagents for use in TUSC2 therapy are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/480341 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 31/7135 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) A61K 48/0033 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 16/3023 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 2510/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09675667 | Ribbeck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katharina Ribbeck (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Nicole Lynn Kavanaugh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Julia Yin-Ting Co (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Erica Shapiro (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of altering intercellular interactions between a combination of microorganisms includes contacting a combination of different species of microorganisms with at least one mucin. Isolated compositions include a combination of microorganisms and at least one mucin. One microorganism of the combination inhibits cell growth or promotes cell death of at least one other microorganism of a different species in the combination. The combination of microorganisms with the mucin results an increase in cell growth or a reduction in cell death, respectively, of the at least one other microorganism. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/018965 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/02 (20130101) Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 29/065 (20160801) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/20 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 35/74 (20130101) A61K 38/1735 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/42 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/16 (20130101) C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 1/38 (20130101) |
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| US 09675679 | Zorrilla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric P. Zorrilla (San Diego, California); Michael M. Meijler (Omer, Israel); Kim D. Janda (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric P. Zorrilla (San Diego, California); Michael M. Meijler (Omer, Israel); Kim D. Janda (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features immunoconjugates for impeding weight gain and treating obesity in a subject. The immuno-conjugates comprise particular ghrelin polypeptides and a suitable carrier moiety. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/374908 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/6081 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/60 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09675687 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shan Lu (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Shixia Wang (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Polyvalent, primary isolate nucleic acid compositions for inducing an immune response against HIV are disclosed. The compositions and methods described herein are for the use of a nucleic acid composition that encodes one or more different HIV envelope glycoproteins. The synthetic, codon-optimized DNAs encoding one or more HIV proteins are a combination of different nucleic acids, such as DNA plasmids, generated from primary isolate DNA of different HIV major group genetic clades and/or different proteins. HIV polypeptide compositions for inducing an immune response against HIV are also disclosed. Methods for using the polypeptide compositions before, at the same time as, and/or after administration of the DNA compositions are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/776682 |
| 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 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) |
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| US 09675688 | Koelle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Koelle (Seattle, Washington); Zhi Liu (Seattle, Washington); Lawrence Corey (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying an immunologically active antigen of a virus that attacks skin, as well as a method of enriching a population of lymphocytes for T lymphocytes that are specific to a virus that attacks skin. Also provided are HSV antigens and epitopes that are useful for the prevention and treatment of HSV infection that have been identified via the methods of the invention. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes, and in many cases, against cells infected with HSV. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing antigens or polynucleotides encoding antigens of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of HSV infection. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/860623 |
| 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 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) |
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| US 09675689 | Diamond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Don Diamond (Glendora, California); Zhongde Wang (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A vaccine comprising an immunologically effective amount of recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara (rMVA) virus which is genetically stable after serial passage and produced by a) constructing a transfer plasmid vector comprising a modified H5 (mH5) promoter operably linked to a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous foreign protein antigen, wherein the expression of said DNA sequence is under the control of the mH5 promoter; b) generating rMVA virus by transfecting one or more plasmid vectors obtained from step a) into wild type MVA virus; c) identifying rMVA virus expressing one or more heterologous foreign protein antigens using one or more selection methods for serial passage; d) conducting serial passage; e) expanding an rMVA virus strain identified by step d); and f) purifying the rMVA viruses from step e) to form the vaccine. One embodiment is directed to a fusion cytomegalovirus (CMV) protein antigen comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding two or more antigenic portions of Immediate-Early Gene-1 or Immediate-Early Gene-2 (IEfusion), wherein the antigenic portions elicit an immune response when expressed by a vaccine. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/075975 |
| 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 39/245 (20130101) A61K 39/285 (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 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2710/16134 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) C12N 2830/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09675711 | Suk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung Soo Suk (Baltimore, Maryland); Justin Scot Hanes (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoparticles gene carriers, particularly nanoparticle gene carriers which exhibit increased rates of diffusion through cystic fibrosis (CF) mucus, as well as methods of making and using thereof, are described herein. The nanoparticle gene carriers are formed from a nucleic acid complexed to one or more biocompatible, polycationic polymers. The nanoparticle gene carriers also contain one or more mucus resistant polymers. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the nanoparticle gene carrier is a nanoparticle formed from one or more nucleic acids, PEI, and a mucus-resistant/diffusive graft copolymer composed of a PEI backbone functionalized by one or more PEG side chains. The nanoparticle gene carriers can efficiently diffuse through CF mucus, and can effectively serve as a vehicle to administer one or more nucleic acids to a patient suffering from CF. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/144077 |
| 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 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/0075 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101) |
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| US 09675713 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianghong Rao (Sunnyvale, California); Kanyi Pu (Mountain View, California); Adam Shuhendler (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | For whole animal in-situ and real-time imaging of inflammation, a dual-color fluorescent nanoprobe is provided for the detection of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) in inflammatory microenvironments. The nanoprobes of the disclosure are a RONS-responsive energy transferring nanosystem of a fluorescent conjugated polymer core and a PEG-shell linked with RONS-sensing antennae as a FRET acceptor. These nanoprobes allow in vivo imaging of the entire process of inflammation from the release of local tissue distress signals, to the action of leukocytes and macrophages late in the process of inflammation, through to restitution, allowing in whole-body diagnosis and monitoring of inflammatory diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/928520 |
| 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 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0054 (20130101) A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09675714 | Mohapatra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Subhra Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); Chunyan Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhra Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); Chunyan Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are theranostic nanoparticles configured for simultaneous delivery of a diagnostic moiety, drug moiety, and a gene therapy moiety. In one embodiment, the theranostic nanoparticles contain a super paramagnetic iron oxide chemotherapeutic loaded on a chitosan functionalized 2D graphene sheet with a gene therapy moiety attached to the surface of the chitosan functionalized 2D graphene sheet. Also disclosed are methods for making and administering theranositic nanoparticles configured for simultaneous delivery of a diagnostic moiety, drug moiety, and a gene therapy moiety. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/186845 |
| 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 31/704 (20130101) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) A61K 49/005 (20130101) A61K 49/1881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09675803 | Richter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claus-Peter Richter (Skokie, Illinois); Petrina LaFaire (Chicago, Illinois); Xiaodong Tan (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention include system and method for transmitting neural data extracted from an electrical signal of a non-human mammal to a human. The system includes an electrode implantable into the animal auditory nerve, brainstem, or midbrain of the non-human mammal, configured to record the electrical signal of the non-human mammal, the electrical signal being in the form of sequences of pulses or pulse trains encoding frequency information of the non-human mammal, a processing device electrically coupled with the electrode, configured to process the electrical signal and convert the processed electrical signal into a digital signal, a transmitting device electrically coupled with the processing device, configured to transmit the digital signal, and a receiving device electrically coupled with the transmitting device, configured to receive the transmitted digital signal, convert the received digital signal into a sensory output perceptible to the human, and apply the sensory output to the human. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/080075 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0541 (20130101) A61N 1/36032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/37217 (20130101) |
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| US 09675994 | Schoenfisch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark H. Schoenfisch (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ben Privett (Siler City, North Carolina); Jae Ho Shin (Seoul, South Korea); Jonghae Youn (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation (Seoul, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark H. Schoenfisch (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ben Privett (Siler City, North Carolina); Jae Ho Shin (Seoul, South Korea); Jonghae Youn (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Superhydrophobic coatings and compositions and methods for preparing superhydrophobic coatings and compositions are described herein whereby the coatings and compositions are prepared under mild conditions, yet the methods are amenable to chemical functionalization of the coatings and components therein. The methods are useful for tuning and optimizing the physical properties of the coatings. In an embodiment, the coatings comprise nanostructured fluorinated silica colloids. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/122378 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/128 (20130101) C01B 33/142 (20130101) C01B 33/143 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09676676 | Hartung, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Hartung, Jr. (Evanston, Illinois); Brendan L. Quigley (Pasadena, California); Peter K. Dornan (Pasadena, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to C—H activated ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst compounds which are stereogenic at the ruthenium center, to their preparation, and the use of such catalysts in the metathesis of olefins and olefin compounds. In particular, the invention relates to the use of C—H activated ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst compounds in Z-selective olefin metathesis reactions, enantio-selective olefin metathesis reactions, and enantio-Z-selective olefin metathesis reactions. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, and industrial and fine chemicals chemistry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/789848 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2208 (20130101) B01J 31/2278 (20130101) B01J 2231/54 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 37/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07B 2200/09 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 15/50 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 33/025 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/475 (20130101) C07C 67/475 (20130101) C07C 69/63 (20130101) C07C 69/78 (20130101) C07C 69/145 (20130101) C07C 69/593 (20130101) C07C 69/608 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2102/08 (20130101) C07C 2531/22 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/46 (20130101) C07D 211/94 (20130101) C07D 317/12 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/1892 (20130101) C07F 15/0046 (20130101) |
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| US 09676727 | Plemper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard K. Plemper (Decatur, Georgia); James P. Snyder (Atlanta, Georgia); Aiming Sun (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to antiviral compounds disclosed herein and uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions. Typically, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound of formula I: or salt, prodrug, or ester thereof wherein X, Y, and R1 and R10 to R13 are described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/204285 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/635 (20130101) A61K 47/10 (20130101) A61K 47/40 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09676743 | Coates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Lansing, New York); John W. Kramer (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalysts and methods for the carbonylation of epoxides to substituted 3-hydroxy-δ-lactones and β-lactones are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017803 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 309/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 311/96 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09676744 | Jiang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Jiang (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Long-chain carboxychromanol compounds useful for treating conditions associated with the need to inhibit cyclooxygenase-1, cyclooxygenase-2, and/or 5-lipoxygenase, and pharmaceutical formulations containing the compounds are provided herein. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/472799 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09676763 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Cunningham (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Kyungae Lee (Newton, Massachusetts); Tao Ren (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Kartik Chandran (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of infection by enveloped viruses, such as Ebola and Lassa fever viruses. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/872577 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/29 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/08 (20130101) C07D 207/09 (20130101) C07D 207/14 (20130101) C07D 211/58 (20130101) C07D 243/08 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09676771 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xue Zhi Zhao (Frederick, Maryland); Steven Smith (Thurmont, Maryland); Mathieu Metifiot (Saint Andre de Cubzac, France); Barry Johnson (Chincoteague, Virginia); Christophe Marchand (Silver Spring, Maryland); Stephen H. Hughes (Smithsburg, Maryland); Yves Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Terrence R. Burke, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inhibiting drug-resistant HIV-1 integrase in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein X is N, C(OH), or CH; Y is H or OH; each of Z1-Z5 is independently H or halogen; R4 is H, OH, NH2, NHR8, NR8R9 or R8; R5, R6, and R7 is each independently H, halogen, OR8, R8, NHR8, NR8R9, CO2R8, CONR8R9, SO2NR8R9, or R5 and R6 together with the carbon atoms to which R5 and R6 are attached form an optionally-substituted carbocycle or optionally-substituted heterocycle; and R8 and R9 is each independently H, optionally-substituted alkyl, optionally-substituted alkenyl, optionally-substituted alkynyl, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted cycloalkylene, optionally-substituted heterocycle, optionally-substituted amide, optionally-substituted ester, or R8 and R9 together with the nitrogen to which R8 and R9 are attached form an optionally-substituted heterocycle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/891309 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4704 (20130101) A61K 31/4704 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/58 (20130101) C07D 215/60 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 491/147 (20130101) |
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| US 09676779 | Schwiebert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DISCOVERYBIOMED, INC. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DiscoveryBiomed, Inc. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Schwiebert (Birmingham, Alabama); John Streiff (Birmingham, Alabama); John Dixon (Leicestershire, United Kingdom); Hongwu Gao (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel CFTR corrector compounds that are effective in rescuing halide efflux, delF508-CFTR protein processing, and apical functional chloride ion transport in a cell are provided. Also provided are methods for treating protein folding disorders (e.g., cystic fibrosis). The methods include administering a CFTR corrector compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. Methods of rescuing halide efflux in a cell, correcting a processing defect of a delF508-CFTR protein in a cell, and correcting functional delF508-CFTR chloride channels in a cell are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/646063 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 498/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09676782 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Nashville, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Kyle A. Emmitte (Spring Hill, Tennessee); Julie L. Engers (Nashville, Tennessee); Leah C. Konkol (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are negative allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 (mGlu3), pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating depression, cognitive disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, or cancer in a subject. Exemplary negative allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 include pyrazolo[1,5-α]pyrazine compounds, such as those of the following formula: |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/738222 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09676788 | Chain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Chain (Honolulu, Hawaii); John A. Beutler (Union Bridge, Maryland); David Fash (Honolulu, Hawaii); William D. Figg (Fairfax, Virginia); Zhenwu Li (West Haven, Connecticut); Cody John Peer (Frederick, Maryland); Joe William Ramos (Honolulu, Hawaii); Florian J. Sulzmaier (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a compound of formula (I) or formula (II): (Formulas should be inserted here) wherein R1-R6 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound and a method of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal in need thereof, comprising administering to the mammal a compound of formula (I) or formula (II). |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/116887 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09676792 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathanael S. Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); David Waller (Somerville, Massachusetts); Hwan Guen Choi (Boston, Massachusetts); Jinhua Wang (Boston, Massachusetts); Xianming Deng (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel pyrimido-diazepinone compounds, methods of modulating protein kinases, including MPS1 (TTK), ERK5 (BMK1, MAPK7), LRKK2, EphA2, polo kinase 1, 2, 3, or 4, Ack1, Ack2, Abl, DCAMKL1, ABL1, Abl mutants, DCAMKL2, ARK5, BRK, MKNK2, FGFR4, TNK1, PLK1, ULK2, PLK4, PRKD1, PRKD2, PRKD3, ROS1, RPS6KA6, TAOK1, TAOK3, TNK2, Bcr-Abl, GAK, cSrc, TPR-Met, Tie2, MET, FGFR3, Aurora, Axl, Bmx, BTK, c-kit, CHK2, Flt3, MST2, p70S6K, PDGFR, PKB, PKC, Raf, ROCK-H, Rsk1, SGK, TrkA, TrkB and TrkC, and the use of such compounds in the treatment of various diseases, disorders or conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/775897 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/18 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 487/14 (20130101) C07D 487/16 (20130101) C07D 495/14 (20130101) C07D 498/04 (20130101) C07D 498/18 (20130101) C07D 513/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/022 (20130101) |
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| US 09676810 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Anderson (Belmont, Massachusetts); Pavel Ivanov (Brighton, Massachusetts); Mohammed Emara (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Anderson (Belmont, Massachusetts); Pavel Ivanov (Brighton, Massachusetts); Mohammed Emara (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are neuroprotective molecules containing a sequence of 25-35 contiguous nucleotides that is at least 80% identical to a contiguous sequence between nucleotide 1 and nucleotide 50 of a mature human tRNA and at least four contiguous guanosine-containing nucleotides, where the sequence of 25-35 contiguous nucleotides contains a D-loop stem structure, the at least four contiguous guanosine-containing nucleotides are located at the 5′ end of the neuroprotective molecule, and the neuroprotective molecule contains at least one deoxyribonucleotide. Also provided are methods of inducing or increasing stress granule formation in a cell, decreasing protein translation in a cell, decreasing stress-induced cell death, or treating a neurological disorder associated with neuron death in a subject using at least one of these neuroprotective molecules. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/808863 |
| 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 | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/18 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) |
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| US 09676812 | Covey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri); Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (Cambrige, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri); Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Covey (St. Louis, Missouri); Albert Jean Robichaud (Ringoes, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is generally directed to neuroactive 19-alkoxy-17-substituted steroids as referenced herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as, for example, an anesthetic, and/or in the treatment of disorders relating to GABA function and activity. The present disclosure is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/652717 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Steroids C07J 1/0011 (20130101) C07J 1/0018 (20130101) C07J 1/0029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07J 5/0015 (20130101) C07J 7/002 (20130101) C07J 21/00 (20130101) C07J 21/006 (20130101) C07J 21/008 (20130101) C07J 41/0005 (20130101) C07J 41/0016 (20130101) C07J 41/0094 (20130101) C07J 51/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09676816 | Thallapuranam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Srinivas Jayanthi (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Jacqueline Morris (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Alicia Brown (Springdale, Arkansas); David McNabb (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Ralph Henry (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, affinity tags for recombinant protein purification are described herein which, in some embodiments, can mitigate or overcome disadvantages of prior affinity tag systems. In some embodiments, for example, affinity tags described herein permit efficient elution of desired recombinant proteins with simplified solution systems, such as alkali metal salt solutions. An affinity tag described herein comprises an amino acid sequence including a repeating amino acid unit of BXXXBXX, wherein B is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of histidine, lysine and arginine and X is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of amino acids other than histidine, lysine and arginine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/378230 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/22 (20130101) B01D 15/206 (20130101) B01D 15/3809 (20130101) B01D 69/08 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/286 (20130101) B01J 20/28078 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/20 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/6424 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 304/21043 (20130101) |
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| US 09676818 | Salunke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deepak B. Salunke (Lawrence, Kansas); Xiaoqiang Guo (Lawrence, Kansas); Sunil A. David (Lawerence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to a novel class of toll-like receptor 2-agonistic (TLR2) lipopeptide compounds having specific structures, and synthetic methods of making the compounds. These compounds provide high potency of agonistic activities with human, other than murine, TLR2, and are useful as vaccine adjuvants. Vaccines are perhaps one of the most successful medical interventions against infectious disease. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/761805 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0606 (20130101) C07K 5/06086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/705 (20130101) |
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| US 09676823 | Reshetnyak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education (statutory successor to Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) (Warick, Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education (statutory successor to Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) (Warwick, Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yana K. Reshetnyak (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Oleg A. Andreev (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Ursula Lehnert (Richmond, United Kingdom); Donald M. Engelman (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A polypeptide with a predominantly hydrophobic sequence long enough to span a membrane lipid bilayer as a transmembrane helix (TM) and comprising one or more dissociable groups inserts across a membrane spontaneously in a pH-dependant fashion placing one terminus inside cell. The polypeptide conjugated with various functional moieties delivers and accumulates them at cell membrane with low extracellular pH. The functional moiety conjugated with polypeptide terminus placed inside cell are translocated through the cell membrane in cytosol. The peptide and its variants or non-peptide analogs can be used to deliver therapeutic, prophylactic, diagnostic, imaging, gene regulation, cell regulation, or immunologic agents to or inside of cells in vitro or in vivo in tissue at low extracellular pH. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/258964 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/215 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09676824 | Wei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GenVec, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GenVec, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa Wei (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Douglas E. Brough (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Christopher Lazarski (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) antigens that elicit an HSV-specific immune response and can be used to treat or prevent HSV infection are provided. Nucleic acid sequences, polypeptides, vectors, and compositions, as well as methods to induce an immune response against HSV, treat or prevent HSV disease, induce a T cell response against HSV, and induce an antibody response against HSV also are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/403397 |
| 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 39/245 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) 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 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/10043 (20130101) C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) C12N 2799/022 (20130101) C12N 2800/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09676836 | Spudich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lee Spudich (Houston, Texas); Elena G. Govorunova (Houston, Texas); Oleg A. Sineshchekov (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are used to identify and characterize new channelrhodopsins derived from algae and several of which are red-shifted. The rhodopsin domain of these red-shifted channelrhodopsins can be cloned and expressed in mammalian systems and used in optogenetic applications and as therapeutic agents. Also provided are methods and compositions for use in red-shifting the absorbance maxima of channelrhodopsins in order to improve their utility for use in vivo. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/789702 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/405 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/16 (20130101) C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 5/04 (20130101) C12N 5/0602 (20130101) C12N 5/0621 (20130101) C12N 15/00 (20130101) C12N 15/09 (20130101) |
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| US 09676842 | Bansal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NovelMed Therapeutics, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NOVELMED THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rekha Bansal (Twinsburg, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inhibiting alternative complement pathway activation in a mammal includes administering an amount of an antibody and/or fragment thereof that specifically binds to an epitope of the N terminus end of properdin effective to the inhibit alternative complement pathway in the subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/301872 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/54 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) |
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| US 09676844 | McAllister et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (Richmond, Virginia); THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janette M. McAllister (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Jerome F. Strauss (Richmond, Virginia); Neil D. Christensen (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of DENND1 A. V2 related disorders, such as PCOS, are provided. In particular, humanized and mouse monoclonal antibodies specific for DENND1 A. V2 and methods for using the same are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/036119 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/4706 (20130101) G01N 2800/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09676846 | Dimitrov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Zhongyu Zhu (Frederick, Maryland); Qi Zhao (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind both IGF-I and IGF-II with picomolar affinity and potently inhibit the IGF-IR signal transduction function. These antibodies are active in both an IgG and a scFv format. Bispecific forms of these antibodies are also disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, vectors including these nucleic acids, and host cells transformed with these vectors are also disclosed herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions including these antibodies. Methods are provided for treating a subject with cancer and for inhibiting phosphorylation of the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor. Methods are also provided for diagnosing cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, August 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/832803 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/74 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2333/475 (20130101) G01N 2800/7028 (20130101) |
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| US 09676856 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lieping Chen (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Presented herein are therapeutic agents that modulate one or more immune functions and uses of such therapeutic agents in the prevention, treatment and management of diseases. In one aspect, the therapeutic agents modulate one or more signal transduction pathways induced by the binding of B7-H7 to B7-HrCR, or the binding of B7-H2 to either ICOS, CD28, or CTLA-4. In another aspect, the therapeutic agents modulate the binding of B7-H7 to B7-H7CR, or the binding of B7-H2 to either ICOS, CD28, or CTLA-4. The therapeutic agents can be used in the prevention, treatment and/or management of diseases in which it might be useful to modulate one or more immune functions (e.g., cancer, infectious disease, autoimmune disease, and transplantation rejection). In another aspect, presented herein are methods for identifying receptor-ligand interactions. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456457 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/70521 (20130101) C07K 14/70532 (20130101) C07K 16/2818 (20130101) C07K 16/2827 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/95 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/74 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09676857 | Dimitrov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Tianlei Ying (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Fc domains and CH3 domains are disclosed that bind the neonatal Fc (FcRn) receptor and are at least 99% monomeric. Monomeric Fc domain molecules and CH3 domain molecules are disclosed herein that include a monomeric Fc domain or a monomeric CH3 domain and an effector molecule. In some embodiments, the monomeric Fc or monomeric CH3 domain include amino acid substitutions and/or CDR insertions in the beta strands such that they specifically bind an antigen. Methods for using these monomeric Fc domains, monomeric CH3 domains, monomeric Fc domain molecules and CH3 domain molecules are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/385133 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 16/283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1045 (20130101) C07K 2317/52 (20130101) C07K 2317/94 (20130101) C07K 2317/524 (20130101) C07K 2317/526 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/74 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16111 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/544 (20130101) |
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| US 09676858 | Bigner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); The United States of America as represented by the secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (NIH) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darell Bigner (Mebane, North Carolina); Chien-Tsun Kuan (Cary, North Carolina); John Sampson (Durham, North Carolina); Bryan Choi (Durham, North Carolina); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Patrick C. Gedeon (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | We have constructed bispecific antibody engaging molecules which have one arm that specifically engages a tumor cell which expresses the human EGFRvIII mutant protein on its surface, and a second arm that specifically engages T cell activation ligand CD3. The engaging molecules are highly cytotoxic and antigen-specific. These may be used as therapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/406161 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2809 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09676867 | Marasco et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne A. Marasco (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Agnes Lo (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Chen Xu (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides scFv antibodies and monoclonal antibodies that bind to and decrease an activity of Carbonic Anhydrase IX (G250). Also provided are methods of treating and/or preventing cancer, such as renal clear cell cancer. Also provided are methods of identifying a carbonic anhydrase IX (G250) protein. The invention additionally provides methods of modifying immune effector cells, and the immune effector cells modified thereby. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/889924 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 51/1045 (20130101) A61K 51/1075 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 09676870 | Shi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guo-Ping Shi (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guo-Ping Shi (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The technology described herein is directed to methods of treating cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/236544 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/4291 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09676886 | Moon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joong Ho Moon (Weston, Florida); Tereza Vokata (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joong Ho Moon (Weston, Florida); Tereza Vokata (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel monomer design for the synthesis of PPE-type polymers containing conjugated segments of well-defined length connected by flexible linkers under Sonogashira reaction conditions is presented. The resulting polymers retain the photophysical properties of a fully conjugated PPE. The extent of incorporation of the flexible units along the backbone is governed by the comonomer feed ratio and can be varied in a statistically predictable fashion. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/821890 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 238/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09677052 | Silhavy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J. Silhavy (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Marcin Grabowicz (Princeton, New Jersey); Daniel Kahne (Brookline, Massachusetts); Matthew Lebar (Mandeville, Louisiana); Dorothee Andres (Potsdam, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Silhavy (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Marcin Grabowicz (Princeton, New Jersey); Daniel Kahne (Brookline, Massachusetts); Matthew Lebar (Mandeville, Louisiana); Dorothee Andres (Potsdam, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to genetic engineering of bacteria. More particularly, the present disclosure describes genetic engineering of E. coli to create mutant O-antigen ligase, as well as novel lipopolysaccharide molecules resulting from that genetic engineering. Methods for using those novel molecules are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/707718 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) A61K 2039/55583 (20130101) A61K 2039/55594 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 13/06 (20130101) C07H 15/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 4/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/93 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09677064 | Edd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon F Edd (Arlington, Massachusetts); Memhet Toner (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Dino DiCarlo (Los Angeles, California); Daniel Irimia (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices and methods for the encapsulation of particles within liquid droplets are disclosed. The new methods and devices form 1-100 picoliter-size monodisperse droplets containing the particles, such as single cells, encapsulated in individual liquid droplets. The particles can be encapsulated in droplets of a fluid by passing a fluid containing the particles through a high aspect-ratio microchannel to order the particles in the fluid, followed by forming the fluid into droplets. The resulting fraction of the liquid droplets with a single particle (e.g., a cell) is higher than the corresponding fraction of single-particle liquid droplets predicted by Poisson statistics. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/754420 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09677066 | Rothberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lewis Rothberg (Pittsford, New York); Barbara Stwertka (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for separating double-stranded nucleic acids out of a mixture comprising single-stranded nucleic acids and/or dNTPs and/or enzymes. The method uses spatially inhomogeneously functionalized nanoporous materials. For example, the compositions and methods of the present invention can be used to purify DNA amplification reaction products. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/725968 |
| 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 | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 222/02 (20130101) C08F 222/38 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 428/249978 (20150401) |
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| US 09677068 | Weissman 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) | Jonathan Weissman (San Francisco, California); Nicholas Ingolia (San Francisco, California); Sina Ghaemmaghami (San Francisco, California); John Newman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for, inter alia, detecting nucleic acid molecules resistant to degradation, such as a plurality of RNA molecules bound to a ribosome, using various technologies including deep sequencing. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/017214 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1034 (20130101) C12N 15/1041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1093 (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 1/6809 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/08 (20130101) C40B 50/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09677070 | Allison et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Omeros Corporation (Seattle, Washington); University of Washington Through Its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omeros Corporation (Seattle, Washington); University of Washington Through Its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel S. Allison (Lake Forest Park, Washington); W. Jason Cummings (Bellevue, Washington); John B. Leppard (Mukilteo, Washington); Nancy Maizels (Seattle, Washington); Larry W. Tjoelker (Kirkland, Washington); Christi L. Wood (Snohomish, Washington); Munehisa Yabuki (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates generally to the targeting of genes to, and their integration into, an immunoglobulin (antibody) heavy chain locus. In particular, the methods described herein contemplate replacing the single rearranged heavy chain V, D, and J genes of a B cell lymphoma such as DT40 with independently rearranged VH-D-JH genes of chicken, in a system for generating immunoglobulin diversity. Also contemplated is replacement of the chicken VH-D-JH with rearranged VH-D-JH genes of other vertebrates including human in a system for generating immunoglobulin diversity, with the exception of any substitution disclosed and claimed in PCT application WO 2009/029315 A2. Also described is construction of a diverse chicken immunoglobulin heavy chain VDJ library in DT40 by homologous gene replacement of the single endogenous rearranged VDJ gene with a chicken VDJ repertoire using the described targeting vectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/802255 |
| 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 16/00 (20130101) C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09677072 | Weiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Louis M. Weiner (Washington, District of Columbia); Rochelle E. Nasto (Washington, District of Columbia); Robert Clarke (Washington, District of Columbia); Erica Golemis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilya Serebriiskii (Rockledge, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis M. Weiner (Washington, District of Columbia); Rochelle E. Nasto (Washington, District of Columbia); Robert Clarke (Washington, District of Columbia); Erica Golemis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilya Serebriiskii (Rockledge, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods of inhibiting the growth or proliferation of a cell, the method comprising reducing the expression or activity of at least one gene in the cell selected from the group consisting of BLOC1S1, CDC2L1, CNOT1, DDX54, EIF3I, FANCG, FBP1, IER2, KIF1A, LCK, NR2F1, PNRC1, POLR2A, POLR2B, POLR2C, PRPF6, PSMB4, PSMC5, PSMD1, RPS2, SCNN1A, SF3A3, TAF2, TOB1 and TSC22D4. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/344773 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09677075 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Colin Michael Calabrese (Evanston, Illinois); William Morris (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are metal-ligand complexes containing polynucleotides, compounds for making the same, and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/786569 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — 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 31/7052 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/581 (20130101) C07F 15/02 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (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 1/68 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54346 (20130101) |
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| US 09677085 | Guye et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Guye (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ron Weiss (Newton, Massachusetts); Mohammad Reza Ebrahimkhani (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods and compositions for the production of heterogeneous tissue from human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/218426 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/4705 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0696 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2799/027 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5014 (20130101) |
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| US 09677088 | Nakai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiroyuki Nakai (West Linn, Oregon); Kei Adachi (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are adeno associated viral plasmids and viral vectors. Also disclosed are methods of using adeno associated viral vectors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/399428 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/10043 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14141 (20130101) |
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| US 09677089 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guangping Gao (Westborough, Massachusetts); James M. Wilson (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania); Mauricio R. Alvira (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Sequences of a serotype 8 adeno-associated virus and vectors and host cells containing these sequences are provided. Also described are methods of using such host cells and vectors in production of rAAV particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/084615 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/761 (20130101) A61K 38/45 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/4846 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/755 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 9/644 (20130101) C12N 9/1018 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14152 (20130101) C12N 2830/008 (20130101) C12N 2830/48 (20130101) C12N 2830/85 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 201/03003 (20130101) C12Y 304/21022 (20130101) |
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| US 09677110 | Cunningham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The “instant evolution” system was initially developed in E. coli, primarily because of the ease with which this organism can be genetically manipulated. Because many of the functionally important regions of rRNA are conserved among bacteria, drug leads developed against conserved targets in the E. coli system may produce broad-spectrum anti-infectives. In order to develop a system to produce narrow-spectrum anti-infectives, herein we disclose methods for identifying functional mutant P. aeruginosa ribosomes suitable as drug targets and for identifying drug candidates that do not bind to the human 16S rRNA. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/746043 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/1034 (20130101) C12N 15/1086 (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 1/10 (20130101) C12Q 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/025 (20130101) C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/21 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09677115 | 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 J Naleway (Eugene, Oregon); Daniel J. Coleman (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the visualization of acidic organelles based upon organelle enzyme activity. The organelle substrates of the invention are specific for enzyme activity of the organelle and label these organelles, such as lysosomes, rendering them visible and easily observed. Substrates of the present invention include substrates that produce a fluorescent signal. The fluorogenic acidic organelle enzyme substrates of this invention are designed to provide high fluorescence at low pH values and are derivatized to permit membrane permeation through both outer and organelle membranes of intact cells and can be used for staining cells at very low concentrations. They can be used for monitoring enzyme activity in cells at very low concentrations and are not toxic to living cells or tissues. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/986535 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 1/34 (20130101) C12Q 1/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/531 (20130101) G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5076 (20130101) |
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| US 09677138 | Steiling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY BRANCH (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts); THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY BRANCH (Vancouver, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katrina Steiling (Boston, Massachusetts); Avrum Spira (Newton, Massachusetts); Marc Lenberg (Brookline, Massachusetts); Stephen Lam (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel set of 98 genes expressed in the respiratory tract epithelium that serve as biomarkers for measuring chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) activity are provided. Methods of classifying the (COPD) status of a subject are provided. Systems for expression-based classification of COPD disease status are provided. Methods of treating COPD are also provided, among other things. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/402607 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/46 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/522 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09677989 | Sklar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry A. Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bruce Edwards (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Frederick Kuckuck (Emery, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention, provides a flow cytometry apparatus for the detection of particles from a plurality of samples comprising: means for moving a plurality of samples comprising particles from a plurality of respective source wells into a fluid flow stream; means for introducing a separation gas between each of the plurality of samples in the fluid flow stream; and means for selectively analyzing each of the plurality of samples for the particles. The present invention also provides a flow cytometry method employing such an apparatus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/006817 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5085 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1404 (20130101) G01N 15/1436 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 35/085 (20130101) G01N 35/0099 (20130101) G01N 35/1095 (20130101) G01N 2015/0065 (20130101) G01N 2015/149 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1402 (20130101) G01N 2015/1413 (20130101) G01N 2015/1477 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/2575 (20150115) Y10T 436/117497 (20150115) Y10T 436/118339 (20150115) Y10T 436/119163 (20150115) |
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| US 09678007 | Backman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vadim Backman (Chicago, Illinois); Ji Yi (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system to measure and image the full optical scattering properties by inverse spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (ISOCT) is disclosed. Tissue is modeled as a medium with continuous refractive index (RI) fluctuation and such a fluctuation is described by the RI correlation functions. By measuring optical quantities of tissue (including the scattering power of the OCT spectrum, the reflection albedo α defined as the ratio of scattering coefficient μs, and the backscattering coefficient μb), the RI correlation function can be inversely deduced and the full set of optical scattering properties can be obtained. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/651196 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09678060 | Rodriguez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond Rodriguez (Davis, California); Alfredo F. Galvez (West Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Rodriguez (Davis, California); Alfredo F. Galvez (West Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for screening a test compound for anti-neoplastic activity by providing a test compound to a cancer cell and measuring the acetylation of Lysine 16 of the N-terminal tail of histone H4. Methods are also provided for using a test compound for staging a cancer tissue and for measuring the degree of the test compound's anti-neoplastic activity upon a cancer tissue by providing a test compound to a cancer tissue sample and measuring the degree of methylation of nucleotides within the 5′ region in the cancer tissue sample. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/682892 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/5011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6875 (20130101) |
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| US 09678074 | Prokunina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by THE SECRETARY, DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liudmila Prokunina (Rockville, Maryland); Thomas R. O'Brien (Potomac, Maryland); Brian Muchmore (Potomac, Maryland); Raymond P. Donnelly (Damascus, Maryland); Patricia A. Porter-Gill (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is related to identification of an interferon-analog (IFNL4) protein and genetic association with spontaneous clearance of HCV infection and response to treatment for HCV infection. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/388293 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/555 (20130101) C07K 16/249 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (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 1/707 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09678077 | Rubin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Rubin (New York, New York); Juan Miguel Mosquera (New York, New York); Kyung Park (Stamford, Connecticut); Ya-Lin Chiu (Island Park, New York); Francesca Demichelis (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a triple immunostaining assay (ERG/TFF3/HMWCK) for sensitive and specific detection of prostate cancer. Positive staining for at least one of ERG or TFF3 combined with negative staining of HMWCK in a sample such as prostate tissue sample is indicative of cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401184 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/26 (20130101) C07K 16/32 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2333/4742 (20130101) |
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| US 09678084 | Pichichero et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Pichichero (Rochester, New York); Kyle Liu (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rochester General Hospital Research Institute (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Pichichero (Rochester, New York); Kyle Liu (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods related to diagnosis of ear infections and acute otitis media. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/488293 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/52 (20130101) G01N 2333/5428 (20130101) G01N 2333/70525 (20130101) G01N 2800/14 (20130101) G01N 2800/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09678088 | Whitesides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Ashok A. Kumar (Medford, Massachusetts); Jonathan W. Hennek (Somerville, Massachusetts); Caeul Lim (Boston, Massachusetts); Yovany Moreno (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Charles R. Mace (Auburn, New York); Manoj T. Duraisingh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew R. Patton (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Si-yi Ryan Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gaetana D'Alesio-Spina (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Carlo Brugnara (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Stossel (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An aqueous multi-phase system for diagnosis of sickle cell disease is described, including two or more phase-separated phases including: a first aqueous phase including a first phase component and having a first density between about 1.025 g/cm3 and about 1.095 g/cm3; and a second aqueous phase including a second phase component and having a second density between about 1.100 g/cm3 and about 1.140 g/cm3; wherein the first density is lower than the second density; and each of the first and second phase components include at least one polymer. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/785980 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/05 (20130101) G01N 33/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/491 (20130101) G01N 2015/003 (20130101) G01N 2015/0073 (20130101) G01N 2015/0076 (20130101) G01N 2800/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09678089 | Montgomery |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BloodCenter Research Foundation (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BLOOD CENTER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, INC. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Montgomery (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits for measuring levels of von Willebrand factor function in a sample without using a platelet aggregation agonist, such as ristocetin, comprising recombinant glycoprotein Ibα having a combination of G233V, D235Y and M239V mutations and an agent to detect a complex between the recombinant glycoprotein Ibα and von Willebrand factor. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/485926 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/745 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/554 (20130101) G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) G01N 2333/755 (20130101) G01N 2800/224 (20130101) |
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| US 09678105 | Gimzewski 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) | James K. Gimzewski (Topanga, California); Sarah E. Cross (El Granada, California); Yusheng Jin (North Hills, California); Jianyu Rao (Culver City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the analysis of nanomechanical characteristics of cells. In particular, changes in certain local nanomechanical characteristics of ex vivo human cells can correlate with presence of a human disease, such as cancer, as well as a particular stage of progression of the disease. Also, for human patients that are administered with a therapeutic agent, changes in local nanomechanical characteristics of ex vivo cells collected from the patients can correlate with effectiveness of the therapeutic agent in terms of impeding or reversing progression of the disease. By exploiting this correlation, systems and related methods can be advantageously implemented for disease state detection and therapeutic agent selection and monitoring. |
| FILED | Friday, January 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/146961 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 20/00 (20130101) G01Q 30/14 (20130101) G01Q 30/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01Q 60/366 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/92 (20130101) |
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| US 09678189 | Mekkaoui |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Choukri Mekkaoui (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Choukri Mekkaoui (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for mapping myocardial tissue architecture based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). A set of eigenvectors is derived from diffusion tensor data, where each eigenvector describes the diffusion of spins along one of the Cartesian directions. A radial coordinate axis and a circumferential plane are determined based on anatomical information of the subject, such as from an image depicting the epicardial surface of the subject's heart, A longitudinal coordinate axis and a circumferential coordinate axis are determined based on the radial coordinate axis and circumferential plane, A fiber architecture matrix (FAM) is then computed for locations in the subject's heart based on projecting the set of eigenvectors onto a local coordinate system defined by the circumferential, radial, and longitudinal axes, Maps that represent myocardial tissue architecture can then be generated using the FAM for locations within the subject's heart. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/781637 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0044 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 2576/023 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5602 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/56341 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/11 (20170101) G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 11/003 (20130101) G06T 2207/10088 (20130101) G06T 2207/30048 (20130101) |
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| US 09679113 | Hanina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AIC Innovations Group, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AIC Innovations Group, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Hanina (New York, New York); Gordon Kessler (Mt. Kisco, New York); Lei Guan (Harrison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A medication management system is described that is operable to determine whether a user is actually following a protocol, provide additional assistance to a user, starting with instructions, video instructions, and the like, and moving up to contact from a medication administrator if it is determined that the user would need such assistance in any medical adherence situation, including clinical trial settings, home care settings, healthcare administration locations, such as nursing homes, clinics, hospitals and the like. Suspicious activity on the part of a patient or other user of the system is identified and can be noted to a healthcare provider or other service provider where appropriate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/735394 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1128 (20130101) A61B 5/4833 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3456 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00 (20130101) G06K 9/00771 (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) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/183 (20130101) |
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| US 09679341 | Kocis 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) | Keith C. Kocis (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daniel J. Kocis, Jr. (Manorville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for evaluating a hospital patient's risk of mortality includes collecting data from physiologic signals generated by patient monitors, physiologic signals of organ function, and demographic information for a patient. A measure of the variability of at least one of the physiologic signals is determined. Data and the measure of variability are analyzed to determine whether a value for a particular physiologic or demographic variable falls within a critical interval for the variable that indicates that the value is predictive of mortality or survival. Each time a value for a physiological or demographic variable for the patient falls within a critical interval, the occurrence of an event for the patient is recorded. The number of events for the patient is counted over a time period. Output perceptible by human user that indicates the patient's risk of mortality or likelihood of survival is generated based on the count. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/721010 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) 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 10/10 (20130101) G06Q 50/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09679409 | Black et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Black (Tuebingen, Germany); Peng Guan (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for simulating realistic clothing. The system generates a clothing deformation model for a clothing type, wherein the clothing deformation model factors a change of clothing shape due to rigid limb rotation, pose-independent body shape, and pose-dependent deformations. Next, the system generates a custom-shaped garment for a given body by mapping, via the clothing deformation model, body shape parameters to clothing shape parameters. The system then automatically dresses the given body with the custom-shaped garment. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/372140 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) G06F 2217/32 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 19/20 (20130101) G06T 2210/16 (20130101) G06T 2219/2016 (20130101) G06T 2219/2021 (20130101) |
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| US 09680693 | Barford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul R. Barford (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeffery Thomas Kline (Madison, Wisconsin); Sangnam Nam (Madison, Wisconsin); David John Plonka (Madison, Wisconsin); Amos Ron (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Barford (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeffery Thomas Kline (Madison, Wisconsin); Sangnam Nam (Madison, Wisconsin); David John Plonka (Madison, Wisconsin); Amos Ron (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A network anomaly detector evaluates two complementary measurements of network statistics, a time variation and correlation among those statistics, to provide an extremely robust detection of network anomalies. In one embodiment, the variability and correspondence are compared against historically derived thresholds to provide for a system that accommodates to local network conditions and evolving network qualities. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/516766 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 41/142 (20130101) H04L 43/16 (20130101) H04L 43/045 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
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| US 09675572 | Lewis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Lewis (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Lewis (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses intravenous pharmaceutical compositions containing omega-3 fatty acids and methods of treating traumatic brain injury, traumatic spinal cord injury and/or stroke using these pharmaceutical compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/637239 |
| 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 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/107 (20130101) A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 31/202 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 47/14 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09675577 | D'Agostino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dominic Paul D'Agostino (Tampa, Florida); Patrick Arnold (Champaign, Illinois); Shannon Kesl (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dominic Paul D'Agostino (Tampa, Florida); Patrick Arnold (Champaign, Illinois); Shannon Kesl (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Beta-hydroxybutyrate mineral salts in combination with medium chain fatty acids or an ester thereof such as medium chain triglycerides were used to induce ketosis, achieving blood ketone levels of (2-7 mmol/L), with or without dietary restriction. The combination results in substantial improvements in metabolic biomarkers related to insulin resistance, diabetes, weight loss, and physical performance in a short period of time. Further, use of these supplements to achieve ketosis yields a significant elevation of blood ketones and reduction of blood glucose levels. Use of these substances does not adversely affect lipid profiles. By initiating rapid ketosis and accelerating the rate of ketoadaptation, this invention is useful for the avoidance of glucose withdrawal symptoms commonly experienced by individuals initiating a ketogenic diet, and minimizes the loss of lean body mass during dietary restriction. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/860092 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 2/52 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/23 (20130101) A61K 31/047 (20130101) A61K 31/047 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09675684 | Schmaljohn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by The Secretary of The Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Connie Schmaljohn (Middletown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic, codon-optimized Hantaan virus (HTNV) full-length M gene open reading frame that consists of a unique nucleotide sequence encoding HTNV proteins. This synthetic gene was cloned into a plasmid to form the first optimized HTNV full-length M gene that elicits neutralizing antibodies in animals when delivered in combination with a similarly optimized Puumala virus (PUUV) DNA vaccine. The invention obviates the need for an extraneous gene sequence that was previously required for expression of the non-optimized HTNV gene. The synthetic gene is engineered into a molecular vaccine system to prevent hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by infection with HTNV, SEOV, or DOBV. Alternatively, it can be combined with the optimized PUUV DNA vaccine to protect against HFRS caused by any hantavirus. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756608 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0021 (20130101) A61K 9/0073 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/12122 (20130101) C12N 2760/12134 (20130101) |
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| US 09676227 | Frantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Jason D. Myers (Alexandria, Virginia); Robel Y. Bekele (Washington, District of Columbia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Jason D. Myers (Alexandria, Virginia); Robel Y. Bekele (Washington, District of Columbia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a wet-etchable, sacrificial lift-off layer or layers compatible with high temperature processing, a sacrificial layer, defined as consisting of a single film of one material or multiple films of multiple materials, that can tolerate high temperatures, is deposited on a substrate, called the original substrate, by sputtering or another suitable technique (e.g. evaporation, pulsed laser deposition, wet chemistry, etc.). Intermediate steps result in a lift-off layer attached to the lift-off substrate, that allow for separating the product from the original substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/201009 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Decorative Effects; Mosaics; Tarsia Work; Paperhanging B44C 1/227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02002 (20130101) H01L 31/1896 (20130101) H01L 31/03928 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/541 (20130101) |
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| US 09676317 | Holz 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 Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Holz (San Diego, California); Aaron Burmeister (San Diego, California); Abraham Hart (San Diego, California); Narek Pezeshkian (Glendale, California); Hoa G. Nguyen (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a remotely-operated ground vehicle having first and second lift members, a first lift mechanism coupled to the first lift member, and a second lift mechanism coupled to the second lift member, where the first and second lift mechanisms are positioned at different angles with respect to a ground surface. The first and second lift members may be positioned at opposite sides of a front end of the vehicle and may be controlled by a single motor. The lift mechanisms may have a body portion including first and second prongs separated by an opening, with a plurality of magnets embedded within the body portion near the intersection of the first and second prongs. A communication relay may be secured to each lift mechanism via the opening and a magnetic coupling between the magnets embedded within the body portion and magnets embedded within the communication relay. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/746712 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 5/00 (20130101) Vehicles Adapted for Load Transportation or to Transport, to Carry, or to Comprise Special Loads or Objects B60P 1/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09676625 | Petrie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Petrie (Santa Clara, California); David Stout (Palo Alto, California); Paul E. Penwell (Sausalito, California); Sigridur Suman (Hayward, California); Allen Dodge (Newark, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ardica Technologies, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Petrie (Santa Clara, California); David Stout (Palo Alto, California); Paul E. Penwell (Sausalito, California); Sigridur Suman (Hayward, California); Allen Dodge (Newark, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for producing microcrystalline alpha alane are provided herein. An exemplary process for producing microcrystalline alpha alane includes reacting lithium aluminum hydride and aluminum chloride in a solvent to produce alane etherate, filtering alane etherate from the reactant, combining the filtered alane etherate with a lithium borohydride solution to produce solids that include microcrystalline alane etherate, removing remaining solvent from the solids, creating a slurry from the solids and an aromatic solvent, and heating the slurry to convert the microcrystalline alane etherate to microcrystalline alpha alane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/671090 |
| ART UNIT | 1768 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 6/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/065 (20130101) H01M 10/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09676630 | Cornwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles F. Cornwell (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Charles P. Marsh (Urbana, Illinois); Charles R. Welch (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Benjamin Ulmen (Urbana, Illinois); Dustin L. Majure (Madison, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles F. Cornwell (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Charles P. Marsh (Urbana, Illinois); Charles R. Welch (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Benjamin Ulmen (Urbana, Illinois); Dustin L. Majure (Madison, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbon nanotubes have excellent mechanical properties such as low density, high stiffness, and exceptional strength making them ideal candidates for reinforcement material in a wide range of high-performance composites. Fibers with increased tensile strengths are produced by employing plasma treatment under various conditions. Tensile strength is improved by at least 35%, relative to an untreated fiber. Methods of making such high strength carbon nanotube fibers via plasma processing are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/903979 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09676823 | Reshetnyak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education (statutory successor to Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) (Warick, Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education (statutory successor to Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) (Warwick, Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yana K. Reshetnyak (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Oleg A. Andreev (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Ursula Lehnert (Richmond, United Kingdom); Donald M. Engelman (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A polypeptide with a predominantly hydrophobic sequence long enough to span a membrane lipid bilayer as a transmembrane helix (TM) and comprising one or more dissociable groups inserts across a membrane spontaneously in a pH-dependant fashion placing one terminus inside cell. The polypeptide conjugated with various functional moieties delivers and accumulates them at cell membrane with low extracellular pH. The functional moiety conjugated with polypeptide terminus placed inside cell are translocated through the cell membrane in cytosol. The peptide and its variants or non-peptide analogs can be used to deliver therapeutic, prophylactic, diagnostic, imaging, gene regulation, cell regulation, or immunologic agents to or inside of cells in vitro or in vivo in tissue at low extracellular pH. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/258964 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/215 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09676895 | Harkal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Umesh D. Harkal (Fargo, North Dakota); Andrew J. Muehlberg (Fargo, North Dakota); Peter A. Edwards (Cokato, Minnesota); Dean C. Webster (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Umesh D. Harkal (Fargo, North Dakota); Andrew J. Muehlberg (Fargo, North Dakota); Peter A. Edwards (Cokato, Minnesota); Dean C. Webster (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel aqueous coating compositions containing epoxy urethane (glycidyl carbamate) functional resin. An aqueous coating composition comprises a polyfunctional oligomer having at least two epoxy urethane functional groups and a polyalkylene oxide chain, an optional surfactant, and water. The aqueous coating compositions of the invention can be dispersed in water with or without added surfactants to form a dispersion containing no volatile organic solvent. The invention provides a method for making aqueous coating compositions containing epoxy urethane functional resin as well. Water-dispersible epoxy urethane compounds of the aqueous coating compositions are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/840019 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/706 (20130101) C08G 18/2805 (20130101) C08G 18/2845 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 59/5026 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 163/00 (20130101) C09D 163/06 (20130101) C09D 175/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09676916 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikhil Gupta (Ossining, New York); Vasanth Chakravarthy Shunmugasamy (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A multifunctional syntactic foam including a matrix material and hollow particles, where a first and second material property of the syntactic foam are tailored on the basis of the wall thickness and volume fraction of the hollow particles. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/444677 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2205/044 (20130101) C08J 2331/02 (20130101) C08J 2363/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/088 (20130101) G01N 33/20 (20130101) G01N 33/44 (20130101) G01N 2203/0094 (20130101) |
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| US 09677075 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Colin Michael Calabrese (Evanston, Illinois); William Morris (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are metal-ligand complexes containing polynucleotides, compounds for making the same, and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/786569 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — 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 31/7052 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/581 (20130101) C07F 15/02 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (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 1/68 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54346 (20130101) |
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| US 09677601 | Jacquemin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph W. Jacquemin (Panama City Beach, Florida); Pedro Bracho (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph W. Jacquemin (Panama City Beach, Florida); Pedro Bracho (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A pivoting joint assembly includes a base, a plate, and at least one bolt. The base has one or more semi-spherical sockets with each socket having a centrally-positioned hole extending through the base. The plate has one or more semi-spherical sockets recessed within the plate with aligned semi-spherical protrusions extending from the plate. The plate has a hole extending through a central portion of each of the plate's sockets and a corresponding protrusion aligned therewith. Each protrusion is partially fitted in a corresponding socket in the base. Each bolt has a head and a post extending from the head. The head includes a semi-spherical portion adjacent to the post. The post extends through aligned holes in the plate and base. The post is coupled to the base such that the semi-spherical portion of bolt's head nests within one of the plate's sockets. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/534981 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 11/06 (20130101) F16C 11/106 (20130101) F16C 11/0604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16C 11/0685 (20130101) F16C 11/0695 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 403/32032 (20150115) Y10T 403/32311 (20150115) Y10T 403/32573 (20150115) Y10T 403/32639 (20150115) |
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| US 09677662 | Maners et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Scott Maners (Cloverdale, Indiana); David Russell Bockmiller (Keller, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Scott Maners (Cloverdale, Indiana); David Russell Bockmiller (Keller, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a lubricating system for a dual splined hollow shaft. A fluid dam is formed circumferentially within the hollow shaft to control the lubrication of the dual splines. The fluid dam includes a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from the inner wall of the hollow shaft to a height defined by a top wall. A channel formed through the pair of sidewalls permits the movement of lubricant between splines of the hollow shaft. An egress port extends from the top wall of the dam through the outer wall of the hollow shaft to permit lubricant to exit the hollow shaft. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316782 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Couplings for Transmitting Rotation; Clutches; Brakes F16D 2001/103 (20130101) F16D 2300/06 (20130101) Gearing F16H 57/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09677741 | Hsu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chia Wei Hsu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wenjun Qiu (Chicago, Illinois); Bo Zhen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Transparent displays enable many useful applications, including heads-up displays for cars and aircraft as well as displays on eyeglasses and glass windows. Unfortunately, transparent displays made of organic light-emitting diodes are typically expensive and opaque. Heads-up displays often require fixed light sources and have limited viewing angles. And transparent displays that use frequency conversion are typically energy inefficient. Conversely, the present transparent displays operate by scattering visible light from resonant nanoparticles with narrowband scattering cross sections and small absorption cross sections. More specifically, projecting an image onto a transparent screen doped with nanoparticles that selectively scatter light at the image wavelength(s) yields an image on the screen visible to an observer. Because the nanoparticles scatter light at only certain wavelengths, the screen is practically transparent under ambient light. Exemplary transparent scattering displays can be simple, inexpensive, scalable to large sizes, viewable over wide angular ranges, energy efficient, and transparent simultaneously. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/090348 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 9/08 (20130101) F21V 9/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/0242 (20130101) G02B 5/0278 (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 1/19 (20130101) G02F 1/0126 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 21/62 (20130101) Displaying; Advertising; Signs; Labels or Name-plates; Seals G09F 13/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
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| US 09677817 | Dudis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas S. Dudis (Tipp City, Ohio); Joel E. Schmidt (Pasadena, California); Douglas J. Miller (Cedarville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Ammonium carbamate-based methods and systems for management of thermal loads, particularly low-quality, high-flux thermal loads. The increase in temperature in heat sensitive devices is mitigated by the endothermic decomposition of ammonium carbamate into carbon dioxide and ammonia gases. This process has an energy density an order of magnitude greater than conventional thermal management materials and is particularly useful for temperatures between 20° C. and 100° C. Systems incorporating ammonium carbamate may be controlled by regulating the fluid flow, overhead pressure, temperature, or combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/778685 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Kitchen Equipment; Coffee Mills; Spice Mills; Apparatus for Making Beverages A47J 36/28 (20130101) Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 81/3484 (20130101) Liquefaction, Solidification or Separation of Gases or Gaseous Mixtures by Pressure and Cold Treatment F25J 2205/24 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 5/02 (20130101) F28D 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28D 20/02 (20130101) F28D 20/003 (20130101) F28D 20/0034 (20130101) F28D 20/0056 (20130101) F28D 2021/0022 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 23/00 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/142 (20130101) Y02E 60/145 (20130101) Y02E 60/147 (20130101) |
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| US 09677863 | Palathingal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohan J. Palathingal (Oradell, New Jersey); Kip Hess (Sparta, New Jersey); Gregory M. Kolasa (Wantage, New Jersey); Sung Chung (Dover, New Jersey); Marco Duca (Mt. Arlington, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A kinetic energy penetrator for use in small caliber ammunition, which penetrator can utilize composite material small sabots. A large shear area in the sabot having a small number of decreasingly sized buttress grooves, mate to the penetrator shaft making use of composite material sabots feasible. Lightening of the penetrator through substitution of composite material sabots results in greater velocity with higher kinetic energy on lethal impact. The fewer grooves aerodynamically lessen drag and likewise tend to boost velocity plus lethal impact. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/006679 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 14/061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 14/062 (20130101) F42B 14/068 (20130101) |
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| US 09677949 | Han |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUTECH VENTURES (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Han (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | An in-line fiber-optic temperature sensor is disclosed. In an implementation, the in-line fiber-optic temperature sensor includes an optically transmissive fiber, a reflector, a microstructured fiber defining a channel therein for receiving a fluid, and a Fabry-Perot cavity in fluid communication with the microstructured fiber. The microstructured fiber can be retained between the optically transmissive fiber and the reflector. The Fabry-Perot cavity defined by a material and configured to receive a gas having an index of refraction that changes in a known way with temperature and pressure changes in fluid communication with the channel of the microstructured fiber. The in-line fiber-optic temperature sensor also includes a chamber defined between the optically transmissive fiber and the microstructured fiber for connecting in fluid communication with a vacuum/pressure source for changing pressure. The in-line fiber-optic temperature sensor also includes a sensor for determining an optical interferometric reflection spectrum associated with the Fabry-Perot cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/526168 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 3/45 (20130101) Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 1/26 (20130101) G01K 11/125 (20130101) G01K 11/3206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09678004 | Bartoli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Filbert Bartoli (Center Valley, Pennsylvania); Qiaoqiang Gan (East Amherst, New York); Yongkang Gao (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device includes a transparent substrate and a conductive layer disposed over an upper surface of the transparent substrate. The conductive layer defines at least one groove inwardly extending from an upper surface and includes an aperture that is spaced apart from the at least one groove. An interface between the upper surface of the conductive layer and an ambient medium defines an optical branch along which surface plasmon polariton modes are excited in response to at least partially coherent light being received by the optical device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/064738 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/01 (20130101) G01N 21/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/7703 (20130101) G01N 2021/458 (20130101) G01N 2021/5903 (20130101) G01N 2021/7779 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1226 (20130101) |
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| US 09678013 | Bratkovski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexandre M. Bratkovski (Mountain View, California); Zhiyong Li (Foster City, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Min Hu (Sunnyvale, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California); Ansoon Kim (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandre M. Bratkovski (Mountain View, California); Zhiyong Li (Foster City, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Min Hu (Sunnyvale, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California); Ansoon Kim (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples of integrated sensors are disclosed herein. An example of an integrated sensor includes a substrate and a sensing member formed on a surface of the substrate. The sensing member includes collapsible signal amplifying structures and an area surrounding the collapsible signal amplifying structures that enables self-positioning of droplets exposed thereto toward the collapsible signal amplifying structures. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/394295 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5088 (20130101) B01L 2300/161 (20130101) B01L 2300/0627 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/648 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 35/00009 (20130101) G01N 2035/00019 (20130101) |
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| US 09678032 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Bellaterra, Spain) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of California (Oakland, California); Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona (Bellatera (Barcelona), Spain) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Joshua Ray Windmiller (Del Mar, California); Aoife O'Mahony (San Diego, California); Xavier Cetó (La Figuerosa, Spain); Manel Del Valle (Terrassa, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for the identification of chemical agents and determination of their level of exposure using electrochemical detection and advanced signal processing. In one aspect, a method includes collecting a sample from a surface containing a chemical agent to an electrode on a sensor such that the chemical agent transfers on the electrode, detecting an electrochemical signal of the chemical agent on the electrode to transduce chemical information associated with the chemical agent to an electrical signal, processing the electrical signal to obtain electrochemical spectral signature data to identify the chemical agent and generating a series of coefficients of the electrochemical spectral signature data to reduce the data, and classifying the chemical information based on the series of coefficients among preselected data sets to determine a level of exposure to the chemical agent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/439641 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/48 (20130101) G01N 27/307 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0057 (20130101) |
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| US 09678038 | Austin 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) | Robert H. Austin (Princeton, New Jersey); Zhaoning Yu (Princeton, New Jersey); Jonas O. Tegenfeldt (Lund, Sweden); Stephen Y. Chou (Princeton, New Jersey); Han Cao (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanochannel arrays that enable high-throughput macromolecular analysis are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of preparing nanochannel arrays and nanofluidic chips. Methods of analyzing macromolecules, such as entire strands of genomic DNA, are also disclosed, as well as systems for carrying out these methods. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/081322 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09678062 | Ildstad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne T. Ildstad (Prospect, Kentucky); Mary Jane Elliott (Brandenburg, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of expanding FCs or stem cells are provided herein, as are methods of screening for compounds that increase expression of DOCK2 or decrease expression of Arhgap18, either of which improves engraftment. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/346505 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0639 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2502/1171 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5029 (20130101) G01N 33/5073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09678077 | Rubin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Rubin (New York, New York); Juan Miguel Mosquera (New York, New York); Kyung Park (Stamford, Connecticut); Ya-Lin Chiu (Island Park, New York); Francesca Demichelis (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a triple immunostaining assay (ERG/TFF3/HMWCK) for sensitive and specific detection of prostate cancer. Positive staining for at least one of ERG or TFF3 combined with negative staining of HMWCK in a sample such as prostate tissue sample is indicative of cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401184 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/26 (20130101) C07K 16/32 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2333/4742 (20130101) |
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| US 09678088 | Whitesides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Ashok A. Kumar (Medford, Massachusetts); Jonathan W. Hennek (Somerville, Massachusetts); Caeul Lim (Boston, Massachusetts); Yovany Moreno (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Charles R. Mace (Auburn, New York); Manoj T. Duraisingh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew R. Patton (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Si-yi Ryan Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gaetana D'Alesio-Spina (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Carlo Brugnara (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Stossel (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An aqueous multi-phase system for diagnosis of sickle cell disease is described, including two or more phase-separated phases including: a first aqueous phase including a first phase component and having a first density between about 1.025 g/cm3 and about 1.095 g/cm3; and a second aqueous phase including a second phase component and having a second density between about 1.100 g/cm3 and about 1.140 g/cm3; wherein the first density is lower than the second density; and each of the first and second phase components include at least one polymer. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/785980 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/05 (20130101) G01N 33/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/491 (20130101) G01N 2015/003 (20130101) G01N 2015/0073 (20130101) G01N 2015/0076 (20130101) G01N 2800/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09678152 | Maliuk 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) | Dzmitry S. Maliuk (Addison, Texas); Franco Stellari (Waldwick, New Jersey); Alan J. Weger (Mohegan Lake, New York); Peilin Song (Lagrangeville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A scan chain latch circuit, a method of operating a latch circuit in a scan chain, and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure defining a scan chain latch circuit for instantiation on a semiconductor die are disclosed. In an embodiment, the scan chain latch circuit comprises a first latch for holding one data value, a second latch for holding another data value, and a multiplexor. The one data value is applied to a first data input of the multiplexor and the another data value is applied to a second data input of the multiplexor. An alternating clock signal is applied to a select input of the multiplexor to control the output of the multiplexor, wherein the output of the multiplexor toggles between the two data values held in the two latches at a defined frequency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/138737 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3177 (20130101) G01R 31/31723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/31727 (20130101) |
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| US 09678186 | Alexson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimitri Arthur Alexson (Fairfax, Virginia); Doran Dakota Smith (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe for use in Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy (MRFM) to provide an image of a sample comprising: a magnetic field source adapted to orient the spin of the nuclei in a sample; a detector capable of detecting a magnetic field comprising an oscillator; at least one conductor substantially surrounding the oscillator for forming a RF antenna for transmitting a radio frequency electromagnetic field; whereby the at least one conductor transmits a radio frequency electromagnetic field that influences the nuclei in the sample, and whereby the detector detects how the nuclei are influenced through the oscillations of the oscillator to provide identification information concerning the content of the sample. Also included is a method for magnetic resonance force microscopy of a sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/755115 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/52 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/323 (20130101) G01R 33/34053 (20130101) |
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| US 09678209 | Ruff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C Ruff (Catonsville, Maryland); Barry Lee Stann (Edgewater, Maryland); Mark M Giza (Kensington, Maryland); William B. Lawler (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system comprising a laser for transmitting a beam of light towards a target area; a controller for controlling the output of the laser; a receiver for collecting reflected pulses of light reflected from the target area, the receiver comprising a plurality of receive elements, each of the receive elements having a different field of view; a combiner for combining the outputs of the receive elements into one composite signal of the target area; an interface circuitry for converting the composite signal into an image; display unit displaying output from interface circuitry. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/848312 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — 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 7/4816 (20130101) G01S 7/4861 (20130101) G01S 17/42 (20130101) G01S 17/89 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/06 (20130101) G02B 26/0833 (20130101) |
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| US 09678215 | Ramlall |
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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) | Rohan Y. Ramlall (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for predicting a GPS pseudorange error includes receiving a first plurality of pseudorange errors at a plurality of different times for a plurality of global positioning system (GPS) satellites. The method also includes creating, using a processor, a first matrix. Each element of the first matrix is determined using a portion of the first plurality of pseudorange errors. The method yet further includes creating, using the processor, a second matrix that includes at least a portion of the first plurality of pseudorange errors. A size of the second matrix is determined by comparing each element of the first matrix to a predetermined threshold. The method still further includes predicting, using the processor, a second plurality of pseudorange errors for the plurality of GPS satellites using the first plurality of pseudorange errors and the second matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/242168 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/005 (20130101) G01C 21/165 (20130101) 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 19/23 (20130101) G01S 19/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 19/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09678271 | Thacker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chip package includes an optical integrated circuit (such as a hybrid integrated circuit) and an integrated circuit that are proximate to each other in the chip package. The integrated circuit includes electrical circuits that modulate data, communicate data, and serialize/deserialize data, and the optical integrated circuit communicates optical signals with very high bandwidth. Moreover, a front surface of the integrated circuit is electrically coupled to a top surface of an interposer, and a top surface of the integrated circuit is electrically coupled to a front surface of the optical integrated circuit. Furthermore, a bottom surface of the optical integrated circuit faces the top surface of the interposer, and the front surface of the optical integrated circuit is optically coupled to an optical-fiber receptacle, which in turn is optically coupled to an optical-fiber connector. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/605650 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/30 (20130101) G02B 6/32 (20130101) G02B 6/4219 (20130101) G02B 6/4257 (20130101) G02B 6/4274 (20130101) G02B 6/12004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12061 (20130101) G02B 2006/12142 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/49827 (20130101) H01L 23/49838 (20130101) H01L 23/49894 (20130101) H01L 25/167 (20130101) H01L 2224/16225 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/15311 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/803 (20130101) |
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| US 09678276 | Goldsmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall Howard Goldsmith (Madison, Wisconsin); Kassandra Ann Knapper (Madison, Wisconsin); Kevin Daniel Heylman (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical microresonator platforms are provided comprising a substrate having a surface, a plurality of SiO2 pillars, and a plurality of SiO2 whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical microresonators, each SiO2 pillar extending from the surface of the substrate and terminating in a corresponding SiO2 WGM optical microresonator of the plurality of SiO2 WGM optical microresonators, wherein the substrate, the plurality of SiO2 pillars and the plurality of SiO2 WGM optical microresonators form a monolithic structure, and further wherein the substrate is substantially transparent to visible light. The substrate may be a SiO2 substrate and the SiO2 WGM optical microresonator may be a SiO2 optical microtoroid. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/990296 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/7746 (20130101) G01N 2201/08 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/13 (20130101) G02B 6/12004 (20130101) G02B 6/29341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12038 (20130101) G02B 2006/12169 (20130101) |
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| US 09678289 | Schultz 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) | Mark D. Schultz (Ossining, New York); Shurong Tian (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical coupling system includes a substrate, an electronic die comprising a plurality of coupling holes for passing light, an optical element die attached to a bottom surface of the electronic die, the electronic die attached to the substrate such that the electronic die covers a cavity in the substrate and the optical element die resides within the cavity of the substrate. The system may also include a thermally conductive lid that covers and contacts the electronic die and the substrate and has a coupling aperture that enables light that passes through the coupling holes to pass through the thermally conductive lid. The system may also include an optical cable coupler comprising a coupling section that laterally fits within the coupling aperture and a body section disposed above the coupling section that is laterally larger than the coupling section. A method for providing the above system is also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/956484 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/4242 (20130101) G02B 6/4244 (20130101) G02B 6/4245 (20130101) G02B 6/4267 (20130101) G02B 6/4269 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09679091 | Choi |
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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) | Kwong-Kit Choi (Brookeville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for designing a photodetector comprising an array of pixels: selecting at a material composition for the photodetector; determining a configuration of at least one pixel in the array of pixels using a computer simulation, each pixel comprising an active region and a diffractive region, and a photodetector/air interface through which light enters, the computer simulation operating to process different configurations of the pixel to determine an optimal configuration for a predetermined wavelength or wavelength range occurring when waves reflected by the diffractive element form a constructive interference pattern inside the active region to thereby increase the quantum efficiency of the photodetector. An infrared photodetector produced by the method. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/745338 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1446 (20130101) H01L 27/14601 (20130101) H01L 27/14603 (20130101) H01L 27/14683 (20130101) H01L 31/09 (20130101) H01L 31/0232 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) H01L 31/035281 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09679216 | Pinkus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan R Pinkus (Bellbrook, Ohio); David W Dommett (Beavercreek, Ohio); Harry Lee Task (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for assessing a resolution of an optical sensor. An image is obtained from the optical sensor. A target area is selected from the image. The selected area is subjected to a thresholding process to generate a binary image. Pixels at a center of the binary image are tagged. The remaining pixels of the binary image are looped through, where pixels that are not already tagged, are touching a tagged pixel, and are of the same color of previously tagged pixels are tagged. A plurality of distances associated with each corner of the binary image is calculated from the corner to the nearest tagged pixel in a row or column of pixels. At least two shortest distances of the calculated plurality of distances are selected to determine an orientation of an object defined by the tagged pixels in the generated binary image. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/147122 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — 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 9/38 (20130101) G06K 9/40 (20130101) G06K 9/52 (20130101) G06K 9/209 (20130101) G06K 9/2081 (20130101) G06K 9/3208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/3241 (20130101) G06K 9/4604 (20130101) G06K 9/4652 (20130101) G06K 9/6201 (20130101) G06K 2009/4666 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/60 (20130101) G06T 2207/20021 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 17/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09679241 | Nugent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | KnowmTech, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KnowmTech, LLC (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Nugent (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Timothy Molter (Oberstdorf, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermodynamic random access memory includes one or more AHaH (Anti-Hebbian and Hebbian) node wherein read out of data is accomplished via a common summing electrode through memristive components and wherein multiple input cells are simultaneously active. A ktRAM architecture comprising a memory wherein each input synapse or “bit” of the memory interacts on or with a common electrode through a common “dendritic” electrode, and wherein each input can be individually driven. Each input constitutes a memory cell driving a common electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/460668 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09679247 | Koutra 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) | Danai Koutra (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David M. Lubensky (Brookfield, Connecticut); Hanghang Tong (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of building a soft linkage between a plurality of graphs includes initializing a correspondence between type-1 and type-2 objects in the plurality of graphs, and reducing a cost function by alternately updating the type-1 correspondence and updating the type-2 correspondence. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/032105 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 5/048 (20130101) |
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| US 09679261 | Hoover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Dublin, Ireland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Dublin, Ireland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Hoover (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Scott Miller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Lisa Wester (Alexandria, Virginia); Randall C. Gowat (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A machine learning classifier based procurement system determines a price risk score, a supplier risk score, and an item risk score for bids based on classifications performed by a machine learning classifier. The scores are compared to respective thresholds to determine if any of the bids are associated with a high-risk procurement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/439183 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30294 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/067 (20130101) G06Q 10/0635 (20130101) G06Q 30/0611 (20130101) |
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| US 09679360 | Fleischer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees Of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Fleischer (Princeton, New Jersey); Chien-Hung Lu (Princeton, New Jersey); Stefan Muenzel (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A relatively high-resolution image from a conventional camera can be computationally combined with a relatively low-resolution wavefront measurement from, for example, a Shack-Hartmann sensor in order to construct a relatively high-resolution light-field image. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/274600 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| 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 9/00 (20130101) G01J 2009/002 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09679409 | Black et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Black (Tuebingen, Germany); Peng Guan (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for simulating realistic clothing. The system generates a clothing deformation model for a clothing type, wherein the clothing deformation model factors a change of clothing shape due to rigid limb rotation, pose-independent body shape, and pose-dependent deformations. Next, the system generates a custom-shaped garment for a given body by mapping, via the clothing deformation model, body shape parameters to clothing shape parameters. The system then automatically dresses the given body with the custom-shaped garment. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/372140 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) G06F 2217/32 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 19/20 (20130101) G06T 2210/16 (20130101) G06T 2219/2016 (20130101) G06T 2219/2021 (20130101) |
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| US 09679645 | Elmegreen 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) | Bruce G. Elmegreen (Goldens Bridge, New York); Glenn J. Martyna (Croton on Hudson, New York); Dennis M. Newns (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alejandro G. Schrott (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A nonvolatile memory storage device includes a ferroelectric (FE) material coupled with a piezoresistive (PR) material through an inherent piezoelectric response of the FE material, wherein an electrical resistance of the PR material is dependent on a compressive stress applied thereto, the compressive stress caused by a remanent strain of the FE material resulting from a polarization of the FE material, such that a polarized state of the FE material results in a first resistance value of the PR material, and a depolarized state of the FE material results in a second resistance value of the PR material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/977752 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/22 (20130101) G11C 11/221 (20130101) G11C 11/2275 (20130101) G11C 13/00 (20130101) G11C 13/0002 (20130101) G11C 13/0004 (20130101) G11C 13/0069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 2013/0095 (20130101) G11C 2213/79 (20130101) |
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| US 09679654 | Rumberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon David Rumberg (Morgantown, West Virginia); David W. Graham (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of a continuous-time memory cell circuit are described. In various embodiments, the memory cell circuit may comprise a memory cell, a current source coupled to the memory cell, and circuitry for programming the memory cell at an adaptive rate, based on a target voltage for programming, using a feedback loop between a gate terminal of the memory cell and a reference control input. Based on the circuitry for programming, the memory cell may be programmed according to various voltage and/or current references, by linear injection and/or tunneling mechanisms. According to various aspects, the circuitry for programming drives a memory cell to converge to a voltage target for programming within a short period of time and to a suitable level of accuracy. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/940683 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 16/06 (20130101) G11C 16/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 16/26 (20130101) G11C 16/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09679766 | Hite 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) | Jennifer K. Hite (Arlington, Virginia); Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Nelson Garces (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method of: depositing a patterned mask layer on an N-polar GaN epitaxial layer of a sapphire, silicon, or silicon carbide substrate; depositing an AlN inversion layer on the open areas; removing any remaining mask; and depositing a III-N epitaxial layer to simultaneously produce N-polar material and III-polar material. Also disclosed herein is: depositing an AlN inversion layer on an N-polar bulk III-N substrate and depositing a III-N epitaxial layer to produce III-polar material. Also disclosed herein is: depositing an inversion layer on a III-polar bulk III-N substrate and depositing a III-N epitaxial layer to produce N-polar material. Also disclosed herein is a composition having: a bulk III-N substrate; an inversion layer on portions of the substrate; and a III-N epitaxial layer on the inversion layer. The III-N epitaxial layer is of the opposite polarity of the surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/159976 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0237 (20130101) H01L 21/0242 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02378 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02389 (20130101) H01L 21/02439 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02494 (20130101) H01L 21/02502 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) |
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| US 09679779 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Taylor (Hawthorne, California); Margaret H. Abraham (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for depositing materials on either side of a freestanding film using selectively thermally-assisted chemical vapor deposition (STA-CVD), and structures formed using same. A freestanding film, which is suspended over a cavity defined in a substrate, is exposed to a fluidic CVD precursor that reacts to form a solid material when exposed to heat. The freestanding film is then selectively heated in the presence of the precursor. The CVD precursor preferentially deposits on the surface(s) of the freestanding film. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/797549 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2203/0109 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00373 (20130101) B81C 2201/0176 (20130101) B81C 2201/0188 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/01 (20130101) C23C 16/04 (20130101) C23C 16/18 (20130101) C23C 16/46 (20130101) C23C 16/481 (20130101) C23C 16/483 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/024 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/285 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 21/28506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/13 (20130101) H01L 28/40 (20130101) H01L 28/87 (20130101) |
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| US 09680061 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rakesh Jain (Columbia, South Carolina); Maxim S. Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Alexander Dobrinsky (Loudonville, New York); Michael Shur (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A device having a layer with a patterned surface for improving the growth of semiconductor layers, such as group III nitride-based semiconductor layers with a high concentration of aluminum, is provided. The patterned surface can include a substantially flat top surface and a plurality of stress reducing regions, such as openings. The substantially flat top surface can have a root mean square roughness less than approximately 0.5 nanometers, and the stress reducing regions can have a characteristic size between approximately 0.1 microns and approximately five microns and a depth of at least 0.2 microns. A layer of group-III nitride material can be grown on the first layer and have a thickness at least twice the characteristic size of the stress reducing regions. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/212659 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0242 (20130101) H01L 21/0243 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/0265 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) H01L 21/02658 (20130101) H01L 29/34 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/10 (20130101) H01L 33/12 (20130101) H01L 33/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/24 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 2933/0091 (20130101) |
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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) | Yu Huang (Los Angeles, California); Yujing Li (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell includes: (1) an anode; (2) a cathode; and (3) an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode. At least one of the anode and the cathode includes an electro-catalyst dispersed on a hybrid support, the hybrid support includes a first, carbon-based support and a second support different from the first, carbon-based support, and a weight percentage of the second support is at least 10% relative to a combined weight of the first, carbon-based support and the second support. |
| FILED | Monday, April 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397628 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/921 (20130101) H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 4/8605 (20130101) H01M 4/9083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09680385 | Pietrantonio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GE Aviation Systems LLC (Grand Rapids, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC (Grand Rapids, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Pietrantonio (Winter Springs, Florida); Michael Carl Ludwig (Margate, Florida); Mohamed Aly Elsayed (Pompano Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A power converter includes a circuit board having an elongated anode receiving an input voltage and an input current and an elongated cathode providing an output voltage and an output current, and a plurality of diodes electrically arranged in parallel between the anode and cathode. The parallel diodes convert the input voltage to an output voltage, convert the input current to an output current. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/532928 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/14 (20130101) H02M 3/3378 (20130101) H02M 3/33546 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 2001/0058 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/1432 (20130101) H05K 7/20927 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 70/1491 (20130101) |
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| US 09680472 | Trivedi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit R. Trivedi (Atlanta, Georgia); Jaydeep P. Kulkarni (Portland, Oregon); Carlos Tokunaga (Hillsboro, Oregon); Muhammad M. Khellah (Tigard, Oregon); James W. Tschanz (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for voltage level shifting a data signal between a low voltage domain and a high voltage domain. In embodiments, a voltage level shifter circuit may include adaptive keeper circuitry, enhanced interruptible supply circuitry, and/or capacitive boosting circuitry to reduce a minimum voltage of the low voltage domain that is supported by the voltage level shifter circuit. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/182486 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/018521 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09680561 | Cannon 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) | Corey Cannon (Bloomington, Indiana); Andrew Martin (Ellettsville, Indiana); Brian Brackee (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient and reliable way to send various information including position location information (PLI) and emergency messages (EM) using or within a mobile satellite system (MSS) using different message formats including short message (e.g., short burst data (SBD), etc.), between mobile users as provided. Embodiments also use global positioning systems (GPS) used in some cases with the PLI system. Various embodiments improve communications efficiency and reliability of message transmission through various types of MSS. Embodiments include a method or approach to interface SBD PLI messages from mobile end user terminals (EUT) to common operating picture (COP) application programs as provided. Exemplary methods interface and translate MSS short messages (e.g., SBD) to extensible markup language (XML) message format and communicate converted messages to COP application program within a computer using a TCP/IP interface. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/015354 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/18513 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/22 (20130101) H04W 4/185 (20130101) |
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| US 09680928 | Medard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muriel Medard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Supratim Deb (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ralf Koetter (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and computer program product for providing a random linear coding approach to distributed data storage is presented. A file is broken into a plurality of pieces. For every peer (peer means storage-location with limited storage space), the number of coded-pieces the peer can store is determined. Each of the coded-piece is determined by taking random linear combination of all the pieces of the entire file. The associate code-vector is stored for every coded-piece. The file is retrieved by collecting code-vectors and the coded-pieces from the peers and viewing the collected code-vectors as a matrix. When a dimension of the matrix is equal to the number of pieces of the file, the file is recovered using the collection of code vectors in the matrix. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/788968 |
| ART UNIT | 2441 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30209 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/104 (20130101) H04L 67/1095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09681250 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuancheng Luo (College Park, Maryland); Ramani Duraiswami (Highland, Maryland); Dmitry N. Zotkin (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for generating and outputting three-dimensional audio data using head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) includes a processor configured to perform operations comprising: using a collection of previously measured HRTFs for audio signals corresponding to multiple directions for at least one subject; performing non-parametric Gaussian process hyper-parameter training on the collection of previously measured HRTFs to generate one or more predicted HRTFs that are different from the previously measured HRTFs; and generating and outputting three-dimensional audio data based on at least the one or more predicted HRTFs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120522 |
| ART UNIT | 2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Stereophonic Systems H04S 5/00 (20130101) H04S 7/303 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04S 7/304 (20130101) H04S 2400/15 (20130101) H04S 2420/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09681529 | Kuo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Spencer Kuo (River Edge, New Jersey); Skip Williams (Dayton, Ohio); Daniel Bivolaru (Hampton, Virginia); Campbell Carter (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Spencer Kuo (River Edge, New Jersey); Skip Williams (Dayton, Ohio); Daniel Bivolaru (Hampton, Virginia); Campbell Carter (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasma torch module combining arc and microwave discharges is disclosed. One embodiment serves to enhance the size and enthalpy of the plasma torch and has a very large operational range of the airflow rate, from subsonic to supersonic flow speed. Increase of airflow in the torch operation can increase not only the size of the torch plasma and the cycle energy of the arc discharge but also the lifetime of the torch module and the torch can operate stably with very low airflow. |
| FILED | Monday, January 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/621034 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09681592 | Tuan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Tuan (Omaha, Nebraska); Lim Nguyen (Bellevue, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Conductive concrete mixtures are described that are configured to provide EMP shielding and reflect and/or absorb, for instance, EM waves propagating through the conductive concrete mixture. The conductive concrete mixtures include cement, water, conductive carbon material, magnetic material, and metallic conductive material. The conductive carbon material may include conductive carbon particles, conductive carbon powder, and/or coke breeze. The metallic conductive material may include steel fibers, and the magnetic material may include taconite. The conductive concrete mixture may also include supplementary cementitious materials (SCM). A method of making a concrete structure includes pouring a concrete mixture to form conductive concrete, and positioning a first conductive screen within the conductive concrete proximate to an exterior surface of the conductive concrete. The method also includes positioning a second conductive screen within the conductive concrete in electrical contact with the first conductive screen. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/392258 |
| ART UNIT | 3638 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| 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 14/022 (20130101) C04B 14/024 (20130101) C04B 14/48 (20130101) C04B 14/305 (20130101) C04B 14/308 (20130101) C04B 18/146 (20130101) C04B 28/04 (20130101) C04B 28/04 (20130101) C04B 2103/32 (20130101) C04B 2111/94 (20130101) C04B 2111/00258 (20130101) General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/92 (20130101) E04B 2001/925 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/16 (20130101) H01B 1/18 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 9/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 30/94 (20150501) |
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| US 09675561 | Bencherif 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) | Sidi A. Bencherif (Dorchester, Massachusetts); Roger Warren Sands (Chicago, Illinois); Sandeep T. Koshy (Boston, Massachusetts); David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides polymer compositions for cell and drug delivery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/166689 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 9/7007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 2039/5152 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (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 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) A61L 2300/258 (20130101) A61L 2400/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/04 (20130101) C08L 89/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09675717 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toldeo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong-Shik Kim (Sylvania, Ohio); Youngwoo Seo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The antifouling coating is a composite material consisting of fluorinated electroactive bipolymers and magnetic particles. This composite material is coated on a solid surface to make a smooth durable grassy coating. The coating generates electrical current when an electrolytic liquid flows over it, which prevents bacterial cells from attaching to the surface. It prevents virus and protein attachment. It also prevents chemical corrosion of a surface. The composite material itself, and the antifouling method that uses fluoride compounds and electrical current that is generated by the fluid flow are disclosed for a patent. The composite material can be applied to medical devices, biomedical devices, industrial equipment, ship's hulls, food processing equipment, food processors, drinking water distribution systems, and home electrical appliances. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/291795 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/03 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 2003/2265 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/16 (20130101) C09D 5/23 (20130101) C09D 5/24 (20130101) C09D 5/1687 (20130101) C09D 7/1216 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09675902 | Lipkens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FloDesign Sonics, Inc. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLODESIGN SONICS, INC. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bart Lipkens (Hampden, Massachusetts); Jason Dionne (Simsbury, Massachusetts); Ari Mercado (Agawam, Massachusetts); Brian Dutra (Rockland, Massachusetts); Walter M. Presz, Jr. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Kennedy, III (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Louis Masi (Longmeadow, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic standing wave is utilized to separate components from a multi-component fluid, such as oil from an oil-water mixture, in a fluid flow scheme with an acoustophoresis device. For example, the flow scheme and device allows for trapping of the oil as the oil coalesces, agglomerates, and becomes more buoyant than the water. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/000573 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 17/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 43/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 1/0644 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09676621 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junhong Chen (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Shun Mao (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Ganhua Lu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junhong Chen (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Shun Mao (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Ganhua Lu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a field-effect transistor (FET)-based biosensor and uses thereof. In particular, to FET-based biosensors using thermally reduced graphene-based sheets as a conducting channel decorated with nanoparticle-biomolecule conjugates. The present disclosure also relates to FET-based biosensors using metal nitride/graphene hybrid sheets. The disclosure provides a method for detecting a target biomolecule in a sample using the FET-based biosensor described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/399288 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) |
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| US 09676676 | Hartung, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Hartung, Jr. (Evanston, Illinois); Brendan L. Quigley (Pasadena, California); Peter K. Dornan (Pasadena, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to C—H activated ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst compounds which are stereogenic at the ruthenium center, to their preparation, and the use of such catalysts in the metathesis of olefins and olefin compounds. In particular, the invention relates to the use of C—H activated ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst compounds in Z-selective olefin metathesis reactions, enantio-selective olefin metathesis reactions, and enantio-Z-selective olefin metathesis reactions. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, and industrial and fine chemicals chemistry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/789848 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2208 (20130101) B01J 31/2278 (20130101) B01J 2231/54 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 37/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07B 2200/09 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 15/50 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 33/025 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/475 (20130101) C07C 67/475 (20130101) C07C 69/63 (20130101) C07C 69/78 (20130101) C07C 69/145 (20130101) C07C 69/593 (20130101) C07C 69/608 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2102/08 (20130101) C07C 2531/22 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/46 (20130101) C07D 211/94 (20130101) C07D 317/12 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/1892 (20130101) C07F 15/0046 (20130101) |
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| US 09676679 | Alabugin 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) | Igor V. Alabugin (Tallahassee, Florida); Kamalkishore Pati (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to a traceless directing group in a radical cascade. The chemo- and regioselectivity of the initial attack in skipped oligoalkynes is controlled by a propargyl alkoxy moiety. Radical translocations lead to the boomerang return of radical center to the site of initial attack where it assists to the elimination of the directing functionality via β-scission in the last step of the cascade. In some aspects, the reaction of the present invention is catalyzed by a stannane moiety, which allows further via facile reactions with electrophiles as well as Stille and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions. This selective radical transformation opens a new approach for the controlled transformation of skipped oligoalkynes into polycyclic ribbons of tunable dimensions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/930860 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/325 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 1/325 (20130101) C07C 1/325 (20130101) C07C 13/62 (20130101) C07C 13/66 (20130101) C07C 17/26 (20130101) C07C 17/26 (20130101) C07C 17/26 (20130101) C07C 22/08 (20130101) C07C 25/22 (20130101) C07C 41/18 (20130101) C07C 41/18 (20130101) C07C 43/21 (20130101) C07C 45/67 (20130101) C07C 45/67 (20130101) C07C 49/84 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 255/52 (20130101) C07C 255/54 (20130101) C07C 2103/40 (20130101) C07C 2103/54 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 221/18 (20130101) C07D 317/70 (20130101) |
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| US 09676708 | Toscano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Toscano (Glen Arm, Maryland); Art D. Sutton (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Protected HNO donors designed to undergo non-enzymatic release at neutral pH via an intramolecular cyclization-elimination are disclosed. The rate of cyclization, and therefore HNO release, can be controlled by substituents and chain length. Thus, biologically useful HNO donors having tunable HNO release rates are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/439800 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/27 (20130101) A61K 31/265 (20130101) A61K 31/4152 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09676743 | Coates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Lansing, New York); John W. Kramer (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalysts and methods for the carbonylation of epoxides to substituted 3-hydroxy-δ-lactones and β-lactones are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017803 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 309/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 311/96 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09676823 | Reshetnyak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education (statutory successor to Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) (Warick, Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education (statutory successor to Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) (Warwick, Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yana K. Reshetnyak (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Oleg A. Andreev (South Kingstown, Rhode Island); Ursula Lehnert (Richmond, United Kingdom); Donald M. Engelman (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A polypeptide with a predominantly hydrophobic sequence long enough to span a membrane lipid bilayer as a transmembrane helix (TM) and comprising one or more dissociable groups inserts across a membrane spontaneously in a pH-dependant fashion placing one terminus inside cell. The polypeptide conjugated with various functional moieties delivers and accumulates them at cell membrane with low extracellular pH. The functional moiety conjugated with polypeptide terminus placed inside cell are translocated through the cell membrane in cytosol. The peptide and its variants or non-peptide analogs can be used to deliver therapeutic, prophylactic, diagnostic, imaging, gene regulation, cell regulation, or immunologic agents to or inside of cells in vitro or in vivo in tissue at low extracellular pH. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/258964 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/215 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09677064 | Edd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon F Edd (Arlington, Massachusetts); Memhet Toner (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Dino DiCarlo (Los Angeles, California); Daniel Irimia (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices and methods for the encapsulation of particles within liquid droplets are disclosed. The new methods and devices form 1-100 picoliter-size monodisperse droplets containing the particles, such as single cells, encapsulated in individual liquid droplets. The particles can be encapsulated in droplets of a fluid by passing a fluid containing the particles through a high aspect-ratio microchannel to order the particles in the fluid, followed by forming the fluid into droplets. The resulting fraction of the liquid droplets with a single particle (e.g., a cell) is higher than the corresponding fraction of single-particle liquid droplets predicted by Poisson statistics. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/754420 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09677274 | Saiidi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehdi Saiidi (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are support column structures which can be used to support bridges, buildings or other structures. In some cases, a support column structure can be deconstructable and include one or more removable elements. In some cases, a support column structure can include shape memory alloy reinforcing bars. In some cases, a removable element of a support column structure can include an engineered cementitious composite. In some cases, a removable element includes one or more sleeves to separate an engineered cementitious composite from one or more shape memory alloy reinforcing bars. Methods include assembling and disassembling a support column structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873052 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Construction of Bridges, or Viaducts; Assembly of Bridges E01D 19/02 (20130101) Foundations; Excavations; Embankments; Underground or Underwater Structures E02D 27/01 (20130101) E02D 27/42 (20130101) E02D 2300/00 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 3/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E04C 3/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09677741 | Hsu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chia Wei Hsu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wenjun Qiu (Chicago, Illinois); Bo Zhen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Transparent displays enable many useful applications, including heads-up displays for cars and aircraft as well as displays on eyeglasses and glass windows. Unfortunately, transparent displays made of organic light-emitting diodes are typically expensive and opaque. Heads-up displays often require fixed light sources and have limited viewing angles. And transparent displays that use frequency conversion are typically energy inefficient. Conversely, the present transparent displays operate by scattering visible light from resonant nanoparticles with narrowband scattering cross sections and small absorption cross sections. More specifically, projecting an image onto a transparent screen doped with nanoparticles that selectively scatter light at the image wavelength(s) yields an image on the screen visible to an observer. Because the nanoparticles scatter light at only certain wavelengths, the screen is practically transparent under ambient light. Exemplary transparent scattering displays can be simple, inexpensive, scalable to large sizes, viewable over wide angular ranges, energy efficient, and transparent simultaneously. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/090348 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 9/08 (20130101) F21V 9/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/0242 (20130101) G02B 5/0278 (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 1/19 (20130101) G02F 1/0126 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 21/62 (20130101) Displaying; Advertising; Signs; Labels or Name-plates; Seals G09F 13/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
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| US 09677999 | Dasgupta |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purnendu K Dasgupta (Arlington, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Purnendu K Dasgupta (Arlington, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for increasing light throughput in cavity enhanced spectrometry, and a model for cavity enhanced absorption measurements are presented. The cavity has an entrance mirror, an opposed exit mirror and a detector positioned adjacent the exit mirror. An input aperture is defined in the entrance mirror to allow light from a source to enter the cavity. The input aperture improves light throughput without significant departure from the theoretically predicted amplification of absorbance. This results in improvement of detection limits, even with mirrors of modest reflectivity and inexpensive detectors. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/670269 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/031 (20130101) G01N 21/31 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09678004 | Bartoli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Filbert Bartoli (Center Valley, Pennsylvania); Qiaoqiang Gan (East Amherst, New York); Yongkang Gao (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device includes a transparent substrate and a conductive layer disposed over an upper surface of the transparent substrate. The conductive layer defines at least one groove inwardly extending from an upper surface and includes an aperture that is spaced apart from the at least one groove. An interface between the upper surface of the conductive layer and an ambient medium defines an optical branch along which surface plasmon polariton modes are excited in response to at least partially coherent light being received by the optical device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/064738 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/01 (20130101) G01N 21/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/7703 (20130101) G01N 2021/458 (20130101) G01N 2021/5903 (20130101) G01N 2021/7779 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1226 (20130101) |
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| US 09678007 | Backman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vadim Backman (Chicago, Illinois); Ji Yi (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system to measure and image the full optical scattering properties by inverse spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (ISOCT) is disclosed. Tissue is modeled as a medium with continuous refractive index (RI) fluctuation and such a fluctuation is described by the RI correlation functions. By measuring optical quantities of tissue (including the scattering power of the OCT spectrum, the reflection albedo α defined as the ratio of scattering coefficient μs, and the backscattering coefficient μb), the RI correlation function can be inversely deduced and the full set of optical scattering properties can be obtained. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/651196 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09678037 | Liang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaogan Liang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Katsuo Kurabayashi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Atomically layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) exhibit a significant potential to enable low-cost transistor biosensors that permit single-molecule-level quantification of biomolecules. Two different principles for operating such biosensors are presented. In one arrangement, antibody receptors are functionalized on an insulating layer deposited onto the channel of the transistor. The charge introduced through antigen-antibody binding is capacitively coupled with the channel and shifts the threshold voltage without significantly changing the transconductance. In another arrangement, antibodies are functionalized directly on the channel of the transistor. Antigen-antibody binding events mainly modulate the ON-state transconductance, which is attributed to the disordered potential formed in channel material. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/878616 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4146 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 2333/525 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/7781 (20130101) |
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| US 09678276 | Goldsmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall Howard Goldsmith (Madison, Wisconsin); Kassandra Ann Knapper (Madison, Wisconsin); Kevin Daniel Heylman (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical microresonator platforms are provided comprising a substrate having a surface, a plurality of SiO2 pillars, and a plurality of SiO2 whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical microresonators, each SiO2 pillar extending from the surface of the substrate and terminating in a corresponding SiO2 WGM optical microresonator of the plurality of SiO2 WGM optical microresonators, wherein the substrate, the plurality of SiO2 pillars and the plurality of SiO2 WGM optical microresonators form a monolithic structure, and further wherein the substrate is substantially transparent to visible light. The substrate may be a SiO2 substrate and the SiO2 WGM optical microresonator may be a SiO2 optical microtoroid. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/990296 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/7746 (20130101) G01N 2201/08 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/13 (20130101) G02B 6/12004 (20130101) G02B 6/29341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12038 (20130101) G02B 2006/12169 (20130101) |
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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) | Antony Orth (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kenneth B. Crozier (West Melbourne, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microscope includes a multi-wavelength emitting laser light source. A microscope objective is configured to receive and expand input light emitted from the light source, and a dichroic mirror is configured to reflect the expanded input light. A micro lens array with a plurality of micro lenses splits the reflected and expanded input light onto a fluorescence producing sample. A lens collectively captures the fluorescence for each micro lens in the plurality of micro lenses, and a camera receives the fluorescence from the lens and produces an image of the sample based on the received fluorescence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/735534 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/361 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/50 (20130101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/10052 (20130101) G06T 2207/10056 (20130101) G06T 2207/10064 (20130101) G06T 2207/20208 (20130101) |
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| US 09678497 | Karypis 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) | George Karypis (Bloomington, Minnesota); Dominique Welle LaSalle (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Multiple parallel slave processes and a master process are assigned to a node executing an operating system such that the operating system maintains a ready queue comprising a list of one or more processes that are ready to be executed by at least one processing core. A parallel slave process takes an action that causes the operating system to keep the parallel slave process out of the ready queue. Based on receiving an indication that the parallel slave process is to be kept out of the ready queue, the master process sets the parallel slave process to a blocking state, selects a second parallel slave process that is in a runnable state but is currently kept from being in the ready queue, and takes an action that causes the operating system to add the parallel slave process that is in the runnable state to the ready queue. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/471707 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/0421 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 2219/2231 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/4843 (20130101) |
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| US 09679093 | Kulathumani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinod Kulathumani (Morgantown, West Virginia); David W. Graham (Morgantown, West Virginia); Brandon David Rumberg (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments, a sensor network may be provided with re-programmable and/or reconfigurable analog circuitry configured to monitor data collected by the sensor network. The re-programmable and/or reconfigurable analog circuitry may also generate a wakeup signal in response to a defined wakeup event detected by the sensor network. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/627011 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/32 (20130101) G06F 1/3203 (20130101) G06F 1/3206 (20130101) G06F 15/7867 (20130101) G06F 17/5054 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09679360 | Fleischer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees Of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Fleischer (Princeton, New Jersey); Chien-Hung Lu (Princeton, New Jersey); Stefan Muenzel (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A relatively high-resolution image from a conventional camera can be computationally combined with a relatively low-resolution wavefront measurement from, for example, a Shack-Hartmann sensor in order to construct a relatively high-resolution light-field image. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/274600 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| 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 9/00 (20130101) G01J 2009/002 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA REASEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong-Kyu Yoon (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Various examples are provided for low ohmic loss radial superlattice conductors. In one example, among others, a conductor includes a plurality of radially distributed layers that include a non-permalloy core, a permalloy layer disposed on and encircling the non-permalloy core, and a non-permalloy layer disposed on and encircling the permalloy layer. The non-permalloy core and non-permalloy layer can include the same or different materials such as, e.g., aluminum, copper, silver, and gold. In some implementations, the non-permalloy core includes a void containing air or a non-conductive material such as, e.g., a polymer. The permalloy layer can include materials such as, e.g., NiFe, FeCo, NiFeCo, or NiFeMo. In another example, a via connector includes the plurality of radially distributed layers including the permalloy layer and the non-permalloy layer disposed on and encircling the permalloy layer. The via connector can extend through glass, silicon, organic, or other types of substrates. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/904457 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01B 7/30 (20130101) H01B 11/18 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/66 (20130101) H01L 23/49827 (20130101) H01L 23/49866 (20130101) H01L 23/49894 (20130101) H01L 2223/6622 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09680117 | Bartoli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Filbert Joseph Bartoli (Center Valley, Pennsylvania); Beibei Zeng (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin film organic photovoltaic device or solar cell in one embodiment includes an organic active bilayer and an ultrathin two-dimensional metallic nanogrid as a transparent conducting electrode which receives incident light. The nanogrid excites surface plasmonic resonances at an interface between the nanogrid and active bilayer from the incident light to enhance photon absorption in the active bilayer below the nanogrid. In another embodiment, spatially separated nanograting electrodes may alternatively be formed by double one-dimensional nanogratings disposed on opposite sides of the organic active bilayer. The spatially separated nanogratings may be oriented perpendicular to each other. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/781778 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/054 (20141201) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0053 (20130101) H01L 51/0091 (20130101) H01L 51/424 (20130101) H01L 51/442 (20130101) H01L 51/445 (20130101) H01L 51/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2251/301 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09680161 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Yang (Champaign, Illinois); Jianbo Wu (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A noble metal-based electrocatalyst comprises a bimetallic particle comprising a noble metal and a non-noble metal and having a polyhedral shape. The bimetallic particle comprises a surface-segregated composition where an atomic ratio of the noble metal to the non-noble metal is higher in a surface region and in a core region than in a sub-surface region between the surface and core regions. A method of treating a noble metal-based electrocatalyst comprises annealing a bimetallic particle comprising a noble metal and a non-noble metal and having a polyhedral shape at a temperature in the range of from about 100° C. to about 1100° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/331697 |
| 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 4/921 (20130101) H01M 4/926 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09680520 | Gollakota et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center For Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through Its Center For Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyamnath Gollakota (Seattle, Washington); Joshua R. Smith (Seattle, Washington); Vincent Liu (Seattle, Washington); Aaron N. Parks (Seattle, Washington); Vamsi Talla (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses, systems, ambient backscatter transceivers, and methods for modulating a backscatter of an ambient RF signal are described. An example system may include an ambient backscatter transceiver comprising an antenna that is configured to receive a backscattered ambient radio frequency (RF) signal. The ambient backscatter transceiver is configured to demodulate the backscattered ambient RF signal to retrieve first data. The backscattered ambient RF signal is generated by backscattering an ambient RF signal at a first frequency. The ambient RF signal is encoded with modulated to provide second data at a second frequency. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/795719 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09680693 | Barford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul R. Barford (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeffery Thomas Kline (Madison, Wisconsin); Sangnam Nam (Madison, Wisconsin); David John Plonka (Madison, Wisconsin); Amos Ron (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Barford (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeffery Thomas Kline (Madison, Wisconsin); Sangnam Nam (Madison, Wisconsin); David John Plonka (Madison, Wisconsin); Amos Ron (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A network anomaly detector evaluates two complementary measurements of network statistics, a time variation and correlation among those statistics, to provide an extremely robust detection of network anomalies. In one embodiment, the variability and correspondence are compared against historically derived thresholds to provide for a system that accommodates to local network conditions and evolving network qualities. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/516766 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 41/142 (20130101) H04L 43/16 (20130101) H04L 43/045 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
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| US 09680928 | Medard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muriel Medard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Supratim Deb (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ralf Koetter (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and computer program product for providing a random linear coding approach to distributed data storage is presented. A file is broken into a plurality of pieces. For every peer (peer means storage-location with limited storage space), the number of coded-pieces the peer can store is determined. Each of the coded-piece is determined by taking random linear combination of all the pieces of the entire file. The associate code-vector is stored for every coded-piece. The file is retrieved by collecting code-vectors and the coded-pieces from the peers and viewing the collected code-vectors as a matrix. When a dimension of the matrix is equal to the number of pieces of the file, the file is recovered using the collection of code vectors in the matrix. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/788968 |
| ART UNIT | 2441 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30209 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/104 (20130101) H04L 67/1095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09681250 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuancheng Luo (College Park, Maryland); Ramani Duraiswami (Highland, Maryland); Dmitry N. Zotkin (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for generating and outputting three-dimensional audio data using head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) includes a processor configured to perform operations comprising: using a collection of previously measured HRTFs for audio signals corresponding to multiple directions for at least one subject; performing non-parametric Gaussian process hyper-parameter training on the collection of previously measured HRTFs to generate one or more predicted HRTFs that are different from the previously measured HRTFs; and generating and outputting three-dimensional audio data based on at least the one or more predicted HRTFs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120522 |
| ART UNIT | 2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Stereophonic Systems H04S 5/00 (20130101) H04S 7/303 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04S 7/304 (20130101) H04S 2400/15 (20130101) H04S 2420/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09681307 | Taher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tanim Taher (Austin, Texas); Dennis Roberson (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tanim Taher (Austin, Texas); Dennis Roberson (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for determining and sharing RF spectrum availability. The method includes automatically sensing and analyzing a spectrum to identify used and/or unused portions of the spectrum, and automatically communicating the used and/or unused portions of the spectrum to a spectrum owner or a spectrum user. The invention has particular use in automatically identifying and quantifying current spectrum users, automatically reporting the current spectrum users to a spectrum owner, and/or allocating unused spectrum portions to users. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/861321 |
| ART UNIT | 2643 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 72/10 (20130101) H04W 72/085 (20130101) H04W 72/0453 (20130101) |
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| US 09681389 | Wentzloff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jonathan K. Brown (Brookline, Massachusetts); Kuo-Ken Huang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Elnaz Ansari (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ryan R. Rogel (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated ultra wideband transceiver. The transceiver comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and at least one on-chip monopole antenna electrically connected to at least one of the transmitter or receiver for transmitting and/or receiving electrical signals. The transceiver further comprises a clock generator comprising a temperature-compensated relaxation oscillator, a baseband controller electrically connected to, and configured to exert a measure of control over, at least one the transmitter, receiver, or clock generator, and a micro-battery operative to provide operating power to each of the transmitter, receiver, clock generator, and baseband controller. |
| FILED | Monday, February 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/768143 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 3/0231 (20130101) H03K 5/24 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/40 (20130101) H04B 1/7183 (20130101) H04B 1/71635 (20130101) H04B 1/71637 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Joseph Francis Bonnen (Milford, Michigan); Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko (Beverly Hills, Michigan); Alexander Mamutov (Dearborn, Michigan); Lloyd Douglas Maison (Brownstown Township, Michigan); Scott Alwyn Dawson (Royal Oak, Michigan); James deVries (Redford, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A cartridge assembly for a tool includes a cartridge body or casing that contains a conductor. A conductor is connected to a pulse generator or source of stored charge that is discharged to vaporize the conductor and create an electro-hydraulic or electro-magnetic shockwave that is used to impact or pulse weld two parts together. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/454968 |
| 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 20/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 20/2275 (20130101) B23K 20/2336 (20130101) B23K 2201/06 (20130101) B23K 2203/10 (20130101) B23K 2203/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09676621 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junhong Chen (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Shun Mao (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Ganhua Lu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junhong Chen (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Shun Mao (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Ganhua Lu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a field-effect transistor (FET)-based biosensor and uses thereof. In particular, to FET-based biosensors using thermally reduced graphene-based sheets as a conducting channel decorated with nanoparticle-biomolecule conjugates. The present disclosure also relates to FET-based biosensors using metal nitride/graphene hybrid sheets. The disclosure provides a method for detecting a target biomolecule in a sample using the FET-based biosensor described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/399288 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) |
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| US 09676743 | Coates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Lansing, New York); John W. Kramer (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalysts and methods for the carbonylation of epoxides to substituted 3-hydroxy-δ-lactones and β-lactones are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017803 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 309/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 311/96 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09676807 | Zaworotko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Zaworotko (Tampa, Florida); Mona H. Mohamed (Tampa, Florida); Sameh Elsaidi (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for multi-component metal-organic materials (MOMs), systems including the MOM, systems for separating components in a gas, methods of separating polarizable gases from a gas mixture, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/437986 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 2253/204 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/08 (20130101) C07F 3/06 (20130101) C07F 11/005 (20130101) C07F 15/045 (20130101) C07F 15/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09676830 | Wogulis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Wogulis (Davis, California); Matthew Sweeney (Sacramento, California); Tia Heu (Elk Grove, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Wogulis (Davis, California); Matthew Sweeney (Sacramento, California); Tia Heu (Elk Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to chimeric GH61 polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the chimeric GH61 polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the chimeric GH61 polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/883923 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0004 (20130101) |
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| US 09677054 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC. (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods for glycosylating and/or post-translationally modifying proteins using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Monday, December 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/977349 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1048 (20130101) C12N 9/1051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/1288 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) C12P 21/005 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 204/00 (20130101) C12Y 204/01083 (20130101) C12Y 207/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09677193 | Kellerman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Gloucester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Gloucester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter L. Kellerman (Essex, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Thronson (Groveland, Massachusetts); Dawei Sun (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a sheet production apparatus comprises a vessel configured to hold a melt of a material. A cooling plate is disposed proximate the melt and is configured to form a sheet of the material on the melt. A first gas jet is configured to direct a gas toward an edge of the vessel. A sheet of a material is translated horizontally on a surface of the melt and the sheet is removed from the melt. The first gas jet may be directed at the meniscus and may stabilize this meniscus or increase local pressure within the meniscus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/242566 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 9/00 (20130101) C30B 11/00 (20130101) C30B 15/00 (20130101) C30B 15/002 (20130101) C30B 15/06 (20130101) C30B 15/22 (20130101) C30B 15/24 (20130101) C30B 15/34 (20130101) C30B 28/10 (20130101) C30B 29/06 (20130101) C30B 29/52 (20130101) C30B 29/64 (20130101) C30B 35/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 117/1048 (20150115) Y10T 117/1092 (20150115) |
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| US 09677439 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aniket Gupta (Wuhan, China PRC); Michael J. Cunningham (Greenwood, Indiana); Michael J. Ruth (Franklin, Indiana); Krishna P. Chilumukuru (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for managing low temperature NOx and HC emissions, such as during a cold start of an internal combustion engine. The systems and methods include storing NOx and HC emissions at low temperatures and passively releasing and treating these emissions as the temperature of the exhaust system increases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/600262 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 3/035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01N 3/103 (20130101) F01N 3/106 (20130101) F01N 3/108 (20130101) F01N 3/208 (20130101) F01N 3/0807 (20130101) F01N 3/0835 (20130101) F01N 3/0842 (20130101) F01N 9/00 (20130101) F01N 9/002 (20130101) F01N 13/009 (20140603) F01N 13/0093 (20140603) F01N 13/0097 (20140603) F01N 2340/02 (20130101) F01N 2570/12 (20130101) F01N 2570/14 (20130101) F01N 2610/02 (20130101) F01N 2610/06 (20130101) F01N 2610/146 (20130101) F01N 2610/1406 (20130101) F01N 2610/1453 (20130101) F01N 2900/1402 (20130101) F01N 2900/1404 (20130101) F01N 2900/1602 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/24 (20130101) Y02T 10/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09677713 | Aceves et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California); Universidad de Guanajuato (Salamanca, Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); Universidad de Guanajuto (Guanajuato, Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salvador M. Aceves (Livermore, California); Elias Rigoberto Ledesma-Orozco (Salamanca Gto., Mexico); Francisco Espinosa-Loza (Livermore, California); Guillaume Petitpas (Livermore, California); Vernon A. Switzer (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A pressure vessel apparatus for cryogenic capable storage of hydrogen or other cryogenic gases at high pressure includes an insert with a parallel inlet duct, a perpendicular inlet duct connected to the parallel inlet. The perpendicular inlet duct and the parallel inlet duct connect the interior cavity with the external components. The insert also includes a parallel outlet duct and a perpendicular outlet duct connected to the parallel outlet duct. The perpendicular outlet duct and the parallel outlet duct connect the interior cavity with the external components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/950527 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 51/1644 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 1/12 (20130101) F17C 13/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F17C 2201/0104 (20130101) F17C 2203/03 (20130101) F17C 2203/0629 (20130101) F17C 2203/0643 (20130101) F17C 2203/0646 (20130101) F17C 2205/0352 (20130101) F17C 2221/012 (20130101) F17C 2270/01 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chia Wei Hsu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wenjun Qiu (Chicago, Illinois); Bo Zhen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Transparent displays enable many useful applications, including heads-up displays for cars and aircraft as well as displays on eyeglasses and glass windows. Unfortunately, transparent displays made of organic light-emitting diodes are typically expensive and opaque. Heads-up displays often require fixed light sources and have limited viewing angles. And transparent displays that use frequency conversion are typically energy inefficient. Conversely, the present transparent displays operate by scattering visible light from resonant nanoparticles with narrowband scattering cross sections and small absorption cross sections. More specifically, projecting an image onto a transparent screen doped with nanoparticles that selectively scatter light at the image wavelength(s) yields an image on the screen visible to an observer. Because the nanoparticles scatter light at only certain wavelengths, the screen is practically transparent under ambient light. Exemplary transparent scattering displays can be simple, inexpensive, scalable to large sizes, viewable over wide angular ranges, energy efficient, and transparent simultaneously. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/090348 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 9/08 (20130101) F21V 9/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/0242 (20130101) G02B 5/0278 (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 1/19 (20130101) G02F 1/0126 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 21/62 (20130101) Displaying; Advertising; Signs; Labels or Name-plates; Seals G09F 13/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
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| US 09677792 | Auringer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Astronautics Corporation of America (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ASTRONAUTICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon Jay Auringer (Poynette, Wisconsin); Andre Michael Boeder (Monona, Wisconsin); Jeremy Jonathan Chell (Madison, Wisconsin); John Paul Leonard (Cambridge, Wisconsin); Carl Bruno Zimm (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An active magnetic regenerative (AMR) refrigerator apparatus can include at least one AMR bed with a first end and a second end and a first heat exchanger (HEX) with a first end and a second end. The AMR refrigerator can also include a first pipe that fluidly connects the first end of the first HEX to the first end of the AMR bed and a second pipe that fluidly connects the second end of the first HEX to the first end of the AMR bed. The first pipe can divide into two or more sub-passages at the AMR bed. The second pipe can divide into two or more sub-passages at the AMR bed. The sub-passages of the first pipe and the second pipe can interleave at the AMR bed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/569450 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25B 2321/002 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 30/66 (20130101) |
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| US 09677916 | Hegyi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Hegyi (San Francisco, California); Peter Kiesel (Palo Alto, California); Ajay Raghavan (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical coupler includes at least one input waveguide and a plurality of output waveguides. The optical coupler spatially disperses optical signals carried on the input waveguide according to wavelength to the output waveguides. The input waveguides and the output waveguides are arranged to provide crosstalk between optical signals carried on the output waveguides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/331318 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/3539 (20130101) G01D 5/35316 (20130101) G01D 5/35383 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/246 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2201/088 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3606 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/2938 (20130101) G02B 6/12009 (20130101) |
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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) | Lawrence J. Harpring (North Augusta, South Carolina); Eduardo B. Farfan (Aiken, South Carolina); John R. Gordon (Aiken, South Carolina); Gerald T. Jannik (North Augusta, South Carolina); Trevor Q. Foley (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A position determination system and method is provided that may be used for obtaining position and orientation information of a detector in a contaminated room. The system includes a detector, a sensor operably coupled to the detector, and a motor coupled to the sensor to move the sensor around the detector. A CPU controls the operation of the motor to move the sensor around the detector and determines distance and angle data from the sensor to an object. The method includes moving a sensor around the detector and measuring distance and angle data from the sensor to an object at incremental positions around the detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/823196 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/167 (20130101) G01T 1/169 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 7/00 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/025 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick L. Feng (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionizing radiation detector or scintillator system includes a scintillating material comprising an organic crystalline compound selected to generate photons in response to the passage of ionizing radiation. The organic compound has a crystalline symmetry of higher order than monoclinic, for example an orthorhombic, trigonal, tetragonal, hexagonal, or cubic symmetry. A photodetector is optically coupled to the scintillating material, and configured to generate electronic signals having pulse shapes based on the photons generated in the scintillating material. A discriminator is coupled to the photon detector, and configured to discriminate between neutrons and gamma rays in the ionizing radiation based on the pulse shapes of the output signals. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/537466 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/2018 (20130101) |
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| US 09679087 | Hamann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Sergio Adolfo Bermudez Rodriguez (Croton on Hudson, New York); Hans-Dieter Wehle (Talheim, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Sergio Adolfo Bermudez Rodriguez (Croton on Hudson, New York); Hans-Dieter Wehle (Talheim, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for modeling a data center are provided. In one aspect, a method for determining data center efficiency is provided. The method includes the following steps. Target parameters for the data center are obtained. Technology pre-requisite parameters for the data center are obtained. An optimum data center efficiency is determined given the target parameters for the data center and the technology pre-requisite parameters for the data center. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/612059 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/50 (20130101) G06F 17/5004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2217/78 (20130101) |
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| US 09679705 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Manoj Narayanan (Woodridge, Illinois); Stephen E. Dorris (LaGrange Park, Illinois); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides copper substrate coated with a lead-lanthanum-zirconium-titanium (PLZT) ceramic film, which is prepared by a method comprising applying a layer of a sol-gel composition onto a copper foil. The sol-gel composition comprises a precursor of a ceramic material suspended in 2-methoxyethanol. The layer of sol-gel is then dried at a temperature up to about 250° C. The dried layer is then pyrolyzed at a temperature in the range of about 300 to about 450° C. to form a ceramic film from the ceramic precursor. The ceramic film is then crystallized at a temperature in the range of about 600 to about 750° C. The drying, pyrolyzing and crystallizing are performed under a flowing stream of an inert gas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/631536 |
| 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 35/491 (20130101) C04B 35/624 (20130101) C04B 2235/441 (20130101) C04B 2235/443 (20130101) C04B 2235/449 (20130101) C04B 2235/768 (20130101) C04B 2235/3227 (20130101) C04B 2235/3232 (20130101) C04B 2235/3244 (20130101) C04B 2235/3296 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (20130101) C04B 2235/6565 (20130101) C04B 2235/6584 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/1204 (20130101) C23C 18/1208 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1241 (20130101) C23C 18/1254 (20130101) C23C 18/1283 (20130101) C23C 18/1295 (20130101) C23C 26/00 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/1218 (20130101) H01G 4/1245 (20130101) H01G 13/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/266 (20150115) Y10T 428/24355 (20150115) |
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| US 09680414 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Changyao Chen (Wilmette, Illinois); Omar Daniel Lopez (Chicago, Illinois); David A. Czaplewski (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention comprises a nonlinear micro- and nano-mechanical resonator that can maintain frequency of operation and amplitude of operation for a period of time after all external power has been removed from the device. Utilizing specific nonlinear dynamics of the micromechanical resonator, mechanical energy at low frequencies can be input and stored in higher frequencies modes, thus using the multiple degrees of freedom of the resonator to extend its energy storage capacity. Furthermore, the energy stored in multiple vibrational modes can be used to maintain the resonator oscillating for a fixed period of time, even without an external power supply. This is the first demonstration of an “autonomous” frequency source that can maintain a constant frequency and vibrating amplitude when no external power is provided, making it ideal for applications requiring an oscillator in low power, or limited and intermittent power supplies. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/042912 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/02 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Control of Amplification H03G 3/20 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 5/003 (20130101) H03K 5/13 (20130101) H03K 2005/00286 (20130101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09680640 | Hughes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard John Hughes (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jane Elizabeth Nordholt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Charles Glen Peterson (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques and tools for implementing protocols for secure multi-party communication after quantum key distribution (“QKD”) are described herein. In example implementations, a trusted authority facilitates secure communication between multiple user devices. The trusted authority distributes different quantum keys by QKD under trust relationships with different users. The trusted authority determines combination keys using the quantum keys and makes the combination keys available for distribution (e.g., for non-secret distribution over a public channel). The combination keys facilitate secure communication between two user devices even in the absence of QKD between the two user devices. With the protocols, benefits of QKD are extended to multi-party communication scenarios. In addition, the protocols can retain benefit of QKD even when a trusted authority is offline or a large group seeks to establish secure communication within the group. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/589261 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/083 (20130101) H04L 9/0852 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 9/0883 (20130101) H04L 63/062 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/04 (20130101) H04W 88/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09680641 | Nordholt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jane E. Nordholt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Richard John Hughes (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Raymond Thorson Newell (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Charles Glen Peterson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Danna Rosenberg (Watertown, Massachusetts); Kevin Peter McCabe (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kush T. Tyagi (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Nicholas Dallmann (Las Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques and tools for quantum key distribution (“QKD”) between a quantum communication (“QC”) card, base station and trusted authority are described herein. In example implementations, a QC card contains a miniaturized QC transmitter and couples with a base station. The base station provides a network connection with the trusted authority and can also provide electric power to the QC card. When coupled to the base station, after authentication by the trusted authority, the QC card acquires keys through QKD with a trust authority. The keys can be used to set up secure communication, for authentication, for access control, or for other purposes. The QC card can be implemented as part of a smart phone or other mobile computing device, or the QC card can be used as a fillgun for distribution of the keys. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/679626 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/083 (20130101) H04L 9/0852 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 9/0897 (20130101) H04L 9/3231 (20130101) |
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| US 09677681 | Ramspacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Ramspacher (Washington, District of Columbia); Caitlin E. Bacha (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A valve assembly for an in-space propulsion system includes an inlet tube, an outlet tube, a valve body coupling the inlet tube to the outlet tube and defining a propellant flow path, a valve stem assembly disposed within the valve body, an actuator body coupled to the valve body, the valve stem assembly extending from an interior of the valve body to an interior of the actuator body, and an actuator assembly disposed within the actuator body and coupled to the valve stem assembly, the actuator assembly including a shape memory actuator member that when heated to a transition temperature is configured to enable the valve stem assembly to engage the outlet tube and seal the propellant flow path. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211136 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/00 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 31/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 31/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09678025 | Fesmire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Fesmire (Titusville, Florida); Wesley L. Johnson (Titusville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A test apparatus for thermal energy measurement of disk-shaped test specimens has a cold mass assembly locatable within a sealable chamber with a guard vessel having a guard chamber to receive a liquid fluid and a bottom surface to contact a cold side of a test specimen, and a test vessel having a test chamber to receive a liquid fluid and encompassed on one side by a center portion of the bottom surface shared with the guard vessel. A lateral wall assembly of the test vessel is closed by a vessel top, the lateral wall assembly comprising an outer wall and an inner wall having opposing surfaces that define a thermal break including a condensable vapor pocket to inhibit heat transfer through the lateral wall from the guard vessel to the test vessel. A warm boundary temperature surface is in thermal communication with a lower surface of the test specimen. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/199768 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 25/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09680286 | McCorkel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel McCorkel (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable laser system includes a tunable laser, an adjustable laser cavity for producing one or more modes of laser light emitted from the tunable laser, a first optical parametric oscillator positioned in a light path of the adjustable laser cavity, and a controller operable to simultaneously control parameters of at least the tunable laser, the first optical parametric oscillator, and the adjustable laser cavity to produce a range of wavelengths emitted from the tunable laser system. A method of operating a tunable laser system includes using a controller to simultaneously control parameters of a tunable laser, an adjustable laser cavity for producing one or more modes of laser light emitted from the tunable laser, and a first optical parametric oscillator positioned in a light path of the adjustable laser cavity, to produce a range of wavelengths emitted from the tunable laser system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/868898 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/48 (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 1/39 (20130101) G02F 1/3551 (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 3/105 (20130101) H01S 3/0811 (20130101) H01S 3/0813 (20130101) H01S 3/1083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09680527 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Lin (Ellicott City, Maryland); David J. Petrick (Severna Park, Maryland); Kevin M. Ballou (Highland, Maryland); Daniel C. Espinosa (Tampa, Florida); Edward F. James (Westminster, Maryland); Matthew A. Kliesner (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments may provide a radiation hardened 10BASE-T Ethernet interface circuit suitable for space flight and in compliance with the IEEE 802.3 standard for Ethernet. The various embodiments may provide a 10BASE-T Ethernet interface circuit, comprising a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a transmitter circuit connected to the FPGA, a receiver circuit connected to the FPGA, and a transformer connected to the transmitter circuit and the receiver circuit. In the various embodiments, the FPGA, transmitter circuit, receiver circuit, and transformer may be radiation hardened. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/855992 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/17744 (20130101) Transmission H04B 3/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 3/60 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09677984 | Zachariah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Zachariah (Potomac, Maryland); Mingdong Li (Germantown, Maryland); George W. Mulholland (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for extracting shape information for particles with similar shape and corresponding system of a tandem differential mobility analyzer (DMA) and pulse field differential mobility analyzer (PFDMA) system, that executes at least generating a steady state aerosol concentration; passing aerosol flow from the aerosol concentration thru a bipolar charger to produce a known charge distribution; passing aerosol thru a DMA with set sheath and aerosol flows and a set voltage to generate a mono-mobility aerosol; passing mono-mobility aerosol thru a PFDMA system; and measuring mobility as a function of electric field by varying the duty cycle of the pulse in the PFDMA system. Alternatively, the method and system relate to separating particles with different shapes by adjusting the duty cycle of the pulse to reach a higher or lower electric field than in the DMA in which the mono-mobility aerosol was generated; and separating particles based on shape. |
| FILED | Monday, February 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/611904 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/0266 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/0277 (20130101) G01N 2015/0288 (20130101) G01N 2015/0294 (20130101) |
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| US 09678045 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University Of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinying Zhu (Round Rock, Texas); Michael R. Haberman (Austin, Texas); Xiaowei Dai (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are devices, systems, and methods for the testing of materials and structures. For example, the devices, systems, and methods are optionally used for the non-destructive testing of a material or structure. Furthermore, the devices, systems, and methods may optionally use a high-amplitude, air-coupled acoustic source for non-destructive testing of materials and structures. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/014877 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/2431 (20130101) G01N 29/2456 (20130101) Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 11/28 (20130101) G10K 15/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09678473 | Rosen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CELLOPTIC, INC. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CELLOPTIC, INC. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Rosen (Omer, Illinois); Gary Brooker (Rockville, Maryland); Nisan Siegel (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for producing a hologram includes a collimation lens configured to receive incoherent light emitted from an object; a spatial light modulator (SLM) that includes at least one diffractive lens which is configured to receive the incoherent light from the collimation lens and split the incoherent light into two beams that interfere with each other; and a camera configured to record the interference pattern of the two beams to create a hologram, wherein a ratio between a distance from the SLM to the camera and a focal length of the diffractive lens is greater than 1. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/363380 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03H 1/06 (20130101) G03H 1/041 (20130101) G03H 1/0443 (20130101) G03H 2001/005 (20130101) G03H 2001/0224 (20130101) G03H 2001/0447 (20130101) G03H 2223/23 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09675902 | Lipkens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FloDesign Sonics, Inc. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLODESIGN SONICS, INC. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bart Lipkens (Hampden, Massachusetts); Jason Dionne (Simsbury, Massachusetts); Ari Mercado (Agawam, Massachusetts); Brian Dutra (Rockland, Massachusetts); Walter M. Presz, Jr. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Kennedy, III (Wilbraham, Massachusetts); Louis Masi (Longmeadow, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic standing wave is utilized to separate components from a multi-component fluid, such as oil from an oil-water mixture, in a fluid flow scheme with an acoustophoresis device. For example, the flow scheme and device allows for trapping of the oil as the oil coalesces, agglomerates, and becomes more buoyant than the water. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/000573 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 17/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 43/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 1/0644 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09676779 | Schwiebert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DISCOVERYBIOMED, INC. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DiscoveryBiomed, Inc. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Schwiebert (Birmingham, Alabama); John Streiff (Birmingham, Alabama); John Dixon (Leicestershire, United Kingdom); Hongwu Gao (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel CFTR corrector compounds that are effective in rescuing halide efflux, delF508-CFTR protein processing, and apical functional chloride ion transport in a cell are provided. Also provided are methods for treating protein folding disorders (e.g., cystic fibrosis). The methods include administering a CFTR corrector compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. Methods of rescuing halide efflux in a cell, correcting a processing defect of a delF508-CFTR protein in a cell, and correcting functional delF508-CFTR chloride channels in a cell are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/646063 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 498/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09677110 | Cunningham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The “instant evolution” system was initially developed in E. coli, primarily because of the ease with which this organism can be genetically manipulated. Because many of the functionally important regions of rRNA are conserved among bacteria, drug leads developed against conserved targets in the E. coli system may produce broad-spectrum anti-infectives. In order to develop a system to produce narrow-spectrum anti-infectives, herein we disclose methods for identifying functional mutant P. aeruginosa ribosomes suitable as drug targets and for identifying drug candidates that do not bind to the human 16S rRNA. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/746043 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/1034 (20130101) C12N 15/1086 (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 1/10 (20130101) C12Q 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/025 (20130101) C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/21 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09678152 | Maliuk 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) | Dzmitry S. Maliuk (Addison, Texas); Franco Stellari (Waldwick, New Jersey); Alan J. Weger (Mohegan Lake, New York); Peilin Song (Lagrangeville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A scan chain latch circuit, a method of operating a latch circuit in a scan chain, and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure defining a scan chain latch circuit for instantiation on a semiconductor die are disclosed. In an embodiment, the scan chain latch circuit comprises a first latch for holding one data value, a second latch for holding another data value, and a multiplexor. The one data value is applied to a first data input of the multiplexor and the another data value is applied to a second data input of the multiplexor. An alternating clock signal is applied to a select input of the multiplexor to control the output of the multiplexor, wherein the output of the multiplexor toggles between the two data values held in the two latches at a defined frequency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/138737 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3177 (20130101) G01R 31/31723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/31727 (20130101) |
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| US 09678289 | Schultz 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) | Mark D. Schultz (Ossining, New York); Shurong Tian (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical coupling system includes a substrate, an electronic die comprising a plurality of coupling holes for passing light, an optical element die attached to a bottom surface of the electronic die, the electronic die attached to the substrate such that the electronic die covers a cavity in the substrate and the optical element die resides within the cavity of the substrate. The system may also include a thermally conductive lid that covers and contacts the electronic die and the substrate and has a coupling aperture that enables light that passes through the coupling holes to pass through the thermally conductive lid. The system may also include an optical cable coupler comprising a coupling section that laterally fits within the coupling aperture and a body section disposed above the coupling section that is laterally larger than the coupling section. A method for providing the above system is also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/956484 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/4242 (20130101) G02B 6/4244 (20130101) G02B 6/4245 (20130101) G02B 6/4267 (20130101) G02B 6/4269 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Education (ED)
| US 09677186 | Braun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trevor Braun (Seattle, Washington); Daniel T. Schwartz (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A bipolar electrochemistry printer and method are disclosed wherein electrolytic deposition onto a conductive substrate is accomplished by inducing ionic current in an electrolytic cell disposed above the substrate to undergo charge transfer at the conductive substrate, such that a portion of the substrate becomes a bipolar electrode. The ohmic current in the substrate undergoes a second charge transfer back to ionic current and returning to the cathode of the electrolytic cell. In an alternative embodiment the printing is similarly accomplished by electrolytic etching. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/666554 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 3/12 (20130101) C25D 3/38 (20130101) C25D 5/026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25D 17/12 (20130101) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09678024 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Passport Systems, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Passport Systems, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cody M. Wilson (Watertown, Massachusetts); William Bertozzi (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel L. Higgs (Weymouth, Massachusetts); Stephen E. Korbly (Acton, Massachusetts); Robert J. Ledoux (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are disclosed wherein neutrons are produced by a photon induced process 2D(γ,n) and the ensuing neutrons are thermalized and captured by hydrogen producing a 2.223 MeV gamma that is used to identify and quantify the presence of hydrogen and which, when combined with NRF signals from certain isotopes, can be used to establish the nature of a hydrogenous compound or a mixture of hydrogenous materials or a mixture of hydrogenous materials with other non-hydrogenous materials. The method is useful to establish, e.g., the presence and quantification of explosives, toxic substances and general contraband as well as the flow of materials in a production line or shipping venue. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/094490 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/223 (20130101) G01N 23/2208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09680139 | Hill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Proterra Inc. (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Proterra Inc. (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Hill (New Braunfels, Texas); Michael Walker (Daly City, California); Shaun Onorato (Superior, Colorado); Donald Morris (Littleton, Colorado); Stephen Misencik (Raleigh, North Carolina); John Winkel (Thornton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for a high occupancy or heavy-duty vehicle with a battery propulsion power source, which may include lithium titanate batteries. The vehicle may be all-battery or may be a hybrid, and may have a composite body. The vehicle battery system may be housed within the floor of the vehicle and may have different groupings and arrangements. |
| FILED | Monday, January 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/992900 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 1/04 (20130101) B60K 6/20 (20130101) B60K 2001/0438 (20130101) 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 3/0046 (20130101) B60L 11/126 (20130101) B60L 11/185 (20130101) B60L 11/1853 (20130101) B60L 11/1864 (20130101) B60L 11/1874 (20130101) B60L 11/1877 (20130101) B60L 11/1879 (20130101) B60L 2200/18 (20130101) B60L 2200/26 (20130101) B60L 2200/28 (20130101) B60L 2270/40 (20130101) Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, or Vehicle Parts, Not Otherwise Provided for B60R 16/04 (20130101) Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 10/24 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology B60Y 2200/14 (20130101) B60Y 2200/15 (20130101) B60Y 2200/1432 (20130101) Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 29/00 (20130101) B62D 29/02 (20130101) B62D 47/02 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/206 (20130101) H01M 2/1077 (20130101) H01M 2/1083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 10/42 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/613 (20150401) H01M 10/4207 (20130101) H01M 2010/4271 (20130101) H01M 2220/20 (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 10/6217 (20130101) Y02T 10/6269 (20130101) Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) Y02T 10/7061 (20130101) Y02T 10/7072 (20130101) Y02T 10/7077 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/121 (20130101) Y02T 90/128 (20130101) |
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Department of the Treasury (TREASURY)
| US 09675295 | Kron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BioFluid Technology, Inc. (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioFluid Technology, Inc. (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reuben E Kron (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Stephen J Kron (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are devices and methods suitable for immobilizing tissue and for use in non-invasive methods of assessing lower urinary tract symptoms as well as in surgical application. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/996373 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/205 (20130101) A61B 5/208 (20130101) A61B 5/6834 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09675931 | Holmes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Holmes (Thompson, North Dakota); John H. Pavlish (East Grand Forks, Minnesota); Edwin S. Olson (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is provided for the removal of mercury from flue gas. Effective removal of mercury is obtained by oxidation of elemental mercury, with highly reactive halogen species derived from dissociation of halogen compounds at moderate temperatures brought into contact with the flue gas with or without the addition of carbon. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/880463 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2251/404 (20130101) B01D 2257/602 (20130101) |
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United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US D789649 | Spears et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washintgon, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael LeRoy Spears (Chantilly, Virginia); Joel L. Dewnandan (Bladenburg, Maryland); Donald Eugene Irwin (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Joram Shenhar (Fairfax, Virginia); William Albert Tartal (Baltimore, Maryland) |
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| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 29/539922 |
| ART UNIT | 2919 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous D99/28 |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09678231 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Terry Davis (Satellite Beach, Florida); Paul Armin Nyffenegger (Rockledge, Florida); Mark Andrew Tinker (Merritt Island, Florida); Jonathan Marshall Volk (Melbourne, Florida); Kyle Burton Johnston (Melbourne, Florida); Paul Thurston Richards (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc. (Cocoa Beach, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Terry Davis (Satellite Beach, Florida); Paul Armin Nyffenegger (Rockledge, Florida); Mark Andrew Tinker (Merritt Island, Florida); Jonathan Marshall Volk (Melbourne, Florida); Kyle Burton Johnston (Melbourne, Florida); Paul Thurston Richards (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods or systems for identifying seismic or acoustic signals of interest originating with moving motorized vehicles or footstep movement or stationary or moving machinery. A related system for monitoring an area includes a plurality of sensing devices each comprising a frame and a piezo-electric sensor element. A monitoring device is coupled to receive information from each of the sensing devices. One method includes providing a processing chain coupled to receive signal data from a sensor device which receives the signals, including a detection stage, a Joint Time Frequency (JTF) domain stage, and a classification stage. The detection stage identifies presence of signals that emerge from the background. The JTF domain stage estimates the state of the signals of interest over time. The classification stage assesses the previously derived information to form a decision about source identity. In one embodiment, the detector stage performs detections on a single cycle basis. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/423607 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — 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 3/80 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/00 (20130101) G01V 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09678331 | Miller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk A. Miller (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical path switching device is configured to selectively direct electromagnetic radiation toward one detector of a plurality of detectors. The switching device includes a platform, a mirror mount rotatably mounted on the platform by a bearing, a mirror coupled to the mirror mount, and an active actuator configured to rotate the mirror mount with respect to the platform a predetermined amount to direct electromagnetic radiation toward a desired detector. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/009292 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/0816 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2254 (20130101) |
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Department of Defense (DOD)
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Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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