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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 08, 2017
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| US 09723817 | Lockery |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn Lockery (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for measuring an electropharyngeogram (EPG) in living organisms. In some embodiments, the devices and systems disclosed herein include an array for sorting and immobilizing an organism (such as a nematode) for measurement of an EPG and/or optical imaging. Also disclosed are methods for identifying therapeutic or toxic compounds utilizing the disclosed devices and systems. In some embodiments, the methods include screening for compounds with anthelmintic activity, toxicity (for example HERG channel blockers), or candidate drugs for treatment of a variety of human and/or animal diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/673611 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 29/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 67/033 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/02 (20130101) G01N 33/5085 (20130101) G01N 2333/43534 (20130101) |
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| US 09723989 | Nolte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Nolte (Lafayette, Indiana); John J. Turek (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ran An (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for ex vivo evaluation of tissue response, a target biological sample is placed in a chamber of a sample holder. Biodynamic imaging (BDI) is performed on the sample to extract BDI data of the entire sample, optical coherence imaging (OCI) data is generated from the BDI data; and then motility contrast imaging (MCI) data is generated from the OCI data. The MCI data is used to select an area of the ex vivo sample having the highest normalized standard deviation (NSD) value, indicative of a region of desirable responsiveness to a stimuli. The sample is subjected to a perturbation or external condition and an MCI analysis is performed on the selected area to determine the tissue response to the perturbation or external condition. In one aspect, the selected area or region of interest is obtained using a gradient descent method. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/000773 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02087 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/14 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) |
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| US 09724009 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United State of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of locating a source of a heart rhythm disorder are provided in which a first pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a first coefficient associated with variability of the first pair of signals at a first region of the heart. A second pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a second coefficient associated with variability of the second pair of signals at a second region of the heart. Thereafter, the first coefficient of variability is compared to the second coefficient of variability to determine a direction towards the source of the rhythm disorder. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/507790 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/002 (20130101) A61B 5/042 (20130101) A61B 5/044 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/0468 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/743 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/04525 (20130101) A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 5/7246 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) A61B 5/7425 (20130101) A61B 8/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09724035 | Chen |
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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) | Lu Chen (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention include methods for visualizing lymphatic tissue in an ocular region, e.g., the cornea, of a living subject, such as a mouse or human. In certain embodiments, the methods include contacting the region with a fluorescently-labeled lymphatic tissue-specific dye, e.g., FITC or rhodamine labeled dextran, and detecting the labeled dye to visualize lymphatic tissue in the region, where the visualization may vary, from an image obtained at a single time to a video over a period of time. The invention finds use in a variety of different applications, including research and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/069116 |
| 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 5/414 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/418 (20130101) A61B 2503/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09724155 | Nuccitelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Burlingame, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Burlingame, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Lee Nuccitelli (Millbrae, California); Jon Casey Berridge (Oakland, California); Zachary Mallon (San Francisco, California); Mark Kreis (San Francisco, California); Brian Athos (San Francisco, California); Pamela Nuccitelli (Millbrae, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for treating a tumor and vaccinating against cancer are described. The techniques include treating the tumor by positioning electrodes over an interface between the tumor and non-tumor tissue and applying sub-microsecond pulsed electric fields. The positioning is facilitated by an imaginary contour line of a threshold value of the electric field. In an example, the imaginary contour line is overlaid over images that include the tumor such that the electrodes are properly positioned over the tumor. The techniques also include vaccinating against cancer by passing sub-microsecond pulsed electric fields through tumor cells of a subject sufficient to cause the tumor cells to express calreticulin on surface membranes. The tumor cells are extracted and introduced with the expressed calreticulin into the subject or another subject, thereby providing a vaccination. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/954630 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/04 (20130101) A61B 6/03 (20130101) A61B 6/12 (20130101) A61B 18/1477 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 34/20 (20160201) A61B 90/37 (20160201) A61B 2018/00273 (20130101) A61B 2018/00529 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00613 (20130101) A61B 2018/00642 (20130101) A61B 2018/00892 (20130101) A61B 2018/00904 (20130101) A61B 2018/00982 (20130101) A61B 2034/101 (20160201) A61B 2034/107 (20160201) 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 2037/0007 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/40 (20130101) A61N 1/326 (20130101) |
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| US 09724205 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chia-Ying Lin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Scott J. Hollister (Saline, Michigan); Frank La Marca (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chia-Ying Lin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Scott J. Hollister (Saline, Michigan); Frank La Marca (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A biodegradable implant for use in intertransverse process spinal fusion having an absorbable matrix having a bone generating material disposed therein. A molded biodegradable case being made of bioabsorbable polymer can at least partially surround the absorbable matrix to carry a substantial portion of compression force relative to said absorbable matrix. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800086 |
| ART UNIT | 3733 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/28 (20130101) A61F 2/4455 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/448 (20130101) A61F 2002/449 (20130101) A61F 2002/2817 (20130101) A61F 2002/30062 (20130101) A61F 2002/30599 (20130101) A61F 2002/30622 (20130101) A61F 2210/0004 (20130101) A61F 2250/0063 (20130101) A61F 2310/00365 (20130101) |
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| US 09724328 | Ioannou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NEUROTROPE BIOSCIENCE (Newark, New Jersey); THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York); Neurotrope Bioscience (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiannis A. Ioannou (New York, New York); Lawrence Altstiel (Stonington, Connecticut); David R. Crockford (Newburyport, Massachusetts); Sathapana Kongsamut (Madison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Treating subjects having a lipid storage disorder with a composition comprising a PKC activator, such as bryostatins, bryologs, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/686711 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/215 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09724365 | Giannoukakis 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) | Nick Giannoukakis (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania); Massimo M. Trucco (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to tolerogenic mammalian dendritic cells (iDCs) and methods for the production of tolerogenic DCs. In addition, the present invention provides methods for administration of tolerogenic dendritic cells as well as particles containing oligonucleotides to mammalian subjects. Enhanced tolerogenicity in a host can be useful for treating inflammatory and autoimmune related diseases, such as type 1 diabetes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/546755 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 35/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/064 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2501/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09724370 | Tseng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TissueTech, Inc. (Doral, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TISSUETECH, INC. (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scheffer Tseng (Pinecrest, Florida); Hua He (Miami, Florida); Wei Li (Shenzhen, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions having a combination of specific biological components have been found to exert a number of useful effects in mammalian cells, including modulating TGF β signaling, apoptosis, and proliferation of mammalian cells, as well as decreasing inflammation in mice. These components can be obtained commercially, or can be prepared from biological tissues such as placental tissues. Placental amniotic membrane (AM) preparations described herein include AM pieces, AM extracts, AM jelly, AM stroma, and mixtures of these compositions with additional components. The compositions can be used to treat various diseases, such as wound healing, inflammation and angiogenesis-related diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/848148 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/738 (20130101) A61K 35/48 (20130101) A61K 35/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/4886 (20130101) A61K 38/4886 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/40 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 2300/64 (20130101) A61L 2300/412 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/4702 (20130101) C07K 14/4718 (20130101) C07K 14/8114 (20130101) |
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| US 09724383 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York Blood Center, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York Blood Center, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shibo Jiang (New York, New York); Zhi Qi (Corona, New York); Xi Chen (Elmhurst, New York); Chungen Pan (Guangdong Province, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are trimeric polypeptide pharmaceutical compositions comprising three monomers, each monomer comprising a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal heptad repeat (NHR or HR1) or C-terminal heptad repeat (CHR or HR2) of the transmembrane glycoprotein of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a trimerization motif. |
| FILED | Friday, July 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/796725 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/162 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/735 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16022 (20130101) C12N 2740/16033 (20130101) C12N 2740/16111 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) |
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| US 09724384 | Kachlany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Benjamin Belinka (Kendall Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Actinobac Biomed, Inc. (Kendall Park, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Kachlany (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Benjamin Belinka (Kendall Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising leukotoxin for the treatment of lung inflammation. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/745297 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/008 (20130101) A61K 9/0075 (20130101) A61K 9/0078 (20130101) A61K 38/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/02 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) |
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| US 09724386 | Vasavada 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) | Rupangi Vasavada (New York, New York); Nagesha Guthalu Kondegowda (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | It is disclosed herein that osteoprotegerin increases human beta cell proliferation and survival. Methods are provided for increasing beta cell proliferation, but contacting a beta cell with an effective amount of osteoprotegerin, a functional fragment, variant or fusion protein thereof. Methods are also provided for treating a human subject with diabetes, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of osteoprotegerin, functional variant or fusion protein thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/055398 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/28 (20130101) A61K 38/28 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/1793 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/7151 (20130101) |
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| US 09724387 | Bankiewicz |
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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) | Krystof S. Bankiewicz (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system that is directed to the local delivery of growth factors to the mammalian CNS to treat CNS disorders associated with neuronal death and/or dysfunction is described. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/707868 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0085 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/185 (20130101) A61K 48/0083 (20130101) A61K 49/0466 (20130101) A61K 49/1812 (20130101) A61K 51/1234 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 09724392 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aiping Zhao (Ellicott City, Maryland); Terez Shea-Donohue (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aiping Zhao (Ellicott City, Maryland); Terez Shea-Donohue (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for reducing the weight of a subject, preventing weight gain in a subject, lowering blood glucose, or treating hepatic steatosis, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising interleukin-25 or IL-25-activated macrophages. In addition, the present invention provides a method of treating cachexia or promoting weight gain in a mammal in need of such treatment, comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor or antagonist of interleukin-25 in a mammal in the treatment of cachexia. |
| FILED | Friday, July 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/941214 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09724393 | Conejo-Garcia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose R. Conejo-Garcia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Allegrezza (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating a mammalian subject with cancer comprises administering to said subject having a cancer, e.g., a metastatic or refractory cancer or tumor, a small molecule inhibitor of a target signaling molecule of the MEK/MAPK pathway that impairs T cell activation, and administering to said subject a molecule that induces T cell proliferation in the presence of said inhibitor. The combination of a small molecule inhibitor of a target of the MEK/MAPK pathway and the T cell proliferation inducer reduces the proliferation of the cancer and tumor cells in vivo. Compositions and kits including these components are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/285854 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/145 (20130101) A61K 31/397 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4458 (20130101) A61K 38/1793 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 38/2046 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/5418 (20130101) C07K 14/5443 (20130101) C07K 14/7155 (20130101) |
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| US 09724396 | Goosens |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ki Ann Goosens (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for treating stress sensitive condition. For instance a subject having or at risk of having a stress-sensitive condition may be treated with a growth hormone (GH) antagonist in an effective amount to treat the stress sensitive condition. The GH antagonist may be, for instance, a growth hormone receptor (GHR) antagonist. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211441 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/27 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1136 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09724400 | Daniell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry Daniell (Winter Park, Florida); Roland Herzog (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Daniell (Winter Park, Florida); Roland Herzog (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein replacement therapy for patients with hemophilia or other inherited protein deficiencies is often complicated by pathogenic antibody responses, including antibodies that neutralize the therapeutic protein or that predispose to potentially life-threatening anaphylactic reactions by formation of IgE. Using murine hemophilia B as a model, we have developed a prophylactic protocol against such responses that is non-invasive and does not include immune suppression or genetic manipulation of the patient's cells. Oral delivery of coagulation factor IX (F. IX) expressed in chloroplasts, bioencapsulated in plant cells, effectively blocked formation of inhibitory antibodies in protein replacement therapy. Inhibitor titers were mostly undetectable and up to 100-fold lower in treated mice when compared to controls. Moreover, this treatment eliminated fatal anaphylactic reactions that occurred after 4 to 6 exposures to intravenous F. IX protein. While only 20-25% of control animals survived after 6-8 F. IX doses, 90-95% of tolerized mice survived 12 injections without signs of allergy or anaphylaxis. This high-responder strain of hemophilia B mice represents the first hemophilic animal model to study anaphylactic reactions. The plant material was effective over a range of oral antigen doses (equivalent to 5-80 μg recombinant F.IX/kg), and controlled inhibitor formation and anaphylaxis long-term, up to 7 months. Oral antigen administration caused a deviant immune response that suppressed formation of IgE and inhibitory antibodies. This cost-effective and efficient approach to oral delivery of protein antigens to the gut should be applicable to several genetic diseases that are prone to pathogenic antibody responses during treatment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/508754 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/4846 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 2319/55 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/644 (20130101) C12N 15/8214 (20130101) C12N 15/8257 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 304/21022 (20130101) |
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| US 09724406 | Ertl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hildegund C. J. Ertl (Villanova, Pennsylvania); Marcio O. Lasaro (Maple Shade, New Jersey); Luis C. S. Ferreira (São Paulo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric protein constructs including a herpesvirus glycoprotein D (gD) and a heterologous polypeptide that interact with herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) and enhance and enhance an immune response against the heterologous polypeptide and methods for their use are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/628784 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/10043 (20130101) C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) |
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| US 09724412 | Wasse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haimanot Wasse (Atlanta, Georgia); Ahsan Husain (Atlanta, Georgia); Nawazish Ali Naqvi (Liburn, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haimanot Wasse (Atlanta, Georgia); Ahsan Husain (Atlanta, Georgia); Nawazish Ali Naqvi (Liburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to chymase, antibodies to chymase, and diagnostic and therapeutic methods relates thereto. It has been discovered that above certain circulating levels of chymase, a patient has a high likelihood of arteriovenous fistula nonmaturation. Compositions and methods of detecting and measuring chymase levels are disclosure herein. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of determining the effectiveness of creating an arteriovenous fistula in a subject diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/127206 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/6483 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 2333/96433 (20130101) G01N 2333/96483 (20130101) G01N 2800/347 (20130101) |
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| US 09724417 | 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); Nadezda Fomina (San Diego, California); Jagadis Sankaranarayanan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions are provided in which dendrimers and/or nanoparticles are synthesized with multi-photon responsive elements and self-immolative oligomers. The compositions may be utilized to selectively deliver Payloads within tissue by irradiating the compositions. The compositions may also be used to amplify sensitivity to irradiation. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/455613 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/0009 (20130101) A61K 9/5138 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 38/43 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/245 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 41/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 41/0042 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/622 (20130101) A61K 2039/5252 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/06 (20130101) C08G 63/18 (20130101) C08G 63/912 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) |
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| US 09724432 | Goldman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A. Goldman (Webster, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Goldman (Webster, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to a non-human mammal model of a human neurodegenerative disorder, methods of producing the non-human mammal model, and methods of using the non-human mammal model to identify agents suitable for treating a neurodegenerative disorder. The present application also relates to methods of treating neurodegenerative disorders and restoring normal brain interstitial potassium levels. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/701245 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0271 (20130101) A01K 2207/12 (20130101) A01K 2267/0318 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/30 (20130101) A61K 35/545 (20130101) A61K 49/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/06 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/50 (20130101) G01N 33/5085 (20130101) G01N 2800/28 (20130101) G01N 2800/2814 (20130101) G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) G01N 2800/2835 (20130101) |
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| US 09724435 | McCurdy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (University, Mississippi); THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. McCurdy (Oxford, Mississippi); Christophe Mesangeau (Hellemmes, France); Frederick T. Chin (Sunnyvale, California); Michelle L. James (Menlo Park, California); Bin Shen (Mountain View, California); Sanjiv Gambhir (Portola Valley, California); Sandip Biswal (Stanford, California); Deepak Behera (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for localizing and quantifying S1R role in nociceptive processing; for providing a guide to providing an analgesic therapy; of using an S1R selective ligand as a biomarker for pathphysiological study of memory deficits and cognitive disorders; or of detecting increased S1R density at the site of nerve injury arising from neuropathic pain comprising using as a probe at least one SR1 selective compound or radioligand of the general formula III′, or IV′: |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/196483 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 51/0453 (20130101) A61K 51/0455 (20130101) A61K 51/0459 (20130101) A61K 51/0468 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/10 (20130101) C07D 209/48 (20130101) C07D 235/26 (20130101) C07D 263/58 (20130101) C07D 265/36 (20130101) C07D 277/68 (20130101) C07D 277/70 (20130101) C07D 277/74 (20130101) C07D 279/16 (20130101) C07D 295/13 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) C07D 417/06 (20130101) C07D 491/20 (20130101) C07D 491/107 (20130101) |
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| US 09724447 | Karp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Karp (Brookline, Massachusetts); Pedro del Nido (Lexington, Massachusetts); Nora Lang (Bernhardstrasse, Germany); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Maria Jose M. N. Pereira (Lisbon, Portugal); Yuhan Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Pre-polymers for use as tissue sealants and adhesives, and methods of making and using thereof are provided. The pre-polymers have flow characteristics such that they can be applied through a syringe or catheter but are sufficiently viscous to remain in place at the site of application and not run off the tissue. The pre-polymers are also sufficiently hydrophobic to resist washout by bodily fluids. The pre-polymers are stable in bodily fluids; that is the pre-polymer does not spontaneously crosslink in bodily fluids absent the presence of an intentionally applied stimulus to initiate crosslinking. Upon crosslinking, the adhesive exhibits significant adhesive strength in the presence of blood and other bodily fluids. The adhesive is sufficiently elastic that it is able to resist movement of the underlying tissue. The adhesive can provide a hemostatic seal. The adhesive is biodegradable and biocompatible, causing minimal inflammatory response. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/286743 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/26 (20130101) A61L 15/26 (20130101) A61L 15/42 (20130101) A61L 15/58 (20130101) A61L 24/001 (20130101) A61L 24/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 24/046 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2222/1073 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/47 (20130101) C08G 63/914 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09724489 | Barbour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Barbour (Glen Head, New York); Rabah M. Al Abdi (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical data is obtained from a pair of breasts, employing a simultaneous bilateral referencing protocol, and is subsequently analyzed employing a self-referencing data analysis method. Optical measurements can be performed on both breasts simultaneously under various protocols, including resting-state measures and evoked responses. Sensing hardware and data collection protocols are economical and can be implemented without patient discomfort. The natural variance inherently associated with optical measures of the breast is reduced by: imposition of substantially symmetric boundary conditions; collection of simultaneous bilateral dynamic measures; referencing measurement data of one breast to measurement data from another. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397305 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0073 (20130101) A61B 5/14552 (20130101) A61B 10/0041 (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 16/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2205/3303 (20130101) A61M 2205/3379 (20130101) A61M 2230/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09724503 | Khizroev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida); Ping Liang (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida); Ping Liang (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sakhrat Khizroev (Coral Gables, Florida); Rakesh Guduru (Miami, Florida); Ping Liang (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of delivering drugs to a subject in a controlled release fashion by administering a magneto-electric nanoparticle having ionic bonds to a drug then applying a magnetic field to weaken the ionic bonds and release the drug. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/703521 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0009 (20130101) A61K 9/1611 (20130101) A61K 9/5015 (20130101) A61K 9/5094 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 47/48646 (20130101) A61K 47/48938 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (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) Original (OR) Class A61M 2037/0007 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 2/002 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 25/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09724532 | Topp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. Topp (Gainesville, Florida); Carolynn Patten (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A helmet is used to detachably secure a TMS coil to the head of a patient. The helmet has a flexible sack containing a multiplicity of beads and also has a valve that permits air to enter and to be withdrawn from the interior volume of the sack. The handle of the TMS coil is inserted into the helmet, and the helmet is placed upon the head of a patient. Withdrawing air from the interior volume of the sack through the valve causes the sack to shrink and compresses the beads into a compact mass that conforms to the shape of the patient's head. Maintaining the vacuum causes the sack to retain its shape, making it possible to hold the helmet and TMS coil in proper position during a TMS study. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/160584 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 2/002 (20130101) A61N 2/02 (20130101) A61N 2/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09724900 | Baer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio); The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio); The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Shannon Armstrong (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Benny D. Freeman (Austin, Texas); Donald R. Paul (Austin, Texas); Grant Offord (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a gas separation membrane includes providing a coextruded multilayer film that includes a first polymer layer formed of a first polymer material and a second polymer layer formed of a second polymer material, the first polymer material having a first gas permeability. The coextruded multilayer film is axially oriented such that the second polymer layer has a second gas permeability that is greater than the first gas permeability. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/570990 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 67/0027 (20130101) B01D 69/02 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 69/148 (20130101) B01D 71/02 (20130101) B01D 71/26 (20130101) B01D 71/44 (20130101) B01D 71/48 (20130101) B01D 71/56 (20130101) B01D 71/80 (20130101) B01D 2325/04 (20130101) B01D 2325/20 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 47/06 (20130101) B29C 47/0007 (20130101) B29C 47/0021 (20130101) B29C 47/78 (20130101) B29C 47/90 (20130101) B29C 47/904 (20130101) B29C 47/8805 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2023/12 (20130101) B29K 2077/00 (20130101) B29K 2995/0065 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2009/00 (20130101) B29L 2031/712 (20130101) B29L 2031/755 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 27/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 27/32 (20130101) B32B 27/34 (20130101) B32B 2250/24 (20130101) B32B 2307/724 (20130101) B32B 2553/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09725405 | Boons 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) | Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Jun Guo (Athens, Georgia); Xinghai Ning (Athens, Georgia); Margaretha Wolfert (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | 1,3-Dipole-functional compounds (e.g., azide functional compounds) can be reacted with certain alkynes in a cyclization reaction to form heterocyclic compounds. Useful alkynes (e.g., strained, cyclic alkynes) and methods of making such alkynes are also disclosed. The reaction of 1,3-dipole-functional compounds with alkynes can be used for a wide variety of applications including the immobilization of biomolecules on a substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/967896 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48023 (20130101) A61K 47/48061 (20130101) A61K 47/48853 (20130101) A61K 49/0021 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 35/37 (20130101) C07C 49/683 (20130101) C07C 211/42 (20130101) C07C 251/44 (20130101) C07C 251/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 271/34 (20130101) C07C 2103/36 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/16 (20130101) C07D 261/20 (20130101) C07D 271/12 (20130101) C07D 307/94 (20130101) C07D 311/90 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2/00 (20130101) C07K 14/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09725427 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Limited (New Haven, Connecticut); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Limited (New Haven, Connecticut); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garry R. Smith (Royersford, Pennsylvania); Allen B. Reitz (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Mark McDonnell (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Suzie Chen (Highland Park, New Jersey); Matthew D. Vera (Collegeville, Pennsylvania); Benjamin E. Blass (Eagleville, Pennsylvania); Jeffery C. Pelletier (Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania); Venkata N. Velvadapu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jay E. Wrobel (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substituted riluzole prodrugs useful for the treatment of cancers including melanoma, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer through the release of riluzole. Prodrugs of riluzole have enhanced stability to hepatic metabolism and are delivered into systemic circulation by oral administration, and then cleaved to release riluzole in the plasma via either an enzymatic or general biophysical release process. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/385551 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 417/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09725430 | Hegde |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rashmi Hegde (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of EYA tyrosine phosphatase having the structure of Formula I are provided herein. The compounds are useful for the treatment of certain proliferative diseases and cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/761264 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09725451 | Ong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Winston Zapanta Ong (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Pawel Wojciech Nowak (Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey); Jinsoo Kim (Brighton, Massachusetts); Elizabeth M Enlow (Waltham, Massachusetts); James Bourassa (Somerville, Massachusetts); Yen Cu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexey Popov (Waltham, Massachusetts); Hongming Chen (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel derivative of β-lactam antibiotics, such as meropenem. The inventive compounds include compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and prodrugs thereof. Also provided are particles (e.g., nanoparticles) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that are mucus penetrating. The inventive particles and pharmaceutical compositions may be useful in delivering an inventive compound to the respiratory tract of a subject. The invention further provides methods of using and kits including the inventive compounds, particles thereof, and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating and/or preventing a pulmonary disease (e.g., a respiratory tract infection). |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777018 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5015 (20130101) A61K 9/5031 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 477/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09725452 | Yuan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China PRC); Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts); University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China PRC); Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts); University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junying Yuan (Newton, Massachusetts); Alexei Degterev (Brookline, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds (e.g., compounds described by Formula (I)) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions that include these compounds and their use in therapy for treating conditions in which necroptosis is likely to play a substantial role. The heterocyclic compounds described herein can also achieve improved activity and selectivity towards RIP1 and/or RIP3. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/214360 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09725457 | Pasternak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gavril Pasternak (New York, New York); Susruta Majumdar (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formula: in which R4 is chosen from substituted phenyl, optionally substituted naphthylene, optionally substituted anthracene and optionally substituted aromatic heterocycle, are useful as analgesics. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/281237 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/0455 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 489/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/9486 (20130101) |
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| US 09725460 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia Zhou (League City, Texas); Chunyong Ding (Galveston, Texas); Qiang Shen (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments are directed to oridonin analogs or derivatives. In certain aspects, the derivatives are used as anticancer or anti-inflammatory agents. |
| FILED | Monday, October 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/875428 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/78 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 491/08 (20130101) C07D 493/08 (20130101) C07D 493/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 498/08 (20130101) C07D 513/08 (20130101) C07D 515/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09725475 | Miodragovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denana U. Miodragovic (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas V. O'Halloran (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are conjugates that include a ligand, and a compound having the structure of formula (I) M is Pt, Pd or Ni; Q is As, Sb or Bi; Z1 is N; Z2 is O or S; L1 and L2 are independently C(O), C—R1 or C—R2; X is a Lewis base; Y1 and Y2 are independently selected from —OR3, —OR4, —SR3 and —SR4, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, cyano, keto, ester, ether, thiol, thioether, thioester, imino, C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyl, amino, amidyl, immino, sulfonyl, sulfoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphoryl ester, glycosyl, aryl, C3-C15 cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, and C3-C15 heterocycloalkyl; and R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyl, amino, amidyl, immino, sulfonyl, sulfoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphoryl ester, glycosyl, aryl, C3-C15 cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, and C3-C15 heterocycloalkyl. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/291274 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/29 (20130101) A61K 31/282 (20130101) A61K 31/285 (20130101) A61K 31/295 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 15/045 (20130101) C07F 15/0066 (20130101) C07F 15/0093 (20130101) |
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| US 09725484 | Holoshitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan); YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, LTD (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan); YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, LTD. (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Holoshitz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Song Ling (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Chaim Gilon (Jerusalem, Israel); Amnon Hoffman (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating disease related to disorders of bone remodeling. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating rheumatoid arthritis. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/770276 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09725485 | Srivastava et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Srivastava (Gainesville, Florida); George Vladimirovich Aslanidi (Gainesville, Florida); Kim M. Van Vliet (Gainesville, Florida); Mavis Agbandje-McKenna (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides AAV capsid proteins comprising modification of one or a combination of the surface-exposed lysine, serine, threonine and/or tyrosine residues in the VP3 region. Also provided are rAAV virions comprising the AAV capsid proteins of the present invention, as well as nucleic acid molecules and rAAV vectors encoding the AAV capsid proteins of the present invention. Advantageously, the rAAV vectors and virions of the present invention have improved efficiency in transduction of a variety of cells, tissues and organs of interest, when compared to wild-type rAAV vectors and virions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/840224 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 09725492 | Felber 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) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara K. Felber (Rockville, Maryland); George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for nucleic acids improved for the expression of interleukin-15 (IL-15) in mammalian cells. The invention further provides for methods of expressing IL-15 in mammalian cells by transfecting the cell with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an improved IL-15 sequence. The present invention further provides expression vectors, and IL-15 and IL-15 receptor alpha combinations (nucleic acid and protein) that increase IL-15 stability and potency in vitro and in vivo. The present methods are useful for the increased bioavailability and biological effects of IL-15 after DNA, RNA or protein administration in a subject (e.g. a mammal, a human). |
| FILED | Monday, June 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/740043 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/535 (20130101) C07K 14/5443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/7155 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09725493 | Weiss |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Weiss (Moreland Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An insulin analogue contains a foreshortened B-chain polypeptide lacking residues B1-B3 and optionally contains an additional substitution in the C-terminal B23-B30 segment of the B-chain. The insulin analogue lacking residues B1-B3 may contain substitutions at B28 and/or B29 that confer rapid action and optionally a non-standard substitution at B24. The analogue may be an analogue of a mammalian insulin, such as human insulin. A nucleic acid encoding such an insulin analogue is also provided. A method of treating a patient comprises administering a physiologically effective amount of the insulin analogue or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof to a patient. A method of semi-synthesis is provided using an unprotected octapeptide by means of modification of an endogenous tryptic site by non-standard amino-acid substitutions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/762712 |
| 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) A61K 38/28 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09725494 | Schlom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Jianping Huang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of diagnosing a subject as having a solid tumor or a predisposition to developing a solid tumor. The methods include detecting or quantitating the amount of sCD27 in a serum sample obtained from a subject and comparing that amount of sCD27 with a control value indicative of the basal level of sCD27 present in the serum of a subject that does not have a solid tumor or a predisposition to developing a solid tumor, wherein a reduction of the amount of sCD27 relative to the control value indicates that the subject has the solid tumor or the predisposition to developing the solid tumor. The disclosed methods can be used to monitoring disease progression in a subject or determine a subject's suitability for immunotherapy. Also disclosed are methods of stimulating a subject's immune system by administering a therapeutically effective amount of sCD27 or a functional fragment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/276713 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1793 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/70503 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/70578 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57434 (20130101) G01N 33/57488 (20130101) G01N 2333/70575 (20130101) G01N 2333/70578 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09725687 | Wikswo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts); VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts); VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Wikswo (Brentwood, Tennessee); Philip C. Samson (Nashville, Tennessee); Frank Emmanuel Block, III (Nashville, Tennessee); Ronald S. Reiserer (Nashville, Tennessee); Kevin Kit Parker (Waltham, Massachusetts); John A. McLean (Nashville, Tennessee); Lisa Joy McCawley (Nashville, Tennessee); Dmitry Markov (Nashville, Tennessee); Daniel Levner (Boston, Massachusetts); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Geraldine A. Hamilton (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Josue A. Goss (Somerville, Massachusetts); Robert Cunningham (Cohasset, Massachusetts); David E. Cliffel (Nashville, Tennessee); Jennifer Robin McKenzie (Nashville, Tennessee); Anthony Bahinski (Wilmington, Delaware); Christopher David Hinojosa (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides integrated Organ-on-Chip microphysiological systems representations of living Organs and support structures for such microphysiological systems. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/362841 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/02 (20130101) A01N 1/021 (20130101) A01N 1/0247 (20130101) A01N 1/0273 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 9/52 (20130101) B01L 2200/146 (20130101) B01L 2200/147 (20130101) B01L 2200/0684 (20130101) B01L 2200/0689 (20130101) B01L 2300/18 (20130101) B01L 2300/044 (20130101) B01L 2300/123 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0622 (20130101) B01L 2400/0644 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/08 (20130101) C12M 23/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/42 (20130101) C12M 29/10 (20130101) C12M 35/04 (20130101) C12M 35/08 (20130101) C12M 41/00 (20130101) C12M 41/12 (20130101) C12M 41/46 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5005 (20130101) G01N 33/5082 (20130101) G01N 33/5088 (20130101) |
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| US 09725708 | Haas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur L. Haas (New Orleans, Louisiana); Virginia P. Ronchi (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for modulating the activity of multimeric ubiquitin-protein E3 ligases including, but not limited to, E6AP ligase activities. The methods reduce the level of oligomer formation such as homotrimeric E6AP ligase to reduce the enzyme activity. Alternatively, agents are provided that can promote the association of the ligase monomers, thereby increasing the ligase activity. Accordingly, novel therapeutic strategies are provided that are useful for the treatment of pathologies resulting from mutations in the genes encoding the ligases and which adversely increase or decrease a ubiquitination reaction. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/086719 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/165 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/93 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/99 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 603/02019 (20130101) |
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| US 09725709 | Meacham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OpenCell Technologies, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OPENCELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Mark Meacham (Saint Louis, Missouri); Kiranmai Durvasula (Duluth, Georgia); Andrei G. Fedorov (Atlanta, Georgia); Fahrettin Levent Degertekin (Atlanta, Georgia); Akash Mehta (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multistage procedure for treatment of biological samples (e.g., living cells with membranes, and the like) with a substance (e.g., a drug, DNA, RNA, plasmids, and other biomolecules or materials) to achieve more efficacious intracellular delivery and transfection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/205948 |
| 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 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/87 (20130101) |
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| US 09725716 | Burghes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION (Columbus, Ohio); RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio State Innovation Foundation and Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Burghes (Columbus, Ohio); Paul Porensky (Worthington, Ohio); Brian Kaspar (New Albany, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions comprising an antisense oligonucleotide and a non-ionic, low-osmolar contrast agent. Also disclosed are methods of delivering an antisense oligonucleotide to a target sire comprising incorporating the antisense oligonucleotide into a composition comprising a non-ionic, low-osmolar contrast agent. Also disclosed are methods of treating a neurodegenerative disease comprising administering one or more of the compositions disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/363670 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0085 (20130101) A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 47/24 (20130101) A61K 49/0438 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09725719 | Kaspar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian K. Kaspar (New Albany, Ohio); Ashley E. Frakes (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In particular, the invention relates to compositions, kits, methods, and uses for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by inhibiting NF-κB in microglia or macrophages and by inhibiting motor neuron death. The invention further relates to compositions, kits, methods, and uses for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by inhibiting NF-κB in microglia in combination with inhibiting SOD-1 in astrocytes. The invention also relates to a method for inhibiting the expression or the activity of NF-κB in microglia or macrophages to inhibit motor neuron death, alone or in combination with inhibiting SOD-1 expression in astrocytes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/034489 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2750/14141 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 09725725 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nature Technology Corporation (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska); Clague P. Hodgson (Omaha, Nebraska); Aaron E. Carnes (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | General methods and strains of bacteria are described that dramatically simplify and streamline plasmid DNA production. In one preferred embodiment, endolysin mediated plasmid extraction combined with flocculation mediated removal of cell debris and host nucleic acids achieves increased yield and purity with simplified downstream purification and reduced waste streams, thus reducing production costs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/612968 |
| 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 1/06 (20130101) C12N 15/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/73 (20130101) C12N 15/1003 (20130101) C12N 15/1017 (20130101) |
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| US 09725759 | Barany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Monib Zirvi (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Norman P. Gerry (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Reyna Favis (Iselin, New Jersey); Richard Kliman (Iselin, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The present invention further relates to an oligonucleotide array comprising of a support with the plurality of oligonucleotide probes immobilized on the support, a method of using the support to detect single-base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences, and a kit for such detection, which includes the support on which the oligonucleotides have been immobilized. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/096446 |
| 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 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2521/319 (20130101) C12Q 2521/501 (20130101) C12Q 2521/501 (20130101) C12Q 2527/107 (20130101) C12Q 2527/107 (20130101) C12Q 2527/107 (20130101) C12Q 2565/501 (20130101) |
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| US 09725762 | Ludowise et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diasorin S.P.A. (Saluggia (Vercelli), Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Diasorin S.P.A. (Saluggia (Vercelli), Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter D. Ludowise (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); David A. Whitman (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kyle C. Armantrout (Los Angeles, California); Maurice Exner (San Clemente, California); Lucien A. E. Jacky (Orange, California); Michelle Tabb (Santa Ana, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for processing sample processing devices. The system can include a sample processing device comprising a detection chamber, a motor configured to rotate the sample processing device about an axis of rotation, and an optical module operatively positioned relative to the sample processing device and configured to determine whether a selected volume of material is present in the detection chamber of the sample processing device. The method can include rotating the sample processing device about an axis of rotation, and determining whether a selected volume of material is present in the detection chamber, while rotating the sample processing device. In some embodiments, determining whether a selected volume of material is present can be performed by optically interrogating the detection chamber for an optical property of the material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/881506 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 2200/0605 (20130101) B01L 2300/087 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (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 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 35/04 (20130101) G01N 35/025 (20130101) G01N 2035/0441 (20130101) |
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| US 09725765 | Pushkarev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitry Pushkarev (Stanford, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Ayelet Voskoboynik (Aptos, California); Michael Kertesz (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitry Pushkarev (Stanford, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Ayelet Voskoboynik (Aptos, California); Michael Kertesz (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to methods for obtaining a sequence, such as a consensus sequence or a haplotype sequence. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve determining an amount of amplifiable nucleic acid present in a sample, partitioning the nucleic acid based upon results of the determining step such that each partitioned portion includes, on average, a subset of unique sequences, sequencing the nucleic acid to obtain sequence reads, and assembling a consensus sequence from the reads. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/608770 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2527/146 (20130101) C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09725770 | Andersen 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) | Gary L. Andersen (Berkeley, California); Eric A. Dubinsky (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein are described 1058 different bacterial taxa that were unique to either human, grazing mammal, or bird fecal wastes. These identified taxa can serve as specific identifier taxa for these sources in environmental waters. Two field tests in marine waters demonstrate the capacity of phylogenetic microarray analysis to track multiple sources with one test. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/787500 |
| 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 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09725774 | Pinsky 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) | Benjamin Pinsky (San Jose, California); Jesse Waggoner (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and oligonucleotide reagents for diagnosing dengue virus infection are described. In particular, the invention relates to methods for detection, quantitation, and serotyping dengue virus, including serotypes 1-4. The dengue virus can be specifically detected by these methods even in samples containing other viruses, such as West Nile virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, tick-born encephalitis virus, HIV, or HCV. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/430715 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/701 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09726114 | Wang 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) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Sadik C. Esener (Solana Beach, California); Daniel Kagan (Westfield, New Jersey); Michael Benchimol (San Diego, California); Jonathan Claussen (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, devices and systems are disclosed for implementing acoustically triggered propulsion of nano- and micro-scale structures. In one aspect, an ultrasound responsive propulsion device includes a tube that includes one or more layers including an inner layer having an electrostatic surface, and an ultrasound-responsive substance coupled to the inner layer and configured to form gaseous bubbles in a fluid in response to an ultrasound pulse, in which the bubbles exit the tube to propel the tube to move in the fluid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/379279 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| 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 37/0092 (20130101) Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 1/006 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 7/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09726557 | Gianchandani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yogesh Gianchandani (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Venkatram Pepakayala (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Scott Green (South Lyon, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A strain sensor having an active area that includes a magnetoelastic resonator and spring configured so that the spring undergoes a greater amount of strain than the resonator when the sensor is under load. The sensor is anchored at opposite ends of the active area to a substrate for which strain is to be measured. An interrogating coil is used for wireless sensor readout. A biasing magnet may be included to provide a desired sensor response for the particular application of the sensor. The strain sensor may be implemented as a differential strain sensor that includes a second, strain-independent reference resonator. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/531418 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/125 (20130101) |
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| US 09726592 | Koser |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hur Koser (Branford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for separating a sample of cells suspended in a bio-compatible ferrofluid is described, The device includes a microfluidic channel having a sample inlet, at least one outlet and a length between the same inlet and the at least one outlet, wherein a sample can be added to the sample inlet and flow along the microfluidic channel length to the at least one outlet. The device includes a plurality of electrodes and a power source for applying a current to the plurality of electrodes to create a magnetic field pattern along the microfluidic channel length. The present invention also includes a method of using said device for separating at least one cell type. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/163890 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/06 (20130101) B01L 2300/0848 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/023 (20130101) B03C 1/23 (20130101) B03C 1/32 (20130101) B03C 1/253 (20130101) B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 2201/18 (20130101) B03C 2201/24 (20130101) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 13/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/0065 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1081 (20130101) |
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| US 09726742 | Moeller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steen Moeller (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Edward Auerbach (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Kamil Ugurbil (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Essa Yacoub (Hudson, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steen Moeller (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Edward Auerbach (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Kamil Ugurbil (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Essa Yacoub (Hudson, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for iteratively calibrating a reconstruction kernel for use in accelerated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. An MRI system is used to acquire k-space data from multiple slice locations following the application of a multiband radio frequency (RF) excitation pulse. An initial reconstruction kernel is generated from the acquired k-space data, and this initial reconstruction kernel is used to produce an initial image for each of the multiple slice locations by applying the initial reconstruction kernel to the acquired k-space data. The average phase of each slice location is then calculated from these images, and used to shift the phase values of the subsequently acquired k-space data. From the phase-shifted k-space data, an updated reconstruction kernel is then generated. This process is repeated iteratively until a stopping criterion is satisfied. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/171310 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/561 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4835 (20130101) G01R 33/56341 (20130101) |
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| US 09727581 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Wang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dejan Slepcev (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gustavo Kunde Rohde (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method performed by one or more processors includes retrieving a set of images; selecting, based on the images retrieved, a reference template; calculating optimal transportation plans between the reference template and each of the images in the set; and calculating, using the optimal transportation plans, a linear optimal transportation metric between at least two images in the set. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/347498 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30598 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/62 (20130101) G06K 9/00147 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/337 (20170101) G06T 2207/10056 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) |
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| US 09728241 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Swaroop Ghosh (Tampa, Florida); Anirudh Srikant Iyengar (Tampa, Florida); Jae-Won Jang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Swaroop Ghosh (Tampa, Florida); Anirudh Srikant Iyengar (Tampa, Florida); Jae-Won Jang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-volatile flip-flops (NVFFs) based circuitries and schemes that incorporate magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) are provided to ensure fast data storage and restoration from an intentional or unintentional power outage. The NVFFs based circuitries and schemes also include enhanced scan mode testing capability by exploiting the nonvolatile latch to function as hold latch for delay testing. The NVFFs based circuitries and schemes eliminate additional write drivers, and may operate at an operation frequency of, for example, up to 2 GHz at a supply voltage of 1.1 V and with 0.55 pJ of energy consumption. A near uniform write latency can be achieved through transistor sizing, given write asymmetry of MTJs. NVFFs based circuitries and schemes incorporating data-dependent power gating circuitries can be used to mitigate high static currents generated during retention and back-to-back writing of identical input data. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/144322 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/1675 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 14/0081 (20130101) |
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| US 09729189 | Calhoun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benton H. Calhoun (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yousef Shakhsheer (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yanqing Zhang (Charlottesville, Virginia); Alicia Klinefelter (Charlottesville, Virginia); David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nathan E. Roberts (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Seunghyun Oh (Jangdaedong Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION (Charlottesville, Virginia); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benton H. Calhoun (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yousef Shakhsheer (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yanqing Zhang (Charlottesville, Virginia); Alicia Klinefelter (Charlottesville, Virginia); David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nathan E. Roberts (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Seunghyun Oh (Jangdaedong Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprises a system on a chip (SoC). In some embodiments, the SoC includes a power supply circuit, a power management circuit operatively coupled to the power supply circuit, a first wireless communications circuit and a second wireless communications circuit. The first wireless communications circuit is configured to receive an RF signal and is operatively coupled to the power supply circuit and the power management circuit. The first wireless communications circuit has a net radio frequency (RF) power gain no more than unity before at least one of downconversion of the RF signal or detection of the RF signal. The second wireless communications circuit is operatively coupled to the power supply circuit and the power management circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/015425 |
| ART UNIT | 2647 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/1607 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/005 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09729558 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingyan Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Bailey (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Manish Karir (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jing Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zakir Durumeric (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Network security and robustness is analyzed by developing correlations among network maliciousness observations to determine attack susceptibility. Network traffic is analyzed at the autonomous system (AS) level, among connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes, to identify these observations. The traffic is monitored for any of a number of specified mismanagement metrics. Correlations among these metrics are determined and a unified network mismanagement metric is developed, indicating network susceptibility to potentially malicious attack. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/627736 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1408 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1441 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian Melander (Raleigh, North Carolina); Zhaoming Su (Jupiter, Florida); Lingling Peng (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosure is provided for 1,4,5-substituted amino imidazole compounds useful to control microbial growth, compositions including these compounds, devices including these compounds, and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/465423 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/08 (20130101) A01N 25/10 (20130101) A01N 25/34 (20130101) A01N 43/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 43/50 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4168 (20130101) A61K 31/4168 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/88 (20130101) |
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| US 09724305 | DeSimone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. DeSimone (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Edward T. Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of artificial red blood cell particles includes each particle of the plurality being substantially monodisperse and each particle having a largest common linear dimension of about 5 μm to about 10 μm. The particles can also have a modulus configured such that a particle of the plurality of particles can pass through a tube having an inner diameter of less than about 3 μm. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/198081 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/16 (20130101) A61K 9/0026 (20130101) A61K 9/1641 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 35/18 (20130101) A61K 38/42 (20130101) A61K 38/1703 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) A61K 51/1244 (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 2400/12 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/832 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09724396 | Goosens |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ki Ann Goosens (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for treating stress sensitive condition. For instance a subject having or at risk of having a stress-sensitive condition may be treated with a growth hormone (GH) antagonist in an effective amount to treat the stress sensitive condition. The GH antagonist may be, for instance, a growth hormone receptor (GHR) antagonist. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211441 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/27 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1136 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09724489 | Barbour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Barbour (Glen Head, New York); Rabah M. Al Abdi (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical data is obtained from a pair of breasts, employing a simultaneous bilateral referencing protocol, and is subsequently analyzed employing a self-referencing data analysis method. Optical measurements can be performed on both breasts simultaneously under various protocols, including resting-state measures and evoked responses. Sensing hardware and data collection protocols are economical and can be implemented without patient discomfort. The natural variance inherently associated with optical measures of the breast is reduced by: imposition of substantially symmetric boundary conditions; collection of simultaneous bilateral dynamic measures; referencing measurement data of one breast to measurement data from another. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397305 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0073 (20130101) A61B 5/14552 (20130101) A61B 10/0041 (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 16/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2205/3303 (20130101) A61M 2205/3379 (20130101) A61M 2230/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09724550 | 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 represented 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, August 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/504172 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/23 (20130101) A61L 2/186 (20130101) A61L 2202/24 (20130101) 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 A62D 2101/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09724686 | Gaines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Taylor W. Gaines (Chandler, Arizona); Kenneth Boone Wagener (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A sulfonated polyethylene is achieved where a polymethylene backbone with substituted methylene units having one or two sulfonic acid groups or salts of the sulfonic acid groups periodically, quasiperiodically, or quasirandomly separated from each other by unsubstituted methylene units along the polymer backbone. The sulfonated polyethylene is prepared by suspending a sulfonated ester polyethylene in a polar aprotic non-solvent, whereupon the addition of a strong base saponifies the esters with the dissolving of the resulting sulfonated polyethylene having salts of sulfonic acid groups. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/996632 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 39/19 (20170101) B01J 39/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09725187 | Swearingen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Swearingen (St. Charles, Missouri); Kirby J. Keller (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes receiving first vehicle data from a sensor on a vehicle at one or more processors executing a first software module. The method includes determining a risk value, a confidence value associated with whether the first vehicle data matches a validated vehicle state, and a benefit value associated with providing the first vehicle data to a second software module. The method includes calculating a health score associated with the first vehicle data based on the risk value, the confidence value, and the benefit value. The method includes, in response to the health score meeting a threshold value, determining whether the first vehicle data is internally consistent, externally consistent, and stable over time. The method further includes, in response to the first vehicle data being internally consistent, externally consistent, and stable over time, providing the first vehicle data to a vehicle flight control system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/566558 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — 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 45/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64D 2045/0085 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0816 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 7/005 (20130101) Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 5/0808 (20130101) G07C 5/0816 (20130101) |
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| US 09725314 | Curliss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David B. Curliss (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jason E. Lincoln (Englewood, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Performancy Polymer Solutions, Inc. (Moraine, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Curliss (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jason E. Lincoln (Englewood, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a continuous process for the growth of vapor grown carbon fiber (VGCNT) reinforced continuous fiber preforms for the manufacture of articles with useful mechanical, electrical, and thermal characteristics. Continuous fiber preforms are treated with a catalyst or catalyst precursor and processed without vaporization of the preform to yield VGCNT produced in situ resulting in a highly entangled mass of VGCNT infused with the continuous fiber preform. The continuous process disclosed herein provides denser and more uniform carbon nanotubes and provides the opportunity to fine-tune the variables both within an individual preform and between different preforms depending on the characteristics of the carbon nanotubes desired. The resulting continuous fiber preforms are essentially endless and are high in volume fraction of VGCNT and exhibit high surface area useful for many applications. The invention also provides for composites made from the preforms. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/041504 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 6/008 (20130101) B01J 19/22 (20130101) B01J 23/75 (20130101) B01J 23/745 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) B01J 35/06 (20130101) B01J 37/084 (20130101) B01J 37/0203 (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 11/16 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/005 (20130101) C08J 2300/00 (20130101) C08J 2379/08 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 1/10 (20130101) D01F 9/127 (20130101) |
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| US 09725395 | Blair |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard G. Blair (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventive concepts disclosed and/or claimed herein relate generally to catalysts and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a heterogeneous, metal-free hydrogenation catalyst containing frustrated Lewis pairs. In one non-limiting embodiment, the heterogeneous, metal-free catalyst comprises hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) having frustrated Lewis pairs therein. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/650537 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 27/24 (20130101) B01J 35/02 (20130101) B01J 37/00 (20130101) B01J 37/0036 (20130101) B01J 37/343 (20130101) B01J 2231/643 (20130101) B01J 2231/645 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/0648 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 9/08 (20130101) C07C 9/22 (20130101) C07C 15/16 (20130101) C07C 15/18 (20130101) C07C 45/62 (20130101) C07C 45/62 (20130101) C07C 49/784 (20130101) C07C 51/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 51/36 (20130101) C07C 57/30 (20130101) C07C 231/00 (20130101) C07C 231/00 (20130101) C07C 233/11 (20130101) C07C 253/00 (20130101) C07C 253/00 (20130101) C07C 253/00 (20130101) C07C 255/03 (20130101) C07C 255/07 (20130101) C07C 2527/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09725475 | Miodragovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denana U. Miodragovic (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas V. O'Halloran (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are conjugates that include a ligand, and a compound having the structure of formula (I) M is Pt, Pd or Ni; Q is As, Sb or Bi; Z1 is N; Z2 is O or S; L1 and L2 are independently C(O), C—R1 or C—R2; X is a Lewis base; Y1 and Y2 are independently selected from —OR3, —OR4, —SR3 and —SR4, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, cyano, keto, ester, ether, thiol, thioether, thioester, imino, C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyl, amino, amidyl, immino, sulfonyl, sulfoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphoryl ester, glycosyl, aryl, C3-C15 cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, and C3-C15 heterocycloalkyl; and R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyl, amino, amidyl, immino, sulfonyl, sulfoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphoryl ester, glycosyl, aryl, C3-C15 cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, and C3-C15 heterocycloalkyl. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/291274 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/29 (20130101) A61K 31/282 (20130101) A61K 31/285 (20130101) A61K 31/295 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 15/045 (20130101) C07F 15/0066 (20130101) C07F 15/0093 (20130101) |
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| US 09725544 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuanbing Tang (Columbia, South Carolina); Yali Qiao (Columbia, South Carolina); Harry J. Ploehn (Columbia, South Carolina); MD. Sayful Islam (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A π-conjugated aromatic/heteroaromatic oligomer-containing vinyl monomer is generally provided, which can include a polymerizable group, a linker group, and a π-conjugated aromatic/heteroaromatic side chain. The π-conjugated aromatic/heteroaromatic side chain includes a first cyclopentadiene ring covalently attached to the linder group, a set of second cyclopentadiene rings covalently attached to the first cyclopentadiene ring, and a third cyclopentadiene ring positioned at a terminal end of the π-conjugated aromatic/heteroaromatic side chain such that the set of second cyclopentadiene rings is positioned between the first cyclopentadiene ring and the third cyclopentadiene ring. Methods are also provided for forming a polymer via polymerizing the π-conjugated aromatic/heteroaromatic oligomer-containing vinyl monomer, and for grafting a π-conjugated aromatic/heteroaromatic oligomer-containing polymer onto a surface of a nanomaterial. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/159907 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 220/30 (20130101) C08F 220/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 220/60 (20130101) C08F 293/005 (20130101) C08F 2220/302 (20130101) C08F 2220/365 (20130101) C08F 2220/387 (20130101) C08F 2220/606 (20130101) |
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| US 09725687 | Wikswo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts); VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts); VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Wikswo (Brentwood, Tennessee); Philip C. Samson (Nashville, Tennessee); Frank Emmanuel Block, III (Nashville, Tennessee); Ronald S. Reiserer (Nashville, Tennessee); Kevin Kit Parker (Waltham, Massachusetts); John A. McLean (Nashville, Tennessee); Lisa Joy McCawley (Nashville, Tennessee); Dmitry Markov (Nashville, Tennessee); Daniel Levner (Boston, Massachusetts); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Geraldine A. Hamilton (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Josue A. Goss (Somerville, Massachusetts); Robert Cunningham (Cohasset, Massachusetts); David E. Cliffel (Nashville, Tennessee); Jennifer Robin McKenzie (Nashville, Tennessee); Anthony Bahinski (Wilmington, Delaware); Christopher David Hinojosa (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides integrated Organ-on-Chip microphysiological systems representations of living Organs and support structures for such microphysiological systems. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/362841 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/02 (20130101) A01N 1/021 (20130101) A01N 1/0247 (20130101) A01N 1/0273 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 9/52 (20130101) B01L 2200/146 (20130101) B01L 2200/147 (20130101) B01L 2200/0684 (20130101) B01L 2200/0689 (20130101) B01L 2300/18 (20130101) B01L 2300/044 (20130101) B01L 2300/123 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0622 (20130101) B01L 2400/0644 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/08 (20130101) C12M 23/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/42 (20130101) C12M 29/10 (20130101) C12M 35/04 (20130101) C12M 35/08 (20130101) C12M 41/00 (20130101) C12M 41/12 (20130101) C12M 41/46 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5005 (20130101) G01N 33/5082 (20130101) G01N 33/5088 (20130101) |
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| US 09725713 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Zunyi Yang (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Zunyi Yang (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for products and processes for binding to a preselected target, where the process involves contacting this target to an oligonucleotide molecule that contains one or more “non-standard” nucleotides, which are nucleotide analogs that, when incorporated into oligonucleotides (DNA or RNA, collectively xNA), present to a complementary strand in a Watson-Crick pairing geometry a pattern of hydrogen bonds that is different from the pattern presented by adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil. This disclosure provides an example where such an oligonucleotide molecule contains a single 2-amino-8-(1′-β-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl)-imidazo[1,2-a]-1,3,5-triazin-4(8H)one and a single 6-amino-5-nitro-3-(1′-β-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyridone, and where the target is a cell, and is obtained by a process of in vitro selection. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/082800 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09725771 | Ecker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | IBIS BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Carlsbad, California); Nina M. Hofstadler (Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IBIS BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California); Richard H. Griffey (Vista, California); Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Steven A. Hofstadler (Oceanside, California); John McNeil (La Jolla, California); Stanley T. Crooke (Carlsbad, California); Lawrence B. Blyn (Mission Viego, California); Raymond Ranken (Encinitas, California); Thomas A. Hall (Oceanside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of: identifying pathogens in biological samples from humans and animals, resolving a plurality of etiologic agents present in samples obtained from humans and animals, determining detailed genetic information about such pathogens or etiologic agents, and rapid detection and identification of bioagents from environmental, clinical or other samples. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473603 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/70 (20130101) C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6872 (20130101) C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/30 (20130101) G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 23/00 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/20 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven W. Burd (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine has a first component and a second component. The first and second components have a high-pressure chamber on one side and a low pressure chamber on an opposed side. A three sided seal has one side facing each of the first and second components, and a third side facing a third component. At least one non-metallic wear surface is between one of the three sides of the seal and the facing component. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/011720 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/005 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/55 (20130101) F05D 2300/432 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/54 (20130101) F16J 15/447 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) |
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| US 09726539 | Islam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OMNI MEDSCI, INC. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omni Medsci, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammed N. Islam (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A white light spectroscopy system includes a super continuum light source having an input light source including semiconductor diodes to generate an input beam having a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns. The light source includes a cladding-pumped fiber optical amplifier to receive the input beam, and a photonic crystal fiber to receive the amplified optical beam to broaden the spectral width to 100 nm or more forming an output beam in the visible wavelength range. The output beam is pulsed with a repetition rate of 1 Megahertz or higher. The system also includes a lens and/or mirror to receive the output beam, to send the output beam to a scanning stage, and to deliver the received output beam to a sample. A detection system includes dispersive optics and narrow band filters followed by one or more detectors to permit approximately simultaneous measurement of at least two wavelengths from the sample. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/248230 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/42 (20130101) G01J 3/108 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/0218 (20130101) G01J 3/0245 (20130101) G01J 2003/102 (20130101) G01J 2003/423 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/29349 (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 1/365 (20130101) G02F 2001/3528 (20130101) G02F 2202/32 (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 3/302 (20130101) H01S 3/1024 (20130101) H01S 3/06725 (20130101) H01S 3/06754 (20130101) H01S 3/094007 (20130101) H01S 3/094069 (20130101) H01S 3/094076 (20130101) H01S 5/0064 (20130101) H01S 5/0085 (20130101) H01S 5/0092 (20130101) H01S 5/146 (20130101) H01S 5/1092 (20130101) H01S 5/4012 (20130101) H01S 2301/085 (20130101) |
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| US 09726765 | Arthur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas D. Arthur (Richfield, Ohio); Zhen Zhu (Greenville, North Carolina); Sumit Bhattacharya (Encinitas, California); Kim M. Scheff (College Park, Maryland); Maarten U. de Haag (Athens, Ohio); Kevin L. Johnson (The Plains, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Arthur (Richfield, Ohio); Zhen Zhu (Greenville, North Carolina); Sumit Bhattacharya (Encinitas, California); Kim M. Scheff (College Park, Maryland); Maarten U. de Haag (Athens, Ohio); Kevin L. Johnson (The Plains, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining the position of a user in 3D space is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises utilizing range measurements from one or more GPS satellite vehicles, angular information of a camera located at the user position, and a camera image associated with one or more known markers. The method further comprises determining the angular information of the camera by determining a direction cosine matrix between a camera frame of reference and an earth frame of reference, and designating unit vectors that individually extend from a position within the camera image associated with one of the known markers through the camera focal point to the respective known marker The method also includes integrating into an ordinary least squares matrix, the GPS range measurements, the angular information of the camera, and the unit vectors, and calculating the user position by solving the ordinary least squares matrix. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/186704 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09726818 | Yap et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Yap (Newbury Park, California); Troy Rockwood (Thousand Oaks, California); Kevin Geary (Los Angeles, California); Sarabjit Mehta (Calabasas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic waveguide for conducting light having first and second wavelengths, the waveguide comprising superposed first and second strips of light conducting semiconductor materials having first and second refractive indexes, wherein the second wavelength is shorter than the first wavelength and the second refractive index is higher than the first refractive index, wherein the width and height of the first strip of light conducting semiconductor material are such that the first strip of light conducting semiconductor material is adapted to confine an optical mode of the first wavelength and the width and height of the second strip of light conducting semiconductor material are such that the second strip of light conducting semiconductor material is adapted to confine an optical mode of the second wavelength but is too narrow to confine an optical mode of the first wavelength. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/290979 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 1/025 (20130101) G02F 1/0147 (20130101) |
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| US 09726827 | Blanche et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pierre Alexandre Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Brittany Lynn (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pierre Alexandre Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Brittany Lynn (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical switch based on a micro-minor device such as a DMD configured to simultaneously switch light from N inputs to M outputs with switching times of about 10 microseconds, where N and M are generally greater than one. The minors of the device are oriented according to a pattern calculated based on a Fourier Transform of spatial distribution of M outputs such as to form, in diffraction of light incident on the device, and diffraction light pattern that in the output plane is substantially congruent with the spatial distribution of M outputs. The device can be configured as a modulator of amplitude and/or a modulator of phase of incident light wavefront. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/249792 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/359 (20130101) G02B 6/3518 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/3534 (20130101) G02B 6/3556 (20130101) |
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| US 09726829 | Benner 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) | Alan F. Benner (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark A. Brandon (Poughkeepsie, New York); Michael J. Ellsworth (Poughkeepsie, New York); Eric J. McKeever (Poughkeepsie, New York); Thong N. Nguyen (Poughkeepsie, New York); Edward J. Seminaro (Milton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present invention include an optical fiber connector for connecting optical fibers. The optical fiber connector includes a ferrule coupled to one or more optical fiber ribbons. The optical fiber connector includes a connector housing coupled with a radius controlled ribbon bending housing. The connector housing surrounds the ferrule on at least four sides, and the one or more optical fiber ribbons coupled to the ferrule are within the connector housing. The optical fiber connector includes a strain relief clamp coupled with the radius controlled ribbon bending housing. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/849895 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/3821 (20130101) G02B 6/3825 (20130101) G02B 6/3829 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/3885 (20130101) G02B 6/3887 (20130101) G02B 6/4292 (20130101) |
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| US 09726874 | Astratov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina); Arash Darafsheh (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina); Arash Darafsheh (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides super-resolution optical imaging methods and systems, including: providing a sample to be optically imaged; providing a plurality of microstructures disposed substantially adjacent to a surface of the sample to be optically imaged; and providing a material disposed about the plurality of microstructures; wherein the plurality of microstructures have a first index of refraction; and wherein the material disposed about the plurality of microstructures has a second index of refraction that is substantially less than the first index of refraction of the plurality of microstructures. The plurality of microstructures include one of a plurality of microspheres and a plurality of microcylinders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/042834 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/58 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09726893 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Magic Leap Inc. (Plantation, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Magic Leap, Inc. (Plantation, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chunyu Gao (Tucson, Arizona); Yuxiang Lin (Tucson, Arizona); Hong Hua (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a compact optical see-through head-mounted display capable of combining, a see-through image path with a virtual image path such that the opaqueness of the see-through image path can be modulated and the virtual image occludes parts of the see-through image and vice versa. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/277887 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/04 (20130101) G02B 13/06 (20130101) G02B 25/001 (20130101) G02B 27/144 (20130101) G02B 27/0172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/283 (20130101) G02B 27/1066 (20130101) G02B 2027/015 (20130101) G02B 2027/0118 (20130101) G02B 2027/0145 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 37/02 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2258 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09727034 | Ross 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) | Isaac Michael Ross (Monterey, California); Ronald J. Proulx (Waban, Massachusetts); Mark Karpenko (Marina, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Unscented optimal control combines the unscented transform with optimal control to produce a new approach to directly manage navigational and other uncertainties in an open-loop framework. The sigma points of the unscented transform are treated as controllable particles that are all driven by the same open-loop controller. A system-of-systems dynamical model is constructed where each system is a copy of the other. Pseudo-spectral optimal control techniques may be applied to this system-of-systems to produce a computationally viable approach for solving the large-scale optimal control problem. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/699051 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09727821 | Lin 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) | Ching-Yung Lin (Forest Hills, New York); Yale Song (Brighton, Massachusetts); Zhen Wen (Springfield, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A dataset including at least one temporal event sequence is collected. A one-class sequence classifier f(x) that obtains a decision boundary is statistically learned. At least one new temporal event sequence is evaluated, wherein the at least one new temporal event sequence is outside of the dataset. It is determined whether the at least one new temporal event sequence is one of a normal sequence or an abnormal sequence based on the evaluation. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/969151 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/022 (20130101) G06N 7/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 99/005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09727959 | Meyers 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) | Ronald E. Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith S. Deacon (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments, system and methods for image improvement comprise: receiving a plurality of frames of a given region of interest, the frames comprised of a plurality of pixels; determining, based on a quantum property of the frames, a normalized pixel intensity value for each pixel of each of the plurality of frames; and generating an improved image of the given region of interest based on the plurality of frames and the corresponding normalized pixel intensity values for the frames, the order of the image being two. Also embodiments for generating an image of a target illuminated by quantum entangled particles, such as, photons, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/193566 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/007 (20130101) G06T 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 5/50 (20130101) G06T 7/11 (20170101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/10032 (20130101) G06T 2207/20016 (20130101) G06T 2207/20024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20182 (20130101) G06T 2207/20208 (20130101) G06T 2207/20216 (20130101) G06T 2207/20224 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09728439 | Pillalamarri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sunil K. Pillalamarri (Eagan, Minnesota); Chenghong Li (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brewer Science Inc. (Rolla, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil K. Pillalamarri (Eagan, Minnesota); Chenghong Li (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | New compositions and methods of using those compositions as bonding compositions are provided. The compositions comprise a polymer dispersed or dissolved in a solvent system, and can be used to bond an active wafer to a carrier wafer or substrate to assist in protecting the active wafer and its active sites during subsequent processing and handling. The compositions form bonding layers that are chemically and thermally resistant, but that can also be softened to allow the wafers to slide apart at the appropriate stage in the fabrication process. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770075 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 17/02 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 38/10 (20130101) B32B 43/006 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 2205/302 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/6835 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2221/6834 (20130101) H01L 2221/68327 (20130101) H01L 2924/30105 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/11 (20150115) Y10T 156/19 (20150115) Y10T 156/1153 (20150115) Y10T 156/1168 (20150115) Y10T 156/1189 (20150115) Y10T 156/1972 (20150115) Y10T 428/31678 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09728662 | Lo 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) | Yu-Hwa Lo (San Diego, California); Yuchun Zhou (San Diego, California); Yu-Hsin Liu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device capable of enhanced sub-bandgap photon absorption and detection is described. This semiconductor device includes a p-n junction structure formed of a semiconductor material, wherein the p-n junction structure is configured such that at least one side of the p-n junction (p-side or n-side) is spatially confined in at least one dimension of the device (e.g., the direction perpendicular to the p-n junction interface). Moreover, at least one side of the p-n junction (p-side or n-side) is heavily doped. The semiconductor device also includes electrical contacts formed on a semiconductor substrate to apply an electrical bias to the p-n junction to activate the optical response at target optical wavelength corresponds to an energy substantially equal to or less than the energy band-gap of the first semiconductor material. In particular embodiments, the semiconductor material is silicon. |
| FILED | Friday, November 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/440321 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/0288 (20130101) H01L 31/1864 (20130101) H01L 31/022408 (20130101) H01L 31/035227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/035236 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/547 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09728725 | Carroll |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L Carroll (Winston Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L Carroll (Winston Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, conjugated polymers and oligomers are described herein, which can demonstrate white light or substantially white light emission, thereby reducing or precluding reliance on layered or blended polymer constructions for organic white light emitting devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/809874 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 2261/15 (20130101) C08G 2261/124 (20130101) C08G 2261/148 (20130101) C08G 2261/149 (20130101) C08G 2261/312 (20130101) C08G 2261/411 (20130101) C08G 2261/3142 (20130101) C08G 2261/3246 (20130101) C08G 2261/5222 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 65/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 2211/1416 (20130101) C09K 2211/1483 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0035 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0039 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) H01L 51/5036 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/14 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 20/181 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09728843 | Hunter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian W. Hunter (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Lauren Montemayor (San Antonio, Texas); Eli Travis Paster (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Priam Pillai (Pleasant Hill, California); Bryan P. Ruddy (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | Antenna including a wire made of a conducting polymer. The wire is sewn into fabric material in a selected pattern. A preferred conducing polymer is polypyrrole. It is also preferred that the wire be encased in a non-conductive, low dielectric plastic. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/766199 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/127 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/38 (20130101) H01Q 1/273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/364 (20130101) H01Q 9/0407 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09728965 | Geil |
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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) | Bruce R. Geil (Cooksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A scalable universal power supply and/or power converter provides independent voltage, frequency, phase, and current control through a common power bus connected to a plurality of electrical conversion modules which can provide voltage, frequency, phase, and current control. According to one embodiment, a power supply and/or power converter includes a power bus; a plurality of terminals for input and/or output of electricity; a plurality of electrical conversion modules connected in parallel to the bus for transferring or converting electricity; a switch matrix, formed of a plurality of switches arranged in an array, connecting to the plurality of electrical conversion modules and the plurality of terminals; and a controller configured to select and operate one or more electrical conversion modules and one or more switches of the switch matrix to selectively provide and/or receive electricity to the one or more terminals. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/500281 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 29/00 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/14 (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 7/48 (20130101) H02M 2001/008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09729152 | Bronn 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) | Nicholas T. Bronn (Long Island City, New York); Jerry M. Chow (White Plains, New York); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York); Nicholas A. Masluk (Putnam Valley, New York); Matthias Steffen (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism relates a superconductor circuit. A Δ circuit includes a first node connecting a Purcell capacitor to a qubit coupling capacitor, a second node connecting the Purcell capacitor to a readout coupling capacitor, and a third node connecting the qubit coupling capacitor to the readout coupling capacitor. A qubit is connected to the first node and has a qubit frequency. A readout resonator connects to the third node combining with the Purcell capacitor to form a filter. Capacitance of the Purcell capacitor is determined as a factor of the qubit frequency of the qubit and blocks emissions of the qubit at the qubit frequency. Capacitance of the Purcell capacitor causes destructive interference, between a first path containing Purcell capacitor and a second path containing both the qubit coupling capacitor and readout coupling capacitor, in order to block emissions of the qubit at the qubit frequency to the external environment. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/218548 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/195 (20130101) H03K 19/00346 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09729182 | Fracchia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles Victor Fracchia (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph M. Jacobson (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Victor Fracchia (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph M. Jacobson (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A platform for context-aware experimentation includes a housing for one or more sensors for obtaining data pertaining to an on-going experiment, a communications subsystem for transmitting data obtained by the sensors, and a microcontroller for receiving data from the sensors, providing it to the communications subsystem, and possibly controlling the sensors. The housing may be a tube, which may be configured to hold a sample and may have a cap, or a waterproof package, which may have an opening to admit at least part of a sample. The platform may include a power source. The platform may include a computer processor, located outside the housing, for analyzing the data obtained by the sensors, determining the experimental context in which the sensors are operating and/or which experimental step in a protocol is being performed, and/or reminding users of required parameters for the steps in the protocol. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/698840 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/3827 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/3888 (20130101) H04B 5/0037 (20130101) H04B 5/0075 (20130101) H04B 2001/3894 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 84/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09729312 | Bathen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Government 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) | Luis Angel D. Bathen (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A key value storage (KVS) system comprising: a client-side agent configured to encrypt data; three nodes hosted respectively in three cloud service providers, wherein each node comprises: a management node configured to receive encrypted data from the client-side agent, a homomorphic encryption (HE) key manager configured to fetch a public key of a given object in the KVS system, a homomorphic encryption and processing engine configured to execute commands over the encrypted data without decrypting it, a homomorphic memory store, a hypervisor configured to monitor performance of the management node in order to assess the quality of service of the management node; and wherein each node serves on a rotating basis in a master node role, a secondary node role, or a back-up node role, wherein the nodes rotate their roles when the master node's hypervisor detects a reduced quality of service of the master node's management node. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/697785 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45558 (20130101) G06F 2009/45587 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09729378 | Ahmed |
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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) | Ahsen Ahmed (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method involve receiving, at a processor, a phase modulated signal such as an optical or electromagnetic signal, using one or more samples of an in-phase component I(t) and a quadrature component Q(t) of the received phase modulated signal to generate, at the processor, a processed signal using the equation [A−B×I(t)]×Q(t), where A and B are numerical parameters, and inputting the processed signal into a receiver operatively connected to the processor. The processed signal may be filtered prior to being input into the receiver. Parameters A and B may be selected to vary complexity and performance of the receiver while controlling distortion for different modulation indices. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/754410 |
| ART UNIT | 2476 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/612 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 11/0023 (20130101) H04J 2011/0016 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/2273 (20130101) H04L 27/2691 (20130101) H04L 27/2697 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09729558 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingyan Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Bailey (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Manish Karir (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jing Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zakir Durumeric (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Network security and robustness is analyzed by developing correlations among network maliciousness observations to determine attack susceptibility. Network traffic is analyzed at the autonomous system (AS) level, among connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes, to identify these observations. The traffic is monitored for any of a number of specified mismanagement metrics. Correlations among these metrics are determined and a unified network mismanagement metric is developed, indicating network susceptibility to potentially malicious attack. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/627736 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1408 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1441 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09729582 | Loo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boon Thau Loo (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Yifei Yuan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Rajeev Alur (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating SDN policies are disclosed. One system includes a processor and a memory. The system also includes an SDN policy synthesizer (SPS) implemented using the processor and the memory. The SPS is configured to receive scenario based information indicating one or more behaviors for at least one SDN policy, to use a synthesis algorithm for generating the at least one SDN policy based on the scenario based information, and to provide the at least one SDN policy to an SDN controller. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/236165 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/06986 (20130101) H04L 63/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D793828 | Askin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Department 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) | Donnis Askin (King George, Virginia); Mike Delsignore (White Plains, Maryland); Jean Nelson (Indian Head, Maryland); Catherine Eaton (Welcome, Maryland); Ed Taylor (La Plata, Maryland); Bhargav Shailesh Patel (Ridgewood, New York) |
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| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 29/505925 |
| ART UNIT | 2922 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools and hardware D8/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
09725317 — Use of triammonium salt of aurin tricarboxylic acid as risk mitigant for aluminum hydride
| US 09725317 | Cortes-Concepcion 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) | Jose A. Cortes-Concepcion (Aiken, South Carolina); Donald L. Anton (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and a resulting product by process of an aluminum hydride which is modified with by physically combining in a ball milling process an aluminum hydride with a triammonium salt of aurin tricarboxylic acid. The resulting product is an aluminum hydride which is resistant to air, ambient moisture, and liquid water while maintaining useful hydrogen storage and release kinetics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/720321 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 6/06 (20130101) C01B 6/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09725373 | Adams 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 P. Adams (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert V. Reeves (Livermore, California); Robert K. Grubbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael David Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the design and manufacture of an ignitable solid, where the solid is composed of an array of ignitable regions. In some examples, the array provides a three-dimensional periodic arrangement of such ignitable regions. The ignitable region can have any useful geometry and geometric arrangement within the solid, and methods of making such regions are also described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, June 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/739956 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 21/0083 (20130101) C06B 33/00 (20130101) C06B 45/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09725489 | Schnorr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/439569 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09725734 | Stover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eddie W Stover (Fort Pierce, Florida); Goutam Gupta (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Guixia Hao (Fort Pierce, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The generation of a chimeric protein containing a first domain encoding either a pro-thionon or thionin, a second domain encoding D4E1 or pro-D4E1, and a third domain encoding a peptide linker located between the first domain and second domain is described. Either the first domain or the second domain is located at the amino terminal of the chimeric protein and the other domain (second domain or first domain, respectively) is located at the carboxyl terminal. The chimeric protein has antibacterial activity. Genetically altered plants and their progeny expressing a polynucleotide encoding the chimeric protein resist diseases caused by bacteria. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/691780 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/415 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09725749 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhiwei Chen (Castro Valley, California); Gregory D. Friedland (San Francisco, California); Swapnil R. Chhabra (Oakland, California); Dylan C. Chivian (Albany, California); Blake A. Simmons (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiwei Chen (Castro Valley, California); Gregory D. Friedland (San Francisco, California); Swapnil R. Chhabra (Oakland, California); Dylan C. Chivian (Albany, California); Blake A. Simmons (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Glycoside hydrolases having at least two different hydrolytic activities are provided. In one embodiment, an isolated recombinant hydrolase having at least two activities selected from a group including asparagine derivatives, glutamine derivatives, and histidine derivatives is provided. Further, a method of generating free sugars from a mixture comprising asparagine derivatives, glutamine derivatives, and histidine derivatives is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/114990 |
| 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 9/2434 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (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) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01004 (20130101) |
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| US 09725770 | Andersen 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) | Gary L. Andersen (Berkeley, California); Eric A. Dubinsky (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein are described 1058 different bacterial taxa that were unique to either human, grazing mammal, or bird fecal wastes. These identified taxa can serve as specific identifier taxa for these sources in environmental waters. Two field tests in marine waters demonstrate the capacity of phylogenetic microarray analysis to track multiple sources with one test. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/787500 |
| 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 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09725776 | Dumesic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); Jeremy S. Luterbacher (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A process to produce an aqueous solution of carbohydrates that contains C6-sugar-containing oligomers, C6 sugar monomers, C5-sugar-containing oligomers, C5 sugar monomers, or any combination thereof is presented. The process includes the steps of reacting biomass or a biomass-derived reactant with a solvent system including a lactone and water, and an acid catalyst. The reaction yields a product mixture containing water-soluble C6-sugar-containing oligomers, C6-sugar monomers, C5-sugar-containing oligomers, C5-sugar monomers, or any combination thereof. A solute is added to the product mixture to cause partitioning of the product mixture into an aqueous layer containing the carbohydrates and a substantially immiscible organic layer containing the lactone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/692018 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/50 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 3/06 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C13K 1/06 (20130101) C13K 13/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09725788 | Ott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan T. Ott (Ames, Iowa); Ralph W. McCallum (Ames, Iowa); Lawrence L. Jones (Des Moines, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating rare earth metal-bearing permanent magnet scrap, waste or other material in a manner to recover the heavy rare earth metal content separately from the light rare earth metal content. The heavy rare earth metal content can be recovered either as a heavy rare earth metal-enriched iron based alloy or as a heavy rare earth metal based alloy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/545994 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 3/10 (20130101) B01D 7/00 (20130101) Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 7/005 (20130101) Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 7/001 (20130101) C22B 7/006 (20130101) C22B 9/02 (20130101) C22B 9/003 (20130101) C22B 9/103 (20130101) C22B 23/00 (20130101) C22B 59/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Alloys C22C 1/02 (20130101) C22C 19/007 (20130101) C22C 28/00 (20130101) C22C 33/04 (20130101) Details or Accessories of Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens, or Retorts, in so Far as They Are of Kinds Occurring in More Than One Kind of Furnace F27D 11/06 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 10/214 (20151101) |
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| US 09725829 | Naskar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit K. Naskar (Knoxville, Tennessee); Soydan Ozcan (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Claude C. Eberle (Knoxville, Tennessee); Mohamed Gabr Abdallah (Salt Lake City, Utah); Gail Mackiewicz Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gerard Michael Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Felix Leonard Paulauskas (Knoxville, Tennessee); John Daniel Kennedy Rivard (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for the preparation of carbon fiber from fiber precursor, wherein the fiber precursor is subjected to a magnetic field of at least 3 Tesla during a carbonization process. The carbonization process is generally conducted at a temperature of at least 400° C. and less than 2200° C., wherein, in particular embodiments, the carbonization process includes a low temperature carbonization step conducted at a temperature of at least or above 400° C. or 500° C. and less than or up to 1000° C., 1100° C., or 1200° C., followed by a high temperature carbonization step conducted at a temperature of at least or above 1200° C. In particular embodiments, particularly in the case of a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber precursor, the resulting carbon fiber may possess a minimum tensile strength of at least 600 ksi, a tensile modulus of at least 30 Msi, and an ultimate elongation of at least 1.5%. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/833834 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 47/0014 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/02 (20130101) C01B 31/022 (20130101) C01B 31/024 (20130101) C01B 31/0226 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/12 (20130101) D01F 9/14 (20130101) D01F 9/127 (20130101) D01F 9/145 (20130101) D01F 9/225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09726028 | Marra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Brian J. Wessell (Orlando, Florida); Allister W. James (Chuluota, Florida); Jan H. Marsh (Orlando, Florida); Paul J. Gear (Longwood, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Brian J. Wessell (Orlando, Florida); Allister W. James (Chuluota, Florida); Jan H. Marsh (Orlando, Florida); Paul J. Gear (Longwood, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A vane assembly (10) having: an airfoil (12) and a shroud (14) held together without metallurgical bonding there between; a channel (22) disposed circumferentially about the airfoil (12), between the airfoil (12) and the shroud (14); and a seal (20) disposed in the channel (22), wherein during operation of a turbine engine having the vane assembly (10) the seal (20) has a sufficient ductility such that a force generated on the seal (20) resulting from relative movement of the airfoil (12) and the shroud (14) is sufficient to plastically deform the seal (20). |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/171699 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 19/04 (20130101) B22D 19/0072 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/006 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/10 (20130101) F05D 2300/506 (20130101) F05D 2300/518 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49323 (20150115) |
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| US 09726091 | Ruth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Ruth (Franklin, Indiana); Michael J. Cunningham (Greenwood, Indiana); Cary A. Henry (Helotes, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Active control of one or more exhaust gas recirculation loops is provided to manage and EGR fraction in the charge flow to produce desired operating conditions and/or provide diagnostics in response to at least one of an oxygen concentration and a NOx concentration in the charge flow and in the exhaust flow. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/215216 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 41/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 41/0007 (20130101) F02D 41/0052 (20130101) F02D 41/0065 (20130101) F02D 41/144 (20130101) F02D 41/146 (20130101) F02D 41/1454 (20130101) Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 26/05 (20160201) F02M 26/06 (20160201) F02M 26/24 (20160201) F02M 26/28 (20160201) F02M 26/42 (20160201) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09726155 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce N. Anderson (Great Falls, Virginia); William Dean Treece (La Mesa, California); Dan Brown (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Florian Bennhold (Osnabruk, Germany); Christoph Hilgert (Odenthal, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wilson Solarpower Corporation (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce N. Anderson (Great Falls, Virginia); William Dean Treece (La Mesa, California); Dan Brown (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Florian Bennhold (Osnabruk, Germany); Christoph Hilgert (Odenthal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described. Low pressure solar receivers are provided that function to convert solar radiation energy to thermal energy of a working fluid, e.g., a working fluid of a power generation or thermal storage system. In some embodiments, low pressure solar receivers are provided herein that are useful in conjunction with gas turbine based power generation systems. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/823013 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 1/04 (20130101) F02C 1/08 (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 6/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/05 (20130101) F24J 2/07 (20130101) F24J 2/4649 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/41 (20130101) Y02E 10/44 (20130101) Y02E 10/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09726410 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiming Gao (Knoxville, Tennessee); Omar Abdelaziz (Knoxville, Tennessee); Tim L. LaClair (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A refrigerant charge meter and a method for determining the actual refrigerant charge in HVAC systems are described. The meter includes means for determining an optimum refrigerant charge from system subcooling and system component parameters. The meter also includes means for determining the ratio of the actual refrigerant charge to the optimum refrigerant charge. Finally, the meter includes means for determining the actual refrigerant charge from the optimum refrigerant charge and the ratio of the actual refrigerant charge to the optimum refrigerant charge. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/828595 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 49/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25B 2500/19 (20130101) F25B 2500/24 (20130101) F25B 2700/21163 (20130101) Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 23/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09726430 | Birkmire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | JLN Solar, Inc. (Mill Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JLN SOLAR, INC. (Mill Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Birkmire (Newark, Delaware); Gregory M. Hanket (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal evaporation sources are described. These thermal evaporation sources include a crucible configured to contain a volume of evaporant and a vapor space above the evaporant. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/625433 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/243 (20130101) Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens, or Retorts in General; Open Sintering or Like Apparatus F27B 14/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09726646 | Brocato 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) | Robert W. Brocato (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Terisse Brocato (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Larry G. Stotts (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for chemical detection includes a pair of interdigitated transducers (IDTs) formed on a piezoelectric substrate. The apparatus includes a layer of adsorptive material deposited on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate between the IDTs, where each IDT is conformed, and is dimensioned in relation to an operating frequency and an acoustic velocity of the piezoelectric substrate, so as to function as a single-phase uni-directional transducer (SPUDT) at the operating frequency. Additionally, the apparatus includes the pair of IDTs is spaced apart along a propagation axis and mutually aligned relative to said propagation axis so as to define an acoustic cavity that is resonant to surface acoustic waves (SAWs) at the operating frequency, where a distance between each IDT of the pair of IDTs ranges from 100 wavelength of the operating frequency to 400 wavelength of the operating frequency. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/244767 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2291/014 (20130101) G01N 2291/102 (20130101) |
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| US 09727672 | Yanguas-Gil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angel Yanguas-Gil (Northbrook, Illinois); Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Transport and surface chemistry of certain deposition techniques is modeled. Methods provide a model of the transport inside nanostructures as a single-particle discrete Markov chain process. This approach decouples the complexity of the surface chemistry from the transport model, thus allowing its application under general surface chemistry conditions, including atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Methods provide for determination of determine statistical information of the trajectory of individual molecules, such as the average interaction time or the number of wall collisions for molecules entering the nanostructures as well as to track the relative contributions to thin-film growth of different independent reaction pathways at each point of the feature. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/633025 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09727928 | Heneman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); NRG Systems Inc. (Thompson Station, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helmuth J. Heneman (Thompson Station, Tennessee); Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of selecting an injectate for recovering liquid hydrocarbons from a reservoir includes designing a plurality of injectates, calculating a net present value of each injectate, and selecting a candidate injectate based on the net present value. For example, the candidate injectate may be selected to maximize the net present value of a waterflooding operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198228 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/00 (20130101) Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/16 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 40/00 (20130101) G06Q 50/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09727976 | Perkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Nikolaus Perkins (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Randolph Brost (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lawrence P. Ray (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies for facilitating analysis of large remote sensing and geolocation datasets to identify features of interest are described herein. A search query can be submitted to a computing system that executes searches over a geospatial temporal semantic (GTS) graph to identify features of interest. The GTS graph comprises nodes corresponding to objects described in the remote sensing and geolocation datasets, and edges that indicate geospatial or temporal relationships between pairs of nodes in the nodes. Trajectory information is encoded in the GTS graph by the inclusion of movable nodes to facilitate searches for features of interest in the datasets relative to moving objects such as vehicles. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/159384 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30241 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/469 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/2026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/2033 (20130101) G06T 11/206 (20130101) G06T 2207/30241 (20130101) |
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| US 09728344 | Stucky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Galen Stucky (Santa Barbara, California); Brian Evanko (Goleta, California); Nicholas Parker (Pasadena, California); David Vonlanthen (Santa Barbara, California); David Auston (Santa Barbara, California); Shannon Boettcher (Eugene, Oregon); Sang-Eun Chun (Eugene, Oregon); Xiulei Ji (Corvallis, Oregon); Bao Wang (Corvallis, Oregon); Xingfeng Wang (Corvallis, Oregon); Raghu Subash Chandrabose (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical double layer capacitor (EDLC) energy storage device is provided that includes at least two electrodes and a redox-enhanced electrolyte including two redox couples such that there is a different one of the redox couples for each of the electrodes. When charged, the charge is stored in Faradaic reactions with the at least two redox couples in the electrolyte and in a double-layer capacitance of a porous carbon material that comprises at least one of the electrodes, and a self-discharge of the energy storage device is mitigated by at least one of electrostatic attraction, adsorption, physisorption, and chemisorption of a redox couple onto the porous carbon material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/692695 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/02 (20130101) H01G 11/04 (20130101) H01G 11/16 (20130101) H01G 11/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/62 (20130101) |
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| US 09728483 | Maples et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING and TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle W. Maples (Kansas City, Missouri); Daniel J. Ewing (Overland Park, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit and method of forming the integrated circuit, including the steps of forming channels partially into a thickness of a semiconductor layer or through the thickness of the semiconductor layer and partially through a thickness of a substrate layer on which the semiconductor layer was formed. The method may then include underfilling or overfilling the channels with diamond. If underfilled, a remainder of the channels may be filled in with nucleation buffer layers or additional semiconductor material. If overfilled, the diamond may be selectively polished down to form a planar surface with the semiconductor layer. Next, the method may include forming an active device layer over the semiconductor material and diamond. The method may also include thinning the substrate layer down to the diamond and then placing a heat sink in physical contact with the diamond in the channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/964217 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4871 (20130101) H01L 23/3732 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/157 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
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| US 09728768 | Mikhaylik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sion Power Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sion Power Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuriy V. Mikhaylik (Tucson, Arizona); Michael G. Laramie (Tucson, Arizona); John Joseph Christopher Kopera (Vail, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode structure and its method of manufacture are disclosed. The disclosed electrode structures may be manufactured by depositing a first release layer on a first carrier substrate. A first protective layer may be deposited on a surface of the first release layer and a first electroactive material layer may then be deposited on the first protective layer. The first release layer may have a low mean peak to valley surface roughness, which may enable the formation of a thin protective layer with a low mean peak to valley surface roughness. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/209274 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/168 (20130101) H01M 4/13 (20130101) H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/139 (20130101) H01M 4/0402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0407 (20130101) H01M 4/0423 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/058 (20130101) H01M 10/0565 (20130101) H01M 2300/0085 (20130101) |
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| US 09728773 | Kung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold H. Kung (Wilmette, Illinois); Jung K. Lee (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A durable electrode material suitable for use in Li ion batteries is provided. The material is comprised of a continuous network of graphite regions integrated with, and in good electrical contact with a composite comprising graphene sheets and an electrically active material, such as silicon, wherein the electrically active material is dispersed between, and supported by, the graphene sheets. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/294752 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — 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 1/18 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) Y10T 29/49115 (20150115) |
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| US 09728788 | Serov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexey Serov (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Plamen B Atanassov (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexey Serov (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Plamen B Atanassov (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing M-N—C catalytic material utilizing ball-milling with or without the addition of a sacrificial support. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/647466 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/745 (20130101) B01J 37/08 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/96 (20130101) H01M 4/8605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/8652 (20130101) H01M 4/9083 (20130101) |
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| US 09728802 | Mittelsteadt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cortney Mittelsteadt (Wayland, Massachusetts); Avni Argun (Newton, Massachusetts); Castro Laicer (Watertown, Massachusetts); Jason Willey (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GINER, INC. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cortney Mittelsteadt (Wayland, Massachusetts); Avni Argun (Newton, Massachusetts); Castro Laicer (Watertown, Massachusetts); Jason Willey (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells and electrolyzes, attaining and maintaining high membrane conductivity and durability is crucial for performance and efficiency. The use of low equivalent weight (EW) perfluorinated ionomers is one of the few options available to improve membrane conductivity. However, excessive dimensional changes of low EW ionomers upon application of wet/dry or freeze/thaw cycles yield catastrophic losses in membrane integrity. Incorporation of ionomers within porous, dimensionally-stable perforated polymer electrolyte membrane substrates provides improved PEM performance and longevity. The present invention provides novel methods using micromolds to fabricate the perforated polymer electrolyte membrane substrates. These novel methods using micromolds create uniform and well-defined pore structures. In addition, these novel methods using micromolds described herein may be used in batch or continuous processing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120353 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 43/28 (20130101) B29C 43/222 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2081/06 (20130101) B29K 2105/0002 (20130101) B29K 2105/0073 (20130101) B29K 2105/256 (20130101) B29K 2905/08 (20130101) B29K 2995/0005 (20130101) B29K 2995/0027 (20130101) B29K 2995/0097 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/755 (20130101) B29L 2031/3468 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 13/02 (20130101) C25B 13/08 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1069 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) H01M 2300/0094 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/56 (20151101) |
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| US 09728971 | Robertazzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas G. Robertazzi (Mastic, New York); Steven Skiena (Setauket, New York); Kai Wang (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are an apparatus and method for load-balancing of a three-phase electric power distribution system having a multi-phase feeder, including obtaining topology information of the feeder identifying supply points for customer loads and feeder sections between the supply points, obtaining customer information that includes peak customer load at each of the points between each of the feeder sections, performing a phase balancing analysis, and recommending phase assignment at the customer load supply points. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/101985 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 2003/007 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 40/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/76 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 40/22 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 307/273 (20150401) |
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| US 09729193 | Joshi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pooran C. Joshi (Knoxville, Tennessee); Stephen M. Killough (Knoxville, Tennessee); Phani Teja Kuruganti (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless sensor platform and methods of manufacture are provided. The platform involves providing a plurality of wireless sensors, where each of the sensors is fabricated on flexible substrates using printing techniques and low temperature curing. Each of the sensors can include planar sensor elements and planar antennas defined using the printing and curing. Further, each of the sensors can include a communications system configured to encode the data from the sensors into a spread spectrum code sequence that is transmitted to a central computer(s) for use in monitoring an area associated with the sensors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/538219 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/707 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 23/02 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/097 (20130101) H05K 1/118 (20130101) H05K 1/165 (20130101) H05K 3/125 (20130101) H05K 2201/015 (20130101) H05K 2201/0145 (20130101) H05K 2201/0154 (20130101) H05K 2201/09263 (20130101) H05K 2201/10098 (20130101) |
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| US 09723989 | Nolte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Nolte (Lafayette, Indiana); John J. Turek (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ran An (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for ex vivo evaluation of tissue response, a target biological sample is placed in a chamber of a sample holder. Biodynamic imaging (BDI) is performed on the sample to extract BDI data of the entire sample, optical coherence imaging (OCI) data is generated from the BDI data; and then motility contrast imaging (MCI) data is generated from the OCI data. The MCI data is used to select an area of the ex vivo sample having the highest normalized standard deviation (NSD) value, indicative of a region of desirable responsiveness to a stimuli. The sample is subjected to a perturbation or external condition and an MCI analysis is performed on the selected area to determine the tissue response to the perturbation or external condition. In one aspect, the selected area or region of interest is obtained using a gradient descent method. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/000773 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02087 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/14 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) |
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| US 09724305 | DeSimone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. DeSimone (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Edward T. Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of artificial red blood cell particles includes each particle of the plurality being substantially monodisperse and each particle having a largest common linear dimension of about 5 μm to about 10 μm. The particles can also have a modulus configured such that a particle of the plurality of particles can pass through a tube having an inner diameter of less than about 3 μm. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/198081 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/16 (20130101) A61K 9/0026 (20130101) A61K 9/1641 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 35/18 (20130101) A61K 38/42 (20130101) A61K 38/1703 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) A61K 51/1244 (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 2400/12 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/832 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09724503 | Khizroev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida); Ping Liang (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida); Ping Liang (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sakhrat Khizroev (Coral Gables, Florida); Rakesh Guduru (Miami, Florida); Ping Liang (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of delivering drugs to a subject in a controlled release fashion by administering a magneto-electric nanoparticle having ionic bonds to a drug then applying a magnetic field to weaken the ionic bonds and release the drug. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/703521 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0009 (20130101) A61K 9/1611 (20130101) A61K 9/5015 (20130101) A61K 9/5094 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 47/48646 (20130101) A61K 47/48938 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (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) Original (OR) Class A61M 2037/0007 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 2/002 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 25/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09724506 | Cui et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bianxiao Cui (Stanford, California); Yi Cui (Stanford, California); Ziliang Lin (Stanford, California); Chong Xie (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provide a nanopillar electrode device, comprising a substrate patterned with a plurality of metal pads. The device may further comprise a plurality of nanopillars electrode arrays, wherein each nanopillar electrode array is attached to the substrate above a metal pad and electrically connected to the pad. The device may further comprise and a chamber surrounding the nanopillar electrodes, which can be used for culturing cells of interest for recording action potentials. The nanopillar electrode device may be configured to apply a voltage through the nanopillar electrodes from a voltage source. Nanopillar electroporation may be used to increase the permeability of cell membranes to allow intracellular recording. Also provided are methods of device fabrication, and methods of use. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/168906 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0412 (20130101) A61N 1/0472 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49147 (20150115) |
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| US 09724682 | Betley 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) | Theodore Alexander Betley (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elisabeth Therese Hennessy (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel synthetic methods for making acyclic secondary amines by reacting an azide with a compound bearing one or more C—H groups, catalyzed by a FeII-dipyrromethene complex. The acyclic secondary amines are thought to be formed through an intermolecular nitrene transfer. Also provided herein are methods of synthesizing protected (e.g., Boc- or Fmoc-protected) cyclic secondary amines (e.g., 5-, 6-, and 7-membered cyclic secondary amines) by reacting an azide that bears one or more C—H groups, catalyzed by a FeII-dipyrromethene complex. The protected cyclic secondary amines are thought to be formed through an intramolecular nitrene transfer and may be subsequently deprotected to yield cyclic secondary amines. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/345266 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 209/02 (20130101) C07C 209/02 (20130101) C07C 209/02 (20130101) C07C 209/02 (20130101) C07C 211/38 (20130101) C07C 211/40 (20130101) C07C 211/41 (20130101) C07C 2101/10 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2101/16 (20130101) C07C 2101/18 (20130101) C07C 2103/74 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 205/04 (20130101) C07D 207/06 (20130101) C07D 207/16 (20130101) C07D 209/54 (20130101) C07D 211/16 (20130101) C07D 263/04 (20130101) C07D 263/06 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09725410 | Toscano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Toscano (Glen Arm, Maryland); Frederick Arthur Brookfield (Abingdon, United Kingdom); Andrew D. Cohen (Mamaroneck, New York); Stephen Martin Courtney (Abingdon, United Kingdom); Lisa Marie Frost (Abingdon, United Kingdom); Vincent Jacob Kalish (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives that donate nitroxyl (HNO) under physiological conditions and are useful in treating and/or preventing the onset and/or development of diseases or conditions that are responsive to nitroxyl therapy, including heart failure and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Novel N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives release NHO at a controlled rate under physiological conditions, and the rate of HNO release is modulated by varying the nature and location of functional groups on the N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/286145 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 317/14 (20130101) C07C 323/67 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/74 (20130101) C07D 231/18 (20130101) C07D 261/10 (20130101) C07D 263/58 (20130101) C07D 285/125 (20130101) C07D 295/096 (20130101) C07D 307/82 (20130101) C07D 309/12 (20130101) C07D 317/14 (20130101) C07D 333/34 (20130101) C07D 333/62 (20130101) |
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| US 09725480 | Ju 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) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Zengmin Li (Flushing, New York); John Robert Edwards (St. Louis, Missouri); Yasuhiro Itagaki (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analog after the nucleotide analog is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogs which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analog through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/167917 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/11 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07H 21/00 (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 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6872 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 2525/117 (20130101) C12Q 2525/186 (20130101) C12Q 2535/101 (20130101) C12Q 2535/101 (20130101) C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) C12Q 2565/501 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09725499 | Conticello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Paul Conticello (Decatur, Georgia); Tao Jiang (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to collagen like polypeptides, applications, and uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to collagen like polypeptides wherein hydroxy proline is substituted with amino proline and containing amino acids having side chains with carboxylic acids wherein the polypeptides are configured through electrostatic interactions of the amine and carboxylic acid groups to form solid structures. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates modifications of these polypeptides in order to impart desirable properties to the solid structures. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/640635 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/26 (20130101) B32B 2307/73 (20130101) B32B 2535/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31728 (20150401) |
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| US 09725557 | Bao 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) | Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California); Lei Fang (College Station, Texas); Jianguo Mei (Greensboro, North Carolina); Yan Zhou (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to conjugated polymers, their manufacture and their implementations. As may be implemented in connection with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a conjugated polymer and a side chain or end chain material connected to the conjugated polymer. The amount and makeup of the side chain or end chain enhance solubility of the resulting modified conjugated polymer, relative to the conjugated polymer itself. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/515227 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/124 (20130101) C08G 61/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 2261/12 (20130101) C08G 2261/18 (20130101) C08G 2261/64 (20130101) C08G 2261/91 (20130101) C08G 2261/92 (20130101) C08G 2261/94 (20130101) C08G 2261/144 (20130101) C08G 2261/148 (20130101) C08G 2261/344 (20130101) C08G 2261/414 (20130101) C08G 2261/3223 (20130101) |
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| US 09725601 | Islam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mohammad F. Islam (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammad F. Islam (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerogel fabricated by forming an aqueous suspension including carbon nanotubes and a surfactant, agitating the aqueous suspension, and centrifuging the agitated suspension to form a supernatant including the carbon nanotubes. The supernatant is concentrated to form a concentrated suspension including the carbon nanotubes, and a hydrogel is formed from the concentrated suspension. The hydrogen is contacted with a strong acid to form an acidic hydrogel and to remove surfactant from the hydrogel, and then neutralized. An aerogel is formed from the hydrogel. The aerogel may consist essentially of carbon nanotubes. A composite may be formed from the hydrogel or the aerogel by infiltrating the hydrogel or the aerogel with a polymeric material and curing or pyrolyzing the polymeric material. The composite may be electrically conductive, transparent, flexible, superelastic, or any combination thereof. A device, such as a flexible conductor, sensor, or electrode may include the aerogel or the composite. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009692 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/02 (20130101) C01B 31/0273 (20130101) C01B 2202/02 (20130101) C01B 2202/04 (20130101) C01B 2202/06 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/24 (20130101) C08K 7/24 (20130101) C08K 9/02 (20130101) C08K 9/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 75/04 (20130101) C08L 75/04 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/025 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/30 (20150115) Y10T 428/249956 (20150401) |
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| US 09725715 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Si-ping Han (Yorba Linda, California); William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California); Lisa Scherer (Monrovia, California); John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are signal activatable molecular constructs for delivery of molecules and related components, compositions, methods, and systems, having a 17 to 30 bp targeting domain duplex RNA, at least one protection strand having a protection segment and linker segment and a sensor strand having a displacement segment and a toehold segment, in which in an inactive conformation the protection segment and the displacement segment form a sensor domain duplex polynucleotide covalently attached to the targeting domain and presenting the toehold segment for binding to a signal molecule. In an active conformation the sensor strand is bound to the signal molecule and is detached from the at least one protection strand and from the targeting domain; and the targeting domain attaches the at least one protection strand in a configuration allowing processing by Dicer and/or an Argonaute enzyme. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/641261 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2320/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09725761 | Mancebo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ricardo Mancebo (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ricardo Mancebo (Fremont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ricardo Mancebo (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the amplification of specific target nucleic acids. The invention provides methods, reagents, and kits for carrying out such amplification via the autoligation chain reaction (ACR). |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/370446 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6862 (20130101) C12Q 1/6862 (20130101) C12Q 2523/109 (20130101) |
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| US 09726114 | Wang 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) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Sadik C. Esener (Solana Beach, California); Daniel Kagan (Westfield, New Jersey); Michael Benchimol (San Diego, California); Jonathan Claussen (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, devices and systems are disclosed for implementing acoustically triggered propulsion of nano- and micro-scale structures. In one aspect, an ultrasound responsive propulsion device includes a tube that includes one or more layers including an inner layer having an electrostatic surface, and an ultrasound-responsive substance coupled to the inner layer and configured to form gaseous bubbles in a fluid in response to an ultrasound pulse, in which the bubbles exit the tube to propel the tube to move in the fluid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/379279 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| 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 37/0092 (20130101) Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 1/006 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 7/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09726592 | Koser |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hur Koser (Branford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for separating a sample of cells suspended in a bio-compatible ferrofluid is described, The device includes a microfluidic channel having a sample inlet, at least one outlet and a length between the same inlet and the at least one outlet, wherein a sample can be added to the sample inlet and flow along the microfluidic channel length to the at least one outlet. The device includes a plurality of electrodes and a power source for applying a current to the plurality of electrodes to create a magnetic field pattern along the microfluidic channel length. The present invention also includes a method of using said device for separating at least one cell type. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/163890 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/06 (20130101) B01L 2300/0848 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/023 (20130101) B03C 1/23 (20130101) B03C 1/32 (20130101) B03C 1/253 (20130101) B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 2201/18 (20130101) B03C 2201/24 (20130101) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 13/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/0065 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1081 (20130101) |
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| US 09726710 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kunal Ghosh (Tempe, Arizona); Stuart Bowden (Tempe, 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) | Kunal Ghosh (Tempe, Arizona); Stuart Bowden (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for prediction of fill factor in heterojunction solar cells through lifetime spectroscopy are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, methods for categorizing fill factor in a solar cell are provided, the methods comprising: determining lifetime values of the solar cell at different minority carrier concentrations; determining a lifetime curve shape for the solar cell based on the determined lifetime values; and categorizing the fill factor of the solar cell based on the determined lifetime curve shape using a hardware processor. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/086387 |
| ART UNIT | 2864 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 50/10 (20141201) |
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| US 09726827 | Blanche et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pierre Alexandre Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Brittany Lynn (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pierre Alexandre Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Brittany Lynn (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical switch based on a micro-minor device such as a DMD configured to simultaneously switch light from N inputs to M outputs with switching times of about 10 microseconds, where N and M are generally greater than one. The minors of the device are oriented according to a pattern calculated based on a Fourier Transform of spatial distribution of M outputs such as to form, in diffraction of light incident on the device, and diffraction light pattern that in the output plane is substantially congruent with the spatial distribution of M outputs. The device can be configured as a modulator of amplitude and/or a modulator of phase of incident light wavefront. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/249792 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/359 (20130101) G02B 6/3518 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/3534 (20130101) G02B 6/3556 (20130101) |
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| US 09726874 | Astratov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina); Arash Darafsheh (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina); Arash Darafsheh (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides super-resolution optical imaging methods and systems, including: providing a sample to be optically imaged; providing a plurality of microstructures disposed substantially adjacent to a surface of the sample to be optically imaged; and providing a material disposed about the plurality of microstructures; wherein the plurality of microstructures have a first index of refraction; and wherein the material disposed about the plurality of microstructures has a second index of refraction that is substantially less than the first index of refraction of the plurality of microstructures. The plurality of microstructures include one of a plurality of microspheres and a plurality of microcylinders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/042834 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/58 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09727342 | Chakraborty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Koushik Chakraborty (Logan, Utah); Sanghamitra Roy (Logan, Utah); Hu Chen (Logan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Koushik Chakraborty (Logan, Utah); Sanghamitra Roy (Logan, Utah); Hu Chen (Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | For an error resilient pipeline, a Dynamically Adaptable Resilient Pipeline (DARP) controller determines a minimum error pipeline stage of a processor instruction pipeline with a minimum number of errors. In addition, the DARP controller determines a maximum error pipeline stage of the instruction pipeline with a maximum number of errors. The DARP controller increases a clock frequency for the instruction pipeline if the minimum number of errors of the minimum error pipeline stage is zero and the maximum number of errors of the maximum error pipeline stage does not exceed an error threshold. In addition, the DARP controller decreases the clock frequency if the minimum number of errors exceeds an error constant. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/567824 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/08 (20130101) G06F 9/3861 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/3869 (20130101) G06F 11/076 (20130101) G06F 11/0721 (20130101) |
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| US 09728241 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Swaroop Ghosh (Tampa, Florida); Anirudh Srikant Iyengar (Tampa, Florida); Jae-Won Jang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Swaroop Ghosh (Tampa, Florida); Anirudh Srikant Iyengar (Tampa, Florida); Jae-Won Jang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-volatile flip-flops (NVFFs) based circuitries and schemes that incorporate magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) are provided to ensure fast data storage and restoration from an intentional or unintentional power outage. The NVFFs based circuitries and schemes also include enhanced scan mode testing capability by exploiting the nonvolatile latch to function as hold latch for delay testing. The NVFFs based circuitries and schemes eliminate additional write drivers, and may operate at an operation frequency of, for example, up to 2 GHz at a supply voltage of 1.1 V and with 0.55 pJ of energy consumption. A near uniform write latency can be achieved through transistor sizing, given write asymmetry of MTJs. NVFFs based circuitries and schemes incorporating data-dependent power gating circuitries can be used to mitigate high static currents generated during retention and back-to-back writing of identical input data. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/144322 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/1675 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 14/0081 (20130101) |
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| US 09728734 | Arnold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Scott Arnold (Middletown, Wisconsin); Padma Gopalan (Madison, Wisconsin); Gerald Joseph Brady (Madison, Wisconsin); Yongho Joo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | High density films of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes having a high degree of nanotube alignment are provided. Also provided are methods of making the films and field effect transistors (FETs) that incorporate the films as conducting channel materials. The single-walled carbon nanotubes are deposited from a thin layer of organic solvent containing solubilized single-walled carbon nanotubes that is spread over the surface of an aqueous medium, inducing evaporative self-assembly upon contacting a solid substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/154170 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0246 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0512 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09728930 | Williams 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) | Benjamin Stanford Williams (Los Angeles, California); Luyao Xu (Los Angeles, California); Daguan Chen (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A metasurface reflector for quantum cascade lasing is disclosed. The metasurface reflector uses an array of subcavities disposed on a substrate and spaced with a sub-wavelength period. Each of the subcavities includes a layer of quantum-cascade-laser-active material sandwiched between two metallic layers. The array of subcavities reflect an incident light of a resonant frequency with amplification. When used with an output coupler, a quantum cascade laser beam can be generated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/264509 |
| 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 3/08054 (20130101) H01S 3/08059 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/14 (20130101) H01S 5/02407 (20130101) H01S 5/02469 (20130101) H01S 5/3401 (20130101) H01S 5/06821 (20130101) H01S 5/34313 (20130101) |
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| US 09729189 | Calhoun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benton H. Calhoun (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yousef Shakhsheer (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yanqing Zhang (Charlottesville, Virginia); Alicia Klinefelter (Charlottesville, Virginia); David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nathan E. Roberts (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Seunghyun Oh (Jangdaedong Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION (Charlottesville, Virginia); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benton H. Calhoun (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yousef Shakhsheer (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yanqing Zhang (Charlottesville, Virginia); Alicia Klinefelter (Charlottesville, Virginia); David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nathan E. Roberts (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Seunghyun Oh (Jangdaedong Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprises a system on a chip (SoC). In some embodiments, the SoC includes a power supply circuit, a power management circuit operatively coupled to the power supply circuit, a first wireless communications circuit and a second wireless communications circuit. The first wireless communications circuit is configured to receive an RF signal and is operatively coupled to the power supply circuit and the power management circuit. The first wireless communications circuit has a net radio frequency (RF) power gain no more than unity before at least one of downconversion of the RF signal or detection of the RF signal. The second wireless communications circuit is operatively coupled to the power supply circuit and the power management circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/015425 |
| ART UNIT | 2647 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/1607 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/005 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09729558 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingyan Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Bailey (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Manish Karir (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jing Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zakir Durumeric (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Network security and robustness is analyzed by developing correlations among network maliciousness observations to determine attack susceptibility. Network traffic is analyzed at the autonomous system (AS) level, among connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes, to identify these observations. The traffic is monitored for any of a number of specified mismanagement metrics. Correlations among these metrics are determined and a unified network mismanagement metric is developed, indicating network susceptibility to potentially malicious attack. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/627736 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1408 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1441 (20130101) |
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| US 09729582 | Loo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boon Thau Loo (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Yifei Yuan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Rajeev Alur (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating SDN policies are disclosed. One system includes a processor and a memory. The system also includes an SDN policy synthesizer (SPS) implemented using the processor and the memory. The SPS is configured to receive scenario based information indicating one or more behaviors for at least one SDN policy, to use a synthesis algorithm for generating the at least one SDN policy based on the scenario based information, and to provide the at least one SDN policy to an SDN controller. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/236165 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/06986 (20130101) H04L 63/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09729994 | Eddins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Eddins (Odessa, Florida); David A. Borkholder (Canandaigua, New York); Vincent J. Amuso (Webster, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Eddins (Odessa, Florida); David A. Borkholder (Canandaigua, New York); Vincent J. Amuso (Webster, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for providing assistive listening for a plurality of listeners in an environment including a plurality of acoustic sources. A microphone array in combination with an acoustic beamforming processor configured to receive the acoustic signals within the environment and to process the acoustic signals based upon a target location of an acoustic signal selected on a listener-controlled interface device to generate a steered beam pattern. The acoustic beamforming processor further configured to transmit the steered beam pattern to the listener-controlled interface device based on the target location selected. The listener-controlled interface device configured to provide the steered beam pattern to an ear-level transducer of a hearing-impaired listener. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456577 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/52047 (20130101) G01S 15/8915 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/048 (20130101) Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 11/341 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 2203/12 (20130101) H04R 2430/20 (20130101) Stereophonic Systems H04S 7/302 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04S 7/304 (20130101) H04S 2400/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09730029 | Choudhury et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Romit Roy Choudhury (Champaign, Illinois); He Wang (Urbana, Illinois); Nirupam Roy (Urbana, Illinois); Souvik Sen (Palo Alto, California); Moustafa Youssef (Conway, Arkansas); Ahmed Elgohary (Alexandria, Egypt); Moustafa Farid (Alexandria, Egypt) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for unsupervised indoor localization are provided. Sensor data obtained from a device carried by a user can be used to simultaneously estimate the indoor location of a user and identify landmarks within the indoor environment based on their signatures. The landmarks can be used to reset the location estimate of the user, and the location estimate of the user can be used to improve the learned location of the landmarks. This recursive process leads to excellent accuracy in indoor localization. Systems and methods for estimating the heading direction of a user are also provided. Sensor data obtained from the user can be used to analyze the forces acting on the user in order to give an accurate heading direction estimate. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/441284 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/165 (20130101) G01C 21/206 (20130101) G01C 22/006 (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 5/021 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 4/005 (20130101) H04W 4/025 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhongli Pan (Davis, California); Tara H. McHugh (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to food processing and, in particular, blanching and dehydration of foods. Conventional blanching and dehydration requires use of steam and forced hot air. This invention is the first to effectively use infrared radiation energy to perform simultaneous blanching and dehydration of fruits and vegetables. Since this technology does not involve the addition of steam or water in the process of blanching, it has been named “infrared dry-blanching” (IDB) technology. IDB is intended to be a replacement for current steam, water and/or microwave blanching methods. It can be used to produce many kinds of value-added dried, refrigerated, frozen and dehydrofrozen foods such as fruit and vegetable products. In general, the advantages of IDB include (1) uniform heating which enhances energy efficiency and limits damage from over-heating, (2) capability of zone heating to address differential density, (3) ability to treat large or small lots with the same piece of equipment, (4) portability, since equipment can be built on wheels, and (5) a safe, non-toxic process with no harmful side-effects to humans or the environment. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/244448 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preserving, e.g by Canning, Meat, Fish, Eggs, Fruit, Vegetables, Edible Seeds; Chemical Ripening of Fruit or Vegetables; the Preserved, Ripened, or Canned Products A23B 4/01 (20130101) A23B 4/031 (20130101) A23B 7/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A23B 7/02 (20130101) A23B 7/06 (20130101) A23B 9/04 (20130101) Machines or Apparatus for Treating Harvested Fruit, Vegetables or Flower Bulbs in Bulk, Not Otherwise Provided For; Peeling Vegetables or Fruit in Bulk; Apparatus for Preparing Animal Feeding- Stuffs A23N 12/06 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 60/853 (20151101) |
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| US 09724376 | Musco et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Freedame LLC (Livermore, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Josephine Musco (Livermore, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josephine Musco (Livermore, California); Tara H. McHugh (Albany, California); Zhongli Pan (Davis, California); Roberto Avena-Bustillos (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of producing high quality olive leaf powders using infrared dry blanching, drying, and milling. Also provided are powders prepared by the methods of the invention. The powders can be included in various food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and antimicrobial compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/687329 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/12 (20130101) A01N 25/12 (20130101) A01N 25/12 (20130101) A01N 65/00 (20130101) A01N 65/00 (20130101) A01N 65/08 (20130101) A01N 65/08 (20130101) A01N 65/08 (20130101) Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 3/3472 (20130101) A23L 5/15 (20160801) A23L 19/01 (20160801) A23L 33/105 (20160801) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/022 (20130101) A61K 8/97 (20130101) A61K 9/14 (20130101) A61K 36/63 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 17/04 (20130101) A61Q 17/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09725734 | Stover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eddie W Stover (Fort Pierce, Florida); Goutam Gupta (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Guixia Hao (Fort Pierce, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The generation of a chimeric protein containing a first domain encoding either a pro-thionon or thionin, a second domain encoding D4E1 or pro-D4E1, and a third domain encoding a peptide linker located between the first domain and second domain is described. Either the first domain or the second domain is located at the amino terminal of the chimeric protein and the other domain (second domain or first domain, respectively) is located at the carboxyl terminal. The chimeric protein has antibacterial activity. Genetically altered plants and their progeny expressing a polynucleotide encoding the chimeric protein resist diseases caused by bacteria. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/691780 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/415 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09725752 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ward L. Johnson (Louisville, Colorado); Danielle C. France (Golden, Colorado); Teresa L. Kirschling (Golden, Colorado); Fred L. Walls (Layayette, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for assaying a biological sample includes: receiving a reference sample by an acoustic article including: a resonator including: a substrate; a piezoelectric member; and a phase noise detector; disposing the reference sample on the piezoelectric member; producing a reference phase noise signal; detecting the reference phase noise signal; disposing a biological sample on the piezoelectric member; producing a first biological phase noise signal; detecting the first biological phase noise signal; contacting the biological sample disposed on the piezoelectric member with an antimicrobial agent; producing a second biological phase noise signal; detecting the second biological phase noise signal; and analyzing the first biological phase noise signal, the second biological phase noise signal, and the reference phase noise signal to assay the biological sample. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/236943 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (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) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/2437 (20130101) G01N 2291/0255 (20130101) G01N 2333/245 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09725777 | Qiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Qiao (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); Randy D. Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin); Dick A. Nagaki (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides processes for deconstructing biomass using a solvent produced in a bioreforming reaction. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/348062 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 30/12 (20130101) Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 8/00 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/06 (20130101) C10G 1/065 (20130101) C10G 3/42 (20130101) C10G 3/44 (20130101) C10G 3/49 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) C10G 2300/44 (20130101) C10G 2300/805 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09726553 | Ahmed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersbrug, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zeeshan Ahmed (Annandale, Virginia); Steve Semancik (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jacob M Taylor (Washington, District of Columbia); Jingyun Fan (Rockville, Maryland); Mohammad Hafezi (Washington, District of Columbia); Haitan Xu (College Park, Maryland); Gregory Strouse (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermometer includes a substrate; an optical resonator disposed on the substrate and including an optical resonance, the optical resonator being configured to receive a resonant frequency corresponding to the optical resonance; and a waveguide disposed on the substrate proximate to the optical resonator to receive input light, to communicate the resonant frequency to the optical resonator, and to transmit output light; wherein an aperture is interposed between: the substrate and the optical resonator, the substrate and the waveguide, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and the thermometer is configured to change the optical resonance in response to a change in temperature of the optical resonator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/301921 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09725821 | Goldsby |
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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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon Goldsby (North Olmsted, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A pull rod for use in producing a single crystal from a molten alloy is provided that includes an elongated rod having a first end and a second end, a first cavity defined at the first end and a second cavity defined at the first end and in communication with the first cavity. The first cavity receives the molten alloy and the second cavity vents a gas from the molten alloy to thereby template a single crystal when the pull rod is dipped into and extracted from the molten alloy. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/633467 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Foundry Moulding B22C 9/06 (20130101) Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 21/007 (20130101) B22D 25/06 (20130101) B22D 27/045 (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 15/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/06 (20130101) C30B 29/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09726268 | Krasowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Krasowski (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Lawrence Greer (Avon, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A robust ground traction (drive) assembly for remotely controlled vehicles, which not only operates smoothly on surfaces that are flat, but also upon surfaces that include rugged terrain, snow, mud, and sand, is provided. The assembly includes a sun gear and a braking gear. The sun gear is configured to cause rotational force to be applied to second planetary gears through a coupling of first planetary gears. The braking gear is configured to cause the assembly (or the second planetary gears) to rotate around the braking gear when an obstacle or braking force is applied. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/095442 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport, Personal Conveyances, or Accommodation Specially Adapted for Patients or Disabled Persons; Operating Tables or Chairs; Chairs for Dentistry; Funeral Devices A61G 5/06 (20130101) A61G 5/061 (20130101) Gearing F16H 1/36 (20130101) F16H 3/58 (20130101) F16H 37/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16H 2001/2881 (20130101) |
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| US 09728703 | Que et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation; a division of Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc. (Ruston, Louisiana); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Louisiana Tech Research Corporation (Ruston, Louisiana); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Long Que (Ruston, Louisiana); Wei Chen (Arlington, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods of generating electricity include using an optically and thermally responsive material comprising single-walled Carbon nanotubes and Copper sulfide nanoparticles. This material acts as a thermoelectric generator lacking rectifying effects. In some forms, the generator may generate electricity from a light source alone, a heat source alone, or a source of both light and heat. Some forms exhibit enhanced optical and thermal switching characteristics, light absorption, photocurrent and thermocurrent generation under light illumination or/and thermal radiation, providing a new route to obtain thermoelectricity without any cooling or heat-sink component. Moreover, measurements showed thin films of SWNT CuS NPs had significantly increased light absorption (up to 80%) compared to untreated SWNT thin films. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/204213 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/10 (20130101) H01L 35/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09725761 | Mancebo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ricardo Mancebo (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ricardo Mancebo (Fremont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ricardo Mancebo (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the amplification of specific target nucleic acids. The invention provides methods, reagents, and kits for carrying out such amplification via the autoligation chain reaction (ACR). |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/370446 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6862 (20130101) C12Q 1/6862 (20130101) C12Q 2523/109 (20130101) |
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| US 09726893 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Magic Leap Inc. (Plantation, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Magic Leap, Inc. (Plantation, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chunyu Gao (Tucson, Arizona); Yuxiang Lin (Tucson, Arizona); Hong Hua (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a compact optical see-through head-mounted display capable of combining, a see-through image path with a virtual image path such that the opaqueness of the see-through image path can be modulated and the virtual image occludes parts of the see-through image and vice versa. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/277887 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/04 (20130101) G02B 13/06 (20130101) G02B 25/001 (20130101) G02B 27/144 (20130101) G02B 27/0172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/283 (20130101) G02B 27/1066 (20130101) G02B 2027/015 (20130101) G02B 2027/0118 (20130101) G02B 2027/0145 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 37/02 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2258 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) |
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| US 09728802 | Mittelsteadt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cortney Mittelsteadt (Wayland, Massachusetts); Avni Argun (Newton, Massachusetts); Castro Laicer (Watertown, Massachusetts); Jason Willey (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GINER, INC. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cortney Mittelsteadt (Wayland, Massachusetts); Avni Argun (Newton, Massachusetts); Castro Laicer (Watertown, Massachusetts); Jason Willey (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells and electrolyzes, attaining and maintaining high membrane conductivity and durability is crucial for performance and efficiency. The use of low equivalent weight (EW) perfluorinated ionomers is one of the few options available to improve membrane conductivity. However, excessive dimensional changes of low EW ionomers upon application of wet/dry or freeze/thaw cycles yield catastrophic losses in membrane integrity. Incorporation of ionomers within porous, dimensionally-stable perforated polymer electrolyte membrane substrates provides improved PEM performance and longevity. The present invention provides novel methods using micromolds to fabricate the perforated polymer electrolyte membrane substrates. These novel methods using micromolds create uniform and well-defined pore structures. In addition, these novel methods using micromolds described herein may be used in batch or continuous processing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120353 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 43/28 (20130101) B29C 43/222 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2081/06 (20130101) B29K 2105/0002 (20130101) B29K 2105/0073 (20130101) B29K 2105/256 (20130101) B29K 2905/08 (20130101) B29K 2995/0005 (20130101) B29K 2995/0027 (20130101) B29K 2995/0097 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/755 (20130101) B29L 2031/3468 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 13/02 (20130101) C25B 13/08 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1069 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) H01M 2300/0094 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/56 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09723817 | Lockery |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn Lockery (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for measuring an electropharyngeogram (EPG) in living organisms. In some embodiments, the devices and systems disclosed herein include an array for sorting and immobilizing an organism (such as a nematode) for measurement of an EPG and/or optical imaging. Also disclosed are methods for identifying therapeutic or toxic compounds utilizing the disclosed devices and systems. In some embodiments, the methods include screening for compounds with anthelmintic activity, toxicity (for example HERG channel blockers), or candidate drugs for treatment of a variety of human and/or animal diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/673611 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 29/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 67/033 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/02 (20130101) G01N 33/5085 (20130101) G01N 2333/43534 (20130101) |
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| US 09726710 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kunal Ghosh (Tempe, Arizona); Stuart Bowden (Tempe, 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) | Kunal Ghosh (Tempe, Arizona); Stuart Bowden (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for prediction of fill factor in heterojunction solar cells through lifetime spectroscopy are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, methods for categorizing fill factor in a solar cell are provided, the methods comprising: determining lifetime values of the solar cell at different minority carrier concentrations; determining a lifetime curve shape for the solar cell based on the determined lifetime values; and categorizing the fill factor of the solar cell based on the determined lifetime curve shape using a hardware processor. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/086387 |
| ART UNIT | 2864 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 50/10 (20141201) |
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| US 09729549 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elwha LLC, a limited liability corporation of the state of Delaware (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elwha LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc E. Davis (San Francisco, California); Matthew G. Dyor (Bellevue, Washington); Daniel A. Gerrity (Seattle, Washington); Xeudong Huang (Bellevue, Washington); Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, Washington); Royce A. Levien (Lexington, Massachusetts); Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, Washington); Robert W. Lord (Seattle, Washington); Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, Washington); Nathan P. Myhrvold (Bellevue, Washington); Clarence T Tegreene (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for behavioral fingerprinting with adaptive development. For certain example embodiments, one or more devices may: (i) determine at least one indication of utilization for at least one authorized user via at least one user-device interaction; and (ii) incorporate at least one indication of utilization into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with at least one authorized user, with the at least one behavioral fingerprint including one or more indicators of utilization of one or more user devices by the at least one authorized user. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/678380 |
| ART UNIT | 2495 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/105 (20130101) H04L 67/22 (20130101) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09728386 | Knecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FLIR DETECTION, INC. (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLIR Detection, Inc. (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent Knecht (Lebanon, Indiana); Gary Gentry (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Mass spectrometry instruments are provided that are configured to provide dynamic switching between positive and negative ion preparation and analysis during a single sample analysis. Mass spectrometry analysis methods are also provided that can include switching between positive and negative ion preparation and analysis during a single sample analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/962724 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) H01J 49/022 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/0095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09729558 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingyan Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Bailey (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Manish Karir (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jing Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zakir Durumeric (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Network security and robustness is analyzed by developing correlations among network maliciousness observations to determine attack susceptibility. Network traffic is analyzed at the autonomous system (AS) level, among connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes, to identify these observations. The traffic is monitored for any of a number of specified mismanagement metrics. Correlations among these metrics are determined and a unified network mismanagement metric is developed, indicating network susceptibility to potentially malicious attack. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/627736 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1408 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1441 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 09723996 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HEMOSONICS, LLC (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hemosonics, LLC (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Walker (Charlottesville, Virginia); Michael B. Lawrence (Charlottesville, Virginia); Francesco Viola (Charlottesville, Virginia); Margaret Kramer Sande (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus and systems for characterizing changes in at least one physical property of soft tissue. A series of acoustic pulses is generated and directed into the soft tissue such that at least one of the pulses is of sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the tissue. Waves reflected off the tissue, or a flexible member that moves with the tissue, are received and measured to estimate at least one characteristic of the physical displacement induced thereby. Repetition of the generating, receiving and estimating steps provides characterization of the at least one physical property over time. Methods, apparatus and systems for characterizing at least one physical property of blood, by generating a series of acoustic pulses and directing the series of pulses into the blood such that at least one of the pulses is of sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the blood. Acoustic pulses and/or optical waves reflected from the blood, or a flexible member in contact with the blood that moves with the blood, are received and measured to estimate at least one characteristic of the physical displacement induced thereby. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/791915 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0048 (20130101) A61B 5/02028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/08 (20130101) A61B 8/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/11 (20130101) G01N 29/343 (20130101) G01N 2291/044 (20130101) G01N 2291/02466 (20130101) G01N 2291/02475 (20130101) G01N 2291/02827 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09724009 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United State of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of locating a source of a heart rhythm disorder are provided in which a first pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a first coefficient associated with variability of the first pair of signals at a first region of the heart. A second pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a second coefficient associated with variability of the second pair of signals at a second region of the heart. Thereafter, the first coefficient of variability is compared to the second coefficient of variability to determine a direction towards the source of the rhythm disorder. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/507790 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/002 (20130101) A61B 5/042 (20130101) A61B 5/044 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/0468 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/743 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/04525 (20130101) A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 5/7246 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) A61B 5/7425 (20130101) A61B 8/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09725770 | Andersen 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) | Gary L. Andersen (Berkeley, California); Eric A. Dubinsky (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein are described 1058 different bacterial taxa that were unique to either human, grazing mammal, or bird fecal wastes. These identified taxa can serve as specific identifier taxa for these sources in environmental waters. Two field tests in marine waters demonstrate the capacity of phylogenetic microarray analysis to track multiple sources with one test. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/787500 |
| 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 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09726829 | Benner 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) | Alan F. Benner (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark A. Brandon (Poughkeepsie, New York); Michael J. Ellsworth (Poughkeepsie, New York); Eric J. McKeever (Poughkeepsie, New York); Thong N. Nguyen (Poughkeepsie, New York); Edward J. Seminaro (Milton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present invention include an optical fiber connector for connecting optical fibers. The optical fiber connector includes a ferrule coupled to one or more optical fiber ribbons. The optical fiber connector includes a connector housing coupled with a radius controlled ribbon bending housing. The connector housing surrounds the ferrule on at least four sides, and the one or more optical fiber ribbons coupled to the ferrule are within the connector housing. The optical fiber connector includes a strain relief clamp coupled with the radius controlled ribbon bending housing. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/849895 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/3821 (20130101) G02B 6/3825 (20130101) G02B 6/3829 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/3885 (20130101) G02B 6/3887 (20130101) G02B 6/4292 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09728767 | Turney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Damon E. Turney (Brooklyn, New York); Kevin Galloway (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for producing electrolyte flow in a flow-assisted battery comprises a flow assisted battery, a powering device located on a dry side of a battery housing, and an impeller assembly located on a wet side of the battery housing. The flow assisted battery comprises a battery housing, an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte solution, where the anode, the cathode and the electrolyte solution are disposed within the battery housing. The impeller assembly comprises: a shaft, an impeller, and one or more interior magnets, and the powering device and the impeller assembly are magnetically coupled through the battery housing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/442246 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 13/027 (20130101) F04D 29/4293 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/42 (20130101) H01M 4/50 (20130101) H01M 4/52 (20130101) H01M 6/04 (20130101) H01M 8/18 (20130101) H01M 10/24 (20130101) H01M 10/30 (20130101) H01M 10/46 (20130101) H01M 2004/027 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) H01M 2220/10 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/007 (20130101) H02J 7/0042 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
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, August 08, 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.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
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FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
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ART UNIT
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
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