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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 11, 2017
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 09700093 | Gamache 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 State of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond M. Gamache (Indian Head, Maryland); Leslie Brandon Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and helmet includes a collection optic configured to collect light from a scene and create an image; a fiber optic bundle configured to receive the image from the collection optic; an opaque ballistic face shield configured adjacent to the fiber optic bundle; and a projection optic configured to receive the image from the fiber optic bundle and project the image to a viewer. The collection optic includes a field of view (FOV) of greater than 30 degrees, and preferably greater than 50 degrees. The collection optic images the collected light gathered from the scene onto an end of the fiber optic bundle. The fiber optic bundle goes through or around the opaque ballistic face shield. The opaque ballistic face shield is non-electric and includes silicon carbide and polyethylene. In one embodiment, the opaque ballistic face shield includes at least two pounds of silicon carbide and polyethylene. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/192029 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Hats; Head Coverings A42B 3/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 1/08 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/06 (20130101) G02B 27/0172 (20130101) |
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| US 09700096 | McGinn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael James McGinn (Montreal, Canada); Stéphane Lebel (St. Redempteur, Canada); Dominic Giroux Bernier (Montreal, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Revision Military S.a.r.L. (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael James McGinn (Montreal, Canada); Stéphane Lebel (St. Redempteur, Canada); Dominic Giroux Bernier (Montreal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A contact surface, such as a seating surface on a mandible guard is adjustable such that variations in helmet geometry and/or mandible geometry can be accommodated. The mandible guard may be fixedly attached to a helmet with an attachment arm, yet be configured to permit adjustment of the height of the contact surface to reduce or eliminate a gap between the helmet and a guard portion of the mandible guard. A tilt arrangement may be provided between the attachment arm and the guard portion of the mandible guard to allow a wearer to adjust a pitch angle of the guard portion relative to the attachment arm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/563613 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Hats; Head Coverings A42B 3/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A42B 3/326 (20130101) |
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| US 09700122 | Pelland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, U.S. MARINE CORPS (Quantico, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DEPT. OF THE NAVY, A U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY, BY THE U.S. MARINE CORPS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Leon Pelland (Quantico, Virginia); Paul Melvin Lee, III (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Timothy Tyler Merica (Bozeman, Montana); Barbara Jean Quinn (Framingham, Massachusetts); Trevor Humphrey Scott (Boston, Massachusetts); Brian Wilbur Robie (Charlestown, New Hampshire); Derrick Emmett Dillon (Manhattan, Montana); William Francis Carney (Fredericksburg, Virginia); John Anthony Kirejczyk (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a loadbearing device known by the Applicants' as the “Central Osteoarticular Relief and Performance Structured Load Distribution System” (“CORPS-LDS”), which is worn by a user to help distribute the weight of a load being carried or borne by the user. More specifically, the weight is substantially shifted from the user's shoulders to their hips while not overly inhibiting the user's range of motion. Furthermore, it is an aspect of the CORPS-LDS to distribute the weight being carried in a manner that reduces the strain on the spine and back while lessening the metabolic expenditure of the user. Moreover, the present invention is a protective vest system that utilizes the present invention's CORPS-LDS. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313476 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 2400/48 (20130101) Travelling or Camp Equipment: Sacks or Packs Carried on the Body A45F 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A45F 3/08 (20130101) A45F 2003/045 (20130101) A45F 2003/146 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 1/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09700246 | Chaum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Chaum (Memphis, Tennessee); Erno Lindner (Germantown, Tennessee); Jidong Guo (Chungchun, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Knoxville, Tennessee); THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Chaum (Memphis, Tennessee); Erno Lindner (Germantown, Tennessee); Jidong Guo (Chungchun, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for the controlled delivery of a drug as a function of bioavailable drug concentration, a sensor device for detecting bioavailable drug concentration, and a delivery device that controls delivery of the drug based on the real-time detection of bioavailable drug concentration. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124036 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1468 (20130101) A61B 5/4839 (20130101) A61B 5/6852 (20130101) A61B 5/14539 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (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 29/16 (20130101) A61L 2300/402 (20130101) A61L 2300/602 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 25/0017 (20130101) A61M 31/00 (20130101) A61M 2205/3303 (20130101) |
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| US 09700455 | Grahn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Grahn (Palo Alto, California); H. Craig Heller (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for preventing a change in the core body temperature of a mammal under cold conditions are provided. In the subject methods, a requirement for thermal energy input in said mammal is first detected. In response to the detection of this requirement for thermal energy input, a surface of a portion of the mammal is contacted with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions for a period of time sufficient to introduce thermal energy into the core body of the mammal. The subject devices include at least a means for detecting a requirement for thermal energy input and a means for contacting a surface of the mammal with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of applications, and are particularly suited for use in maintaining the core body temperature of a mammal substantially constant under cold conditions for an extended period of time. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645706 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — 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 7/02 (20130101) A61F 7/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2007/0029 (20130101) A61F 2007/0036 (20130101) A61F 2007/0039 (20130101) A61F 2007/0055 (20130101) A61F 2007/0086 (20130101) A61F 2007/0239 (20130101) |
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| US 09700562 | Sciotti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, on behalf of the Walter Reed Army Inst. of Research (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, on behalf of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Sciotti (Olney, Maryland); Gregory A. Reichard (Lovettsville, Virginia); Kristina M. Pannone (Columbia, Maryland); Victor E. Zottig (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are triazine compounds and methods of making and using thereof to treat malaria, provide chemoprophylaxis, and/or treat or inhibit infection by one or more Plasmodium spp. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/090848 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/53 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 251/18 (20130101) C07D 251/22 (20130101) C07D 251/42 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 471/08 (20130101) C07D 487/08 (20130101) C07D 491/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09700579 | Ehrlich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara Ehrlich (New Haven, Connecticut); Sara Rockwell (Madison, Connecticut); Jennifer Benbow (Fort Mill, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara Ehrlich (New Haven, Connecticut); Sara Rockwell (Madison, Connecticut); Jennifer Benbow (Fort Mill, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of treatment comprising reducing therapy-induced adverse effects (TIAE), including chemotherapy-induced adverse effects (CIAE), such as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) and/or chemotherapy-induced cardiovascular adverse effects (CICAE) in a subject being treated with a CIAE-inducing anti-cancer active ingredient by co-administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of a NCS-1-protective composition. Related pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostics and screening techniques are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/112678 |
| 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 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/5415 (20130101) A61K 31/5415 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/57 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5044 (20130101) |
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| US 09700627 | Langer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Middleton, Wisconsin); David A. Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/811613 |
| 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 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/482 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/685 (20130101) C08G 73/02 (20130101) C08G 73/06 (20130101) C08G 73/0273 (20130101) C08G 73/0611 (20130101) C08G 73/0616 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) |
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| US 09700644 | Kaiser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Herbert J. Kaiser (Pontoon Beach, Illinois); Anchalee Thanavaro (Defiance, Missouri); Brandon W. Dell'Aringa (Bridgeton, Missouri); Bryan M. Tienes (Saint Louis, Missouri); Daniel A. Klein (Shiloh, Illinois); George W. Wagner (Elkton, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | American Sterilizer Company (Mentor, Ohio); The United States of America as Reresented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert J. Kaiser (Pontoon Beach, Illinois); Anchalee Thanavaro (Defiance, Missouri); Brandon W. Dell'Aringa (Bridgeton, Missouri); Bryan M. Tienes (Saint Louis, Missouri); Daniel A. Klein (Shiloh, Illinois); George W. Wagner (Elkton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A one part, solids containing decontamination blend composition comprises a solid acetyl donor coated with a compound that protects it from hydrolysis, a peroxygen source, optionally a catalyst, optionally a surfactant, and optionally a buffer. The decontamination blend composition is generally in a dry powder, particle, etc form or in a tablet, pill, etc form and is complete in and of itself in that no additional compounds are required prior to use and is readily distributed as a one package system. Upon the addition of water, a peroxygen compound such as hydrogen peroxide is formed, and peracetic acid is generated under alkaline conditions. The decontamination blend composition is particularly suitable for oxidizing various chemical and biological compounds thereby eradicating the same in situ as on surfaces, clothes, articles, and the like. Representative contaminants include mustard gas, nerve gas, bacterial toxins, anthrax, bird flu, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/880670 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/08 (20130101) A01N 25/10 (20130101) A01N 25/22 (20130101) A01N 25/26 (20130101) A01N 25/30 (20130101) A01N 33/12 (20130101) A01N 37/02 (20130101) A01N 37/36 (20130101) A01N 37/40 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) A01N 59/04 (20130101) A01N 59/14 (20130101) A01N 59/16 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/186 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/38 (20130101) A62D 2101/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09700656 | Sharma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Upma Sharma (Somerville, Massachusetts); Irina Gitlin (San Francisco, California); Gregory T. Zugates (Chemlsford, Massachusetts); Adam Rago (Falmouth, Massachusetts); Parisa Zamiri (Brookline, Massachusetts); Rany Busold (Medford, Massachusetts); Toby Freyman (Waltham, Massachusetts); Robert J. Caulkins (Watertown, Massachusetts); Quynh P. Pham (Methuen, Massachusetts); Changchen You (Burlington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey D. Carbeck (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arsenal Medical, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Upma Sharma (Somerville, Massachusetts); Irina Gitlin (San Francisco, California); Gregory T. Zugates (Chemlsford, Massachusetts); Adam Rago (Falmouth, Massachusetts); Parisa Zamiri (Brookline, Massachusetts); Rany Busold (Medford, Massachusetts); Toby Freyman (Waltham, Massachusetts); Robert J. Caulkins (Watertown, Massachusetts); Quynh P. Pham (Methuen, Massachusetts); Changchen You (Burlington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey D. Carbeck (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods related to polymer foams are generally described. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for the preparation of polymer foams, and methods for using the polymer foams. The polymer foams can be applied to a body cavity and placed in contact with, for example, tissue, injured tissue, internal organs, etc. In some embodiments, the polymer foams can be formed within a body cavity (i.e., in situ foam formation). In addition, the foamed polymers may be capable of exerting a pressure on an internal surface of a body cavity and preventing or limiting movement of a bodily fluid (e.g., blood, etc.). |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/492393 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/12031 (20130101) A61B 17/12163 (20130101) A61B 17/12186 (20130101) A61B 2017/12004 (20130101) Containers Specially Adapted for Medical or Pharmaceutical Purposes; Devices or Methods Specially Adapted for Bringing Pharmaceutical Products into Particular Physical or Administering Forms; Devices for Administering Food or Medicines Orally; Baby Comforters; Devices for Receiving Spittle A61J 1/2093 (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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/141 (20130101) A61L 31/146 (20130101) A61L 31/148 (20130101) A61L 2400/04 (20130101) A61L 2400/06 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 37/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 63/00 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09700744 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Unites States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory W. Peterson (Belcamp, Maryland); Micheal A. Pompeii (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Jopseph A. Rossin (Colmbus, Ohio); Micheal J. Knapke (Plain City, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for extending the service life of a Collective Protection (CP) filter includes: providing at least one CP fitter comprising a filter bed; and passing an airstream through a supplemental bed configured to enhance the filter bed by promoting reactions that facilitate the removal of one or more of chemical warfare agents and toxic threat compounds. An apparatus for extending the service life of a Collective Protection (CP) filter, the apparatus including: a CP filter comprising a filter bed; and a supplemental bed configured so as to enhance the filter bed by promoting reactions that facilitate the removal of chemical warfare agents and toxic chemicals. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/165326 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices, Apparatus or Methods for Life-saving A62B 23/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09700747 | Tsotsis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California); GC ENVIRONMENTAL (Anaheim, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore T. Tsotsis (Huntington Beach, California); Fokion Egolfopoulos (Los Angeles, California); Nitin Nair (Los Angeles, California); Richard Prosser (Anaheim, California); Jyh-Yih Ren (Anaheim, California); Alireza Divsalar (Los Angeles, California); Mirmohammadyousef Motamedhashemi (Los Angeles, California); Majid Monji (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for removal of gas phase contaminants may utilize catalytic oxidation. For example, a method may include passing a gas that includes a gas phase contaminant through a catalytic membrane reactor at a temperature of about 150° C. to about 300° C., wherein the catalytic membrane reactor includes a bundle of tubular inorganic membranes, wherein each of the tubular inorganic membranes comprise a macroporous tubular substrate with an oxidative catalyst and a microporous layer disposed on a bore side of the macroporous tubular substrate, and wherein at least about 50% of the gas flows through the tubular inorganic membranes in a Knudsen flow regime; and oxidizing at least some of the gas phase contaminant with the oxidative catalyst layer, thereby reducing a concentration of the gas phase contaminant in the gas. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/216089 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Separation B01D 53/75 (20130101) B01D 53/8687 (20130101) B01D 2255/1021 (20130101) B01D 2255/1023 (20130101) B01D 2255/1025 (20130101) B01D 2255/2073 (20130101) B01D 2255/2092 (20130101) B01D 2255/20715 (20130101) B01D 2255/20723 (20130101) B01D 2255/20761 (20130101) B01D 2255/20784 (20130101) B01D 2256/245 (20130101) B01D 2257/93 (20130101) B01D 2257/702 (20130101) B01D 2257/708 (20130101) B01D 2258/06 (20130101) B01D 2259/4583 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 3/101 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/346 (20130101) |
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| US 09701442 | Heinrichs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Heinrichs (Brielle, New Jersey); Gregory Bender (South Bound Brook, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Heinrichs (Brielle, New Jersey); Gregory Bender (South Bound Brook, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A transport and storage pallet device with modular, self-contained, and collapsible features is described. The device includes a top frame, a bottom frame, a linking system, hooks, hoist rings, and a collapsing mechanism. The top frame and the bottom frame each include a topside and an underside. The topside of the bottom frame is configured with modular inserts to accommodate full or partial loads of varying sizes. The linking system includes rods extending from and connecting the top frame to the bottom frame. The rods are extensible in length such that the distance between the top frame and the bottom frame is sufficient to secure full or partial loads of varying sizes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/121631 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| 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 19/06 (20130101) B65D 19/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 39/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09701592 | Patel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajen B. Patel (Parsippany, New Jersey); Hongwei Qiu (Harrison, New Jersey); Victor Stepanov (Highland Park, New Jersey); Reddy Damavarapu (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajen B. Patel (Parsippany, New Jersey); Hongwei Qiu (Harrison, New Jersey); Victor Stepanov (Highland Park, New Jersey); Reddy Damavarapu (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A safe and simple method for synthesizing insensitive nano-size cocrystals of high explosive materials such as HMX and Cl-20 by suspending the explosive materials in a nonsolvent solution and bead milling the solution. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/819730 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 21/0066 (20130101) C06B 25/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09701754 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); John E. Shively (Arcadia, California); Andrew A. Raubitschek (San Marino, California); Mark A. Sherman (Pasadena, California); Tove Olafsen (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); John E. Shively (Arcadia, California); Andrew A. Raubitschek (San Marino, California); Mark A. Sherman (Pasadena, California); Tove Olafsen (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides recombinant antibody fragments which include a variable domain which has been modified by the addition of a tail sequence to its C-terminal end. The tail sequence comprises a terminal cysteine residue and an amino acid spacer and does not substantially affect the fragment's target-binding affinity. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the described antibody fragments and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and methods of delivering an agent to cells of interest in a subject using the fragments as delivery vehicles. The invention further provides compositions comprising the described antibody fragments for the in vitro detection and measurement of target molecules which bind to the fragments and method of determining the presence or amount of such targets in a biological sample by contacting the sample with such compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/788477 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09701865 | Dressick 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) | Walter J. Dressick (Waldorf, Maryland); Melik C. Demirel (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are the polymers shown below. The value n is a positive integer. R1 is an organic group, and each R2 is H or a chemisorbed group, with at least one R2 being a chemisorbed group. The polymer may be a nanostructured film. Also provided herein is a method of: converting a di-p-xylylene paracyclophane dimer to a reactive vapor of monomers; depositing the reactive vapor onto a substrate held at an angle relative to the vapor flux to form nanostructured poly(p-xylylene) film; reacting the film with an agent to form hydrogen atoms that are reactive with a precursor of a chemisorbed group, if the film does not contain the hydrogen atoms; and reacting the hydrogen atoms with the precursor. Also provided herein is a device having a nanostructured poly(p-xylylene) film on a pivotable substrate. The film has directional hydrophobic or oleophobic properties and directional adhesive properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/219916 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/38 (20130101) B05D 1/60 (20130101) B05D 5/08 (20130101) B05D 5/10 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 283/004 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/025 (20130101) C08G 81/00 (20130101) C08G 2261/61 (20130101) C08G 2261/3424 (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 155/00 (20130101) C09D 165/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 7/00 (20130101) C09J 2201/626 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2835 (20150115) Y10T 428/31504 (20150401) |
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| US 09701868 | Iezzi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erick B. Iezzi (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erick B. Iezzi (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Moisture-curable single-component (1K) coatings based on N-substituted urea polymers with extended chains and terminal alkoxysilane groups. The coatings are highly flexible, are gloss retentive, provide fast tack-free and dry-through times, provide high solvent resistance, and provide excellent exterior color stability to sunlight. The coatings can be formulated to produce high-gloss, semi-gloss and low-gloss finishes, and thus have application as both commercial and military coatings. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/749710 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/73 (20130101) C08G 18/289 (20130101) C08G 18/3234 (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 175/00 (20130101) C09D 175/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 175/04 (20130101) C09D 183/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09702649 | Hoffman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Hoffman (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Alexander Smith (Long Valley, New Jersey); Hansen Lukman (Rockaway, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Hoffman (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Alexander Smith (Long Valley, New Jersey); Hansen Lukman (Rockaway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A reciprocally-cycled weapon delinks and fires cartridges in open-end linked ammunition belts or close-end linked ammunition belts. The weapon has first round select and first cycle fire capabilities. The bolt carrier assembly translates out of phase with the extractor assembly. The extractor assembly is configured for rearward extraction of the cartridges in close-end linked ammunition belts. The weapon works seamlessly with open-end linked and close-end linked ammunition belts. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/658571 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 3/14 (20130101) F41A 3/66 (20130101) F41A 9/79 (20130101) F41A 15/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09702650 | Carson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Carson (Watervliet, New York); Eric L. Kathe (Ballston Lake, New York); Robert E. Dillon (Latham, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Carson (Watervliet, New York); Eric L. Kathe (Ballston Lake, New York); Robert E. Dillon (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to attenuate the blast wave/blast overpressure from a weapon discharge by leaking an effective quantity of propellant gas from behind the projectile, into the precursor gas flow in front of the projectile, while the projectile is still in the weapon barrel—whereby the exit pressure ratio of the projectile from the weapon is surprisingly reduced by about 95%—resulting in a reduction of from about 51.6 to about 58.2% in the peak pressure level/sound wave which impacts the user or crew of the weapon. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/080827 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 21/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09702660 | Dutton |
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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) | Todd A. Dutton (Odenton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A gun having at least two barrels wherein each barrel is adapted to receive at least one projectile. The barrels are attached to a gun body having a gun chamber adapted to receive a propelling charge. An interface between the gun chamber and the barrels selectively connects the gun chamber with one or more of the barrels to fire a variable number of projectiles at variable velocities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/051702 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 21/06 (20130101) Apparatus for Launching Projectiles or Missiles From Barrels, e.g Cannons; Launchers for Rockets or Torpedoes; Harpoon Guns F41F 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09702670 | Rastegar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jahangir S Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York); Richard T Murray (Patchogue, New York); Gretel Raibeck (Rockaway, New Jersey); Jay Poret (Sparta, New Jersey); Brandon Andreola (Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey); Andrew Zimmer (Wharton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York); Richard T Murray (Patchogue, New York); Gretel Raibeck (Rockaway, New Jersey); Jay Poret (Sparta, New Jersey); Brandon Andreola (Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey); Andrew Zimmer (Wharton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for ejecting a grain assembly from a casing of a flare. Where a combustible material in the casing is ignited to eject the grain assembly and one or more of the following features are provided to the device: imparting a spin on the grain assembly after it is ejected from the casing, stabilizing a flight of the grain assembly or generating a thrust from an aft end of the grain assembly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971831 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Targets; Target Ranges; Bullet Catchers F41J 2/00 (20130101) F41J 2/02 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 4/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 10/14 (20130101) F42B 10/16 (20130101) F42B 10/26 (20130101) F42B 15/00 (20130101) F42B 15/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09702673 | Ginetto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Ginetto (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Andrew Moramarco (Staten Island, New York); Leanne Mohla (Blairstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Ginetto (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Andrew Moramarco (Staten Island, New York); Leanne Mohla (Blairstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A tail boom for a gun-launched projectile includes a boom housing and a cap fixed to a rear end of the boom housing. A piston is translatable in the housing by the force of a compression spring. A plurality of fins are rotatably fixed to the boom housing. Each fin includes a protruding portion that extends into a translation path of the piston. The cap includes a guide bore for the piston stem to maintain alignment of the piston. The piston presses on the protruding portion of the fins, causing the fins to rotate about their hinge points into a deployed position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/495023 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — 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 10/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09702674 | Fairfax 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) | Luisa D. Fairfax (Baltimore, Maryland); Frank E. Fresconi (Newark, Delaware); James M. Maley (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus is provided that provides accurate navigation for spin-stabilized projectiles in a GPS-denied environment using low cost measurement sensors, by application of flight dynamics in real-time state estimation algorithms. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/454250 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 7/006 (20130101) F41G 7/008 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09702676 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yogendra M. Gupta (Spokane, Washington); Atakan Peker (Spokane, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Munitions structures comprising one or more high strength reactive alloys, in particular reactive bulk metallic glasses, have significant amounts of inherent chemical energy. This energy may be discharged by subjection of the munitions structure to rapid impulsive loading and fragmentation in the presence of oxygen and/or nitrogen. A munitions structure can be configured in both large and small penetrators, e.g. warheads and bullets, with increased lethality. The lethality of these munitions structures is augmented by means of rapidly and simultaneously imparting both mechanical energy (kinetic energy through impact and fragmentation) and chemical energy (blast and/or fireball) to a target. A high-strength reactive alloy can substitute at least in part one or both of explosives and inert structural materials in conventional munitions systems to improve performance and reduce parasitic weight of structural casing. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/294516 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 1/02 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09702678 | Moretti 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) | Jared D. Moretti (Randolph, New Jersey); Jesse J. Sabatini (Bel Air, Maryland); Gary Chen (Succasunna, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved armor piercing and pyrotechnic projectile for use in .50″ military caliber rounds. Such projectiles contain a core, jacket, a base and a hollow nose housing pyrotechnic mixtures composed of sodium periodate and magnalium. The improved projectiles exhibit increased luminosity, and are non-toxic, safer, and environmentally benign compared to current state-of-the-art projectiles. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/072979 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/04 (20130101) F42B 12/40 (20130101) F42B 12/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09702702 | Lane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin F. Lane (Sherborn, Massachusetts); William W. Whitacre (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and computer products for establishing at least one of attitude, direction and position of a moving platform. At least one skymark of known ephemeris is imaged at each of a first set of discrete instants by means of an optical sensor coupled to the platform. A measurement is also obtained of the attitude of the platform at each of a second set of discrete instants by means of an inertial navigation system. A recursive of estimation filter is then applied to successive skymark position vectors to update an estimate of platform navigation state, with the measurement of attitude of the platform tightly coupled to the estimate of platform navigation state as updated by the recursive estimation filter. Various techniques of frame stacking and multi-hypothesis tracking may be applied to improve the robustness of navigation solutions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/152104 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0044 (20130101) G06T 7/204 (20130101) G06T 7/208 (20130101) G06T 2207/10032 (20130101) G06T 2207/20024 (20130101) G06T 2207/30241 (20130101) |
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| US 09702728 | Shkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei M. Shkel (Irvine, California); Doruk Senkal (Irvine, California); Mohammed Ahamed (Toronto, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a Coriolis vibratory gyroscope with a three dimensional mushroom resonator element includes defining a cavity in a substrate wafer; bonding a cap wafer onto the substrate over the cavity from which cap wafer the resonator element will be formed; heating the substrate and cap wafer to generate a pressure build-up within the cavity; plastically deforming the cap wafer by the pressure build-up to form the mushroom resonator element having a perimeter around the mushroom resonator element; releasing the three dimensional mushroom resonator element at the perimeter by selectively removing material so that the perimeter of mushroom resonator element is free to vibrate; and disposing a layer of conductive material on the mushroom resonator element to form electrodes thereon for use in driving and sensing vibrations of the mushroom resonator element and its perimeter. A microgyroscope made by such a method is also included within the embodiments. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/548237 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/5691 (20130101) G01C 25/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09702819 | Estes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee E Estes (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts); Stephen B Doyle (Wakefield, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee E Estes (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts); Stephen B Doyle (Wakefield, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for detection of surface glints on a water surface. A laser of the system produces a nearly horizontal or vertical linearly polarized laser light pulse. Lens of the system form an afocal imaging system with lateral magnification and longitudinal magnification that projects an image of the laser light at a pulse location onto the water surface. A portion of the laser light is focused onto a high speed detector. The output of the high speed detector is connected to a digitizer to provide system synchronization and to monitor the laser light. A glint image of the pulse location is detected by a broad band detector. The electrical output of the detector is input to the digitizer where the output is digitized. The output of the digitizer is then sent to a computer where the output is stored and analyzed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/189028 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/21 (20130101) G01N 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/216 (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 7/481 (20130101) G01S 7/499 (20130101) G01S 7/4812 (20130101) G01S 17/026 (20130101) G01S 17/88 (20130101) |
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| US 09702870 | Johnson 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) | Lewis E. Johnson (Seattle, Washington); Rose Ann Cattolico (Seattle, Washington); Bruce H. Robinson (Seattle, Washington); Luke N. Latimer (Berkeley, California); Zachary H. Watanabe-Gastel (Seattle, Washington); William Robert Hardin (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Dielectric or semiconducting films including fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are also provided. Coumarin-based surfactants conjugated to the fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/203607 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 213/89 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 57/00 (20130101) C09B 57/02 (20130101) C09B 57/008 (20130101) C09B 69/06 (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 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 2523/101 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/30 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/302 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) H01L 51/005 (20130101) H01L 51/0052 (20130101) H01L 51/0067 (20130101) H01L 51/0073 (20130101) H01L 51/0093 (20130101) |
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| US 09702897 | Stewart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert E. Stewart (Woodland Hills, California); Michael D. Bulatowicz (Canoga Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Stewart (Woodland Hills, California); Michael D. Bulatowicz (Canoga Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment includes a method for dynamic self-calibration of an accelerometer system. The method includes forcing a proof-mass associated with a sensor of the accelerometer system in a first direction to a first predetermined position and obtaining a first measurement associated with the sensor in the first predetermined position via at least one force/detection element of the sensor. The method also includes forcing the proof-mass to a second predetermined position and obtaining a second measurement associated with the sensor in the second predetermined position via the at least one force/detection element of the sensor. The method further includes calibrating the accelerometer system based on the first and second measurements. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/951049 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/125 (20130101) G01P 15/131 (20130101) G01P 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01P 2015/084 (20130101) G01P 2015/0828 (20130101) G01P 2015/0831 (20130101) |
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| US 09702900 | Yacoby et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University College London (London, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University College London (London, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir Yacoby (Newton, Massachusetts); Michael Grinolds (Palo Alto, California); Marc Warner (Bedford, United Kingdom); Kristiaan De Greve (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yuliya Dovzhenko (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for performing sub-nanometer three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of a sample under ambient conditions using a diamond having at least one shallowly planted nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center. A driving radio-frequency (RF) signal and a microwave signal are applied to provide independent control of the NV spin and the target dark spins. A magnetic-field gradient is applied to the sample with a scanning magnetic tip to provide a narrow spatial volume in which the target dark electronic spins are on resonance with the driving RF field. The sample is controllably scanned by moving the magnetic tip to systematically bring non-resonant target dark spins into resonance with RF signal. The dark spins are measured and mapped by detecting magnetic resonance of said nitrogen-vacancy center at each of said different magnetic tip positions. The dark-spin point-spread-function for imaging the dark spins is directly measured by the NV center. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/721065 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/24 (20130101) G01R 33/62 (20130101) |
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| US 09702960 | Broad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Broad (Santa Barbara, California); Lee M. Savage (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining a FDOA of a pulsed waveform received by two sensors includes obtaining a respective plurality of in-phase and quadrature-phase (IQ) samples indicative of a pulse envelope of the received pulsed waveform. The method includes determining a TDOA responsive to a leading edge of a pulse of the pulsed waveform and obtaining a first cross correlation of IQ samples at a delay (dc) closest to the TDOA, and respective second and third cross correlations at least one additional delay (dc+1 and dc−1) on either side of the closest delay. The method includes refining the approximation of the TDOA according to an interpolation of amplitudes of the cross-correlation and determining a respective rate of change of cross-correlation phase (Δφ). The method includes approximating a straight line fit to the rates of change of cross-correlation phase (dΔφ/dt), the slope of the straight line representative of the FDOA. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/946217 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 3/46 (20130101) G01S 3/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 5/06 (20130101) G01S 5/12 (20130101) G01S 7/021 (20130101) |
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| US 09703128 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BrPhotonics Produtos Optoeletronicos LTDA (Campinas, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BRPHOTONICS PRODUTOS OPTOELETRONICOS LTDA (Campinas, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baoquan Chen (Kenmore, Washington); Hui Chen (Redmond, Washington); Raluca Dinu (Santa Clara, California); Diyun Huang (Fremont, California); Bing Li (Bothell, Washington); Eric Miller (Seattle, Washington); Danliang Jin (The Woodlands, Texas); Christopher A. Wiklof (Everett, Washington); Guomin Yu (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit is configured for optical communication via an optical polymer stack located on top of the integrated circuit. The optical polymer stack may include one or more electro-optic polymer devices including an electro-optic polymer. The electro-optic polymer may include a host polymer and a second order nonlinear chromomophore, the host polymer and the chromophore both including aryl groups configured to interact with one another to provide enhanced thermal and/or temporal stability. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/551454 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/005 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1221 (20130101) G02B 6/12004 (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 1/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/225 (20130101) G02F 1/3615 (20130101) G02F 2001/212 (20130101) G02F 2201/12 (20130101) G02F 2201/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09703295 | Neal, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barron Associates, Inc. (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Barron Associates, Inc. (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Anthony Neal, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kevin Marlan Ehlmann (Charlottesville, Virginia); William Thomas Gressick (Greenwood, Virginia); Alec Jacob Devine Bateman (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kenneth Richard Horneman (Waxhaw, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, providing a guided descent from a release zone and toward an entry zone. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/596471 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 31/02 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 17/80 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/042 (20130101) G05D 1/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05D 1/0808 (20130101) |
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| US 09703991 | Kultran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denpol Kultran (Hawthorne, California); Won Chon (Torrance, California); Harry B. Marr (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a programmable multiplier circuit for multiplying an input voltage signal by a binary coefficient, the multiplier circuit including a transconductor including a first amplifying transistor configured to convert the input voltage signal to a current signal, the first amplifying transistor having a gate configured to receive the input voltage signal, and a coefficient multiplier coupled to the transconductor and configured to multiply the current signal by the binary coefficient to generate an amplified current signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/849529 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Analogue Computers G06G 7/163 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Amplifiers H03F 1/301 (20130101) H03F 1/304 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 15/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09704094 | Amir 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) | Arnon Amir (Saratoga, California); David J. Berg (Los Gatos, California); Pallab Datta (San Jose, California); Myron D. Flickner (San Jose, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California); Benjamin G. Shaw (San Francisco, California); Brian S. Taba (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the invention provides a method comprising defining a brainlet representing a platform-agnostic network of neurons, synapses, and axons. The method further comprises compiling the brainlet into a corelet for mapping onto neurosynaptic substrate, and mapping the corelet onto the neurosynaptic substrate. The corelet is compatible with one or more conditions related to the neurosynaptic substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/626677 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/049 (20130101) G06N 3/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09704102 | Baraniuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Andrew S. Lan (Houston, Texas); Christoph E. Studer (Houston, Texas); Andrew E. Waters (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism for discerning user preferences for categories of provided content. A computer receives response data including a set of preference values that have been assigned to content items by content users. Output data is computed based on the response data using a latent factor model. The output data includes at least: an association matrix that defines K concepts associated with the content items, wherein K is smaller than the number of the content items, wherein, for each of the K concepts, the association matrix defines the concept by specifying strengths of association between the concept and the content items; and a concept-preference matrix including, for each content user and each of the K concepts, an extent to which the content user prefers the concept. The computer may display a visual representation of the association strengths in the association matrix and/or the extents in the concept-preference matrix. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/214841 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09704106 | Welinder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Welinder (San Diego, California); Pietro Perona (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for the annotation of source data using confidence labels in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for determining confidence labels for crowdsourced annotations includes obtaining a set of source data, obtaining a set of training data representative of the set of source data, determining the ground truth for each piece of training data, obtaining a set of training data annotations including a confidence label, measuring annotator accuracy data for at least one piece of training data, and automatically generating a set of confidence labels for the set of unlabeled data based on the measured annotator accuracy data and the set of annotator labels used. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/166609 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/241 (20130101) G06F 17/30303 (20130101) G06F 17/30525 (20130101) G06F 17/30598 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/048 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09704128 — Method and apparatus for iterative computer-mediated collaborative synthesis and analysis
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Lowrance (Foster City, California); Thomas A. Boyce (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lowrance (Foster City, California); Thomas A. Boyce (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for iterative computer-mediated collaborative synthesis and analysis synthesizes a first focus topic in accordance with ideas collected from a plurality of cooperating users. The first focus topic triggers an analysis of that focus topic. The conclusions of this analysis indicate shortcomings in the first focus topic and trigger a further synthesis of the first focus topic. The further synthesis results trigger further analysis, and so on, on an iterative basis. The cooperating users follow a process template comprises of a scripted series of synthesis and analysis activities. Facilitation support is provided to the cooperating users to assist the cooperating users in accomplishing each activity in sequence. In further embodiments, a second focus topic is synthesized in response to the conclusion implied by the analysis of the first focus topic, and an analysis of the second focus topic is triggered. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/672930 |
| ART UNIT | 3624 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | 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) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09704482 | Kingsbury 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) | Brian E. D. Kingsbury (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Lidia Mangu (New York, New York); Michael A. Picheny (White Plains, New York); George A. Saon (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for spoken term detection, comprising generating a time-marked word list, wherein the time-marked word list is an output of an automatic speech recognition system, generating an index from the time-marked word list, wherein generating the index comprises creating a word loop weighted finite state transducer for each utterance, i, receiving a plurality of keyword queries, and searching the index for a plurality of keyword hits. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/644817 |
| ART UNIT | 2676 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/193 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G10L 2015/085 (20130101) G10L 2015/088 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | J. Ping Liu (Arlington, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are systems, methods, and compositions for magnetic nanoparticles and bulk nanocomposite magnets. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/315677 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 2009/041 (20130101) B22F 2009/043 (20130101) Preparation or Pretreatment of the Material to be Shaped; Making Granules or Preforms; Recovery of Plastics or Other Constituents of Waste Material Containing Plastics B29B 9/12 (20130101) B29B 2009/125 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 25/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 2202/02 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/03 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 1/0009 (20130101) H01F 1/0579 (20130101) H01F 10/123 (20130101) H01F 41/00 (20130101) H01F 41/0266 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paulo C. Lozano (Arlington, Massachusetts); Carla Perez Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Corey P. Fucetola (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jimmy Andrey Rojas Herrera (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments related to the use and production of porous carbon materials in ion emitters and other applications are described. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/179675 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/304 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 9/025 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09704956 | Shepard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the city of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Shepard (Ossing, New York); Philip Kim (New York, New York); James C. Hone (New York, New York); Cory Dean (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming and resulting devices are described that include graphene devices on boron nitride. Selected methods of forming and resulting devices include graphene field effect transistors (GFETs) including boron nitride. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/989470 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/518 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1033 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/42356 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) |
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| US 09704964 | Ordonez 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) | Richard C. Ordonez (Mililani, Hawaii); Nackieb M. Kamin (Kapolei, Hawaii); David Garmire (Honolulu, Hawaii); Cody K. Hayashi (Waipahu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes a substrate, a layer of graphene disposed over at least a portion of the substrate, at least one conductive trace proximate to the layer of graphene, one or more liquid metal contacts electrically connecting the layer of graphene and the at least one conductive trace, and an encasing material disposed over and enclosing the liquid metal contacts. The liquid metal contacts are in contact with a portion of the layer of graphene and an adjoining portion of the respective conductive trace. The liquid metal contacts may comprise a eutectic alloy in stable liquid form at between about −19° C. and about 1300° C., such as a gallium-based alloy. The conductive traces allow for external device connections and may be partially enclosed within the encasing material. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/166093 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 28/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) |
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| US 09704999 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Jung-Hun Seo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Thin film transistors (TFTs), including radiofrequency TFTs, with submicron-scale channel lengths and methods for making the TFTs are provided. The transistors include a trench cut into the layer of semiconductor that makes up the body of the transistors. Trench separates the source and drain regions and determines the channel length of the transistor. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/664119 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/304 (20130101) H01L 29/0653 (20130101) H01L 29/66522 (20130101) H01L 29/66772 (20130101) H01L 29/78618 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/78654 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) |
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| US 09705012 | Frantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Jason D. Myers (Alexandria, Virginia); Colin C. Baker (Alexandria, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Steven C. Erwin (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) | Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Jason D. Myers (Alexandria, Virginia); Colin C. Baker (Alexandria, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Steven C. Erwin (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for passivating the surface of crystalline iron disulfide (FeS2) by encapsulating it in crystalline zinc sulfide (ZnS). Also disclosed is the related product comprising FeS2 encapsulated by ZnS in which the sulfur atoms at the FeS2 surfaces are passivated. Additionally disclosed is a photovoltaic (PV) device incorporating FeS2 encapsulated by ZnS. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/661165 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/0623 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/032 (20130101) H01L 31/0368 (20130101) H01L 31/0384 (20130101) H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09705063 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josephine B. Chang (Bedford Hills, New York); Douglas T. McClure, III (Rye, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique relates to protecting a tunnel junction. A first electrode paddle and a second electrode paddle are on a substrate. The first and second electrode paddles oppose one another. A sacrificial shorting strap is formed on the substrate. The sacrificial shorting strap connects the first electrode paddle and the second electrode paddle; The tunnel junction is formed connecting the first electrode paddle and the second electrode paddle, after forming the sacrificial shorting strap. The substrate is mounted on a portion of a quantum cavity. The portion of the quantum cavity is placed in a vacuum chamber. The sacrificial shorting strap is etched away in the vacuum chamber while the substrate is mounted to the portion of the quantum cavity, such that the sacrificial shorting strap no longer connects the first and second electrode paddles. The tunnel junction has been protected from electrostatic discharge by the sacrificial shorting strap. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/749157 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/025 (20130101) H01L 39/223 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 39/2493 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09705186 | Lozada-Ortiz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pablo Lozada-Ortiz (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Isaac A Wheeler (Coventry, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pablo Lozada-Ortiz (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Isaac A Wheeler (Coventry, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a modular buoyant cable antenna that is towed on the surface of a body of water by a submerged underwater vehicle to allow communication coverage in an omnidirectional pattern that is also compatible with existing buoyant cable antenna deployment and retrieval systems. The antenna of the present invention comprises a floating cable having four identical antenna elements that are arranged in a cross configuration. The antenna uses the sea surface as a ground plane providing good antenna gain levels. The antenna is designed with an integrated impedance matching network to maximize radiation efficiency. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/684487 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/04 (20130101) H01Q 1/16 (20130101) H01Q 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/50 (20130101) H01Q 7/08 (20130101) H01Q 13/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09705283 | Deppe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); sdPhotonics, LLC (Oviedo, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis G. Deppe (Oviedo, Florida); Guowei Zhao (Apopka, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor vertical resonant cavity light source includes an upper mirror and a lower mirror that define a vertical resonant cavity. A first active region is within the vertical resonant cavity for light generation between the upper mirror and lower mirror. The vertical resonant cavity includes an inner mode confinement region and an outer current blocking region. A depleted heterojunction current blocking region (DHCBR) is within the outer current blocking region of at least one of the upper mirror, lower mirror, and first active region. A conducting channel within the inner mode confinement region is framed by the DHCBR. The DHCBR forces current flow into the conducting channel during operation of the light source. A cavity length within the inner mode confinement region equals or exceeds the cavity length formed in the DHCBR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/717692 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/042 (20130101) H01S 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/423 (20130101) H01S 5/18361 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/503 (20130101) |
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| US 09705288 | Wunderer 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) | Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California); John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) structure includes a heterostructure and first and second reflectors. The heterostructure comprises an active region having one or more quantum well structures configured to emit radiation at a wavelength, λlase, in response to pumping by an electron beam. One or more layers of the heterostructure may be doped. The active region is disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector and is spaced apart from the first reflector by an external cavity. An electron beam source is configured to generate the electron beam directed toward the active region. At least one electrical contact is electrically coupled to the heterostructure and is configured to provide a current path between the heterostructure and ground. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/828207 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) 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 3/109 (20130101) H01S 5/04 (20130101) H01S 5/14 (20130101) H01S 5/183 (20130101) H01S 5/0222 (20130101) H01S 5/305 (20130101) H01S 5/327 (20130101) H01S 5/343 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/1838 (20130101) H01S 5/02461 (20130101) H01S 5/3086 (20130101) H01S 5/3222 (20130101) H01S 5/18358 (20130101) H01S 5/18369 (20130101) H01S 5/18383 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
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| US 09705314 | Kuznetsov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen B. Kuznetsov (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromagnetic direct current (DC) pulse power system includes a plurality of pulse forming networks (PFN) module, and an energy storage capacitor and circuit interruption apparatus. Each PFN module includes a PFN circuit configured to generate a pulsed DC output power. The PFN circuit includes an energy storage inductor with a primary winding having a primary inductance that controls a primary impedance of the PFN circuit. The electromagnetic direct current (DC) pulse power system further includes an auto-transformer having a multi-stage fault-limiting system configured to reduce fault current. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/054694 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements H02H 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09705383 | Larraza 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) | Andres Larraza (Salinas, California); David M. Wolfe (Texarkana, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a light activated generator comprising typically a plurality of vanes affixed to a hub rotatable around the longitudinal axis of an axle. Each vane comprises a conductor and comprises a planar surface oriented generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the axle with each vane separated into a first surface and a second surface. The first and second surfaces are generally co-planer and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the axle. Additionally, the first and second surfaces have differing emissivities. When the light activated generator is illuminated with a radiant flux, the differing emissivities of the first and second surfaces produce a temperature gradient across the vane, and a thermal creep force across the planar surface generates a revolution of the vane around the longitudinal axis of the axle to motivate the conductor through a magnetic field, generating a voltage across the conductor. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/130189 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 6/00 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/1823 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09705450 | Swanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul D. Swanson (Santee, California); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Swanson (Santee, California); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An oscillatory apparatus and methods of utilizing the same. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a force sensor having a proof mass, with one or more sensing electron tunneling electrodes disposed thereon, and a frame comprising one or more reference electron tunneling electrodes. Conductive plates disposed on the sensor base and capping wafers induce oscillations of the proof mass. The sensing and the reference electrode pairs are disposed in a face-to-face configuration, thus forming a digital switch characterized by one or more closed states. In the closed state, the switch generates triggering events, thereby enabling the sensing apparatus to generate a digital output indicative of the mass position. The time period between consecutive trigger events is used to obtain mass deflection due to external forcing. Time separation between the triggering events is based on the physical dimensions established during fabrication, thus not requiring ongoing sensor calibration. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/168603 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/5705 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/097 (20130101) G01P 15/125 (20130101) G01P 15/135 (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 Pulse Technique H03K 17/955 (20130101) |
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| US 09705469 | Rinaldi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matteo Rinaldi (Boston, Massachusetts); Zhenyun Qian (Boston, Massachusetts); Yu Hui (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator including a piezoelectric plate and an interdigital electrode is provided. A ratio between a thickness of the plate and a pitch of the interdigital electrode may be from about 0.5 to about 1.5. A radiation detector including a resonator and an absorber layer capable of absorbing at least one of infrared and terahertz radiation is provided. A resonator including a piezoelectric plate and a two-dimensional electrically conductive material is provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/240356 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/44 (20130101) G01J 5/046 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/18 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/02 (20130101) H03H 9/13 (20130101) H03H 9/15 (20130101) H03H 9/17 (20130101) H03H 9/02244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 2003/027 (20130101) H03H 2009/155 (20130101) H03H 2009/241 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EOSpace Inc. (Redmond, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EOSpace Inc. (Redmond, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory L. Abbas (Fall City, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical modulator has a continuous wave laser input, an RF input, a bias and dither input and an output. A photodiode connected to an output tap produces a voltage that is amplified. Noise is removed from the amplified output. A spread-spectrum dither harmonic is generated and supplied to a multiplier with the amplified and filtered feedback and is used to create a DC bias. A spread-spectrum dither is created and added to the DC bias. Spread spectrum dither and bias both are applied to the bias input of optical modulator. The bias and spread spectrum dither controller is usable with other non-optical modulators and other electronic devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/844022 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/54 (20130101) H04B 10/564 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/2575 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09705749 | Calo 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) | Seraphin B. Calo (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Abm Musa (Chicago, Illinois); Theodoros Salonidis (Yorktown Heights, New York); Murtaza Zafer (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a network graph describing a network having two or more nodes. An application graph is received describing a data stream application. The application graph includes one or more vertices, each corresponding to an operator of the application and associated with a list of nodes. A first vertex of the application graph corresponds to a first operator and is associated with two or more nodes. The application graph is augmented, which includes replicating the first operator such that the augmented graph includes a copy of the first operator at each of the nodes associated with the first vertex. The application is deployed over the network based on the augmented graph, such that a copy of the first operator is deployed at each of the nodes associated with the first vertex. A route through the augmented graph is selected for a data stream. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/585241 |
| ART UNIT | 2446 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 43/0817 (20130101) H04L 45/02 (20130101) H04L 45/38 (20130101) H04L 45/44 (20130101) H04L 45/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09705750 | Salonidis 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) | Theodoros Salonidis (Yorktown Heights, New York); Abm Musa (Chicago, Illinois); Seraphin B. Calo (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Murtaza Zafer (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a network graph describing a network having two or more nodes. An application graph is received describing a data stream application. The application graph includes one or more vertices, each corresponding to an operator of the application and associated with a list of nodes. A first vertex of the application graph corresponds to a first operator and is associated with two or more nodes. The application graph is augmented, which includes replicating the first operator such that the augmented graph includes a copy of the first operator at each of the nodes associated with the first vertex. The application is deployed over the network based on the augmented graph, such that a copy of the first operator is deployed at each of the nodes associated with the first vertex. A route through the augmented graph is selected for a data stream. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/749751 |
| ART UNIT | 2446 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 43/0817 (20130101) H04L 45/02 (20130101) H04L 45/38 (20130101) H04L 45/44 (20130101) H04L 45/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09705850 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dijiang Huang (Chandler, Arizona); Zhijie Wang (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dijiang Huang (Chandler, Arizona); Zhijie Wang (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A new efficient framework based on a Constant-size Ciphertext Policy Comparative Attribute-Based Encryption (CCP-CABE) approach. CCP-CABE assists lightweight mobile devices and storing privacy-sensitive sensitive data into cloudbased storage by offloading major cryptography-computation overhead into the cloud without exposing data content to the cloud. CCP-CABE extends existing attribute-based data access control solutions by incorporating comparable attributes to incorporate more flexible security access control policies. CCP-CABE generates constant-size ciphertext regardless of the number of involved attributes, which is suitable for mobile devices considering their limited communication and storage capacities. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/216332 |
| ART UNIT | 2456 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/6218 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/3073 (20130101) H04L 63/06 (20130101) H04L 63/102 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2209/805 (20130101) |
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| US 09705854 | Khazan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger I. Khazan (Arlington, Massachusetts); Joshua Kramer (Burlington, Massachusetts); Daniil M. Utin (Waban, Massachusetts); Mankuan Michael Vai (Sudbury, Massachusetts); David Whelihan (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for operating a secure device having a plurality of mutually exclusive circuit zones, including a first circuit zone having a first level of security and a second circuit zone having a second level of security less than the first level of security, the method including unpacking a key exchange package including receiving a key exchange package in the second circuit zone, the key exchange package including encrypted key data and processing the encrypted key data using a content key in the first circuit zone to generate decrypted key data and storing the decrypted key data in the first circuit zone without disclosing the decrypted key data into the second circuit zone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/937919 |
| ART UNIT | 2495 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/602 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/14 (20130101) H04L 9/0819 (20130101) H04L 9/0894 (20130101) H04L 63/20 (20130101) H04L 63/061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/126 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) H04L 2209/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09705918 | Porras et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip A. Porras (Cupertino, California); Martin W. Fong (Redwood City, California); Vinod Yegneswaran (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A network security policy may be implemented at network switches as a set of active packet disposition directives. In a dynamically programmable network, the network switches can be dynamically reprogrammed with new packet disposition directives. A security mediation service permits such dynamic reprogramming as long as the new directives are consistent with the then-current network security policy. The security mediation service evaluates candidate packet disposition directives for conflicts with the currently active security policy, before instantiating the candidate packet disposition directives at the network switches. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/801871 |
| ART UNIT | 2495 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/107 (20130101) H04L 63/126 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Axion BioSystems, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Axion BioSystems, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Swaminathan Rajaraman (Atlanta, Georgia); Julian A. Bragg (Decatur, Georgia); James D. Ross (Decatur, Georgia); Amanda Preyer (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Implementations disclosed herein provide for a microneedle electrode system comprising a microneedle electrode patch connected to external electronics. The microneedle electrode patch comprises a first flexible substrate having a plurality of conductive pads disposed thereon, a plurality of three-dimensional, individually addressable microneedle electrode arrays where each array has a plurality of microneedles extending from an upper surface thereof and a lower surface adapted to contact a corresponding one of the plurality of conductive pads disposed on the first substrate, and a second flexible substrate having a plurality of openings defined therein dimensioned to accommodate at least a portion of the upper surface of the microneedle electrode array from which the microneedles extend. Each of the conductive pads is disposed in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of microneedle electrode arrays and the first and second substrate are bonded together such that each one of the plurality of microneedle electrode arrays extends through a corresponding one of the plurality of openings defined in the second substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/199580 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/685 (20130101) A61B 5/04001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6833 (20130101) A61B 2562/222 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0452 (20130101) A61N 1/0456 (20130101) A61N 1/0476 (20130101) A61N 1/0492 (20130101) A61N 1/0502 (20130101) |
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| US 09700229 | Riederer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J. Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota); Casey P. Johnson (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota); Casey P. Johnson (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing a series of vasculature images over an extended field of view (FOV) larger than an FOV of an MRI system includes acquiring initial time-resolved image data from the vasculature and, during the acquiring process, reconstructing, in substantially real-time, a series of three-dimensional (3D) tracking images of the initial portion of the vasculature illustrating a current position of a contrast bolus in the vasculature as the contrast bolus passes through the initial portion of the vasculature. Based on a current position of the contrast bolus, the subject is moved to a subsequent imaging station to acquire subsequent time-resolved image data and reconstruct subsequent 3D tracking images of subsequent portions of the vasculature. This process is repeated and then an image is assembled that extends over the extended FOV using the initial time-resolved image data and the subsequent time-resolved image data. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/435547 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/004 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7285 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4824 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) G01R 33/5619 (20130101) G01R 33/5635 (20130101) G01R 33/56383 (20130101) |
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| US 09700361 | Bottlang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zimmer, Inc. (Warsaw, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zimmer, Inc. (Warsaw, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Bottlang (Happy Valley, Oregon); Steven M. Madey (West Linn, Oregon); Kyle Wirtz (Portland, Oregon); Stanley Tsai (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments provide a method and device for plate osteosynthesis of a bone fracture that allows angle-stable fixation of the bone fracture, while permitting elastic axial motion at the fracture site in a controlled, symmetric manner to stimulate fracture healing. Embodiments pertain to a bone plate having an outer surface and a bone-facing surface. The bone plate incorporating internal sliding elements containing a threaded receiving hole for bone screws that have a correspondingly threaded screw head. The sliding elements undergo controlled displacement parallel to the longitudinal axis of the plate but are substantially constrained against displacement perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plate. The bone screws with threaded heads may be rigidly fixed to the threaded receiving holes in the sliding elements without compressing the bone plate onto the bone surface. Sliding elements are elastically suspended inside the bone plate and undergo dynamic motion. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/047702 |
| ART UNIT | 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/808 (20130101) A61B 17/8028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/8047 (20130101) A61B 17/8052 (20130101) A61B 17/8057 (20130101) A61B 90/06 (20160201) A61B 2090/064 (20160201) A61B 2090/065 (20160201) A61B 2090/066 (20160201) |
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| US 09700534 | Freeman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Freeman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Francisco J. Schopfer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitro oleic acid and related metabolites are agonists of PPAR-γ. Surprisingly, nitro oleic acid is a more potent agonist of PPAR-γ, relative to nitro linoleic acid. Thus, nitro oleic acid and its metabolites, as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrug forms, are candidate therapeutics for the treatment of type-2 diabetes, which results from insulin resistance accompanying the improper functioning of PPAR-γ. |
| FILED | Monday, October 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/923265 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09700578 | Gladwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(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) |
| 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 the 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 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alan N. Schechter (Bethesda, Maryland); David J. Lefer (Decatur, Georgia); Rakesh P. Patel (Hoover, Alabama); Christian J. Hunter (Baltimore, Maryland); Gordon G. Power (Redlands, California); Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Ryszard Marek 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 | Monday, January 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/589324 |
| 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 09700579 | Ehrlich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara Ehrlich (New Haven, Connecticut); Sara Rockwell (Madison, Connecticut); Jennifer Benbow (Fort Mill, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara Ehrlich (New Haven, Connecticut); Sara Rockwell (Madison, Connecticut); Jennifer Benbow (Fort Mill, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of treatment comprising reducing therapy-induced adverse effects (TIAE), including chemotherapy-induced adverse effects (CIAE), such as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) and/or chemotherapy-induced cardiovascular adverse effects (CICAE) in a subject being treated with a CIAE-inducing anti-cancer active ingredient by co-administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of a NCS-1-protective composition. Related pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostics and screening techniques are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/112678 |
| 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 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/5415 (20130101) A61K 31/5415 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/57 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5044 (20130101) |
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| US 09700581 | Zhang et al. |
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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) | Yuanyuan Zhang (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Emmanuel C. Opara (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of treating a subject in need of treatment for a urological condition including administering urine stem cells to said subject in a treatment effective amount; and, in conjunction therewith, administering growth factors to said subject in an amount effective to promote differentiation of said stem cells into skeletal muscle cells. Compositions useful for the same are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/427150 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/16 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 35/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/545 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/185 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) A61K 38/1833 (20130101) A61K 38/1858 (20130101) A61K 38/1866 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/069 (20130101) C12N 5/0668 (20130101) C12N 5/0684 (20130101) C12N 5/0685 (20130101) C12N 2501/165 (20130101) C12N 2506/25 (20130101) C12N 2506/1392 (20130101) |
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| US 09700601 | Blazer 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) | Bruce Blazer (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Jakub Tolar (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Catherine M. Verfaillie (Leuven, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for providing lysosomal enzymes to a subject by administering stem cells, preferably Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells (MAPCs). The invention further relates to methods for treating lysosomal storage disorders by administering stem cells. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/064517 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/48 (20130101) A61K 38/44 (20130101) A61K 38/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0607 (20130101) |
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| US 09700602 | Malakhov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ansun Biopharma, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ansun Biopharma, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Malakhov (San Francisco, California); Tiejun Li (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Microparticle formulations of a sialidase fusion protein are produced by contacting an aqueous solution of a protein or other active agent with an organic solvent, a counterion and a scavenging agent, and chilling the solution. The microparticles are useful for preparing stable, uniform pharmaceuticals of predetermined defined dimensions. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/156268 |
| 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 9/0075 (20130101) A61K 9/1611 (20130101) A61K 9/1617 (20130101) A61K 9/1623 (20130101) A61K 9/1682 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/36 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01018 (20130101) |
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| US 09700606 | Ware et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carl F. Ware (Solana Beach, California); Timothy C. Cheung (San Diego, California); Marcos W. Steinberg (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl F. Ware (Solana Beach, California); Timothy C. Cheung (San Diego, California); Marcos W. Steinberg (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides HVEM cis complexes which include, for example, HVEM/BTLA, HVEM/CD160 and HVEM/gD cis complexes. The invention provides ligands and agents that bind to HVEM cis complexes, such as antibodies. The invention further provides methods of use of the HVEM cis complexes, and the ligands and agents (e.g., antibodies) that bind to the HVEM cis complexes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/003191 |
| 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 Peptides C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/2818 (20130101) C07K 16/2878 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/74 (20130101) C07K 2317/75 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/70578 (20130101) |
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| US 09700607 | Wisniewski 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) | Thomas Wisniewski (Staten Island, New York); Einar M. Sigurdsson (Scarsdale, New York); Jose Alejandro Chabalgoity (Montevideo Cp, Uruguay); Fernando R. Goni (New York, New York); Blas Frangione (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Vaccines against prion disease eliciting a humoral immune response when administered mucosally are described. The vaccines comprise a prion protein, a prion protein fragment, or a non-amyloidogenic prion protein homolog and an adjuvant suitable for inducing a humoral immune response after mucosal administration. Suitable adjuvants include cholera toxin subunit B, heat-labile enterotoxin and aluminum hydroxide. Alternatively, the vaccine comprises a vector encoding a prion protein, fragment, or homolog in an attenuated Salmonella host. The vaccines can be used to prevent or treat prion disease in humans and other mammals. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/174717 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48261 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) A61K 2039/6037 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55544 (20130101) |
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| US 09700620 | Almutairi 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) | Adah Almutairi (La Jolla, California); Mathieu Lessard-Viger (San Diego, California); Wangzhong Sheng (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Near infrared radiation at a wavelength that induces resonance in water is used to remotely activate thermal plasticization of polymeric particles to trigger the release of encapsulated molecules from the particles. Nanocarriers formed from biocompatible hydrophilic polymers may be used to deliver encapsulated molecules to tissue with a reversible transition that allows repeated activations for extended release of the payload. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/213310 |
| 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 9/0004 (20130101) A61K 9/5031 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 41/0028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 2005/0658 (20130101) |
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| US 09700627 | Langer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Middleton, Wisconsin); David A. Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/811613 |
| 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 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/482 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/685 (20130101) C08G 73/02 (20130101) C08G 73/06 (20130101) C08G 73/0273 (20130101) C08G 73/0611 (20130101) C08G 73/0616 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) |
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| US 09700628 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daewon Park (Englewood, Colorado); Brisa Pena-Castellanos (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A heparin-mimicking sulfonated reverse thermal gel (SRTG) as a heparin-binding therapeutic protein delivery system. This system is designed to turn from low viscous liquid to a physical gel by exposure to body temperature alone. This allows direct deployment through a small gauge needle or catheter at target area with minimal surgical intervention. A unique aspect of this system is that it possesses a net negative charge due to the presence of sulfonate groups. This allows the SRTG to mimic heparin function, binding and preserving the bioactivity of positively charged therapeutic proteins, providing localized and sustained release of such proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/880685 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — 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 38/385 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09700637 | Radford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Radford (Durham, North Carolina); Stephen J. Lippard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wen Chyan (Denton, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds and methods useful in the detection of e.g., Zn2+, in vitro and in vivo. The compounds include amino acids and peptides functionalized with a moiety that binds, e.g., Zn2+. Importantly, the compounds do not exhibit substantial fluorescence in the absence of zinc. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/783456 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 5/425 (20130101) A61B 5/1455 (20130101) A61B 5/4041 (20130101) A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 5/4381 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0039 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/16 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 493/10 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 3/06 (20130101) C07F 9/5442 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/84 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09700638 | Mustaev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arkady Mustaev (New York, New York); David S. Perlin (New York, New York); Laura Wirpsza (Ocean City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds useful as novel near-infrared labels, compositions containing these compounds, and methods of using the near-infrared labels to identify targets in vitro, in situ and in vivo. The invention also provides small or large molecule conjugates between targeting agents and NIR labels, as well as methods and kits thereof, that can be used in diagnostics and treatment of diseases related to microbes in mammalian animals. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/889215 |
| 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 49/0026 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 219/08 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 498/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/64 (20130101) |
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| US 09700675 | Cappello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PHARMAJET INC. (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PHARMAJET INC. (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris Cappello (Broomfield, Colorado); Matt Wixey (Rancho Santa Margarita, California); John W. Bingham (Elizabeth, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A needle-free injection device suitable for delivering a therapeutic substance into the intradermal space of a patient. The needle-free injection device includes a main spring which can be compressed using one or more handles attached to the device to place the needle-free injection device into an armed configuration. Device embodiments may optionally include an injector tube and associated apparatus which may be moved relative to other device structures when the injector is pressed against the skin of a patient with sufficient force. The disclosed operational switches and release mechanisms cooperate to prevent injection unless the device is properly positioned for an injection. Needle-free injection systems and methods of operating a needle-free injection device are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/235797 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/20 (20130101) A61M 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2005/2013 (20130101) |
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| US 09700708 | Doyle, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Doyle, III (Santa Barbara, California); Benyamin Grosman (Northridge, California); Eyal Dassau (Goleta, California); Lois Jovanovic (Santa Barbara, California); Howard Zisser (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Doyle, III (Santa Barbara, California); Benyamin Grosman (Northridge, California); Eyal Dassau (Goleta, California); Lois Jovanovic (Santa Barbara, California); Howard Zisser (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to drug delivery and maintaining multiple defined physiological zones using model predictive control. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/854963 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 31/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/66 (20130101) G01N 33/74 (20130101) G01N 2333/62 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3437 (20130101) G06F 19/3468 (20130101) |
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| US 09700712 | Towe |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce C Towe (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments include a dipolar antenna system to electrically power an implantable miniature device and/or to stimulate bioelectrically excitable tissue, such as, for example, through microelectronic neurostimulation. Other related systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735716 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/3605 (20130101) A61N 1/3787 (20130101) A61N 1/37205 (20130101) A61N 1/37223 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 11/00 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49018 (20150115) |
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| US 09700742 | Canney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Communication (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Canney (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin); Michael R. Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Lawrence A. Crum (Bellevue, Washington); Vera A. Khokhlova (Seattle, Washington); Tatiana D. Khokhlova (Seattle, Washington); Wayne Kreider (Seattle, Washington); Joo Ha Hwang (Bellevue, Washington); Oleg A. Sapozhnikov (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for non-invasive treatment of tissue using high intensity focused ultrasound (“HIFU”) therapy. A method of non-invasively treating tissue in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology, for example, can include positioning a focal plane of an ultrasound source at a target site in tissue. The ultrasound source can be configured to emit HIFU waves. The method can further include pulsing ultrasound energy from the ultrasound source toward the target site, and generating shock waves in the tissue to induce boiling of the tissue at the target site within milliseconds. The boiling of the tissue at least substantially emulsifies the tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/516442 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 2017/00084 (20130101) A61B 2018/00005 (20130101) A61B 2090/374 (20160201) A61B 2090/378 (20160201) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09701631 | Greene et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark I. Greene (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Alan Berezov (West Hollywood, California); Yan Xiao (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Hongtao Zhang (Paoli, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark I. Greene (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Alan Berezov (West Hollywood, California); Yan Xiao (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Hongtao Zhang (Paoli, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is in the fields of immunology and autoimmunity. More particularly it concerns pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds which are useful agents for inhibiting the functions of TIP60 and the use of such compounds in the treatment of an individual suffering, for example, from ulcerative colitis and other irritable bowel diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/991192 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/277 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09701635 | Hartwig 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) | John Hartwig (Berkeley, California); Patrick Fier (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for the selective C—H fluorination of nitrogen-containing heteroarenes with AgF2, which has previously been considered too reactive for practical, selective C—H fluorination. Fluorinated heteroarenes are prevalent in numerous pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and materials. However, the reactions used to introduce fluorine into these molecules require pre-functionalized substrates or the use of F2 gas. The present invention provides a mild and general method for the C—H fluorination of nitrogen-containing heteroarene compounds to 2-fluoro-heteroarenes with commercially available AgF2. In various embodiments, these reactions occur at ambient temperature within one hour and occur with exclusive selectivity for fluorination at the 2-position. Exemplary reaction conditions are effective for fluorinating diazine heteroarenes to form a single fluorinated isomer. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/907694 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/61 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 213/63 (20130101) C07D 213/65 (20130101) C07D 213/75 (20130101) C07D 213/79 (20130101) C07D 213/80 (20130101) C07D 213/81 (20130101) C07D 213/82 (20130101) C07D 213/803 (20130101) C07D 215/18 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 239/46 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09701646 | Degterev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts); Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Delhi, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TUFTS UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts); COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (New Delhi, India) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei Degterev (Brookline, Massachusetts); Chepuri V. Ramana (Pune, India); Jinbo Lee (Andover, Massachusetts); Yadagiri Kommagalla (Warangal, India) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are certain 1,2,3-triazole and 1,2,3-triazole dimer analogs of DM-PIT-1 which are second-generation selective non-phosphoinositide small molecule inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3), including 1,2,3-triazoles represented by formula (I) where: Ar represents aryl or heteroaryl; X represents O or S; each of Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd independently represents hydrogen, halogen, C1-C10alkyl, —OH, —CF3, aryl, amino, or nitro; and Ar is optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C10alkyl, —OH, —CF3, amino, and nitro. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutical carrier. Also provided are methods of inhibiting PIP3-mediated signaling in a cell and treating cancer using compounds of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777630 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09701650 | Scanlan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OREGON HEALTH and SCIENCE UNIVERSITY (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OREGON HEALTH and SCIENCE UNIVERSITY (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Scanlan (Portland, Oregon); Andrew Placzek (Portland, Oregon); Tapasree Banerji (West Linn, Oregon); Sky Ferrara (Portland, Oregon); James Matthew Meinig (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Ester derivatives of sobetirome with enhanced CNS distribution are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/048672 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/07 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 69/708 (20130101) C07C 69/736 (20130101) C07C 219/06 (20130101) C07C 229/08 (20130101) C07C 229/36 (20130101) C07C 235/06 (20130101) C07C 237/08 (20130101) C07C 237/12 (20130101) C07C 2101/04 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 205/04 (20130101) C07D 207/08 (20130101) C07D 211/22 (20130101) C07D 211/42 (20130101) C07D 211/44 (20130101) C07D 233/64 (20130101) C07D 295/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 309/10 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 13/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09701661 | Silverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Winnetka, Illinois); Paramita Mukherjee (Evanston, Illinois); Hien M. Nguyen (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Imidazolyl-pyrimidine and related compounds, as can utilize heme-iron coordination in the selective inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/798307 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/506 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09701675 | Liedtke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wolfgang Liedtke (Durham, North Carolina); Martin Steinhoff (San Francisco, California); Farshid Guilak (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of treating and/or preventing dermatological disorders. Provided are methods of reducing skin inflammation, reducing pain, and/or reducing itch in a subject in need thereof. The methods may include administering to the subject an effective amount of a TRPV4 inhibitor. Further provided are compositions including a TRPV4 inhibitor compound in combination with a carrier, vehicle, or diluent that is suitable for topical application. Further provided is a transgenic mouse whose genome includes deletions of the Trpv4 gene in keratinocytes of the epidermis, wherein said transgenic mouse is a knockout for the Trpv4 gene in keratinocytes of the epidermis following keratinocyte-specific activation and expression of a site-specific recombination enzyme. |
| FILED | Monday, February 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/018595 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0275 (20130101) A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2217/206 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/03 (20130101) A01K 2267/0356 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 49/0008 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/42 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6872 (20130101) G01N 33/6881 (20130101) G01N 2333/4703 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09701676 | McKnight 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) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Andrew A. Pieper (Iowa City, Iowa); Joseph M. Ready (Carrollton, Texas); Enrique Fernandez (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and methods for stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, including post-natal hippocampal and hypothalamic neurogenesis) and/or protecting neuronal cell from cell death are disclosed herein. In vivo activity tests suggest that these compounds may have therapeutic benefits in neuropsychiatric and/or neurodegenerative diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, normal aging, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of a neuro-active drug, retinal degeneration, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, physiological weight loss associated with various conditions, as well as cognitive decline associated with normal aging, chemotherapy, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/974642 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/403 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/90 (20130101) C07D 223/24 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09701704 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Choon Woo Lee (La Canada, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Pablo E. Guzman (Proving Ground, Maryland); Tonia S. Ahmed (Pasadena, California); T. Patrick Montgomery (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to olefin metathesis catalyst compounds, to the preparation of such compounds, and the use of such catalysts in the metathesis of olefins and olefin compounds, more particularly, in the use of such catalysts in (E)-selective olefin metathesis reactions. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, and industrial and fine chemicals chemistry. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/074545 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/28 (20130101) B01J 31/122 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/09 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 67/30 (20130101) C07C 67/475 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 313/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2500/25 (20130101) |
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| US 09701706 | Bougher, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chimerix, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina); The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chimerix, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Henry Bougher, III (Durham, North Carolina); Ramamurty V S Changalvala (Morrisville, North Carolina); John C. Drach (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ernest Randall Lanier, Jr. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Andrew Louis McIver (Durham, North Carolina); Bradley David Robertson (Durham, North Carolina); Dean Wallace Selleseth (Cary, North Carolina); Phiroze Behram Sethna (Durham, North Carolina); Leroy Townsend (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Roy W. Ware (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides pyrrolopyrimidine nucleoside analogs of the Formula I, Formula IA, Formula IB, or Formula II and phospholipid conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions thereof wherein Rc and A are defined herein. Also presented are methods of treating and/or preventing viral infection and/or viral infection-associated disease or disorder with one or more compounds of Formula I, Formula IA, Formula IB, or Formula II. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/358938 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/706 (20130101) A61K 31/7052 (20130101) A61K 31/7064 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09701713 | Petrash et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Mark Petrash (Englewood, Colorado); Niklaus Mueller (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Mark Petrash (Englewood, Colorado); Niklaus Mueller (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are novel compositions and methods for introduction of macromolecules and nanoparticles into living cells. The invention includes a polypeptide sequence which when fused to a macromolecule or nanoparticle enhances its introduction into the cell. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/008221 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48238 (20130101) A61K 47/48315 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) C07K 2319/35 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) |
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| US 09701714 | Gaston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin M. Gaston (Gates Mills, Ohio); Adam C. Straub (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brant E. Isakson (Charlottesville, Virginia); Linda Columbus (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating arterial tone based on the discovery herein of novel expression and regulation of hemoglobin alpha and cytochrome B5 reductase 3 and the effects on NO and NOS. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/437548 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/805 (20130101) C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09701715 | Peterson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake R. Peterson (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A conformationally-constrained kinked peptide includes: a conformationally-constraining portion and a kinked portion linked to the conformationally-constraining portion that conformationally constrains the kinked portion, the kinked portion comprising an endosomal-disrupting peptide. The peptide can include a peptide sequence of one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 5-38, or 40-54 or 61-69. The conformationally-constrained kinked portion can be a majority portion or minority of the peptide. The peptide can include one of Formulae 1-1C, wherein: CC-Peptide includes a peptide that conformationally constrains the ED-KP; Peptide independently includes natural, unnatural, essential or non-essential aromatic, aliphatic, or other amino acids having L or D configuration; ED-KP includes an endosomal-disrupting kinked peptide; Xaa, Xaa1, and Xaa2 are independently one or more natural or non-natural amino acids, essential amino acids, or non-essential amino acids, or derivatives of amino acids having L or D configuration; L1 and L2 are independently linkers; and n1, n2, n3, and n4 are independently 0-50. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/438194 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2310/30 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) |
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| US 09701718 | Sullivan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nancy J. Sullivan (Kensington, Maryland); Gary J. Nabel (Washington, District of Columbia); Clement Asiedu (Olney, Maryland); Cheng Cheng (Rockville, Maryland); Maria Grazia Pau (Leiden, Netherlands); Jaap Goudsmit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V. (Leiden, Netherlands); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy J. Sullivan (Kensington, Maryland); Gary J. Nabel (Washington, District of Columbia); Clement Asiedu (Olney, Maryland); Cheng Cheng (Rockville, Maryland); Maria Grazia Pau (Leiden, Netherlands); Jaap Goudsmit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are recombinant adenovirus vectors (serotype 26 and serotype 35) encoding filovirus antigens. The adenovirus vectors can be used to induce protective immune responses against filovirus infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/994532 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (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 2710/10034 (20130101) C12N 2710/10043 (20130101) C12N 2760/14034 (20130101) C12N 2760/14134 (20130101) |
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| US 09701723 | Garcia-Sastre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Peter Palese (New York, New York); Taia T. Wang (Stanford, California); Gene S. Tan (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Peter Palese (New York, New York); Taia T. Wang (Stanford, California); Gene S. Tan (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are polypeptides comprising portions of the influenza virus hemagglutinin, compositions comprising such polypeptides that can be used as immunogens in vaccines and methods of their use to generate an immune response against multiple influenza subtypes in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/579845 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/6012 (20130101) A61K 2039/6081 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/16111 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) |
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| US 09701727 | Gogos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Gogos (Riverdale, New York); Bin Xu (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Maria Karayiorgou (Riverdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for enhancing neuronal connectivity. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery of a protein, termed “Mirta22,” that inhibits the formation of structures which create connections between neurons. It is further based, in part, on the discovery that inhibiting Mirta22 activity by short hairpin RNA was able to restore these structures. Mirta22 was discovered in experiments relating to 22q11 microdeletions, which have been linked to schizophrenia. Accordingly, the present invention provides for methods of treating schizophrenia comprising administering an agent that inhibits Mirta22 activity. It may also be used in the treatment of other disorders that would benefit from enhanced neural connectivity, including learning and memory disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136345 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/435 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4703 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2330/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) |
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| US 09701733 | Zhang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Zhang (Glencoe, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides maspin-related compositions and methods of use thereof. In particular, the present invention provides maspin-related compositions, and methods or use thereof, for the promotion of cell adhesion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/445772 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/811 (20130101) C07K 14/8121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09701734 | Moore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Moore (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yuan Chang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Huichen Feng (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides murine monoclonal antibody molecules that bind to Merkel cell carcinoma (MCV) polypeptides. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/822467 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 16/081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/084 (20130101) C07K 2317/14 (20130101) C07K 2317/20 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/22022 (20130101) C12N 2710/22023 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/18 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 09701738 | McAdow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Molly McAdow (Chicago, Illinois); Carla Emolo (Chicago, Illinois); Dominique Missiakas (Chicago, Illinois); Olaf Schneewind (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments concern methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. Aspects include methods and compositions for providing a passive immune response against the bacteria, in certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve an antibody that binds Coagulase (Coa). |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397049 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) |
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| US 09701740 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Hansen (Branford, Connecticut); Peter M. Glazer (Guilford, Connecticut); Richard H. Weisbart (Los Angeles, California); Robert N. Nishimura (Santa Monica, California); Grace Chan (Monterey Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); The United States of America represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Hansen (Branford, Connecticut); Peter M. Glazer (Guilford, Connecticut); Richard H. Weisbart (Los Angeles, California); Robert N. Nishimura (Santa Monica, California); Grace Chan (Monterey Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies that penetrate cell nuclei and inhibit DNA repair or interfere with DNA metabolism are provided for treatment of cancer (both directly and by sensitizing cancer cells to DNA-damaging treatments) or inhibiting or preventing viral infection, proliferation or metabolism. The method involves treating cells with a composition containing cell-penetrating anti-DNA antibodies or derivatives thereof, alone or in combination with treatment that induces DNA damage such as DNA-damaging chemotherapy or radiation. The impact of the cell-penetrating anti-DNA antibodies or derivatives thereof is potentiated in cancer cells that are deficient in DNA repair, and the cell-penetrating anti-DNA antibodies or derivatives thereof are synthetically lethal to cancer cells with DNA repair deficiencies. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009327 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/475 (20130101) A61K 31/475 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (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) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 09701742 | Song |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wenchao Song (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenchao Song (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to selective inhibition of the alternative pathway (AP) of the complement system using an anti-properdin antibody. Specifically, the invention relates to methods of treating an AP-mediated pathology or AP-mediated condition in an individual by contacting the individual with an anti-properdin antibody. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/130250 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) |
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| US 09701745 | Rodriguez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moses Rodriguez (Rochester, Minnesota); David J. Miller (Green Bay, Wisconsin); Larry R. Pease (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moses Rodriguez (Rochester, Minnesota); David J. Miller (Green Bay, Wisconsin); Larry R. Pease (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies, and particularly human antibodies, are disclosed that demonstrate activity in the treatment of demyelinating diseases as well as other diseases of the central nervous system that are of viral, bacterial or idiopathic origin, including neural dysfunction caused by spinal cord injury. Neuromodulatory agents are set forth that include and comprise a material selected from the group consisting of an antibody capable of binding structures or cells in the central nervous system, a peptide analog, a hapten, active fragments thereof, agonists thereof, mimics thereof, monomers thereof and combinations thereof. The neuromodulatory agent has one or more of the following characteristics: it is capable of inducing remyelination; binding to neural tissue; promoting Ca−− signaling with oligodendrocytes; and promoting cellular proliferation of glial cells. Amino acid and DNA sequences of exemplary antibodies are disclosed. Methods are described for treating demyelinating diseases, and diseases of the central nervous system of humans and domestic animals, using polyclonal IgM antibodies and human monoclonal antibodies sHIgm22(LYM 22), sHIgm46(LYM46) ebvHIgM MSI19D10, CB2bG8, AKJR4, CB2iE12, CB2iE7, MSI19E5 and MSI10E10, active fragments thereof and the like. The invention also extends to the use of human antibodies, fragments, peptide derivatives and like materials, and their use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications, including screening assays for the discovery of additional antibodies that bind to cells of the nervous system, particularly oligodendrocytes. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/990325 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/75 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (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 1/6876 (20130101) |
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| US 09701754 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); John E. Shively (Arcadia, California); Andrew A. Raubitschek (San Marino, California); Mark A. Sherman (Pasadena, California); Tove Olafsen (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); John E. Shively (Arcadia, California); Andrew A. Raubitschek (San Marino, California); Mark A. Sherman (Pasadena, California); Tove Olafsen (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides recombinant antibody fragments which include a variable domain which has been modified by the addition of a tail sequence to its C-terminal end. The tail sequence comprises a terminal cysteine residue and an amino acid spacer and does not substantially affect the fragment's target-binding affinity. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the described antibody fragments and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and methods of delivering an agent to cells of interest in a subject using the fragments as delivery vehicles. The invention further provides compositions comprising the described antibody fragments for the in vitro detection and measurement of target molecules which bind to the fragments and method of determining the presence or amount of such targets in a biological sample by contacting the sample with such compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/788477 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09701758 | Cooper 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) | Laurence J N Cooper (Houston, Texas); Bipulendu Jena (Houston, Texas); Sourindra Maiti (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are monoclonal antibodies that detect CD 19 CAR-modified immune cells and CAR-modified immune cells irrespective of the tumor associated antigen they target. Methods of using these functional monoclonal antibodies include, but are not limited to, detection, quantification, activation, and selective propagation of CAR-modified immune cells. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/893223 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/70503 (20130101) C07K 14/70517 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/4208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/4283 (20130101) C07K 2317/74 (20130101) C07K 2317/75 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/566 (20130101) |
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| US 09701792 | Bowman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher N. Bowman (Boulder, Colorado); Christopher J. Kloxin (Newark, Delaware); Jeffrey Stansbury (Centennial, Colorado); Tao Gong (Superior, Colorado); Matthew McBride (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions comprising an alkyne-based substrate, an azide-based substrate, optionally a Cu(II) salt and optionally a photoinducible reducing agent. The present invention further includes a method of preparing composite materials that are suitable for use as dental implants using the compositions of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/663015 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 6/083 (20130101) A61K 6/083 (20130101) A61K 6/087 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/10 (20130101) C08L 79/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09701938 | Vukasinovic |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jelena Vukasinovic (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lena Biosciences, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jelena Vukasinovic (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are intra-culture perfusion methods applied to standard cell culture disposables using three-dimensional cell culture scaffold and synthetic vasculature compositions in high-throughput screening and high-content screening applications, and assay development. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050619 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2533/30 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09701981 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiamiao Lu (Mountain View, California); Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California); Andrew Fire (Stanford, California); Lia E. Gracey Maniar (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The silencing effect of a spacer sequence, for example a bacterial backbone sequence in a plasmid or other episomal vector, on transgene expression is reversed by engineering of the spacer to include nucleosome exclusion sequences. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/205008 |
| 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 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09702849 | Lieber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ping Xie (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ping Xie (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a nanopore disposed in a support structure, with a fluidic connection between a first fluidic reservoir and an inlet to the nanopore and a second fluidic connection between a second fluidic reservoir and an outlet from the nanopore. A first ionic solution of a first buffer concentration is disposed in the first reservoir and a second ionic solution of a second buffer concentration, different than the first concentration, is disposed in the second reservoir, with the nanopore providing the sole path of fluidic communication between the first and second reservoirs. An electrical connection is disposed at a location in the nanopore sensor that develops an electrical signal indicative of electrical potential local to at least one site in the nanopore sensor as an object translocates through the nanopore between the two reservoirs. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 14/009348 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (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 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
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| US 09702874 | Cohen 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) | Adam E. Cohen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joel Kralj (Louisville, Colorado); Adam D. Douglass (Salt Lake City, Utah); Daniel Hochbaum (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for characterizing cellular physiology by incorporating into an electrically excitable cell an optical reporter of, and an optical actuator of, electrical activity. A signal is obtained from the optical reporter in response to a stimulation of the cell. Either or both of the optical reporter and actuator may be based on genetically-encoded rhodopsins incorporated into the cell. The invention provides all optical methods that may be used instead of, or as a complement to, traditional patch clamp technologies and that can provide rapid, accurate, and flexible assays of cellular physiology. |
| FILED | Monday, November 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/942992 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0017 (20130101) A61K 49/0097 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/566 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) |
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| US 09706314 | Jenison et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rick Lynn Jenison (Madison, Wisconsin); Keith Raymond Kluender (Madison, Wisconsin); Joshua Michael Alexander (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); Purdue Research Foundation (West LaFayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rick Lynn Jenison (Madison, Wisconsin); Keith Raymond Kluender (Madison, Wisconsin); Joshua Michael Alexander (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for selectively enhancing an audio signal to make sounds, particularly speech sounds, more distinguishable. The system and method are designed to divide an input auditory signal into a plurality of spectral channels having associated unenhanced signals and perform enhancement processing on a first subset of the spectral channels and not perform enhancement processing on a second subset of the spectral channels. The enhancement processing is performed by determining an output gain for at least the first subset of spectral channels based on a time-varying history of energy of the unenhanced signals associated with each channel in the first subset of the spectral channels and applying the output gain for each of the first subset of the spectral channels to the unenhanced signals to form enhanced signals associated with each of the first subset of the spectral channels. The system and method are then designed to combine the plurality of enhanced signals associated with each of the first subset of the spectral channels and the unenhanced signals associated with each of the second subset of the spectral channels to form a selectively enhanced output auditory signal. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/955343 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 25/90 (20130101) G10L 2021/03643 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 25/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09700829 | Hunyadi Murph et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simona E. Hunyadi Murph (North Augusta, South Carolina); Paul S. Korinko (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of trapping or capturing zinc is disclosed. In particular, the method comprises a step of contacting a zinc vapor with a zinc getter material. The zinc getter material comprises nanoparticles and a metal substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/056699 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2253/304 (20130101) B01D 2253/1122 (20130101) B01D 2257/60 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/02 (20130101) B01J 20/28016 (20130101) |
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| US 09701696 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado); Shanghai Jiaotong University (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kai Zhu (Littleton, Colorado); Yixin Zhao (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | An aspect of the present invention is a method that includes contacting a metal halide and a first alkylammonium halide in a solvent to form a solution and maintaining the solution at a first temperature, resulting in the formation of at least one alkylammonium halide perovskite crystal, where the metal halide includes a first halogen and a metal, the first alkylammonium halide includes the first halogen, the at least one alkylammonium halide perovskite crystal includes the metal and the first halogen, and the first temperature is above about 21° C. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/055712 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09701951 | Teter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah Teter (Mountainview, California); Connie Ward (Hamilton, Montana); Joel Cherry (Winters, California); Aubrey Jones (Davis, California); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington); Jung Yi (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to variants of a parent glycoside hydrolase, comprising a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 21, 94, 157, 205, 206, 247, 337, 350, 373, 383, 438, 455, 467, and 486 of amino acids 1 to 513 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and optionally further comprising a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 8, 22, 41, 49, 57, 113, 193, 196, 226, 227, 246, 251, 255, 259, 301, 356, 371, 411, and 462 of amino acids 1 to 513 of SEQ ID NO: 2 a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 8, 22, 41, 49, 57, 113, 193, 196, 226, 227, 246, 251, 255, 259, 301, 356, 371, 411, and 462 of amino acids 1 to 513 of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the variants have glycoside hydrolase activity. The present invention also relates to nucleotide sequences encoding the variant glycoside hydrolases and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleotide sequences. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/475639 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Detergent Compositions; Use of Single Substances as Detergents; Soap or Soap-making; Resin Soaps; Recovery of Glycerol C11D 3/38645 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2434 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2445 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) C12Y 302/01176 (20130101) |
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| US 09701991 | Linger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Linger (Denver, Colorado); Gregg T. Beckham (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are enzymes useful for the degradation of cellobiosan in materials such a pyrolysis oils. Methods of degrading cellobiosan using enzymes or organisms expressing the same are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/063197 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2445 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 19/14 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 13/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09702346 | Uluyol |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Onder Uluyol (Fridley, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Onder Uluyol (Fridley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method include receiving a set of sampled measurements for each of multiple sensors, wherein the sampled measurements are at irregular intervals or different rates, re-sampling the sampled measurements of each of the multiple sensors at a higher rate than one of the sensor's set of sampled measurements, and synchronizing the sampled measurements of each of the multiple sensors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/737759 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Wind Motors F03D 7/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors, to Machines or Engines for Liquids Covered by Subclasses F03B, F03D and F03G F05B 2260/80 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 23/0221 (20130101) G05B 2219/2619 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/723 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiwen Ma (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A concentrated solar power (CSP) plant comprises a receiver configured to contain a chemical substance for a chemical reaction and an array of heliostats. Each heliostat is configured to direct sunlight toward the receiver. The receiver is configured to transfer thermal energy from the sunlight to the chemical substance in a reduction reaction. The CSP plant further comprises a first storage container configured to store solid state particles produced by the reduction reaction and a heat exchanger configured to combine the solid state particles and gas through an oxidation reaction. The heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat produced in the oxidation reaction to a working fluid to heat the working fluid. The CSP plant further comprises a power turbine coupled to the heat exchanger, such that the heated working fluid turns the power turbine, and a generator coupled to and driven by the power turbine to generate electricity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/243775 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/08 (20130101) Steam Engine Plants; Steam Accumulators; Engine Plants Not Otherwise Provided For; Engines Using Special Working Fluids or Cycles F01K 23/06 (20130101) Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 6/064 (20130101) F03G 6/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 20/003 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/41 (20130101) Y02E 10/46 (20130101) Y02E 60/142 (20130101) |
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| US 09702351 | Steinhour |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leif Alexi Steinhour (Berkeley, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Leif Alexi Steinhour (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to a convection pump. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a chamber, the chamber having an inlet at a first end of the chamber and an outlet at a second end of the chamber. The chamber further has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being opposite to the second surface. A baffle having a substantially helical shape is disposed inside the chamber. A heating device is configured to heat the first surface of the chamber. A cooling device is configured to cool the second surface of the chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/121997 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 19/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04B 53/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09702372 | Leininger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Frederick Leininger (Chino Hills, California); Raymond Douglas Steele (Cypress, Texas); Stephen Michael Cordes (Cypress, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a first pump having a first outlet and a first inlet, and a controller. The first pump is configured to continuously receive a flow of a slurry into the first outlet at a first pressure and to continuously discharge the flow of the slurry from the first inlet at a second pressure less than the first pressure. The controller is configured to control a first speed of the first pump against the flow of the slurry based at least in part on the first pressure, wherein the first speed of the first pump is configured to resist a backflow of the slurry from the first outlet to the first inlet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/103695 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 15/0066 (20130101) F04D 29/2283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09702668 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Peterson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jerome H. Stofleth (Albuquerque, New Mexico); W. Venner Saul (Los Lunas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Linear shaped charges are described herein. In a general embodiment, the linear shaped charge has an explosive with an elongated arrowhead-shaped profile. The linear shaped charge also has and an elongated v-shaped liner that is inset into a recess of the explosive. Another linear shaped charge includes an explosive that is shaped as a star-shaped prism. Liners are inset into crevices of the explosive, where the explosive acts as a tamper. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/870934 |
| 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 1/028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 1/032 (20130101) F42B 1/036 (20130101) |
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| US 09702767 | Chainer 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) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Pritish R. Parida (Fishkill, New York); Mark D. Schultz (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes determining a relationship between indirect thermal data for a processor and a measured temperature associated with the processor, during a calibration process, obtaining the indirect thermal data for the processor during actual operation of the processor, and determining an actual significant temperature associated with the processor during the actual operation using the indirect thermal data for the processor during actual operation of the processor and the relationship. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/393710 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/02 (20130101) G01K 7/427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 15/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09702768 | Claussen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Heiko Claussen (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Justinian Rosca (West Windsor, New Jersey); Michelle Xiaohong Yan (Princeton, New Jersey); Upul P. DeSilva (Oviedo, Florida); Nancy H. Ulerich (Longwood, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Corporation (Iselin, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heiko Claussen (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Justinian Rosca (West Windsor, New Jersey); Michelle Xiaohong Yan (Princeton, New Jersey); Upul P. DeSilva (Oviedo, Florida); Nancy H. Ulerich (Longwood, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic signal traversing a hot gas is sampled at a source and a receiver and is represented in overlapping windows that maximize useable signal content. Samples in each window are processed to represented in different sparsified bins in the frequency domain. Determining a signal delay between the source and the receiver from a summation of maximum smoothed coherence transform cross-correlation values of different data windows wherein a sparseness of a mean smoothed coherence transform cross-correlation of windows is maximized. Determining a set of delay times wherein outliers are deleted to estimate a time of flight from which a temperature of the hot gas is calculated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/961292 |
| ART UNIT | 2864 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 11/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 13/02 (20130101) G01K 2013/024 (20130101) |
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| US 09702845 | Eldershaw 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) | Craig Eldershaw (Belmont, California); Saroj Sahu (Fremont, California); Sean Garner (San Francisco, California); Ranjeet Rao (Redwood City, California); Ashutosh Kole (San Francisco, California); Vedasri Vedharathinam (San Jose, California); Divyaraj Desai (San Jose, California); Jessica Louis Baker Rivest (Palo Alto, California); Richard Steele (Newark, California); Martin J. Sheridan (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an electrochemical probe system and an electrical excitation method, configured in a bulk sorting system, and used to identify the composition of metals and alloys. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/626092 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 5/344 (20130101) B07C 2501/0036 (20130101) B07C 2501/0054 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/31 (20130101) G01N 27/333 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/403 (20130101) G01N 27/416 (20130101) G01N 33/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09702861 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education (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) | Jesse D. Adams (Reno, Nevada); Todd A. Sulchek (Atlanta, Georgia); Stuart C. Feigin (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A disclosed chemical detection system for detecting a target material, such as an explosive material, can include a cantilevered probe, a probe heater coupled to the cantilevered probe, and a piezoelectric element disposed on the cantilevered probe. The piezoelectric element can be configured as a detector and/or an actuator. Detection can include, for example, detecting a movement of the cantilevered probe or a property of the cantilevered probe. The movement or a change in the property of the cantilevered probe can occur, for example, by adsorption of the target material, desorption of the target material, reaction of the target material and/or phase change of the target material. Examples of detectable movements and properties include temperature shifts, impedance shifts, and resonant frequency shifts of the cantilevered probe. The overall chemical detection system can be incorporated, for example, into a handheld explosive material detection system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/643641 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 25/00 (20130101) G01N 27/007 (20130101) G01N 29/022 (20130101) G01N 29/036 (20130101) G01N 33/0031 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2291/0257 (20130101) |
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| US 09702871 | Koh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung-Yan Koh (Dublin, California); Matthew E. Piccini (Belmont, California); Anup K. Singh (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples are described including measurement systems for conducting competition assays. A first chamber of an assay device may be loaded with a sample containing a target antigen. The target antigen in the sample may be allowed to bind to antibody-coated beads in the first chamber. A control layer separating the first chamber from a second chamber may then be opened to allow a labeling agent loaded in a first portion of the second chamber to bind to any unoccupied sites on the antibodies. A centrifugal force may then be applied to transport the beads through a density media to a detection region for measurement by a detection unit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/546876 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/069 (20130101) B01L 2300/087 (20130101) B01L 2300/0672 (20130101) B01L 2300/0803 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) B01L 2400/0683 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54306 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54366 (20130101) |
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| US 09702984 | Dowell 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) | L. Jonathan Dowell (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Dale V. Talbott (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Markus P. Hehlen (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Scintillator-based radiation detectors capable of transmitting light indicating the presence of radiation for long distances are disclosed herein. A radiation detector can include a scintillator layer and a light-guide layer. The scintillator layer is configured to produce light upon receiving incident radiation. The light-guide layer is configured to receive light produced by the scintillator layer and either propagate the received light through the radiation detector or absorb the received light and emit light, through fluorescence, that is propagated through the radiation detector. A radiation detector can also include an outer layer partially surrounding the scintillator layer and light-guide layer. The index of refraction of the light-guide layer can be greater than the index of refraction of adjacent layers. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/171973 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09703788 | Bent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts); Zhenhua Zhang (Beijing, China PRC); Xuezhao Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Haiying Tang (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-executable method, system, and computer program product for managing meta-data in a distributed storage system, wherein the distributed storage system includes one or more burst buffers enabled to operate with a distributed key-value store, the co computer-executable method, system, and computer program product comprising receiving a request for meta-data associated with a block of data stored in a first burst buffer of the one or more burst buffers in the distributed storage system, wherein the meta data is associated with a key-value, determining which of the one or more burst buffers stores the requested metadata, and upon determination that a first burst buffer of the one or more burst buffers stores the requested metadata, locating the key-value in a portion of the distributed key-value store accessible from the first burst buffer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/230800 |
| ART UNIT | 2153 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3056 (20130101) G06F 17/30094 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30194 (20130101) G06F 17/30445 (20130101) G06F 17/30563 (20130101) |
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| US 09704384 | Bandhauer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd M. Bandhauer (Livermore, California); Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal management system is integral to a battery pack and/or individual cells. It relies on passive liquid-vapor phase change heat removal to provide enhanced thermal protection via rapid expulsion of inert high pressure refrigerant during abnormal abuse events and can be integrated with a cooling system that operates during normal operation. When a thermal runaway event occurs and sensed by either active or passive sensors, the high pressure refrigerant is preferentially ejected through strategically placed passages within the pack to rapidly quench the battery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/786163 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/486 (20130101) H01M 10/613 (20150401) H01M 10/6551 (20150401) H01M 10/6556 (20150401) H01M 10/6568 (20150401) H01M 2200/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09704605 | Scaglione et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Scaglione (Knoxville, Tennessee); John C. Wagner (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated storage, transportation and disposal system for used fuel assemblies is provided. The system includes a plurality of sealed canisters and a cask sized to receive the sealed canisters in side by side relationship. The plurality of sealed canisters include an internal basket structure to receive a plurality of used fuel assemblies. The internal basket structure includes a plurality of radiation-absorbing panels and a plurality of hemispherical ribs generally perpendicular to the canister sidewall. The sealed canisters are received within the cask for storage and transportation and are removed from the cask for disposal at a designated repository. The system of the present invention allows the handling of sealed canisters separately or collectively, while allowing storage and transportation of high burnup fuel and damaged fuel to the designated repository. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/363093 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 5/012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09704622 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hoang T. Nguyen (Livermore, California); Brent C. Stuart (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hoang T. Nguyen (Livermore, California); Brent C. Stuart (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical transconductance varistor system having a modulated radiation source configured to provide modulated stimulus, a wavelength converter operably connected to the modulated radiation source to produce a modulated stimulus having a predetermined wavelength, and a wide bandgap semiconductor photoconductive material in contact between two electrodes. The photoconductive material is operably coupled, such as by a beam transport module, to receive the modulated stimulus having the predetermined wavelength to control a current flowing through the photoconductive material when a voltage potential is present across the electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, March 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/642692 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/0005 (20130101) Resistors H01C 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/09 (20130101) H01L 31/162 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/0085 (20130101) H01S 5/423 (20130101) H01S 5/0615 (20130101) H01S 5/32316 (20130101) |
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| US 09704701 | Ibrahim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yehia M. Ibrahim (Richland, Washington); Sandilya V. B. Garimella (Richland, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yehia M. Ibrahim (Richland, Washington); Sandilya V. B. Garimella (Richland, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for ion separations or manipulations in gas phase are disclosed. The device includes a single non-planar surface. Arrays of electrodes are coupled to the surface. A combination of RF and DC voltages are applied to the arrays of electrodes to create confining and driving fields that move ions through the device. The DC voltages are static DC voltages or time-dependent DC potentials or waveforms. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/851935 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/622 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09704900 | Xia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lei Xia (Chicago, Illinois); Huyue Zhao (Downers Grove, Illinois); Robert G. Wagner (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Joseph S. Gregar (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Junqi Xie (Naperville, Illinois); Jingbo Wang (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A MCP photodetector assembly includes an anode plate including a plurality of electrical traces positioned thereon, a plurality of MCPs and a plurality of grid spacers. The MCPs are positioned between the grid spacers. The grid spacers have a grid spacer shape defining at least one aperture. A plurality of shims are positioned between the grid spacers and the MCPs so as to form a stack positioned on the anode plate. Each of the plurality of shims have a shim shape which is the same as the grid spacer shape such that each of the plurality of shims and each of the plurality of grid spacers overlap so as to define at least one MCP aperture. At least a portion of the plurality of MCPs are positioned within the MCP aperture. The shims are structured to electrically couple the MCPs to the anode plate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/098194 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14618 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/14636 (20130101) H01L 27/14683 (20130101) |
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| US 09705062 | Salvador et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Salvador (Royal Oak, Michigan); Jeffrey Sakamoto (East Lansing, Michigan); Youngsam Park (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of encapsulating a thermoelectric device and its associated thermoelectric elements in an inert atmosphere and a thermoelectric device fabricated by such method are described. These thermoelectric devices may be intended for use under conditions which would otherwise promote oxidation of the thermoelectric elements. The capsule is formed by securing a suitably-sized thin-walled strip of oxidation-resistant metal to the ceramic substrates which support the thermoelectric elements. The thin-walled metal strip is positioned to enclose the edges of the thermoelectric device and is secured to the substrates using gap-filling materials. The strip, substrates and gap-filling materials cooperatively encapsulate the thermoelectric elements and exclude oxygen and water vapor from atmospheric air so that the elements may be maintained in an inert, non-oxidizing environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/468373 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/32 (20130101) H01L 35/34 (20130101) H01L 35/325 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09705103 | Curran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seamus Curran (Pearland, Texas); Sampath Dias (Houston, Texas); Nigel Alley (Houston, Texas); Amrita Haldar (Houston, Texas); Soniya Devi Yambem (Houston, Texas); Liao Kang-Shyang (Houston, Texas); Prajakta Chaudhari (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seamus Curran (Pearland, Texas); Sampath Dias (Houston, Texas); Nigel Alley (Houston, Texas); Amrita Haldar (Houston, Texas); Soniya Devi Yambem (Houston, Texas); Liao Kang-Shyang (Houston, Texas); Prajakta Chaudhari (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, optoelectronic devices are described herein. The optoelectronic device may include an optoelectronic cell arranged so as to wrap around a central axis wherein the cell includes a first conductive layer, a semi-conductive layer disposed over and in electrical communication with the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer disposed over and in electrical communication with the semi-conductive layer. In various embodiments, methods for making optoelectronic devices are described herein. The methods may include forming an optoelectronic cell while flat and wrapping the optoelectronic cell around a central axis. The optoelectronic devices may be photovoltaic devices. Alternatively, the optoelectronic devices may be organic light emitting diodes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/816288 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2086 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/426 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/542 (20130101) Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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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) | Gao Liu (Piedmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention disclose a composition of matter comprising a silicon (Si) nanoparticle coated with a conductive polymer. Another embodiment discloses a method for preparing a composition of matter comprising a plurality of silicon (Si) nanoparticles coated with a conductive polymer comprising providing Si nanoparticles, providing a conductive polymer, preparing a Si nanoparticle, conductive polymer, and solvent slurry, spraying the slurry into a liquid medium that is a non-solvent of the conductive polymer, and precipitating the silicon (Si) nanoparticles coated with the conductive polymer. Another embodiment discloses an anode comprising a current collector, and a composition of matter comprising a silicon (Si) nanoparticle coated with a conductive polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/376346 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/12 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/134 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/0416 (20130101) H01M 4/602 (20130101) H01M 4/623 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2220/20 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 09705130 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (Camas, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (Camas, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xin Zhao (Vancouver, Washington); Sean Vail (Vancouver, Washington); Yuhao Lu (Camas, Washington); Motoaki Nishijima (Kita-Katsuragi-gun, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical battery is provided with an aluminum anode current collector and an antimony (Sb)-based electrochemically active material overlying the aluminum current collector. The Sb-based electrochemically active material may be pure antimony, Sb with other metal elements, or Sb with non-metal elements. For example, the Sb-based electrochemically active material may be one of the following: Sb binary or ternary alloys of sodium, silicon, tin, germanium, bismuth, selenium, tellurium, thallium, aluminum, gold, cadmium, mercury, cesium, gallium, titanium, lead, carbon, and combinations thereof. The aluminum current collector may additionally include a material such as magnesium, iron, nickel, titanium, and combinations thereof. In one aspect, the anode further composed of a coating interposed between the aluminum current collector and the Sb-based electrochemically active material. This coating may be a non-corrodible metal or a carbonaceous material. The cathode is may be composed of a number of different active materials including sodium-based Prussian Blue analogs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/823399 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 3/12 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/58 (20130101) H01M 4/60 (20130101) H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/0404 (20130101) H01M 4/0452 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/662 (20130101) H01M 4/667 (20130101) H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 2004/027 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) |
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| US 09705311 | Brener et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Xiaoyu Miao (Sunnyvale, California); Eric A. Shaner (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Brandon Scott Passmore (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Xiaoyu Miao (Sunnyvale, California); Eric A. Shaner (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Brandon Scott Passmore (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mid-infrared tunable metamaterial comprises an array of resonators on a semiconductor substrate having a large dependence of dielectric function on carrier concentration and a semiconductor plasma resonance that lies below the operating range, such as indium antimonide. Voltage biasing of the substrate generates a resonance shift in the metamaterial response that is tunable over a broad operating range. The mid-infrared tunable metamaterials have the potential to become the building blocks of chip based active optical devices in mid-infrared ranges, which can be used for many applications, such as thermal imaging, remote sensing, and environmental monitoring. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/965659 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02 (20130101) H01L 31/0264 (20130101) Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements H02H 7/262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09705388 | Melfi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mike Melfi (Richfield, Ohio); Rich Schiferl (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Stephen Umans (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY (Forth Smith, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mike Melfi (Richfield, Ohio); Rich Schiferl (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Stephen Umans (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor comprises laminations with a plurality of rotor bar slots with an asymmetric arrangement about the rotor. The laminations also have magnet slots equiangularly spaced about the rotor. The magnet slots extend near to the rotor outer diameter and have permanent magnets disposed in the magnet slots creating magnetic poles. The magnet slots may be formed longer than the permanent magnets disposed in the magnets slots and define one or more magnet slot apertures. The permanent magnets define a number of poles and a pole pitch. The rotor bar slots are spaced from adjacent magnet slots by a distance that is at least 4% of the pole pitch. Conductive material is disposed in the rotor bar slots, and in some embodiments, may be disposed in the magnet slot apertures. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/329814 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 1/223 (20130101) H02K 1/276 (20130101) H02K 21/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02K 2213/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09705447 | Cavieres et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrés Cavieres (Atlanta, Georgia); Tristan Al-Haddad (Clarkston, Georgia); Joseph Goodman (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic panel mounting clip comprising a base, central indexing tabs, flanges, lateral indexing tabs, and vertical indexing tabs. The mounting clip removably attaches one or more panels to a beam or the like structure, both mechanically and electrically. It provides secure locking of the panels in all directions, while providing guidance in all directions for accurate installation of the panels to the beam or the like structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/073767 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 2/241 (20130101) F16B 5/125 (20130101) F16B 5/0685 (20130101) Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/5233 (20130101) F24J 2/5237 (20130101) F24J 2/5254 (20130101) F24J 2002/5292 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 30/10 (20141201) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/47 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 403/602 (20150115) |
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| US 09706094 | Frayer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Security Technologies, LLC (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Security Technologies, LLC (North Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel K. Frayer (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for the capture of a high number of quasi-continuous effective frames of 2-D data from an event at very short time scales (from less than 10−12 to more than 10−8 seconds) is disclosed which allows for short recording windows and effective number of frames. Active illumination, from a chirped laser pulse directed to the event creates a reflection where wavelength is dependent upon time and spatial position is utilized to encode temporal phenomena onto wavelength. A hyperchromatic lens system receives the reflection and maps wavelength onto axial position. An image capture device, such as holography or plenoptic imaging device, captures the resultant focal stack from the hyperchromatic lens system in both spatial (imaging) and longitudinal (temporal) axes. The hyperchromatic lens system incorporates a combination of diffractive and refractive components to maximally separate focal position as a function of wavelength. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/850828 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/1842 (20130101) G02B 27/4272 (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 3/0057 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/2256 (20130101) H04N 5/2354 (20130101) H04N 5/23212 (20130101) |
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| US 09706631 | Barty |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher P. J. Barty (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of x-ray and gamma-ray generation via laser Compton scattering uses the interaction of a specially-formatted, highly modulated, long duration, laser pulse with a high-frequency train of high-brightness electron bunches to both create narrow bandwidth x-ray and gamma-ray sources and significantly increase the laser to Compton photon conversion efficiency. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/274348 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray Technique H05G 2/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09706646 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hanqing Jiang (Chandler, Arizona); Hongyu Yu (Chandler, Arizona); Goran Konjevod (Livermore, California); Yong Xu (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regenst acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hanqing Jiang (Chandler, Arizona); Hongyu Yu (Chandler, Arizona); Goran Konjevod (Livermore, California); Yong Xu (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An origami enabled manufacturing system. The system uses origami design principles to create functional materials, structures, devices and/or systems having an adjustable size and/or shape. An operational device can be coupled to a planar substrate shaped and sized to correspond to a desired origami shape of an origami pattern. A plurality of planar substrates can be coupled together by a plurality of connection members that corresponds to one or more crease of the origami pattern. An array of planar substrates can be formed that convert into a three dimensional structure with origami shape. The resulting three-dimensional structure provides smaller projection area, higher portability and deformability. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/761209 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/78 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/204 (20130101) H01M 6/40 (20130101) H01M 6/42 (20130101) H01M 10/425 (20130101) H01M 10/0436 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0583 (20130101) H01M 10/0585 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 1/148 (20130101) H05K 1/181 (20130101) H05K 1/0272 (20130101) H05K 1/0278 (20130101) H05K 1/0281 (20130101) H05K 1/0283 (20130101) H05K 2201/05 (20130101) H05K 2201/046 (20130101) H05K 2201/09036 (20130101) H05K 2201/10015 (20130101) H05K 2201/10037 (20130101) H05K 2201/10098 (20130101) H05K 2201/10113 (20130101) H05K 2201/10128 (20130101) H05K 2201/10151 (20130101) H05K 2201/10174 (20130101) H05K 2203/09 (20130101) H05K 2203/085 (20130101) H05K 2203/087 (20130101) H05K 2203/302 (20130101) H05K 2203/1184 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Chien-Hsun Chen (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ziqing Lin (West Lafayette, Indiana); Livia Schiavinato Eberlin (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to enclosed desorption electrospray ionization probes, systems, and methods. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a source of DESI-active spray, in which a distal portion of the source is enclosed within a transfer member such that the DESI-active spray is produced within the transfer member. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/400358 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1477 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 11/00 (20130101) A61M 25/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/4833 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0022 (20130101) H01J 49/34 (20130101) H01J 49/167 (20130101) H01J 49/0445 (20130101) |
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| US 09700492 | Bowman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher N. Bowman (Boulder, Colorado); Weixian Xi (Boulder, Colorado); Shunsuke Chatani (Yokohama, Japan); Tao Gong (Superior, Colorado); Devatha P. Nair (Denver, Colorado); Maciej Podgorski (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a composition comprising a vinyl sulfone monomer, a thiol monomer, and optionally an isocyanate monomer. The invention further includes a composition comprising a composition comprising the tetra(2-mercapto)silane (SiTSH) monomer and at least one selected from the group consisting of (a) a Michael acceptor, optionally an isocyanate monomer, and optionally at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of a base, nucleophile, photolabile base, photolabile nucleophile, and mixtures thereof; (b) an ene monomer, and optionally a polymerization photoinitiator. In certain embodiments, once the composition is polymerized, the polymerized system is suitable for use as a dental composite system. In other embodiments, the polymerized system is stable to acidic and basic conditions. In yet other embodiments, the polymerized system forms microparticles. The invention further includes a method of generating a dental polymeric material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/640809 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 6/0079 (20130101) A61K 6/087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/73 (20130101) C08G 18/677 (20130101) C08G 18/3876 (20130101) |
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| US 09700627 | Langer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Middleton, Wisconsin); David A. Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/811613 |
| 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 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/482 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/685 (20130101) C08G 73/02 (20130101) C08G 73/06 (20130101) C08G 73/0273 (20130101) C08G 73/0611 (20130101) C08G 73/0616 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) |
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| US 09700747 | Tsotsis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California); GC ENVIRONMENTAL (Anaheim, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore T. Tsotsis (Huntington Beach, California); Fokion Egolfopoulos (Los Angeles, California); Nitin Nair (Los Angeles, California); Richard Prosser (Anaheim, California); Jyh-Yih Ren (Anaheim, California); Alireza Divsalar (Los Angeles, California); Mirmohammadyousef Motamedhashemi (Los Angeles, California); Majid Monji (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for removal of gas phase contaminants may utilize catalytic oxidation. For example, a method may include passing a gas that includes a gas phase contaminant through a catalytic membrane reactor at a temperature of about 150° C. to about 300° C., wherein the catalytic membrane reactor includes a bundle of tubular inorganic membranes, wherein each of the tubular inorganic membranes comprise a macroporous tubular substrate with an oxidative catalyst and a microporous layer disposed on a bore side of the macroporous tubular substrate, and wherein at least about 50% of the gas flows through the tubular inorganic membranes in a Knudsen flow regime; and oxidizing at least some of the gas phase contaminant with the oxidative catalyst layer, thereby reducing a concentration of the gas phase contaminant in the gas. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/216089 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Separation B01D 53/75 (20130101) B01D 53/8687 (20130101) B01D 2255/1021 (20130101) B01D 2255/1023 (20130101) B01D 2255/1025 (20130101) B01D 2255/2073 (20130101) B01D 2255/2092 (20130101) B01D 2255/20715 (20130101) B01D 2255/20723 (20130101) B01D 2255/20761 (20130101) B01D 2255/20784 (20130101) B01D 2256/245 (20130101) B01D 2257/93 (20130101) B01D 2257/702 (20130101) B01D 2257/708 (20130101) B01D 2258/06 (20130101) B01D 2259/4583 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 3/101 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/346 (20130101) |
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| US 09701542 | Orlovskaya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nina Orlovskaya (Orlando, Florida); Zhilin Xie (Orlando, Florida); Richard G. Blair (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to hexagonal osmium boride, OsB2, and methods of producing the same. In one non-limiting embodiment, hexagonal OsB2 is produced by mechanochemical synthesis of osmium and boron in a high energy ball mill. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/175697 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 35/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/645 (20130101) C04B 35/6261 (20130101) C04B 35/58064 (20130101) C04B 2235/76 (20130101) C04B 2235/80 (20130101) C04B 2235/666 (20130101) C04B 2235/761 (20130101) C04B 2235/767 (20130101) C04B 2235/5436 (20130101) C04B 2235/5445 (20130101) C04B 2235/5454 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 1/10 (20130101) C30B 29/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09701557 | Groves 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) | John T. Groves (Princeton, New Jersey); Thomas P. Umile (Ardmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, kits, cartridges and compounds related to generating chlorine dioxide by exposing ClO2− to at least one of a manganese porphyrin catalyst or a manganese porphyrazine catalyst are described. Methods, kits, cartridges and compounds related to decomposed cyanide ions and hydrogen cyanide for water decontamination. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/510543 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/1815 (20130101) B01J 2231/70 (20130101) B01J 2531/025 (20130101) B01J 2531/72 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/725 (20130101) C02F 2101/18 (20130101) C02F 2305/023 (20130101) |
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| US 09701566 | Moawad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hassan M.M. Moawad (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Himanshu Jain (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hassan M.M. Moawad (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Himanshu Jain (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are novel nanoporous glass fibers, and methods of preparing and using such fibers. In some embodiments, articles are made from particular glass starting materials, such as soda-lime phosphosilicate glass fabricated by melt-quench methods. The articles include nanoporous fibers that can be used alone, or sewn, woven, bundled, and otherwise incorporated to form nanoporous articles, including bioactive articles. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/273577 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 37/022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 3/097 (20130101) C03C 4/0007 (20130101) C03C 13/006 (20130101) C03C 25/66 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2975 (20150115) |
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| US 09701621 | Flood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amar H. Flood (Bloomington, Indiana); Semin Lee (Bloomington, Indiana); Kevin McDonald (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure concerns synthesis and anion binding features of poly-cyanostilbene macrocycles of Formula (I): |
| FILED | Thursday, February 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/767570 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 255/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2103/90 (20130101) C07C 2103/92 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/57 (20130101) C07D 249/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/0818 (20130101) C07F 7/1852 (20130101) |
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| US 09701702 | Schrock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Royce Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Michael R. Reithofer (Vienna, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, among other things, novel compounds and methods for metathesis reactions. In some embodiments, a provided compound has the structure of formula I or II. In some embodiments, the present invention provides compounds and methods for Z-selective olefin metathesis. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/961346 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2265 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/64 (20130101) B01J 2531/66 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/22 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/325 (20130101) C07D 403/10 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 132/08 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/08 (20130101) C08G 2261/11 (20130101) C08G 2261/418 (20130101) C08G 2261/1426 (20130101) |
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| US 09701704 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Choon Woo Lee (La Canada, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Pablo E. Guzman (Proving Ground, Maryland); Tonia S. Ahmed (Pasadena, California); T. Patrick Montgomery (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to olefin metathesis catalyst compounds, to the preparation of such compounds, and the use of such catalysts in the metathesis of olefins and olefin compounds, more particularly, in the use of such catalysts in (E)-selective olefin metathesis reactions. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, and industrial and fine chemicals chemistry. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/074545 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/28 (20130101) B01J 31/122 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/09 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 67/30 (20130101) C07C 67/475 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 313/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2500/25 (20130101) |
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| US 09702870 | Johnson 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) | Lewis E. Johnson (Seattle, Washington); Rose Ann Cattolico (Seattle, Washington); Bruce H. Robinson (Seattle, Washington); Luke N. Latimer (Berkeley, California); Zachary H. Watanabe-Gastel (Seattle, Washington); William Robert Hardin (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Dielectric or semiconducting films including fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are also provided. Coumarin-based surfactants conjugated to the fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/203607 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 213/89 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 57/00 (20130101) C09B 57/02 (20130101) C09B 57/008 (20130101) C09B 69/06 (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 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 2523/101 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/30 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/302 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) H01L 51/005 (20130101) H01L 51/0052 (20130101) H01L 51/0067 (20130101) H01L 51/0073 (20130101) H01L 51/0093 (20130101) |
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| US 09703045 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew John Evans (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Alexander Libson (Watertown, Massachusetts); Aaron Buikema (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Nicolas Brown (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew John Evans (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Alexander Libson (Watertown, Massachusetts); Aaron Buikema (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Nicolas Brown (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods to stabilize a laser frequency include a birefringent resonator that introduces an arbitrary phase difference between two polarization components of the laser beam, a polarizing beam splitter to separate the two polarization components after the birefringent resonator, and a differential detector to monitor the separated two polarizations, based on which an error signal can be produced to control a servo to adjust the laser frequency or resonator resonance frequency accordingly. The birefringent resonator can comprise a fiber ring, a whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonator, or any other birefringent ring resonator. A servo can be included in the systems and methods to lock the laser frequency to the resonant frequency of the birefringent resonator or to lock the resonator resonant frequency to the laser frequency. One or more polarization controllers can also be employed to adjust the polarization state of the laser beam. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/919010 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/4257 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/2706 (20130101) G02B 6/29302 (20130101) G02B 6/29341 (20130101) G02B 6/29395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/005 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) |
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| US 09704102 | Baraniuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Andrew S. Lan (Houston, Texas); Christoph E. Studer (Houston, Texas); Andrew E. Waters (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism for discerning user preferences for categories of provided content. A computer receives response data including a set of preference values that have been assigned to content items by content users. Output data is computed based on the response data using a latent factor model. The output data includes at least: an association matrix that defines K concepts associated with the content items, wherein K is smaller than the number of the content items, wherein, for each of the K concepts, the association matrix defines the concept by specifying strengths of association between the concept and the content items; and a concept-preference matrix including, for each content user and each of the K concepts, an extent to which the content user prefers the concept. The computer may display a visual representation of the association strengths in the association matrix and/or the extents in the concept-preference matrix. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/214841 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09704106 | Welinder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Welinder (San Diego, California); Pietro Perona (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for the annotation of source data using confidence labels in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for determining confidence labels for crowdsourced annotations includes obtaining a set of source data, obtaining a set of training data representative of the set of source data, determining the ground truth for each piece of training data, obtaining a set of training data annotations including a confidence label, measuring annotator accuracy data for at least one piece of training data, and automatically generating a set of confidence labels for the set of unlabeled data based on the measured annotator accuracy data and the set of annotator labels used. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/166609 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/241 (20130101) G06F 17/30303 (20130101) G06F 17/30525 (20130101) G06F 17/30598 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/048 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09704700 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zane Baird (West Lafayette, Indiana); Pu Wei (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to sample analysis systems and methods of use thereof. In certain aspects, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes an ion generator configured to generate ions from a sample. The system additionally includes an ion separator configured to separate at or above atmospheric pressure the ions received from the ion generator without use of laminar flowing gas, and a detector that receives and detects the separated ions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/317801 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/061 (20130101) H01J 49/142 (20130101) |
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| US 09705081 | Scheibner |
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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) | Michael Scheibner (Merced, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Generally discussed herein are techniques for and systems and apparatuses configured to control phonons using an electric field. In one or more embodiments, an apparatus can include electrical contacts, two quantum dots embedded in a semiconductor such that when an electrical bias is applied to the electrical contacts, the electric field produced by the electrical bias is substantially parallel to an axis through the two quantum dots, and a phononic wave guide coupled to the semiconductor, the phononic wave guide configured to transport phonons therethrough. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/115175 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/127 (20130101) H01L 29/475 (20130101) H01L 29/872 (20130101) H01L 29/66143 (20130101) H01L 33/0033 (20130101) H01L 49/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09705467 | Morgan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Associated Universities, Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Assoicated Universties, Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Alexander Morgan (Earlysville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Reflectionless low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, band-stop, all-pass, and all-stop filters, as well as a method for designing such filters is disclosed, along with a method of enhancing the performance of such filters through the use of sub-networks to further modify and improve the frequency response. These filters preferably function by absorbing the stop-band portion of the spectrum rather than reflecting it back to the source, which has significant advantages in many different applications. The sub-networks preferably offer additional degrees of freedom by which the leakage through the parent filter may be cancelled or reinforced to alter cutoff sharpness, stop-rejection, or other measures of performance. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/724976 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 7/06 (20130101) H03H 7/09 (20130101) H03H 7/12 (20130101) H03H 7/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 7/48 (20130101) H03H 7/0138 (20130101) H03H 7/1708 (20130101) H03H 7/1725 (20130101) |
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| US 09705785 | Gember-Jacobson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Robert Gember-Jacobson (Madison, Wisconsin); Srinivasa Aditya Akella (Middleton, Wisconsin); Chaithan M. Prakash (Madison, Wisconsin); Raajay Viswanathan (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An enterprise computer system efficiently adjusts the number of middleboxes associated with the the enterprise, for example, with changes in demand, by transferring not only flows of instructions but also middlebox states associated with those flows. Loss-less transfer preventing the loss of packets and its state, and order-preserving transfer preserving packet ordering may be provided by a two-step transfer process in which packets are buffered during the transfer and are marked to be processed by a receiving middlebox before processing by that middlebox of ongoing packets for the given flow. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/577418 |
| ART UNIT | 2464 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45533 (20130101) G06F 9/45558 (20130101) G06F 2009/4557 (20130101) G06F 2009/45562 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 49/9063 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09700611 | Lawrence et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark L. Lawrence (Starkville, Mississippi); Attila Karsi (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Live attenuated bacteria vaccines against enteric septicemia of fish, especially catfish, and methods related to the same. Mutant strains of the bacteria Edwardsiella ictaluri (a pathogenic bacterial strain of Enterobacteriaceae) are provided. The mutant Edwardsiella ictaluri bacteria (or other pathogenic bacterial strain of Enterobacteriaceae) contain one or more gene deletions or disruptions that result in less virulent bacterial strains as live attenuated vaccine compositions against virulent wild-type Edwardsiella ictaluri bacteria (or other pathogenic bacterial strain of Enterobacteriaceae). The mutant strains showing the best immunological protection and safety as a vaccine are the triple mutants ESC-NDKL1 (ΔgcvPΔsdhCΔfrdA) strain and ESC-NDKL2 (ΔgcvPΔsdhCΔmdh) strain, with the ESC-NDKL1 strain providing the greatest safety and efficacy of these two triple mutants. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/171367 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/552 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 1/36 (20130101) C12N 9/001 (20130101) C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 9/0014 (20130101) C12N 9/0051 (20130101) C12N 9/1014 (20130101) C12N 15/102 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/025 (20130101) C12Q 1/66 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/01037 (20130101) C12Y 103/00 (20130101) C12Y 103/05001 (20130101) C12Y 104/04002 (20130101) C12Y 108/01004 (20130101) C12Y 201/0201 (20130101) |
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| US PP28193 | Robacker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); The United States of Amercia, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carol D. Robacker (Peachtree City, Georgia); Melanie L. Harrison (Griffin, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The new variety Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Good Vibrations’ is tough, adaptable, and drought tolerant with foliage that is purple and green from May to September; and with an upright to softly arching growth habit. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/998814 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/384 |
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| US PP28194 | Robacker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carol D. Robacker (Peachtree City, Georgia); Melanie L. Harrison (Griffin, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The new variety Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Cinnamon Girl’ is tough, adaptable, and drought tolerant; with foliage that is red, purple and green from May to September; with a narrow upright and rounded growth habit; and with foliage that tends to cascade. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/998813 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/384 |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09700742 | Canney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Communication (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Canney (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin); Michael R. Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Lawrence A. Crum (Bellevue, Washington); Vera A. Khokhlova (Seattle, Washington); Tatiana D. Khokhlova (Seattle, Washington); Wayne Kreider (Seattle, Washington); Joo Ha Hwang (Bellevue, Washington); Oleg A. Sapozhnikov (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for non-invasive treatment of tissue using high intensity focused ultrasound (“HIFU”) therapy. A method of non-invasively treating tissue in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology, for example, can include positioning a focal plane of an ultrasound source at a target site in tissue. The ultrasound source can be configured to emit HIFU waves. The method can further include pulsing ultrasound energy from the ultrasound source toward the target site, and generating shock waves in the tissue to induce boiling of the tissue at the target site within milliseconds. The boiling of the tissue at least substantially emulsifies the tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/516442 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 2017/00084 (20130101) A61B 2018/00005 (20130101) A61B 2090/374 (20160201) A61B 2090/378 (20160201) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09705320 | Petrick |
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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) | David J. Petrick (Severna Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A low power voltage control circuit for use in space missions includes a switching device coupled between an input voltage and an output voltage. The switching device includes a control input coupled to an enable signal, wherein the control input is configured to selectively turn the output voltage on or off based at least in part on the enable signal. A current monitoring circuit is coupled to the output voltage and configured to produce a trip signal, wherein the trip signal is active when a load current flowing through the switching device is determined to exceed a predetermined threshold and is inactive otherwise. The power voltage control circuit is constructed of space qualified components. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/041510 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements H02H 3/087 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09704032 | Reidel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon Franklin Reidel (Rockville, Maryland); Anthony Everett Sileo (Linden, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments include systems and methods of detecting a blocked aperture in an image device. In certain embodiments, the system and method is used in mail processing of letters and flats. In certain embodiments, the image sensor captures an image of the front of an item. If the aperture of the image sensor is obstructed, a void will appear on the image of the item. The system can detect the void and increment an alarm count until a pre-defined threshold is reached wherein the system signals an alarm so that the blockage can be removed and the affected items can be re-introduced for correct processing. In another embodiment, images obtained when the aperture is expected to be clear of any items. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/949011 |
| ART UNIT | 2483 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/03 (20130101) G06K 9/00536 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 1/00002 (20130101) H04N 1/00013 (20130101) H04N 1/00031 (20130101) H04N 1/00034 (20130101) H04N 1/00063 (20130101) H04N 1/00068 (20130101) H04N 1/00082 (20130101) H04N 1/00915 (20130101) |
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| US 09704301 | Barrett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel J. Barrett (Washington, District of Columbia); Daniel Y. Chen (Springfield, Virginia); Robert W. Lee (Port Republic, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Barrett (Washington, District of Columbia); Daniel Y. Chen (Springfield, Virginia); Robert W. Lee (Port Republic, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A container having postage printed on the container and having integrated authenticating security features is provided. The container can further include a recipient address field and a sender address field. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/207473 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| 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 27/00 (20130101) B65D 2101/00 (20130101) Ticket-issuing Apparatus; Fare-registering Apparatus; Franking Apparatus G07B 17/00508 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G07B 2017/0058 (20130101) G07B 2017/00637 (20130101) |
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Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 09702006 | McCord et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce McCord (Miami, Florida); Joana Antunes (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce McCord (Miami, Florida); Joana Antunes (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to biomarkers for detecting vaginal epithelial cells in a sample, particularly, a forensic sample. In one embodiment, the level of methylation at the PFN3A locus in the genetic material isolated from the sample is used to detect and/or quantify vaginal epithelial cells in a sample. In another embodiment, the level of methylation at the PFN3A locus in the genetic material isolated from a sample is determined by pyrosequencing technique using specific primers described herein. A further embodiment of the invention provides a method of determining the level of methylation at the PFN3A locus in the genetic material isolated from a cell suspected of being a vaginal epithelial cell and that is isolated from a sample. Kits containing primers and reagents for carrying out the methods disclosed herein are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/392824 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09701740 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Hansen (Branford, Connecticut); Peter M. Glazer (Guilford, Connecticut); Richard H. Weisbart (Los Angeles, California); Robert N. Nishimura (Santa Monica, California); Grace Chan (Monterey Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); The United States of America represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Hansen (Branford, Connecticut); Peter M. Glazer (Guilford, Connecticut); Richard H. Weisbart (Los Angeles, California); Robert N. Nishimura (Santa Monica, California); Grace Chan (Monterey Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies that penetrate cell nuclei and inhibit DNA repair or interfere with DNA metabolism are provided for treatment of cancer (both directly and by sensitizing cancer cells to DNA-damaging treatments) or inhibiting or preventing viral infection, proliferation or metabolism. The method involves treating cells with a composition containing cell-penetrating anti-DNA antibodies or derivatives thereof, alone or in combination with treatment that induces DNA damage such as DNA-damaging chemotherapy or radiation. The impact of the cell-penetrating anti-DNA antibodies or derivatives thereof is potentiated in cancer cells that are deficient in DNA repair, and the cell-penetrating anti-DNA antibodies or derivatives thereof are synthetically lethal to cancer cells with DNA repair deficiencies. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009327 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/475 (20130101) A61K 31/475 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (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) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 09700455 | Grahn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Grahn (Palo Alto, California); H. Craig Heller (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for preventing a change in the core body temperature of a mammal under cold conditions are provided. In the subject methods, a requirement for thermal energy input in said mammal is first detected. In response to the detection of this requirement for thermal energy input, a surface of a portion of the mammal is contacted with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions for a period of time sufficient to introduce thermal energy into the core body of the mammal. The subject devices include at least a means for detecting a requirement for thermal energy input and a means for contacting a surface of the mammal with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of applications, and are particularly suited for use in maintaining the core body temperature of a mammal substantially constant under cold conditions for an extended period of time. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645706 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — 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 7/02 (20130101) A61F 7/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2007/0029 (20130101) A61F 2007/0036 (20130101) A61F 2007/0039 (20130101) A61F 2007/0055 (20130101) A61F 2007/0086 (20130101) A61F 2007/0239 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 09703128 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BrPhotonics Produtos Optoeletronicos LTDA (Campinas, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BRPHOTONICS PRODUTOS OPTOELETRONICOS LTDA (Campinas, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baoquan Chen (Kenmore, Washington); Hui Chen (Redmond, Washington); Raluca Dinu (Santa Clara, California); Diyun Huang (Fremont, California); Bing Li (Bothell, Washington); Eric Miller (Seattle, Washington); Danliang Jin (The Woodlands, Texas); Christopher A. Wiklof (Everett, Washington); Guomin Yu (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit is configured for optical communication via an optical polymer stack located on top of the integrated circuit. The optical polymer stack may include one or more electro-optic polymer devices including an electro-optic polymer. The electro-optic polymer may include a host polymer and a second order nonlinear chromomophore, the host polymer and the chromophore both including aryl groups configured to interact with one another to provide enhanced thermal and/or temporal stability. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/551454 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/005 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1221 (20130101) G02B 6/12004 (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 1/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/225 (20130101) G02F 1/3615 (20130101) G02F 2001/212 (20130101) G02F 2201/12 (20130101) G02F 2201/48 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 09705063 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josephine B. Chang (Bedford Hills, New York); Douglas T. McClure, III (Rye, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique relates to protecting a tunnel junction. A first electrode paddle and a second electrode paddle are on a substrate. The first and second electrode paddles oppose one another. A sacrificial shorting strap is formed on the substrate. The sacrificial shorting strap connects the first electrode paddle and the second electrode paddle; The tunnel junction is formed connecting the first electrode paddle and the second electrode paddle, after forming the sacrificial shorting strap. The substrate is mounted on a portion of a quantum cavity. The portion of the quantum cavity is placed in a vacuum chamber. The sacrificial shorting strap is etched away in the vacuum chamber while the substrate is mounted to the portion of the quantum cavity, such that the sacrificial shorting strap no longer connects the first and second electrode paddles. The tunnel junction has been protected from electrostatic discharge by the sacrificial shorting strap. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/749157 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/025 (20130101) H01L 39/223 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 39/2493 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09705283 | Deppe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); sdPhotonics, LLC (Oviedo, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis G. Deppe (Oviedo, Florida); Guowei Zhao (Apopka, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor vertical resonant cavity light source includes an upper mirror and a lower mirror that define a vertical resonant cavity. A first active region is within the vertical resonant cavity for light generation between the upper mirror and lower mirror. The vertical resonant cavity includes an inner mode confinement region and an outer current blocking region. A depleted heterojunction current blocking region (DHCBR) is within the outer current blocking region of at least one of the upper mirror, lower mirror, and first active region. A conducting channel within the inner mode confinement region is framed by the DHCBR. The DHCBR forces current flow into the conducting channel during operation of the light source. A cavity length within the inner mode confinement region equals or exceeds the cavity length formed in the DHCBR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/717692 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/042 (20130101) H01S 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/423 (20130101) H01S 5/18361 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/503 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09700712 | Towe |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce C Towe (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments include a dipolar antenna system to electrically power an implantable miniature device and/or to stimulate bioelectrically excitable tissue, such as, for example, through microelectronic neurostimulation. Other related systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735716 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/3605 (20130101) A61N 1/3787 (20130101) A61N 1/37205 (20130101) A61N 1/37223 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 11/00 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49018 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09700560 | Chu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung K. Chu (Stratham, Georgia); Jianing Wang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to 2′-Fluoro-6′-methylene carbocyclic nucleosides, pharmaceutical compositions containing these nucleosides and their use in the treatment or prophylaxis of a number of viral infections and secondary disease states and conditions thereof, especially including Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and secondary disease states and conditions thereof (cirrhosis and liver cancer), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Herpes Simplex virus I and II (HSV-1 and HSV-2), cytomegalovirus (CMV), Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) and Epstein Barr virus (EBV) and secondary cancers which occur thereof (lymphoma, nasopharyngeal cancer, including drug resistant (especially including lamivudine and/or adefovir resistant) and other mutant forms of these viruses, especially HBV. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/079412 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09704407 | Passinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bretislav Passinger (Prerov, Czech Republic); Petr Hornych (Nove Mesto nad Metuji, Czech Republic); Dominik Vahala (Hustopece, Czech Republic); Ivan Lacko (Cana, Czech Republic) |
| ABSTRACT | An aircraft system includes a processing unit configured to receive navigation data and notice to airmen (NOTAM) information and to generate display signals based on the navigation data and the NOTAM information. The system further includes a display device coupled to the processing unit and configured to render an image according to the display signals with a first area depicting a navigation display based on the navigation data and a second area depicting a list of NOTAM text messages. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/601641 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 43/00 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 23/00 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/0047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, July 11, 2017.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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FUNDED BY
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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)
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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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)
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