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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 03, 2017
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| US 09776385 | Bremmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Bremmer (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jeffrey G. Sauer, III (Woodbury, Connecticut); William E. Hovan, III (Oxford, Connecticut); Christian A. Rogg (New Milford, Connecticut); Paul H. Denavit (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Robert A. Lacko (Oxford, Connecticut); Neil W. Cawthra (Shelton, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Bremmer (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jeffrey G. Sauer, III (Woodbury, Connecticut); William E. Hovan, III (Oxford, Connecticut); Christian A. Rogg (New Milford, Connecticut); Paul H. Denavit (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Robert A. Lacko (Oxford, Connecticut); Neil W. Cawthra (Shelton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A tool for forming a panel including a core area, at which plies sandwich a core, and a trim area surrounding the core, at which the plies are bonded together, is provided and includes a body having a surface on which the panel is formable, an assembly to apply bonding pressure to the plies at least at the core and trim areas and a clamping device external to the assembly to apply a clamping force to the vacuum bag and the plies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/080398 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — 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 33/202 (20130101) B29C 70/44 (20130101) B29C 70/54 (20130101) B29C 70/443 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 37/146 (20130101) B32B 37/1018 (20130101) |
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| US 09776690 | Sledzinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore Albert Sledzinski (San Diego, California); Mark Gillcrist (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical marker buoy and method for deployment are disclosed herein for enhanced detection of equipment on the water's surface. The equipment may have been previously submerged at a significant depth. The buoy and method provide a faster and more reliable means to locate equipment, e. g., at the sea surface or suspended by a float. The marker buoy has flotation device, a detection indicator and a bail mounted to a tube. The marker buoy is configured to be positioned in a substantially vertical position when the vertical marker buoy is in use on the surface of a body of water. The vertical marker buoy is capable of being deployed at an underwater depth. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/240762 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 22/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B63B 2201/08 (20130101) B63B 2201/16 (20130101) B63B 2207/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09776719 | Elkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erick W. Elkins (Sahuarita, Arizona); Matthew Glenn Murphy (Lafayette, Colorado); Scott D. Thomas (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A container is used to launch a small aircraft, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), from a host aircraft. The container protects the UAV from stresses during the initial ejection from a launcher that is part of the host aircraft. The initial stresses may be due to turbulence in the vicinity of the host aircraft, high airspeed, and/or tumbling that may result from the ejection from the host aircraft moving at a high airspeed. The container may deploy a drag device, such as a drogue chute, to slow the container down and reorient the container, prior to deployment of the UAV from the container. During the time between ejection from the host aircraft and deployment from the container, the UAV may be powered up and acquire data, such as global positioning system (GPS) data, to allow the UAV a “hot start” enabling immediate mission commencement. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/018493 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/021 (20130101) B64C 2201/082 (20130101) B64C 2201/201 (20130101) B64C 2201/206 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09776916 | Thostenson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Thostenson (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | In various aspects, the processes disclosed herein may include the steps of inducing an electric field about a non-conductive substrate, and depositing functionalized nanoparticles upon the non conductive substrate by contacting a nanoparticle dispersion with the non-conductive substrate, the nanoparticle dispersion comprising functionalized nanoparticles having an electrical charge, the electric field drawing the functionalized nanoparticles to the non-conductive substrate. In various aspects, the related composition of matter disclosed herein comprise functionalized nanoparticles bonded to a surface of a non-conductive fiber, the surface of the non-conductive fiber comprising a sizing adhered to the surface of the non-conductive fiber. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the processes, and related apparatus and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/606292 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 25/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/4419 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 13/02 (20130101) C25D 13/12 (20130101) C25D 13/22 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/254 (20150115) |
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| US 09777041 | Montclare et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Kim Montclare (New York, New York); Jasmin Hume (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A protein nanofiber comprised of self-assembling pentamers, and a method for producing the protein nanofiber, in which the protein upon which the nanofiber is based is a specific form of COMP. The proteins self-assemble via electrostatic interactions to form fibers that extend longitudinally. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/481533 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/78 (20130101) |
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| US 09777161 | Campos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Campos (Dallas, Texas); Andrew Guenthner (Lancaster, California); Timothy Haddad (Lancaster, California); Joseph M. Mabry (Quartz Hill, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Treated, mesoporous aggregates comprising a plurality of coated particles that comprise an inorganic oxide core having a surface area of about 50 to about 500 square meters per gram and a shell or coating consisting of an array of fluoroalkyl molecular chains covalently bonded to the core at a density of at least one chain per square nanometer. The aggregates are formed by the chemical attachment of fluoroalkyl-alkylsilanes after exposure to an alkylamine and followed by an extraction to remove any unbound organic material. The dense packing of molecular chains in the fluoroalkyl shell combined with a mesoporous structure imparts a very low surface energy, a very high specific surface area, and surface texture over a wide range of length scales. Such features are highly desirable for the creation of, for example, superhydrophobic and superoleophobic surfaces, separation media, and release films. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/255992 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2004/50 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/02 (20130101) C08K 5/5406 (20130101) C08K 7/26 (20130101) C08K 9/04 (20130101) C08K 9/12 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/3081 (20130101) C09C 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09C 3/063 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) Y10T 428/2995 (20150115) |
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| US 09777233 | Melde 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) | Brian Melde (Alexandria, Virginia); Brandy J. White (Washington, District of Columbia); Martin H. Moore (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesoporous organosilica sorbents are effective to remove contaminants (such as glycerol or detergent) from biodiesel. Contacting biodiesel with various a mesoporous organosilica sorbents comprising phenyl and sulfonate moieties resulted in the contaminants being absorbed by the sorbent and thus removed from the biodiesel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/472925 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/262 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10L 2200/0476 (20130101) C10L 2270/026 (20130101) C10L 2290/542 (20130101) |
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| US 09777234 | Harvey 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) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Kale Warren Harrison (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for converting cedarwood oil into high density fuels including, hydrogenating cedarwood oil in the presence of at least one hydrogenation catalyst to generate hydrogenated cedarwood oil, removing the hydrogenation catalyst from the hydrogenated cedarwood oil, purifying the hydrogenated cedarwood oil to produce a first high density fuel, isomerizing the first high density fuel in the presence of at least one acid catalyst catalyst to generate a hydrocarbon mixture including adamantanes, and distilling the adamantane mixture to produce a second alkyl-adamantane high density fuel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/371301 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/24 (20130101) C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 5/31 (20130101) C07C 2521/18 (20130101) C07C 2523/42 (20130101) C07C 2523/44 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (20130101) C10L 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10L 2270/04 (20130101) C10L 2270/026 (20130101) C10L 2290/543 (20130101) |
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| US 09777252 | Cuiffi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Cuiffi (Fort Myers, Florida); Mark Joseph Mescher (West Newton, Massachusetts); Jonathan Robert Coppeta (Windham, New Hampshire); Samuel Walker Inman (Boston, Massachusetts); Abigail June Spencer (Boston, Massachusetts); Transon Van Nguyen (San Diego, California); Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The systems and methods disclosed herein are generally related to a cell culture system. More particularly, the systems and methods enable the culturing and interconnecting of a plurality of tissue types in a biomimetic environment. By culturing organ specific tissue types within a biomimetic environment and interconnecting each of the organ systems in a physiologically meaningful way, experiments can be conducted on in vitro cells that substantially mimic the responses of in vivo cell populations. In some implementations, the organ systems are fluidically connected with a constant-volume pump. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/012577 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/12 (20130101) C12M 23/44 (20130101) C12M 29/00 (20130101) C12M 29/04 (20130101) C12M 29/12 (20130101) C12M 41/00 (20130101) C12M 41/12 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0062 (20130101) C12N 5/0602 (20130101) C12N 5/0697 (20130101) |
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| US 09777262 | Eroshenko 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) | Nikolai A. Eroshenko (Boston, Massachusetts); George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to mutants of Cre recombinase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/774319 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/00 (20130101) C12N 9/1241 (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 19/34 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/07 (20130101) |
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| US 09777274 | Malone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Techulon Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TECHULON INC. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Malone (Pearisburg, Virginia); Joshua Bryson (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are antisense molecules and compositions for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection. The antisense molecules and compositions comprise nucleic acid molecules, such as RNA, DNA, or nucleic acid molecules with modified backbones, such as PNA. The antisense molecules and compositions inhibit expression of membrane stability proteins in Staphylococcus aureus; are optionally conjugated to cell penetration molecules such as peptides; and are optionally administered in the form of a nanoparticle composition. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777011 |
| 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 | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 81/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/351 (20130101) C12N 2310/3181 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) |
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| US 09777381 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to modified metal materials for implantation and/or bone replacement, and to methods for modifying surface properties of metal substrates for enhancing cellular adhesion (tissue integration) and providing antimicrobial properties. Some embodiments comprise surface coatings for metal implants, such as titanium-based materials, using (1) electrochemical processing and/or oxidation methods, and/or (2) laser processing, in order to enhance bone cell-materials interactions and achieve improved antimicrobial properties. One embodiment comprises the modification of a metal surface by growth of in situ nanotubes via anodization, followed by electrodeposition of silver on the nanotubes. Other embodiments include the use of LENS™ processing to coat a metal surface with calcium-based bioceramic composition layers. These surface treatment methods can be applied as a post-processing operation to metallic implants such as hip, knee and spinal devices as well as screws, pins and plates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/955757 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 2/30767 (20130101) A61F 2002/3093 (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 27/32 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/306 (20130101) A61L 2300/104 (20130101) A61L 2300/404 (20130101) A61L 2300/624 (20130101) A61L 2400/12 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 28/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 28/042 (20130101) C23C 28/048 (20130101) |
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| US 09777384 | Joye |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colin D. Joye (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin D. Joye (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method to form beam tunnels in interaction circuits. Forms, such as fibers or sheets can be located and secured above a substrate at a desired size and desired shape to form the final shape of the beam tunnels. Fiber holders can be utilized to position the forms above the substrate. A photoresist can then be applied over the substrate embedding the forms. A single exposure LIGA process can be performed on the photoresist, including the steps of ultraviolet photolithography, molding, and electroforming. After the process, the forms can be removed to leave the beam tunnels in the interaction circuits. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/420696 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 1/02 (20130101) C25D 1/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09777402 | Tassev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir L. Tassev (Beavercreek, Ohio); Rita D. Peterson (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a layered OP material is provided, where the layered OP material comprises an OPGaAs template, and a layer of GaP on the OPGaAs template. The OPGaAs template comprises a patterned layer of GaAs having alternating features of inverted crystallographic polarity of GaAs. The patterned layer of GaAs comprises a first feature comprising a first crystallographic polarity form of GaAs having a first dimension, and a second feature comprising a second crystallographic polarity form of GaAs having a second dimension. The layer of GaP on the patterned layer of GaAs comprises alternating regions of inverted crystallographic polarity that generally correspond to their underlying first and second features of the patterned layer of GaAs. Additionally, each of the alternating regions of inverted crystallographic polarity of GaP are present at about 100 micron thickness or more. |
| FILED | Friday, March 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/455370 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 25/18 (20130101) C30B 29/42 (20130101) C30B 29/44 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/39 (20130101) G02F 1/3556 (20130101) G02F 1/3558 (20130101) G02F 2001/392 (20130101) |
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| US 09777634 | Drake et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Drake (East Hartford, Connecticut); Christopher B. Lyons (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A tangential on-board injector assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an annular housing including a plenum. A plurality of discrete tubes is fluidly connected to the plenum and is configured to provide a cooling fluid to the annular housing. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/479566 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/082 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02C 7/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09777752 | Medeiros et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ELECTROMECHANICA, INC. (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ELECTROMECHANICA, INC. (Massapoisett, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruben Medeiros (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros (Fall River, Massachusetts); Stephen Armand Piché (North Easton, Massachusetts); Karl Reid Edminster (Fairhaven, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible pneumatic actuator assembly includes a front base, a rear base, a length of flexible tubing having a front end secured to the front base and a rear end secured to the rear base, a flexible piston rod extending through an aperture in the front base and into an internal volume of the length of flexible tubing, and a piston secured to the piston rod within the internal volume of the length of flexible tubing. The piston is configured to maintain an air tight seal against an inner wall of the tubing upon bending of the tubing in a region including the piston. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/971657 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines or Engines, in General or of Positive-displacement Type, e.g Steam Engines F01B 19/04 (20130101) Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 15/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F15B 15/14 (20130101) F15B 15/20 (20130101) F15B 15/125 (20130101) F15B 15/149 (20130101) |
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| US 09777849 | Potter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Potter (Bedford, Massachusetts); Haink Tu (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples are provided that describe a linear hydraulic valve. In one example a linear valve comprises a sleeve with a plurality of ports spaced apart from each other at a distance. The plurality of ports are associated with a plurality of pressurized fluids. A spool comprising a plurality of openings that correspond to the plurality of ports is provided within the sleeve. The plurality of openings are spaced apart in a manner that enables alignment of a given opening of the plurality of openings to a given port of the plurality of ports based on a given position of the spool within the sleeve. The linear valve comprises an actuator for moving the spool in a forward or reverse linear motion along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The spool may be moved to a given position based on selection of a pressurized fluid of the plurality of pressurized fluids. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/288230 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 11/0716 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 31/04 (20130101) F16K 31/0613 (20130101) F16K 37/0041 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/86879 (20150401) |
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| US 09777963 | Martinez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramon Martinez (Fairfield, Ohio); Benjamin Paul Breig (Liberty Township, Ohio); Keith Alan Joerger (Brookville, Indiana); Gregg Hunt Wilson (Cincinnati, Ohio); Matthew John Hunt (Liberty Township, Ohio); Donald Michael Corsmeier (West Chester, Ohio); Paul Charles Johnson (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a system for a heat exchanger assembly are provided. The heat exchanger assembly includes one or more arcuate heat exchanger segments each including an inlet header configured to extend circumferentially about a circumference of an inner surface of a fluid flow duct, and an outlet header configured to extend circumferentially about the fluid flow duct. The heat exchanger assembly also includes a first serpentine heat exchanger tube extending between the inlet header and the outlet header and including a series of flow path segments having a gradually changing direction defined by a bend radius of the tube such that a direction of flow through the serpentine heat exchanger tube reverses between the inlet and the outlet headers and a second serpentine heat exchanger tube extending between the inlet header and the outlet header, the second serpentine heat exchanger tube co-planar with the first serpentine heat exchanger tube. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/713363 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 15/26 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/14 (20130101) F02C 7/18 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 3/06 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/185 (20130101) F05D 2260/213 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 1/0477 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28D 7/082 (20130101) F28D 2021/0021 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 9/0224 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/671 (20130101) Y02T 50/675 (20130101) |
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| US 09778000 | Stocke, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Crane, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R Stocke, Jr. (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An influence system including open cell structures with one or more fractal reflective or resonating structures, wherein the fractal reflective or resonating structures are adapted to produce an emitted reflective or resonance signal that approximately matches a target electromagnetic signal reflection or resonance profile comprising a plurality of electromagnetic signal characteristics, said plurality of electromagnetic signal characteristics, a tow yoke coupled to one end of said blanket comprising a floatation chamber section, a tow cable adapted to tow said tow yoke and blanket, said tow cable comprising a low electromagnetic observable material or having a radar absorptive material coating. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/182932 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Targets; Target Ranges; Bullet Catchers F41J 2/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/34 (20130101) H01Q 1/36 (20130101) H01Q 15/14 (20130101) H01Q 17/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09778008 | Scheid 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) | Eric Scheid (Bloomington, Indiana); Dan Thomas (Southern Pines, North Carolina); Brad Moan (Greenwood, Indiana); Tom Gailey (Spring Lake, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Generally, embodiments of the invention can include a linear shaped charge (LSC) end cap coupling structure adapted for holding an initiator structure adapted to initiate a booster explosive material, the booster explosive material, and the LSC in abutting contact with each other. One embodiment includes a rubber body formed with cavities adapted to receive the LSC, booster, and initiator structure (e.g., detonation cord). One internal cavity can be formed with a plurality of flexible protrusions or fins which are oriented towards a center axis of the preferred embodiment of three cavities configured to impart an interference fit with the initiator structure. Methods related to the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/953312 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Detonating or Priming Devices; Fuses; Chemical Lighters; Pyrophoric Compositions C06C 5/06 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 1/04 (20130101) F42B 1/028 (20130101) F42B 3/08 (20130101) F42B 3/087 (20130101) Blasting F42D 1/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09778039 | Najafi 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) | Khalil Najafi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Rebecca L. Peterson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jae Yoong Cho (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zongliang Cao (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Guohong He (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeffrey Gregory (Burlington, Massachusetts); Yi Yuan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A microsystem includes a base layer formed from an electrical insulating material. The base layer has an inner surface defining a cavity and an external surface opposed to the inner surface, and in direct communication with an environment. A cap layer and a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device layer are formed from electrical insulating material or an other electrical insulating material. The cap has an inner surface defining a cavity, and an external surface opposed to the inner surface, and in direct communication with the environment. A MEMS device on/in the MEMS device layer is disposed between the base and the cap. Respective adjacent portions of the base, the cap and the device substrate are bonded to define an enclosed space. The enclosed space at least partially includes the base cavity or the cap cavity. At least a portion of a MEMS device on the device layer is in the enclosed space. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/665163 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/574 (20130101) G01C 19/5712 (20130101) G01C 19/5769 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/097 (20130101) G01P 15/125 (20130101) G01P 15/0802 (20130101) |
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| US 09778044 | Bandyopadhyay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRX Systems, Inc. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRX SYSTEMS, INC. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amrit Bandyopadhyay (College Park, Maryland); Brian Beisel (Ellicott City, Maryland); John Karvounis (Bowie, Maryland); Benjamin Funk (Hanover, Maryland); Carole Teolis (Glenn Dale, Maryland); Christopher Giles (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods and systems for mapping irregular features. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method may include obtaining tracking data that has dead reckoning tracking data for a tracked subject along a path and performing shape correction on the tracking data to provide a first estimate of the path. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/238596 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 21/206 (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 5/0263 (20130101) |
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| US 09778105 | Auner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory W. Auner (Livonia, Michigan); Changhe Huang (Novi, Michigan); Christopher M. Thrush (Shelby Township, Michigan); Michelle Brusatori (Sterling Heights, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for performing Raman spectral analysis of a sample is described, comprising a coherent light source, an first optical chain to direct the coherent light to impinge on the sample, a second optical chain to direct the scattered light onto a diffraction grating, and a third optical chain to direct the diffracted light onto detection array. The diffraction grating is a stairstep with a metalized surface, and a plurality of metalized stripes on a flat surface is disposed in a direction orthogonal to the long dimension of the stairsteps. The region between the flat surface and the stairstep is transparent. The zeroth-order fringe is selected by a slit and directed onto camera. The resultant interferogram is Fourier transformed to produce a representation of the Raman spectrum. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/518588 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/18 (20130101) G01J 3/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/44 (20130101) G01J 3/45 (20130101) G01J 3/4412 (20130101) G01J 3/4531 (20130101) G01J 3/4532 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/1861 (20130101) |
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| US 09778113 | Englund 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) | Dirk R. Englund (New York, New York); Chaitanya Rastogi (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for hyperspectral imaging, including a device for hyperspectral imaging including at least one tunable interferometer including a thin layer of material disposed between two or more broadband mirrors. Electrodes placed on either side of the tunable interferometer can be coupled to a voltage control circuit, and upon application of a voltage across the tunable interferometer, the distance between the mirrors can be modulated by physically altering the dimensions of the thin layer of material, which can uniformly load the broadband mirrors. Physically altering the dimensions of the thin layer of material can include one or more of deformation of a soft material, piezostrictrive actuation of a piezostrictrive material, or electrostrictive actuation of an electrostrictive material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/253250 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/26 (20130101) G01J 3/32 (20130101) G01J 3/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/0259 (20130101) G01J 3/2823 (20130101) G01J 2003/452 (20130101) G01J 2003/2826 (20130101) |
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| US 09778186 | Kojima et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shinichi Kojima (Cupertino, California); Hamada Wahba (San Jose, California); Michael R. Gluszczak (San Jose, California); Joseph A. DiRegolo (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron beam detection apparatus includes a first aperture element including a first set of apertures. The apparatus includes a second aperture element including a second set of apertures. The second set of apertures is arranged in a pattern corresponding with the pattern of the first plurality of apertures. The detection apparatus includes an electron-photon conversion element configured to receive electrons of the electron beam transmitted through the first and second aperture elements. The electron-photon conversion element is configured to generate photons in response to the received electrons. The detection apparatus includes an optical assembly including one or more optical elements. The detection apparatus includes a detector assembly. The optical elements of the optical assembly are configured to direct the generated photons from the electron-photon conversion system to the detector assembly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/686308 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/226 (20130101) H01J 37/244 (20130101) H01J 2237/043 (20130101) H01J 2237/2443 (20130101) H01J 2237/2446 (20130101) H01J 2237/24578 (20130101) |
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| US 09778265 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George P. Anderson (Bowie, Maryland); Jinny Lin Liu (Ellicott City, Maryland); Marc P. Raphael (Springfield, Virginia); Ellen R. Goldman (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George P. Anderson (Bowie, Maryland); Jinny Lin Liu (Ellicott City, Maryland); Marc P. Raphael (Springfield, Virginia); Ellen R. Goldman (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Genetic fusions of proteins, for example single-domain antibodies (sdAbs), with a positively-charged domain enhanced immobilization of active protein in a desired orientation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/688010 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 16/16 (20130101) C07K 19/00 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) C07K 2319/73 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/531 (20130101) G01N 33/54393 (20130101) G01N 2333/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09778298 | Noga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESETNED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Noga (Rome, New York); Daniel L. Stevens (Marcy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for frequency measurement (1ODMTM) which provides precise and accurate measurement of a single input tone frequency and/or multiple separable input tone frequencies. Tone separability can be achieved by proper selection of the parameter N, the sample length of the DFT/FFT. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/735228 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 23/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09778351 | Khosla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, California); David J. Huber (Calabasas, California); Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California); Darrel J. VanBuer (Los Angeles, California); Kevin R. Martin (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is system for surveillance that integrates radar with a panoramic staring sensor. The system captures image frames of a field-of-view of a scene using a multi-camera panoramic staring sensor. The field-of-view is scanned with a radar sensor to detect an object of interest. A radar detection is received when the radar sensor detects the object of interest. A radar message indicating the presence of the object of interest is generated. Each image frame is marked with a timestamp. The image frames are stored in a frame storage database. The set of radar-based coordinates from the radar message is converted into a set of multi-camera panoramic sensor coordinates. A video clip comprising a sequence of image frames corresponding in time to the radar message is created. Finally, the video clip is displayed, showing the object of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/502944 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/867 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/004 (20130101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/23238 (20130101) H04N 7/188 (20130101) |
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| US 09778392 | Justus 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) | Brian L. Justus (Springfield, Virginia); Alan L. Huston (Aldie, Virginia); Alan L. Justus (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A 3Helium gas counter comprising polyethylene slabs, a rectangular gas tube within the polyethylene slabs, and a mixture of 3Helium and Xenon. A 3Helium gas counter comprising polyethylene slabs, a rectangular gas tube within the polyethylene slabs, and a mixture of 3Helium and Krypton. A method of making a 3Helium gas counter comprising providing polyethylene slabs, placing a rectangular gas tube within the polyethylene slabs, and depositing a mixture of 3Helium and Xenon into the rectangular gas tube. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/991462 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/008 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 5/0091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09778416 | Meade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Boise, Idaho); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Meade (Boise, Idaho); Jason Orcutt (Katonah, New York); Milos Popovic (Boulder, Colorado); Jeffrey Shainline (Boulder, Colorado); Zvi Sternberg (Metar, Israel); Vladimir Stojanovic (Berkeley, California); Ofer Tehar-Zahav (Hadera, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated structure and method of formation provide a lower level waveguide having a core of a first material and a higher level waveguide having a core of a second material and a coupling region for coupling the two waveguides together. The different core materials provided different coupled waveguides having different light loss characteristics. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/467531 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1228 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/12004 (20130101) G02B 2006/12061 (20130101) G02B 2006/12121 (20130101) G02B 2006/12123 (20130101) G02B 2006/12142 (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 1/025 (20130101) G02F 2201/06 (20130101) G02F 2202/104 (20130101) |
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| US 09778475 | Cook |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represesnted by the Secretary of the Air Forice (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Cook (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A universal polarization converter is provided including a polarizer configured to receive unpolarized light. The polarizer is further configured to split the received unpolarized light into a first and second polarized state. At least two quarter wave phase retarders are configured to convert each of the first and second polarized states to opposite handed polarized beams. A cholesteric mirror is configured to combine the opposite handed polarized beams. In other embodiments, the cholesteric mirror may be replaced by a second polarizer and optional quarter wave retardation plate. Further embodiments may include a single polarization converter and multiple quarter wave retardation plates. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/934271 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/3083 (20130101) G02B 27/283 (20130101) G02B 27/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09778493 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Jock T. Bovington (La Jolla, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ying Luo (San Diego, California); Shiyun Lin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual-ring-modulated laser includes a gain medium having a reflective end coupled to an associated gain-medium reflector and an output end, which is coupled to a reflector circuit through an input waveguide to form a lasing cavity. The reflector circuit comprises: a first ring modulator; a second ring modulator; and a shared waveguide that optically couples the first and second ring modulators together. The first and second ring modulators have resonance peaks that are tuned to be offset in alignment from each other to provide an effective reflectance having a flat-top response, which is aligned with an associated lasing cavity mode. The first and second ring modulators are driven in tandem based on the same electrical input signal, whereby the resonance peaks of the first and second ring modulators shift wavelengths in the same direction during modulation, and an effective reflectance stays within the flat-top wavelength range. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 18, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/409381 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2201/34 (20130101) G02F 2201/126 (20130101) G02F 2203/15 (20130101) G02F 2203/70 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/50 (20130101) H01S 5/125 (20130101) H01S 5/0265 (20130101) H01S 5/3013 (20130101) |
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| US 09778543 | Zlatanovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanja Zlatanovic (San Diego, California); Joanna Ptasinski (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable parametric mixer comprising a pump laser, a nonlinear waveguide, and a refractive index tuner. The pump laser is configured to generate pump photons. The nonlinear waveguide comprises a cladding and a core. The core is made of nonlinear optical material and the cladding in made of a material with a tunable index of refraction. The nonlinear waveguide is configured to convert the pump photons into signal and idler photons. The refractive index tuner is configured to change the refractive index of the cladding to dynamically tune the dispersion properties of the nonlinear waveguide in order to alter a spectral location of a gain band of the parametric mixer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/564824 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/377 (20130101) G02F 1/395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/1326 (20130101) G02F 2001/392 (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 3/0092 (20130101) |
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| US 09778745 | Braun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Immersion Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IMMERSION CORPORATION (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam C. Braun (Sunnyvale, California); Jonathan L. Beamer (Menlo Park, California); Louis B. Rosenberg (San Jose, California); Dean C. Chang (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A force feedback system provides components for use in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback interface device. An architecture for a host computer allows multi-tasking application programs to interface with the force feedback device without conflicts, where a single active application may output forces. A background application also provides force effects to be output and allows a user to assign force effects to graphical objects in a graphical user interface. Force feedback effects and structures are further described, such as events and enclosures. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/154126 |
| ART UNIT | 2143 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/00 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/0338 (20130101) G06F 3/03543 (20130101) G06F 3/03548 (20130101) G06F 3/04842 (20130101) G06F 2203/013 (20130101) G06F 2203/014 (20130101) G06F 2203/0333 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/02 (20130101) H04L 67/36 (20130101) H04L 69/329 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Jin Tae Kwak (Champaign, Illinois); Saurabh Sinha (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Jin Tae Kwak (Champaign, Illinois); Saurabh Sinha (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This application provides to a method for identifying one or more prostate tissue samples in a database that are closest to a test prostate sample, which can be used to aid pathologists when examining prostate tissues to attain reliable and consistent diagnoses of prostate cancer. Also provided are databases and computer algorithms that can be used with such methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/344461 |
| ART UNIT | 2154 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00134 (20130101) G06K 9/6228 (20130101) G06K 9/6289 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/60 (20130101) G06T 2207/30081 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09779364 | Hoover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Dublin, Ireland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Dublin, Ireland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Hoover (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Scott Miller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Lisa Wester (Alexandria, Virginia); Randall C. Gowat (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A machine learning based procurement system comprises a machine learning classifier to classify bids. The procurement system determines a price risk score and a supplier risk score for each of the bids based on the classifications, and determines if any of the bids are associated with a high-risk procurement based on comparing the price risk score and the supplier risk score to the respective threshold. The procurement system includes a graphical user interface that can display bid evaluation links, which are accessible to provide information explaining high-risk procurements. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/611501 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0481 (20130101) G06F 17/30477 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/0635 (20130101) G06Q 30/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09779370 | Shen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianqiang Shen (Santa Clara, California); Oliver Brdiczka (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for detecting anomalous correlations between public and private activities of a user. During operation, the system collects public and private activity data associated with the user. The system generates a series of feature pairs, each feature pair including a public feature vector and a private feature vector generated from the activity data. Each respective feature pair corresponds to a respective point in time. The system generates a model to determine whether there is an anomaly in a correlation between the user's public and private activity data. The model is associated with a normal correlation between the user's public and private activity data over a period of time. The system collects additional public and private activity data and applies the model to determine whether there is an anomaly. The system may issue an alert in response to detecting an anomaly. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/486941 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 50/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09779865 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weigang Wang (Tucson, Arizona); Chong Bi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Voltage controlled magnetic components are described. The magnetic components include a thin layer of ferromagnet adjacent to an oxide layer. The magnetic properties of the ferromagnet may be controlled in a reversible manner via application of an external electric field and voltage-induced reversible oxidation of the ferromagnet. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/885609 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/15 (20130101) G11C 11/161 (20130101) G11C 11/1675 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 7/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780014 | Margomenos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandros D. Margomenos (Pasadena, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of mounting a plurality of semiconductor or microelectronic chips or dies, the method including providing a carrier, temporarily adhering the plurality of semiconductor or microelectronic chips or dies to the carrier with active faces of the chips or dies facing towards the carrier, covering backsides of the chips and filling empty spaces between the chips or dies with a metallic material to thereby define an assembly of the chips or dies and the metallic material, and releasing the assembly from the carrier, wherein each chip or die comprises at least one bonding ring higher than a height of the active face of the respective chip or die or any connections on the active face of the respective chip or die. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/703545 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/6835 (20130101) H01L 23/36 (20130101) H01L 23/367 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 24/20 (20130101) H01L 24/33 (20130101) H01L 24/82 (20130101) H01L 24/95 (20130101) H01L 2224/211 (20130101) H01L 2224/3303 (20130101) H01L 2224/33106 (20130101) H01L 2224/33505 (20130101) H01L 2224/95001 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780044 | Limb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott J. H. Limb (Palo Alto, California); Gregory L. Whiting (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A transient electronic device utilizes a glass-based interposer that is treated using ion-exchange processing to increase its fragility, and includes a trigger device operably mounted on a surface thereof. An integrated circuit (IC) die is then bonded to the interposer, and the interposer is mounted to a package structure where it serves, under normal operating conditions, to operably connect the IC die to the package I/O pins/balls. During a transient event (e.g., when unauthorized tampering is detected), a trigger signal is transmitted to the trigger device, causing the trigger device to generate an initial fracture force that is applied onto the glass-based interposer substrate. The interposer is configured such that the initial fracture force propagates through the glass-based interposer substrate with sufficient energy to both entirely powderize the interposer, and to transfer to the IC die, whereby the IC die also powderizes (i.e., visually disappears). |
| FILED | Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/694132 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/486 (20130101) H01L 21/4853 (20130101) H01L 21/4864 (20130101) H01L 23/15 (20130101) H01L 23/57 (20130101) H01L 23/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/576 (20130101) H01L 23/49827 (20130101) H01L 23/49838 (20130101) H01L 23/49894 (20130101) H01L 24/00 (20130101) H01L 24/16 (20130101) H01L 25/0655 (20130101) H01L 2224/16157 (20130101) H01L 2224/16235 (20130101) H01L 2924/15311 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/17768 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780075 | Das et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rabindra N. Das (Lexington, Massachusetts); Donna-Ruth W. Yost (Acton, Massachusetts); Chenson Chen (Waban, Massachusetts); Keith Warner (Whitinsville, Massachusetts); Steven A. Vitale (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mark A. Gouker (Belmont, Massachusetts); Craig L. Keast (Groton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer semiconductor device includes at least two semiconductor structures, each of the at least two semiconductor structures having first and second opposing surfaces and including a first section and a second section. The second section includes a device layer and an insulating layer. The multi-layer semiconductor device also includes one or more conductive structures and one or more interconnect pads. Select ones of the one or more interconnect pads are electrically coupled to the one or more conductive structures. The multi-layer semiconductor device additionally includes a via joining layer disposed between and coupled to second surfaces of each of the at least two semiconductor structures. A corresponding method for fabricating a multi-layer semiconductor device is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/327235 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/5226 (20130101) H01L 23/53209 (20130101) H01L 25/50 (20130101) H01L 25/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2225/06513 (20130101) H01L 2225/06541 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780254 | Liao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yitao Liao (Redwood City, California); Theodore D. Moustakas (Dover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor structures involving multiple quantum wells provide increased efficiency of UV and visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) and other emitter devices, particularly at high driving current. LEDs made with the new designs have reduced efficiency droop under high current injection and increased overall external quantum efficiency. The active region of the devices includes separation layers configured between the well layers, the one or more separation regions being configured to have a first mode to act as one or more barrier regions separating a plurality of carriers in a quantum confined mode in each of the quantum wells being provided on each side of the one or more separation layers and a second mode to cause spreading of the plurality of carriers across each of the quantum wells to increase an overlap integral of all of the plurality of carriers. The devices and methods of the invention provide improved efficiency for solid state lighting, including high efficiency ultraviolet LEDs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/846485 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/0025 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/145 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780448 | Meagher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Meagher (San Diego, California); Randall B. Olsen (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an apparatus for shifting the phase of an radiofrequency signal. The device has an input line and an output line. An input switch is connected to the input line. The input switch is has several input throws. An output switch is connected to the output line. The output switch has several output throws which correspond to the input throws. The apparatus also has several phase shift lines. Each phase shift line has a true path length that is different from the true path lengths of the other phase shift lines. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/041137 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/182 (20130101) H01P 1/184 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780524 | Zheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Jin Yao (San Diego, California); Ying Luo (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable laser includes a reflective silicon optical amplifier (RSOA) with a reflective end and an interface end and an array of narrow-band reflectors, which each have a different center wavelength. It also includes a silicon-photonic optical switch, having an input port and N output ports that are coupled to a different narrow-band reflector in the array of narrow-band reflectors. The tunable laser also includes an optical waveguide coupled between the interface end of the RSOA and the input of the silicon-photonic optical switch. The frequency of this tunable laser can be tuned in discrete increments by selectively coupling the input port of the silicon-photonic optical switch to one of the N output ports, thereby causing the RSOA to form a lasing cavity with a selected narrow-band reflector coupled to the selected output port. The tunable laser also includes a laser output optically coupled to the lasing cavity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/341675 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/20 (20130101) H01S 5/125 (20130101) H01S 5/141 (20130101) H01S 5/187 (20130101) H01S 5/0268 (20130101) H01S 5/0608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/1028 (20130101) H01S 5/1092 (20130101) H01S 5/3013 (20130101) H01S 5/5027 (20130101) H01S 5/06821 (20130101) H01S 5/06837 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780528 | Zheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ying Luo (San Diego, California); Daniel Y. Lee (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable laser includes a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) having a reflective end coupled to a shared reflector and an output end, which is coupled to a demultiplexer through an input waveguide. The demultiplexer comprises a set of Mach-Zehnder (MZ) lattice filters, which function as symmetric de-interleaving wavelength splitters, that are cascaded to form a binary tree that connects an input port, which carries multiple wavelength bands, to N wavelength-specific output ports that are coupled to a set of N reflectors. A set of variable optical attenuators (VOAs) is coupled to outputs of the MZ lattice filters in the binary tree, and is controllable to selectively add loss to the outputs, so that only a single favored wavelength band, which is associated with a favored reflector in the set of N reflectors, lases at any given time. An output waveguide is optically coupled to the lasing cavity. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/357418 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/021 (20130101) H01S 5/0078 (20130101) H01S 5/125 (20130101) H01S 5/1032 (20130101) H01S 5/1071 (20130101) H01S 5/1092 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/5045 (20130101) H01S 5/06804 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780531 | Weida et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Daylight Solutions, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles Weida (Poway, California); David F. Arnone (Mountain View, California); Eric Kim (San Diego, California); Edeline Fotheringham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser assembly for generating an output beam includes a first module assembly, a second module assembly, and a module fastener assembly. The second module assembly is selectively movable relative to the first module assembly to selectively adjust a cavity length, and a pivot axis of a grating in the laser. Further, an arm assembly that retains the grating can be adjusted to adjust the cavity length, and to adjust the plane of the grating face. Moreover, the grating is movable relative to the arm assembly to align the grating. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/287633 |
| 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 3/08 (20130101) H01S 3/082 (20130101) H01S 3/139 (20130101) H01S 3/08004 (20130101) H01S 3/08009 (20130101) H01S 5/022 (20130101) H01S 5/141 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/1039 (20130101) H01S 5/02208 (20130101) H01S 5/02236 (20130101) H01S 5/3401 (20130101) |
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| US 09780532 | Tabataba-Vakili et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farsane Tabataba-Vakili (Paris, France); Thomas Wunderer (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are embodiments of a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) device that utilizes an external micromirror array, and methods of fabricating and using the same. In one embodiment, a VECSEL device includes a gain chip, a mirror, and a micromirror array. The gain chip includes a gain medium. The micromirror array includes a plurality of curved micromirrors. The micromirror array and the mirror define an optical cavity, and the micromirror array is oriented such that at least one of the curved micromirrors is to reflect light generated by the gain medium back toward the gain medium along a length of the optical cavity. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/357699 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/04 (20130101) H01S 5/14 (20130101) H01S 5/141 (20130101) H01S 5/187 (20130101) H01S 5/343 (20130101) H01S 5/1025 (20130101) H01S 5/02476 (20130101) H01S 5/18305 (20130101) H01S 5/18361 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/18366 (20130101) H01S 5/18369 (20130101) |
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| US 09780715 | Sudhoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Sudhoff (West Lafayette, Indiana); Steve Pekarek (West Lafayette, Indiana); Omar Abdul Laldin (Inglewood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid electrical machine containing surface mounted magnets which includes a magnetically permeable cylindrically shaped stator assembly having at least one stator winding formed about a plurality of stator teeth, a rotor assembly concentrically disposed within the stator assembly, including a magnetically permeable rotor backiron, a rotational drive mechanism coupled to the rotor backiron, and a plurality of protruding rotor poles, each including a magnetically permeable pole support assembly, a winding provided around the pole support assembly, and a radially magnetized permanent magnet assembly disposed about the pole support assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/668367 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 16/02 (20130101) H02K 21/042 (20130101) Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 9/14 (20130101) H02P 23/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02P 25/022 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780725 | Chakrabarti 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) | Anandaroop Chakrabarti (New York, New York); Mark Ferriss (Tarrytown, New York); Bodhisatwa Sadhu (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated electronic circuit is provided. The integrated electronic circuit includes a transconductance cell formed from transconductance cell devices. The integrated electronic circuit further includes active and passive decoupling circuits. The integrated electronic circuit also includes an oscillator having a tank that is direct current decoupled from the transconductance cell devices using the active and passive decoupling circuits to increase voltage swing and decrease phase noise of the oscillator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/341640 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03B 5/1212 (20130101) H03B 5/1215 (20130101) H03B 5/1221 (20130101) H03B 5/1228 (20130101) H03B 5/1231 (20130101) H03B 5/1265 (20130101) H03B 2200/009 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 3/013 (20130101) |
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| US 09780872 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yongxiong Ren (Los Angeles, California); Guodong Xie (Los Angeles, California); Hao Huang (Los Angeles, California); Alan E. Willner (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongxiong Ren (Los Angeles, California); Guodong Xie (Los Angeles, California); Hao Huang (Los Angeles, California); Alan E. Willner (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive optics compensation approach for an OAM multiplexed FSO communication system is described, in which a Gaussian beam is used to probe the turbulence-induced wavefront distortions and derive the correction pattern for compensating the OAM beams. Using this approach, we demonstrate simultaneous compensation of multiple OAM beams each carrying a 100-Gbit/s data channel through emulated atmospheric turbulence. The results indicate that the turbulence-induced crosstalk and power penalty could be efficiently mitigated by ˜12.5 dB and ˜11 dB respectively. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/807793 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/1121 (20130101) H04B 10/1123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780902 | Swarup |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AshRem Technologies, Inc. (Burbank, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AshRem Technologies, Inc. (Burbank, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashitosh Swarup (Burbank, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Example communication systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives a first chaotic sequence of a first temporal length, and a second chaotic sequence of a second temporal length. The method also receives a data symbol for communication to a destination. Based on the data symbol, the second chaotic sequence is temporally shifted and combined with the first chaotic sequence to generate a composite chaotic sequence. The first chaotic sequence functions as a reference chaotic sequence while the second chaotic sequence functions as a data-carrying auxiliary chaotic sequence. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/079913 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex Communication H04J 13/10 (20130101) H04J 13/0018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 5/0016 (20130101) H04L 27/001 (20130101) H04L 27/18 (20130101) H04L 27/2278 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09781095 | Cheng 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) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Lawrence Koved (Pleasantville, New York); Kapil K. Singh (Cary, North Carolina); Calvin B. Swart (Poughkeepsie, New York); Sharon M. Trewin (Croton-on-Hudson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Dynamic risk communication associated with a computer device may include automatically detecting one or more security risk factors for the computer device based on current context information associated with the computer device. Whether an attempt is being made via the computer device to manipulate the one or more risk factors in an attempt to reduce a security level of a computer-implemented authentication procedure may be determined. Responsive to determining that the attempt is being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, a new challenge for additional identification may be communicated for presentation on a user interface device of the computer device while suppressing one or more security risk factors from being presented on the user interface device. Responsive to determining that an attempt is not being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, the new challenge and one or more security risk factors may be communicated. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/974170 |
| ART UNIT | 2491 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/31 (20130101) G06F 21/577 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/10 (20130101) H04L 63/1433 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/06 (20130101) H04W 12/08 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dehua Huang (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dehua Huang (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive carbon nanotube transducer is provided. The passive carbon nanotube transducer includes shells as protective walls for the top and bottom housing of the transducer with carbon nanotube sheets affixed between the shells. The shells act as acoustic windows that match the surrounding acoustic medium. A gasket encloses the shells and carbon nanotube sheets of the transducer. Each carbon nanotube sheet has an electrode at both ends. Multiple carbon nanotube sheets are capable of sensing sound induced environment temperature deviations and converting electric voltage or current for passive acoustic detection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/270166 |
| ART UNIT | 2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 1/44 (20130101) H04R 23/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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09775515 — System and method for multi-scale closed-loop eye tracking with real-time image montaging
| US 09775515 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiang Yang (Rochester, New York); Jie Zhang (Pittsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiang Yang (Rochester, New York); Jie Zhang (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for multi-scale closed-loop eye tracking to compensate for translation and rotation motion while imaging in vivo a surface area of an internal structure of an eye of a subject includes a narrow field imaging device optically coupled to an optical path to receive light reflected from the surface area of the structure of the eye. A wide field camera is optically coupled to the optical path by a beam splitter disposed in the optical path. A tracking mirror is disposed in the optical path between the beam splitter and the structure of the eye. A control process algorithm actively compensates substantially in real time for both translational and rotational movements of the eye. A system where a torsional correction device causes a rotating movement of a subject's head and a method for multi-scale closed-loop eye tracking are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/158803 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/113 (20130101) A61B 3/152 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/1225 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/105 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09775557 | He |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhu He (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhu He (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for magnetic resonance analysis and imaging are provided. IN particular, pulse sequences for DWI, APT, and MRS analysis and imaging are provided which rely on an RF excitation pulse for the signal of interest, followed by one or more refocusing pulses and acquisition steps, based on the type of imaging. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/244462 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/4312 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4848 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/485 (20130101) G01R 33/5605 (20130101) G01R 33/5607 (20130101) G01R 33/56341 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09775833 | Sanchez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yolanda Sanchez (Orford, New Hampshire); Robert J. Allaway (Norwich, Vermont); Matthew Wood (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Isoxazoloanthrones and a method for treating disorders associated or caused by Ras deregulation or dysregulation, for example, disorders associated with alterations in the neurofibromin 1 gene such as Neurofibromatosis Type 1, and proliferative disorders such as glioblastoma are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/084129 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/423 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09775842 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qian Chen (Barrington, Rhode Island); Yupeng Chen (Mansfield, Massachusetts); Hongchuan Yu (Mansfield, Massachusetts); Michael G. Ehrlich (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The compositions and methods of the invention provide compositions and methods for preferential targeting of tissues to delivery therapeutic or diagnostic agents. For example, such compounds are useful in the treatment of joint disorders those affecting articulating joints, e.g., injury-induced osteoarthritis as well as autoimmune diseases affecting joint tissue such as rheumatoid arthritis. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/659071 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48961 (20130101) A61K 49/0095 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6881 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 304/24812 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2800/102 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09775852 | Hostetler 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) | Karl Y. Hostetler (Del Mar, California); James R. Beadle (San Diego, California); Nadejda Valiaeva (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates, inter alia, to compositions and methods for treating viral diseases and cancer. There are disclosed lipophilic antiviral and anticancer acyclic nucleoside phosphonate diesters, preparation thereof, and methods of using the compounds to treat viral diseases and cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/179209 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/675 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/6561 (20130101) C07F 9/65121 (20130101) C07F 9/65583 (20130101) C07F 9/65616 (20130101) |
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| US 09775854 | Molitoris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana); UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Molitoris (Indianapolis, Indiana); David M. Bedwell (Birmingham, Alabama); Ruben M. Sandoval (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Various aspects related to the preparation of congeners of the aminoglycosides gentamicin such as the congener C2 and using this compound or derivatives thereof and pharmaceutically active salts to treat diseases that involve genetic mutations which introduce a missense or premature stop codon into a gene. Still other aspects include treating human or animal patients with the gentamicin congener C2 and derivatives and pharmaceutical salt thereof to overcome, or to at least mitigate, the symptoms of disease and disorders such as some forms of Becker's or Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Hurler's Syndrome and Cystic Fibrosis that have as their etiology the presence of a premature stop codon in a gene whose proper expression is necessary for good health. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/589735 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7034 (20130101) A61K 31/7036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09775894 | Gale, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Gale, Jr. (Seattle, Washington); Gretja Schnell (Seattle, Washington); Yueh-Ming Loo (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided that enable activation of innate immune responses through RIG-I like receptor signaling. The compositions and methods incorporate synthetic nucleic acid pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that comprise elements initially characterized in, and derived from, the hepatitis C virus genome. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/327439 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/117 (20130101) C12N 2310/17 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24232 (20130101) C12N 2770/24234 (20130101) C12N 2770/24271 (20130101) |
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| US 09775895 | Lusso et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paolo Lusso (Rockville, Maryland); Raffaello Cimbro (North Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | HIV neutralizing peptides, sulfated HIV-1 envelope proteins and immunogenic fragments thereof are disclosed, as well as nucleic acids encoding these molecules and methods of producing these peptides, envelope proteins and fragments. Methods are also provided for the treatment or prevention of a human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1 ) infection. The methods can include administering to a subject an HIV neutralizing peptide, sulfated HIV-1 envelope protein or immunogenic fragment thereof as disclosed herein. In several embodiments, administering the HIV neutralizing peptide, sulfated HIV-1 envelope protein or immunogenic fragment generates an immune response in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/651635 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/64 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16023 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16051 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16171 (20130101) |
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| US 09775903 | Posner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary H. Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Lindsey C. Hess (Pflugerville, Texas); Alvin S. Kalinda (Bloomington, Indiana); Rachel D. Slack (Baltimore, Maryland); Uttam Saha (Thornhill, Canada); P. Martin Petkovich (Kingston, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland); OPKO IRELAND GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LTD. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary H. Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Lindsey C. Hess (Pflugerville, Texas); Alvin S. Kalinda (Bloomington, Indiana); Rachel D. Slack (Baltimore, Maryland); Uttam Saha (Thornhill, Canada); P. Martin Petkovich (Kingston, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | This present disclosure is directed to novel prodrugs of activated vitamin D3 compounds. The prodrugs can be designed to have one or more beneficial properties, such as selective inhibition of the enzyme CYP24, low calcemic activity, and anti-proliferative activity. Specifically, these prodrugs are 1-deoxy prohormones of active Vitamin D analogs, e.g. analogs of calcitriol. This disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions containing the prodrugs of the invention, and to their medical use, particularly as prodrugs in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/521980 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/593 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 401/00 (20130101) C07C 2601/14 (20170501) C07C 2602/24 (20170501) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09775918 | Zhong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Zhong (Gainesville, Florida); Sergei Zolotukhin (Gainesville, Florida); Lakshmanan Govindasamy (Gainesville, Florida); Mavis Agbandje-McKenna (Gainesville, Florida); Arun Srivastava (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are tyrosine-modified rAAV vectors, as well as infectious virions, compositions, and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise them. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and methods for using the disclosed tyrosine-phosphorylated capsid protein mutant rAAV vectors in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications including in vivo and ex vivo gene therapy, and large-scale production of rAAV vectors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/847528 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/76 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/0091 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/8645 (20130101) C12N 2750/14132 (20130101) C12N 2750/14142 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 09776003 | Alberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay L. Alberts (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method may provide for conducting a stimulation of anatomic regions to treat a neuromotor, neurocognitive or neuromotor and neurocognitive disorder, according to which stimulation, motor regions are stimulated, while creep of current to non-motor regions is minimized. Stimulation parameters may be selected based on tests of motor function, tests of cognitive function, and tests of a combination of motor and cognitive functions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/148996 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0534 (20130101) A61N 1/36067 (20130101) A61N 1/36103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36135 (20130101) |
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| US 09776975 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame Du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mayland Chang (Granger, Indiana); Shahriar Mobashery (Granger, Indiana); Renee Bouley (Mishawaka, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of antibiotics effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is disclosed. Compounds of this class can impair cell-wall biosynthesis by binding to both the allosteric and the catalytic domains of penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 2a. This class of antibiotics holds promise in reversing obsolescence of staphylococcal PBPs as important targets for antibiotics. Embodiments of the invention thus provide novel antibacterial compounds that target penicillin-binding proteins and/or other important cellular targets. Methods for inhibiting the growth and/or replication of bacteria using the compounds described herein are also provided. Various embodiments exhibit activity against gram positive bacteria, including drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/773603 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/43 (20130101) A61K 31/43 (20130101) A61K 31/431 (20130101) A61K 31/431 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/545 (20130101) A61K 31/545 (20130101) A61K 31/546 (20130101) A61K 31/546 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/7036 (20130101) A61K 31/7036 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/91 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09776977 | Pomper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin G. Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronnie C. Mease (Fairfax, Virginia); Sangeeta Ray (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeting compounds are described. Uses of the compounds for imaging, therapy, cell sorting, and tumor mapping are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/243535 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0052 (20130101) A61K 51/044 (20130101) A61K 51/0421 (20130101) A61K 51/0446 (20130101) A61K 51/0453 (20130101) A61K 51/0472 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/12 (20130101) C07D 209/14 (20130101) C07D 213/04 (20130101) C07D 249/04 (20130101) C07D 255/02 (20130101) C07D 257/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 311/14 (20130101) C07D 311/20 (20130101) C07D 311/82 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/027 (20130101) C07F 13/005 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5091 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09777010 | Petrukhin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Konstantin Petrukhin (New Windsor, New York); Christopher Cioffi (Albany, New York); Graham Johnson (Sanbornton, New Hampshire); Rando Allikmets (Cornwall on Hudson, New York); Emily Freeman (Albany, New York); Ping Chen (Albany, New York); Michael Conlon (Albany, New York); Lei Zhu (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantin Petrukhin (New Windsor, New York); Christopher Cioffi (Albany, New York); Graham Johnson (Sanbornton, New Hampshire); Rando Allikmets (Cornwall on Hudson, New York); Emily Freeman (Albany, New York); Ping Chen (Albany, New York); Michael Conlon (Albany, New York); Lei Zhu (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF3 or C1-C4 alkyl, wherein two or more of R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5 are other than H; R6 is H, OH, or halogen; and B is a substituted or unsubstituted heterobicycle, wherein when R1 is CF3, R2 is H, R3 is F, R4 is H, and R5 is H, or R1 is H, R2 is CF3, R3 is H, R4 is CF3, and R5 is H, or R1 is Cl, R2 is H, R3 is H, R4 is F, and R5 is H, or R1 is CF3, R2 is H, R3 is F, R4 is H, and R5 is H, or R1 is CF3, R2 is F, R3 is H, R4 is H, and R5 is H, or R1 is Cl, R2 is F, R3 is H, R4 is H, and R5 is H, then B is other than or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/254966 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09777012 | Gangjee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleem Gangjee (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of Formula I: and compounds of Formula II: are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising either the compound of Formula I or Formula II are disclosed. Methods of treating patients having cancer are provided by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds having Formula I or Formula II to treat the patient. The compounds of Formula I or II are preferably conformationally restricted furo[2,3-d]pyrimidines having dual inhibition of microtubule assembly and receptor tyrosine kinases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/971121 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 491/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09777013 | Nicolaou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas); BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY (Princeton, New Jersey); THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas); THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California); BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyriacos C. Nicolaou (Houston, Texas); Min Lu (Houston, Texas); Debashis Mandal (Houston, Texas); Sanjeev Gangwar (Foster City, California); Naidu S. Chowdari (Dublin, California); Yam B. Poudel (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present disclosure provides new analogs of uncialamycin of formulae (I) and (II). The present disclosure also provides novel synthetic pathways to obtaining uncialamycin and analogs thereof. Additionally, the present disclosure also describes methods of use of uncialamycin and analogs thereof. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides antibody-drug conjugates comprising the compounds of formulae (I) and (II). |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/911881 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48384 (20130101) A61K 47/48569 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 491/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09777047 | Vance 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) | Vicki Sue Vance (Columbia, South Carolina); Lewis H. Bowman (Columbia, South Carolina); Matthew W. Endres (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are described which use RAV proteins and genes that encode such proteins to regulate RNA silencing in plant cells. Novel ntRAV proteins and genes are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/252408 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/14 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8218 (20130101) |
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| US 09777055 | Fertala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrzej Fertala (Voorhees, New Jersey); Andrzej Steplewski (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A chimeric, humanized or single-chain antibody contains a light chain variable region containing the complementarity determining regions of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3, and a heavy chain variable region containing the complementarity determining regions SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:6. The antibody or antibody fragment thereof is capable of binding the C-terminal telopeptide of the α2(I) chain of human collagen I, and is useful in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with excessive collagen fibril. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/391585 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 09777056 | Sigurdsson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Einar M. Sigurdsson (Scarsdale, New York); Ayodeji Asuni (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating and preventing Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies in a subject by administering a tau protein, its immunogenic epitopes, or antibodies recognizing the tau protein or its immunogenic epitopes under conditions effective to treat or prevent Alzheimer's Disease of other tauopathies. Also disclosed are methods of promoting clearance of from the brain of the subject and of slowing progression of tangle-related behavioral phenotype in a subject. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/833679 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4711 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tan A. Ince (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell culture medium comprising adenosine triphosphate; a carrier protein; cholesterol, linoleic acid, and lipoic acid; glutathione; at least one nucleotide salvage pathway precursor base; phosphoethanolamine; selenium; transferrin; triiodothyronine; all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and vitamin C; zinc, magnesium, and copper; an agent that increases intracellular cAMP; epidermal growth factor (EGF); hydrocortisone; insulin; and charcoal stripped fetal bovine serum, wherein said cell culture medium is substantially free, if not entirely free, of vitamin D, androgenic hormones, androgenic ligands, estrogenic hormones, estrogenic ligands, and/or androgenic receptors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/024590 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0631 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0693 (20130101) C12N 2500/16 (20130101) C12N 2500/20 (20130101) C12N 2500/22 (20130101) C12N 2500/24 (20130101) C12N 2500/36 (20130101) C12N 2500/38 (20130101) C12N 2500/42 (20130101) C12N 2500/46 (20130101) C12N 2501/01 (20130101) C12N 2501/11 (20130101) C12N 2501/33 (20130101) C12N 2501/39 (20130101) C12N 2501/392 (20130101) |
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| US 09777262 | Eroshenko 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) | Nikolai A. Eroshenko (Boston, Massachusetts); George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to mutants of Cre recombinase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/774319 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/00 (20130101) C12N 9/1241 (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 19/34 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/07 (20130101) |
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| US 09777271 | McNally |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth McNally (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Antisense polynucleotides and their use in pharmaceutical compositions to induce exon skipping in targeted exons of the gamma sarcoglycan gene are provided, along with methods of preventing or treating dystrophic diseases such as Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/254817 |
| 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 47/48215 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/351 (20130101) C12N 2310/3233 (20130101) C12N 2310/3535 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2320/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09777277 | Lau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson Lau (Watertown, Massachusetts); Mei Zeng (Newton, Massachusetts); Suzanne Paradis (Lexington, Massachusetts); Marissa Kuzirian (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are improved shRNA molecules, termed “organic shRNA” (OshRNA), that incorporate certain structural features that increase the likelihood that the desired guide strand is produced while reducing accumulation of passenger strands that might contribute to off-target effects. Also provided herein are nucleic acids encoding OshRNAs, kits, cells, and transgenic animals comprising such nucleic acids, as well as methods of making and using OshRNAs and/or nucleic acids encoding OshRNAs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/892629 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio); North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio); North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Conforti (Wyoming, Ohio); Yeoheung Yun (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions of antibody-functionalized nanovesicles encapsulating ion channel knockout siRNA, and methods of treating autoimmune diseases associated with increased expression and/or hyperactivity of T cells by selectively targeting memory T cells with the nanoparticles, which deliver their siRNA cargo into the cytosol of the TM cell thus reducing ion channel expression and decreasing Ca2+ influx. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/863525 |
| 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 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 47/48823 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/289 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1138 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09777291 | Chatterjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saswati Chatterjee (Altadena, California); Laura Jane Smith (Westford, Massachusetts); Kamehameha Wong (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors in nucleotide and amino acid forms and uses thereof are provided. The isolates show specific tropism for certain target tissues, such as blood stem cells, liver, heart and joint tissue, and may be used to transduce stem cells for introduction of genes of interest into the target tissues. Certain of the vectors are able to cross tightly controlled biological junctions, such as the blood-brain barrier, which open up additional novel uses and target organs for the vectors, providing for additional methods of gene therapy and drug delivery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/465378 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14132 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ILLUMINA, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ILLUMINA, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mostafa Ronaghi (San Diego, California); Helmy A. Eltoukhy (Atherton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of sequencing nucleic acids, which can include steps of (a) providing a substrate comprising a surface having a repeating pattern of features, wherein the features are spatially separated from each other on the surface of the substrate; (b) contacting the repeating pattern of features with a solution of different nucleic acids to seed a subset of the features that contact the solution, wherein each feature in the subset is seeded with a single nucleic acid from the solution, and a plurality of the features that contact the solution are not seeded with a nucleic acid from the solution; (c) amplifying the nucleic acids to form a nucleic acid colony at each of the features in the seeded subset; (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) to increase the number of features that are seeded with a nucleic acid, thereby making an array of different nucleic acid colonies; and (e) detecting sequencing reactions at the different nucleic acid colonies on the surface. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/237480 |
| 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 1/6837 (20130101) C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) C12Q 2565/543 (20130101) C12Q 2565/543 (20130101) |
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| US 09777330 | Latham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary J. Latham (Austin, Texas); Liangjing Chen (Austin, Texas); Andrew Hadd (Austin, Texas); Sachin Sah (Austin, Texas); Ru Cao (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Asuragen, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Latham (Austin, Texas); Liangjing Chen (Austin, Texas); Andrew Hadd (Austin, Texas); Sachin Sah (Austin, Texas); Ru Cao (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for determining the methylation status of GC-rich templates. The methods include use of GC reference standards that allow simultaneous characterization of methylation status and CGG repeat length. The methods are useful for detecting genotypes associated with GC-rich repeats, including Fragile X Syndrome. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284328 |
| 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 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2521/331 (20130101) C12Q 2545/107 (20130101) C12Q 2565/125 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) C12Q 2600/166 (20130101) |
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| US 09777332 | Campana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dario Campana (Kent Vale, Singapore); Elaine Coustan-Smith (Kent Vale, Singapore) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dario Campana (Kent Vale, Singapore); Elaine Coustan-Smith (Kent Vale, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods and kits for diagnosing, ascertaining the clinical course of minimal residual disease associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Specifically the invention provides methods and kits useful in the diagnosis and determination of clinical parameters associated with diseases associated with ALL based on patterns of surface marker expression unique to ALL. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/005921 |
| 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57426 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) |
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| US 09777334 | Tiedge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for SUNY (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henri Tiedge (New York, New York); Anna Iacoangeli (Brooklyn, New York); Gerald A. Soff (New Rochelle, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for diagnosing an increased risk for the development of aggressive, invasive breast cancer are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/398092 |
| 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 | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09777340 | Chiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Chiu (San Francisco, California); Deanna Lee (San Francisco, California); Michael Berg (Abbott Park, Illinois); George Dawson (Abbott Park, Illinois); Kelly Coller (Abbott Park, Illinois); Kevin Cheng (Abbott Park, Illinois); John Hackett (Abbott Park, Illinois); Matthew Frankel (Abbott Park, Illinois); Kenn Forberg (Abbott Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions, methods, and kits for detecting human Pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2). In certain embodiments, provided herein are HPgV-2 specific nucleic acid probes and primers, and methods for detecting HPgV-2 nucleic acid. In other embodiments, provided herein are HPgV-2 immunogenic composition compositions, methods of treating a subject with immunogenic HPgV-2 peptides, and methods of detecting HPgV-2 subject antibodies in a sample. |
| FILED | Friday, June 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/752262 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24022 (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 1/701 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/183 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09777998 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongrui Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Seyyed Mohammad Javad Moghimi (Madison, Wisconsin); Guangyun Lin (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided for camouflaging an object from an infrared detection apparatus. The device includes a cloak positionable between the object and the infrared detection apparatus. The cloak includes a layer of infrared absorptive material including a plurality of silicon nanowires. A flexible substrate has a first surface operatively connected to an inner surface of the layer. The substrate includes a heat dissipation arrangement for dissipating heat generated by the cloak during operation. An array of infrared emitters is operatively connected to a second surface of the substrate. The array of infrared emitters selectively radiates an infrared pattern to disguise the object to the infrared detection apparatus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/271652 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41H 3/02 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/207 (20130101) G02B 5/208 (20130101) |
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| US 09778152 | Franklin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wilbur Franklin (Denver, Colorado); Aaron Lieberman (Littleton, Colorado); Mark Palmer (Elizabeth, Colorado); Willem Berglund (Santa Barbara, California); Stephen DeMars (Englewood, Colorado); Andrew Hanuszek (Smithtown, New York); Dara Aisner (Denver, Colorado); Qing Ren (Denver, Colorado); Eric Kelso (Erie, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an apparatus and method for microdissecting a biological sample. In particular, apparatuses of the invention include a cell collecting device 100 that is operated by a pneumatic device 200. In one particular embodiment, apparatuses of the invention are used for collecting and transferring cell sample to and from cell collecting device 100. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397855 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/0283 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/04 (20130101) G01N 1/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/2873 (20130101) |
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| US 09778164 | 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); Chun Hao Randy Chen (Arcadia, California); Sung Hwan Cho (La Jolla, California); Shang-Feng Tsai (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices, systems and techniques in connection with particle sorting in liquid, including cytometry devices and techniques and applications in chemical or biological testing and diagnostic measurements. |
| FILED | Monday, September 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/853765 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1425 (20130101) G01N 15/1434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 2015/0065 (20130101) G01N 2015/145 (20130101) G01N 2015/149 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1415 (20130101) G01N 2015/1447 (20130101) |
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| US 09778261 | Yager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Yager (Seattle, Washington); Caitlin Anderson (Seattle, Washington); David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Yu-Ru Lin (Seattle, Washington); Carly Holstein (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides porous membrane-binding polypeptides, fusion proteins thereof, and methods for use of the polypeptides and fusion proteins in binding assays. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/272650 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 14/001 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (20130101) C07K 2319/70 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09778266 | Nahm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The UAB Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama); Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Instituto Adolfo Lutz (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama); Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Instituto Adolfo Lutz (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moon H. Nahm (Birmingham, Alabama); Jisheng Lin (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Angela P. Brandao (Sao Paulo, Brazil); Maria Cristina Brandileone (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a new and emerging serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae designated serotype 6C, and assays and monoclonal antibodies useful in identifying same. Also disclosed is a novel pneumococcal polysaccharide with the repeating unit {2) glucose 1 (1→3) glucose 2 (1→3) rhamnose (1→3) ribitol (5→phosphate}. This new serotype may be included in pneumococcal vaccines. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/890864 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 39/092 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1275 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/006 (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 1/14 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/46 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56944 (20130101) G01N 2333/315 (20130101) |
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| US 09778272 | Montgomery |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BLOODCENTER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Blood Center Research Foundation (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Montgomery (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits for measuring levels of von Willebrand factor function in a sample without using a platelet aggregation agonist, such as ristocetin, comprising recombinant glycoprotein Ibα having at least two of a G233V, D235Y and M239V mutations and an agent to detect a complex between the recombinant glycoprotein Ibα and von Willebrand factor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/692781 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/745 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/554 (20130101) G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) G01N 2333/755 (20130101) G01N 2800/224 (20130101) |
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| US 09778338 | Setsompop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kawin Setsompop (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Lawrence L. Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for multi-slice magnetic resonance imaging, in which image data is acquired simultaneously from multiple slice locations using a radio frequency coil array, is provided. By way of example, a modified EPI pulse sequence is provided, and includes a series of magnetic gradient field “blips” that are applied along a slice-encoding direction contemporaneously with phase-encoding blips common to EPI sequences. The slice-encoding blips are designed such that phase accruals along the phase-encoding direction are substantially mitigated, while providing that signal information for each sequentially adjacent slice location is cumulatively shifted by a percentage of the imaging FOV. This percentage FOV shift in the image domain provides for more reliable separation of the aliased signal information using parallel image reconstruction methods such as SENSE. In addition, the mitigation of phase accruals in the phase-encoding direction provides for the substantial suppression of pixel tilt and blurring in the reconstructed images. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/782672 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/543 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4835 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) G01R 33/5616 (20130101) |
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| US 09779283 | Bhargava et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Jin Tae Kwak (Champaign, Illinois); Saurabh Sinha (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Jin Tae Kwak (Champaign, Illinois); Saurabh Sinha (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This application provides to a method for identifying one or more prostate tissue samples in a database that are closest to a test prostate sample, which can be used to aid pathologists when examining prostate tissues to attain reliable and consistent diagnoses of prostate cancer. Also provided are databases and computer algorithms that can be used with such methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/344461 |
| ART UNIT | 2154 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00134 (20130101) G06K 9/6228 (20130101) G06K 9/6289 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/60 (20130101) G06T 2207/30081 (20130101) |
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| US 09776153 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean M. Kelly (Pittsford, New York); Gervase Maxwell Christie (Amherst, New York); Charles Robinson (Lawtons, New York); Jamie R. Wilson (Maynard, Massachusetts); Javier E. Gonzalez (East Amherst, New York); Uttam R. Doraswami (Tonawanda, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean M. Kelly (Pittsford, New York); Gervase Maxwell Christie (Amherst, New York); Charles Robinson (Lawtons, New York); Jamie R. Wilson (Maynard, Massachusetts); Javier E. Gonzalez (East Amherst, New York); Uttam R. Doraswami (Tonawanda, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a commercially viable modular ceramic oxygen transport membrane system for utilizing heat generated in reactively-driven oxygen transport membrane tubes to generate steam, heat process fluid and/or provide energy to carry out endothermic chemical reactions. The system provides for improved thermal coupling of oxygen transport membrane tubes to steam generation tubes or process heater tubes or reactor tubes for efficient and effective radiant heat transfer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/508326 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — 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 8/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 8/065 (20130101) B01J 8/067 (20130101) B01J 12/007 (20130101) B01J 19/242 (20130101) B01J 19/243 (20130101) B01J 19/2425 (20130101) B01J 19/2475 (20130101) B01J 2208/00309 (20130101) B01J 2208/00938 (20130101) B01J 2219/0004 (20130101) B01J 2219/00006 (20130101) B01J 2219/0006 (20130101) B01J 2219/00117 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/382 (20130101) C01B 3/384 (20130101) C01B 13/0255 (20130101) C01B 2203/127 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/0244 (20130101) C01B 2203/0894 (20130101) Methods of Steam Generation; Steam Boilers F22B 1/003 (20130101) F22B 1/16 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/129 (20151101) |
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| US 09776154 | Klausner 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) | James F. Klausner (Gainesville, Florida); Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen (Gainesville, Florida); Fotouh A. Al-Raqom (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a composite particle comprising a first non-metallic particle in which is dispersed a second non-metallic particle, where the first non-metallic particle and the second non-metallic particle are inorganic; and where a chemical composition of the first non-metallic particle is different from a chemical composition of the second non-metallic particle; and where the first non-metallic particle and the second non-metallic particle are metal oxides, metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal borides, metal silicides, metal oxycarbides, metal oxynitrides, metal boronitrides, metal carbonitrides, metal borocarbides, or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/653427 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 8/18 (20130101) B01J 19/08 (20130101) B01J 2208/024 (20130101) B01J 2208/00805 (20130101) Separating Solids From Solids by Sieving, Screening, Sifting or by Using Gas Currents; Separating by Other Dry Methods Applicable to Bulk Material, e.g Loose Articles Fit to be Handled Like Bulk Material B07B 15/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/02 (20130101) C01B 31/18 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 25/02 (20130101) C01G 49/04 (20130101) C01G 49/08 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/0081 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/01 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09776156 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Campbell (Oakland, California); Elizabeth Montalvo (Oakland, California); Theodore F. Baumann (Discovery Bay, California); Juergen Biener (San Leandro, California); Matthew Merrill (Dublin, California); Eric W. Reed (Ancram, New York); Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed here is a method for making a nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel, comprising: preparing a reaction mixture comprising formaldehyde, at least one nitrogen-containing resorcinol analog, at least one catalyst, and at least one solvent; curing the reaction mixture to produce a wet gel; drying the wet gel to produce a dry gel; and thermally annealing the dry gel to produce the nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel. Also disclosed is a nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel obtained according to the method and a supercapacitor comprising the nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/820397 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/00 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09776177 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Y. Simon Ng (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Steve O. Salley (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan); Huali Wang (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst comprises a carbide or nitride of a metal and a promoter element. The metal is selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, Co, Fe, Rh or Mn, and the promoter element is selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Si, S or P, provided that the metal and the promoter element are different. The catalyst also comprises a mesoporous support having a surface area of at least about 170 m2 g−1, wherein the carbide or nitride of the metal and the promoter element is supported by the mesoporous support, and is in a non-sulfided form and in an amorphous form. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/388709 |
| 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 21/04 (20130101) B01J 21/12 (20130101) B01J 23/88 (20130101) B01J 23/888 (20130101) B01J 27/22 (20130101) B01J 27/24 (20130101) B01J 29/041 (20130101) B01J 29/48 (20130101) B01J 29/166 (20130101) B01J 29/0308 (20130101) B01J 29/7815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 37/0201 (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 3/49 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 09776232 | Hartwig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl T. Hartwig (College Station, Texas); Robert E. Barber (Bryan, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shear Form, Inc. (Bryan, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl T. Hartwig (College Station, Texas); Robert E. Barber (Bryan, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method provide a material with uniform micro-structure. In an embodiment, an equal channel angular extrusion system includes an interior mandrel. The interior mandrel includes an expanding shear material section and a contracting shear material section. In addition, the system includes a material. The material is disposed about a portion of the interior mandrel. Moreover, the system includes a pressure application device. The pressure application device applies pressure to the material to force the material to contact the expanding shear material section to provide an expanded post-shear material section. Pressure from the pressure application device applies pressure to the material to force the expanded post-shear material section to contact the contracting shear material section to provide a contracted shear material section. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606473 |
| ART UNIT | 3716 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture of Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes or Profiles, Otherwise Than by Rolling; Auxiliary Operations Used in Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material B21C 23/001 (20130101) B21C 23/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09776860 | Erlebacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonah Erlebacher (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Bernard Gaskey (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A process to decompose methane into carbon (graphitic powder) and hydrogen (H2 gas) without secondary production of carbon dioxide, employing a cycle in which a secondary chemical is recycled and reused, is disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/050318 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/344 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2203/0272 (20130101) C01B 2203/1235 (20130101) |
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| US 09777122 | O'Brien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York); UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Joseph O'Brien (Halfmoon, New York); Robert James Perry (Niskayuna, New York); Robert Michael Enick (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania); Jason Jiwoo Lee (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicone polymer is provided, modified with at least one functional group from the class of anthraquinone amide groups; anthraquinone sulfonamide groups; thioxanthone amide groups; or thioxanthone sulfone amide groups. The polymer can be combined with a hydrocarbon solvent or with supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2), and is very effective for increasing the viscosity of either medium. A process for the recovery of oil from a subterranean, oil-bearing formation is also described, using supercritical carbon dioxide modified with the functionalized silicone polymer. A process for extracting natural gas or oil from a bedrock-shale formation is also described, again using the modified silicone polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/683599 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 77/388 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/06 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/64 (20130101) C09K 8/68 (20130101) C09K 8/588 (20130101) C09K 8/594 (20130101) Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/24 (20130101) E21B 43/164 (20130101) E21B 43/2405 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/544 (20151101) |
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| US 09777221 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas J. Miller (North Olmsted, Ohio); Irwin C. Lewis (Strongsville, Ohio); Ching-Feng Chang (Strongsville, Ohio); Richard Thomas Lewis (Auburn, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GrafTech International Holdings Inc. (Brooklyn Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Miller (North Olmsted, Ohio); Irwin C. Lewis (Strongsville, Ohio); Ching-Feng Chang (Strongsville, Ohio); Richard Thomas Lewis (Auburn, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing low CTE graphite electrodes from needle coke formed from a coal tar distillate material having a relatively high initial boiling point. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/427786 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/83 (20130101) C04B 35/522 (20130101) C04B 35/532 (20130101) C04B 35/6267 (20130101) C04B 2235/656 (20130101) C04B 2235/722 (20130101) C04B 2235/726 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5276 (20130101) C04B 2235/6021 (20130101) C04B 2235/9607 (20130101) Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 55/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10B 57/045 (20130101) Working-up Pitch, Asphalt, Bitumen, Tar; Pyroligneous Acid C10C 1/04 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 9/08 (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 11/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09777224 | Lilga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Lilga (Richland, Washington); Asanga B. Padmaperuma (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for converting a biomass-derived product containing levulinic acid and/or gamma-valerolactone to a transportation fuel precursor product containing diesel like hydrocarbons. These methods are expected to produce fuel products at a reduced cost relative to conventional approaches. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/345305 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/33 (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 3/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 2400/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09777300 | Yeh 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) | Yi-Chun Yeh (Emeryville, California); Steven W. Singer (Berkeley, California); Swapnil R. Chhabra (Oakland, California); Harry R. Beller (Berkeley, California); Jana Mueller (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a system for converting CO2 and H2 to one or more biologically derived compounds. In some embodiments, the system comprises a host cell comprising one or more nucleic acids encoding genes for a recombinant surface display protein which is capable of tethering an electrocatalyst molecule, such as a cobalt(II) complex supported by tetradentate polypyridyl ligand 2-bis(2-pyridyl)(methoxy)methyl-6-pyridylpyridine (PY4), and enzymes for synthesizing a biologically derived compound, such as an alkane, alcohol, fatty acid, ester, or isoprenoid. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/273371 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 1/13 (20130101) C07K 14/245 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/38 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/02 (20130101) C12P 5/007 (20130101) C12P 5/026 (20130101) C12P 7/02 (20130101) C12P 7/16 (20130101) C12P 7/62 (20130101) C12P 7/625 (20130101) C12P 7/6409 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09777346 | Lister et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC. (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tedd E Lister (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jacob A Parkman (Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina); Luis A Diaz Aldana (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Gemma Clark (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Eric J Dufek (Ammon, Idaho); Philip Keller (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of recovering metals from electronic waste comprises providing a powder comprising electronic waste in at least a first reactor and a second reactor and providing an electrolyte comprising at least ferric ions in an electrochemical cell in fluid communication with the first reactor and the second reactor. The method further includes contacting the powders within the first reactor and the second reactor with the electrolyte to dissolve at least one base metal from each reactor into the electrolyte and reduce at least some of the ferric ions to ferrous ions. The ferrous ions are oxidized at an anode of the electrochemical cell to regenerate the ferric ions. The powder within the second reactor comprises a higher weight percent of the at least one base metal than the powder in the first reactor. Additional methods of recovering metals from electronic waste are also described, as well as an apparatus of recovering metals from electronic waste. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/845101 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 3/08 (20130101) C22B 3/10 (20130101) C22B 3/44 (20130101) C22B 11/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes for the Electrolytic Production, Recovery or Refining of Metals; Apparatus Therefor C25C 1/06 (20130101) C25C 1/08 (20130101) C25C 1/12 (20130101) C25C 1/14 (20130101) C25C 1/16 (20130101) C25C 1/18 (20130101) C25C 1/20 (20130101) C25C 1/22 (20130101) C25C 7/02 (20130101) C25C 7/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09777405 | Whalen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Whalen (Tallahassee, Florida); Theo Siegrist (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Single crystals of the new semiconducting oxychalcogenide phase were synthesized using a novel crystal growth method. The crystals had low defects and homogeneous composition as characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. Heat capacity and resistivity measurements were in agreement with the calculated band structure calculations indicating semiconductivity, with a band gap of about 3 eV. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/674567 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 9/10 (20130101) C30B 9/12 (20130101) C30B 29/22 (20130101) C30B 29/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/08 (20130101) H01B 1/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09777748 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin Lu (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Santosh Kumar Sharma (Viman Nagar, India); Ting Yan (Brookfield, Wisconsin); Steven A. Dimino (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Lu (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Santosh Kumar Sharma (Viman Nagar, India); Ting Yan (Brookfield, Wisconsin); Steven A. Dimino (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting cavitation in pumps for fixed and variable supply frequency applications is disclosed. The system includes a controller having a processor programmed to repeatedly receive real-time operating current data from a motor driving a pump, generate a current frequency spectrum from the current data, and analyze current data within a pair of signature frequency bands of the current frequency spectrum. The processor is further programmed to repeatedly determine fault signatures as a function of the current data within the pair of signature frequency bands, repeatedly determine fault indices based on the fault signatures and a dynamic reference signature, compare the fault indices to a reference index, and identify a cavitation condition in a pump based on a comparison between the reference index and a current fault index. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/753930 |
| ART UNIT | 2683 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 15/0077 (20130101) F04D 15/0088 (20130101) F04D 29/669 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-stiffness stabilizer/bearings for passive magnetic bearing systems is provide where the key to its operation resides in the fact that when the frequency of variation of the repelling forces of the periodic magnet array is large compared to the reciprocal of the growth time of the unstable motion, the rotating system will feel only the time-averaged value of the force. When the time-averaged value of the force is radially repelling by the choice of the geometry of the periodic magnet array, the Earnshaw-related unstable hit motion that would occur at zero rotational speed is suppressed when the system is rotating at operating speeds. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/530580 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 32/0408 (20130101) F16C 32/0425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09777968 | Vajo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Vajo (West Hills, California); Zhigang Fang (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a thermal energy storage system comprising a metal-containing first material with a thermal energy storage density of about 1300 kJ/kg to about 2200 kJ/kg based on hydrogenation; a metal-containing second material with a thermal energy storage density of about 200 kJ/kg to about 1000 kJ/kg based on hydrogenation; and a hydrogen conduit for reversibly transporting hydrogen between the first material and the second material. At a temperature of 20° C. and in 1 hour, at least 90% of the metal is converted to the hydride. At a temperature of 0° C. and in 1 hour, at least 90% of the metal hydride is converted to the metal and hydrogen. The disclosed metal hydride materials have a combination of thermodynamic energy storage densities and kinetic power capabilities that previously have not been demonstrated. This performance enables practical use of thermal energy storage systems for electric vehicle heating and cooling. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/519208 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 20/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28D 2020/0082 (20130101) |
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| US 09778197 | Bond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livewrmore, California); ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tiziana C. Bond (Livermore, California); Ali Altun (Zurich, Switzerland); Hyung Gyu Park (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor with a substrate includes nanowires extending vertically from the substrate, a hafnia coating on the nanowires that provides hafnia coated nanowires, and a noble metal coating on the hafnia coated nanowires. The top of the hafnia and noble metal coated nanowires bent onto one another to create a canopy forest structure. There are numerous randomly arranged holes that let through scattered light. The many points of contact, hot spots, amplify signals. The methods include the steps of providing a Raman spectroscopy substrate, introducing nano crystals to the Raman spectroscopy substrate, growing a forest of nanowires from the nano crystals on the Raman spectroscopy substrate, coating the nanowires with hafnia providing hafnia coated nanowires, and coating the hafnia coated nanowires with a noble metal or other metal. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/450633 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| 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 16/045 (20130101) C23C 16/405 (20130101) C23C 16/45555 (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 25/18 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) C30B 29/602 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09778234 | Gregoire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute Of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Gregoire (Sierra Madre, California); Jian Jin (Berkeley, California); Kevin S. Kan (Pasadena, California); Martin R. Marcin (Simi Valley, California); Slobodan Mitrovic (Pasadena, California); Paul F. Newhouse (Pasadena, California); Santosh K. Suram (Pasadena, California); Chengxiang Xiang (Costa Mesa, California); Lan Zhou (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various samples are generated on a substrate. The samples each includes or consists of one or more analytes. In some instances, the samples are generated through the use of gels or through vapor deposition techniques. The samples are used in an instrument for screening large numbers of analytes by locating the samples between a working electrode and a counter electrode assembly. The instrument also includes one or more light sources for illuminating each of the samples. The instrument is configured to measure the photocurrent formed through a sample as a result of the illumination of the sample. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/336638 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/63 (20130101) G01N 27/305 (20130101) G01N 27/403 (20130101) G01N 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/4836 (20130101) G01N 2033/0095 (20130101) |
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| US 09779465 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young Moon Kim (Hillsboro, Oregon); Sang Phill Park (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method are described for reducing power when reading and writing graphics data. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a graphics processor unit (GPU) to process graphics data including floating point data; a set of registers, at least one of the registers of the set partitioned to store the floating point data; and encode/decode logic to reduce a number of binary 1 values being read from the at least one register by causing a specified set of bit positions within the floating point data to be read out as 0s rather than 1s. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/581600 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 5/00 (20130101) G09G 2330/021 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/1108 (20130101) |
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| US 09779566 | Gammel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Gammel (Pullman, Washington); George W. Masters (Moscow, Idaho); Kylan T. Robinson (Colton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for management of resources of one or more systems included in an access-controlled area of a distributed site of an electric power delivery system. In certain embodiments, one or more users entering and access-controlled area may be identified via physical access control credentials provided to an associated access control system. A determination may be made as to whether the users have access rights to one or more hardware and/or software resources of systems included in the access-controlled area. Based on the determination, control signals may be generated by the access control system to enable and/or disable associated resources. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/823219 |
| ART UNIT | 2688 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 9/0069 (20130101) G07C 9/00134 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G07C 9/00174 (20130101) G07C 9/00571 (20130101) G07C 2209/04 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/008 (20130101) H04W 4/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09779706 | Cogliati et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York); LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Cogliati (Rochester, New York); Zhiyao Duan (Penfield, New York); Brendt Egon Wohlberg (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure presents a novel approach to automatic transcription of piano music in a context-dependent setting. Embodiments described herein may employ an efficient algorithm for convolutional sparse coding to approximate a music waveform as a summation of piano note waveforms convolved with associated temporal activations. The piano note waveforms may be pre-recorded for a particular piano that is to be transcribed and may optionally be pre-recorded in the specific environment where the piano performance is to be performed. During transcription, the note waveforms may be fixed and associated temporal activations may be estimated and post-processed to obtain the pitch and onset transcription. Experiments have shown that embodiments of the disclosure significantly outperform state-of-the-art music transcription methods trained in the same context-dependent setting, in both transcription accuracy and time precision, in various scenarios including synthetic, anechoic, noisy, and reverberant environments. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/046724 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Representation of Music; Recording Music in Notation Form; Accessories for Music or Musical Instruments Not Otherwise Provided For, e.g Supports G10G 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrophonic Musical Instruments G10H 2210/051 (20130101) G10H 2210/066 (20130101) G10H 2240/145 (20130101) G10H 2250/145 (20130101) |
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| US 09779865 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weigang Wang (Tucson, Arizona); Chong Bi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Voltage controlled magnetic components are described. The magnetic components include a thin layer of ferromagnet adjacent to an oxide layer. The magnetic properties of the ferromagnet may be controlled in a reversible manner via application of an external electric field and voltage-induced reversible oxidation of the ferromagnet. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/885609 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/15 (20130101) G11C 11/161 (20130101) G11C 11/1675 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 7/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09779926 | Van Berkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Van Berkel (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Vilmos Kertesz (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for formation and withdrawal of a sample from a surface to be analyzed utilizes a collection instrument having a port through which a liquid solution is conducted onto the surface to be analyzed. The port is positioned adjacent the surface to be analyzed, and the liquid solution is conducted onto the surface through the port so that the liquid solution conducted onto the surface interacts with material comprising the surface. An amount of material is thereafter withdrawn from the surface. Pressure control can be utilized to manipulate the solution balance at the surface to thereby control the withdrawal of the amount of material from the surface. Furthermore, such pressure control can be coordinated with the movement of the surface relative to the port of the collection instrument within the X-Y plane. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/245324 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2001/1031 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/045 (20130101) H01J 49/167 (20130101) H01J 49/0431 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0463 (20130101) |
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| US 09780358 | Masarapu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Envia Systems, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zenlabs Energy, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charan Masarapu (Fremont, California); Yogesh Kumar Anguchamy (Newark, California); Yongbong Han (San Francisco, California); Haixia Deng (Fremont, California); Sujeet Kumar (Newark, California); Herman A. Lopez (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved high energy capacity designs for lithium ion batteries are described that take advantage of the properties of high specific capacity anode active compositions and high specific capacity cathode active compositions. In particular, specific electrode designs provide for achieving very high energy densities. Furthermore, the complex behavior of the active materials is used advantageously in a radical electrode balancing design that significantly reduced wasted electrode capacity in either electrode when cycling under realistic conditions of moderate to high discharge rates and/or over a reduced depth of discharge. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/777722 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/24 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/0217 (20130101) H01M 4/131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/387 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/446 (20130101) H01M 10/0562 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 09780620 | Melfi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baldor Electric Company (Fort Smith, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baldor Electric Company (Fort Smith, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Melfi (Richfield, Ohio); Galen E. Burdeshaw (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method comprises providing a line-start synchronous motor. The motor has a stator, a rotor core disposed within the stator, and a motor shaft. In accordance with a step of the method, a coupling for coupling a load to the motor is provided. The coupling has a motor shaft attachment portion configured to provide substantially concentric contact around the shaft at the end of the motor shaft. The coupling has a load attachment portion configured to operatively connect to a load. In accordance with a step of the method, a load is coupled to the motor with the coupling, and driven from start to at least near synchronous speed during steady state operation of the motor with a load coupled thereto. The motor shaft attachment portion may comprise a bushing assembly with matching and opposed tapered surfaces that cooperate to secure the motor shaft attachment portion around the motor shaft. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/269437 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02K 7/118 (20130101) Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 1/46 (20130101) H02P 15/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09780870 | Zortman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Zortman (Corrales, New Mexico); Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for tuning a resonant modulator are disclosed. One method includes receiving a carrier signal modulated by the resonant modulator with a stream of data having an approximately equal number of high and low bits, determining an average power of the modulated carrier signal, comparing the average power to a predetermined threshold, and operating a tuning device coupled to the resonant modulator based on the comparison of the average power and the predetermined threshold. One system includes an input structure, a plurality of processing elements, and a digital control element. The input structure is configured to receive, from the resonant modulator, a modulated carrier signal. The plurality of processing elements are configured to determine an average power of the modulated carrier signal. The digital control element is configured to operate a tuning device coupled to the resonant modulator based on the average power of the modulated carrier signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/502062 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/516 (20130101) H04B 10/524 (20130101) H04B 10/564 (20130101) H04B 10/572 (20130101) H04B 10/5057 (20130101) H04B 10/07955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Norma A. Alcantar (Tampa, Florida); Dawn I. Fox (East Bank Demerara, Guyana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norma A. Alcantar (Tampa, Florida); Dawn I. Fox (East Bank Demerara, Guyana) |
| ABSTRACT | Potable drinking water is plagued with widespread arsenic contamination, particularly in developing communities. Ferric ions were introduced to interact with arsenate based on the strong affinity of arsenate for ferric hydroxides, followed by mucilage addition. The mucilage coagulated and flocculated the ferric-arsenate complex and formed visible flocs that settled at the bottom of the tubes. The system showed 75-96% arsenate removal in 1 hour, while longer retention times showed 100% removal. The role of the mucilage was demonstrated by untreated solutions showing no concentration difference and remaining stable for more than 15 days. This mucilage-based technology has the potential to be a relatively inexpensive, environmentally sustainable alternative to synthetic polymer flocculants for removing arsenic from drinking water. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/206404 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 36/33 (20130101) Separation B01D 21/01 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/56 (20130101) C02F 1/62 (20130101) C02F 1/286 (20130101) C02F 1/5236 (20130101) C02F 1/5245 (20130101) C02F 1/5263 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/5272 (20130101) C02F 2101/103 (20130101) |
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| US 09776916 | Thostenson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Thostenson (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | In various aspects, the processes disclosed herein may include the steps of inducing an electric field about a non-conductive substrate, and depositing functionalized nanoparticles upon the non conductive substrate by contacting a nanoparticle dispersion with the non-conductive substrate, the nanoparticle dispersion comprising functionalized nanoparticles having an electrical charge, the electric field drawing the functionalized nanoparticles to the non-conductive substrate. In various aspects, the related composition of matter disclosed herein comprise functionalized nanoparticles bonded to a surface of a non-conductive fiber, the surface of the non-conductive fiber comprising a sizing adhered to the surface of the non-conductive fiber. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the processes, and related apparatus and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/606292 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 25/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/4419 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 13/02 (20130101) C25D 13/12 (20130101) C25D 13/22 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/254 (20150115) |
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| US 09777012 | Gangjee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleem Gangjee (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of Formula I: and compounds of Formula II: are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising either the compound of Formula I or Formula II are disclosed. Methods of treating patients having cancer are provided by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds having Formula I or Formula II to treat the patient. The compounds of Formula I or II are preferably conformationally restricted furo[2,3-d]pyrimidines having dual inhibition of microtubule assembly and receptor tyrosine kinases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/971121 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 491/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09777034 | Percec |
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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) | Virgil Percec (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns compounds of the formula (I) wherein: Y1 and Y2 are independently a monosaccharide or disaccharide; X1 and X2 are independently —(R9—O)m—, —(R10)p—, —O—(R11—O)q—, —R16—O—R17—O— or a covalent bond; Q1 and Q2 are independently a nitrogen-containing heterocycle moiety; Z1 and Z2 are independently —(O—R7)—, —(O—C(═O)—R8)a-, —O—C(═O)—R12—C(=0)-R13—, —O—C(═O)—R14—C(═O)—R15 or a covalent bond; R7-R17 are each independently C1-C6 alkyl; R1-R6 are each independently a linear or branched alkyl group; b, c, d, e, f, and g are 0 or 1, provided b+c+d equals at least 2 and e+f+g equals at least 2; and a, m, p, and q are each an integer from 1-6. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/892044 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) C07H 15/26 (20130101) C07H 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09777041 | Montclare et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Kim Montclare (New York, New York); Jasmin Hume (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A protein nanofiber comprised of self-assembling pentamers, and a method for producing the protein nanofiber, in which the protein upon which the nanofiber is based is a specific form of COMP. The proteins self-assemble via electrostatic interactions to form fibers that extend longitudinally. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/481533 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/78 (20130101) |
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| US 09777185 | Gopalan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Padma Gopalan (Madison, Wisconsin); William L. Murphy (Waunakee, Wisconsin); Samantha Kelly Schmitt (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Random copolymers, crosslinked thin films of the random copolymers and cell culture substrates comprising the crosslinked thin films are provided. Also provided are methods of making and using the copolymers, thin films and substrates. The copolymers are polymerized from glycidyl methacrylate monomers and vinyl azlactone monomers. The crosslinked thin films are substrate independent, in that they need not be covalently bound to a substrate to form a stable film on the substrate surface. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/658402 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 220/28 (20130101) C08F 226/06 (20130101) C08F 2220/286 (20130101) C08F 2220/325 (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 133/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 2533/40 (20130101) C12N 2537/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09777266 | Firnberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elad Firnberg (Baltimore, Maryland); Marc Alan Ostermeier (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the creation of one or more user-defined mutations that can be located anywhere in a target sequence, such as in a gene are disclosed. These methods can be used on a single-stranded or double-stranded template and, for a single-stranded template, generally include: (a) conducting a first amplification reaction in the presence of a thermostable DNA polymerase and a thermostable DNA ligase to synthesize a mutagenized strand of DNA comprising at least one mutagenic oligonucleotide relative to a complementary single-stranded template DNA comprising a target nucleic acid molecule in a circular DNA vector; (b) conducting a second amplification reaction in the presence of a thermostable DNA polymerase and a thermostable DNA ligase to synthesize a complementary mutant strand of DNA; and (c) degrading the template DNA and non-covalently closed circular nucleic acid molecules to obtain a mutation-containing double-stranded DNA product. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/255879 |
| 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 | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/102 (20130101) C12N 15/1031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1058 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09777328 | Quake et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Hei-Mun Christina Fan (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Hei-Mun Christina Fan (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present methods are exemplified by a process in which maternal blood containing fetal DNA is diluted to a nominal value of approximately 0.5 genome equivalent of DNA per reaction sample. Digital PCR is then be used to detect aneuploidy, such as the trisomy that causes Down Syndrome. Since aneuploidies do not present a mutational change in sequence, and are merely a change in the number of chromosomes, it has not been possible to detect them in a fetus without resorting to invasive techniques such as amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling. Digital amplification allows the detection of aneuploidy using massively parallel amplification and detection methods, examining, e.g., 10,000 genome equivalents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/689517 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6851 (20130101) C12Q 1/6851 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6881 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2527/137 (20130101) C12Q 2531/113 (20130101) C12Q 2531/113 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) C12Q 2537/157 (20130101) C12Q 2545/114 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09777329 | Quake et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Hei-Mun Christina Fan (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Hei-Mun Christina Fan (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present methods are exemplified by a process in which maternal blood containing fetal DNA is diluted to a nominal value of approximately 0.5 genome equivalent of DNA per reaction sample. Digital PCR is then be used to detect aneuploidy, such as the trisomy that causes Down Syndrome. Since aneuploidies do not present a mutational change in sequence, and are merely a change in the number of chromosomes, it has not been possible to detect them in a fetus without resorting to invasive techniques such as amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling. Digital amplification allows the detection of aneuploidy using massively parallel amplification and detection methods, examining, e.g., 10,000 genome equivalents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/689548 |
| 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 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6851 (20130101) C12Q 1/6851 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6881 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2527/137 (20130101) C12Q 2531/113 (20130101) C12Q 2531/113 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) C12Q 2537/157 (20130101) C12Q 2545/114 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09777381 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to modified metal materials for implantation and/or bone replacement, and to methods for modifying surface properties of metal substrates for enhancing cellular adhesion (tissue integration) and providing antimicrobial properties. Some embodiments comprise surface coatings for metal implants, such as titanium-based materials, using (1) electrochemical processing and/or oxidation methods, and/or (2) laser processing, in order to enhance bone cell-materials interactions and achieve improved antimicrobial properties. One embodiment comprises the modification of a metal surface by growth of in situ nanotubes via anodization, followed by electrodeposition of silver on the nanotubes. Other embodiments include the use of LENS™ processing to coat a metal surface with calcium-based bioceramic composition layers. These surface treatment methods can be applied as a post-processing operation to metallic implants such as hip, knee and spinal devices as well as screws, pins and plates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/955757 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 2/30767 (20130101) A61F 2002/3093 (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 27/32 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/306 (20130101) A61L 2300/104 (20130101) A61L 2300/404 (20130101) A61L 2300/624 (20130101) A61L 2400/12 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 28/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 28/042 (20130101) C23C 28/048 (20130101) |
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| US 09778112 | Pate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brooks Hart Pate (Charlottesville, Virginia); Justin L. Neill (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An emission can be obtained from a sample in response to excitation using a specified range of excitation frequencies. Such excitation can include generating a specified chirped waveform and a specified downconversion local oscillator (LO) frequency using a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), upconverting the chirped waveform via mixing the chirped waveform with a specified upconversion LO frequency, frequency multiplying the upconverted chirped waveform to provide a chirped excitation signal for exciting the sample, receiving an emission from sample, the emission elicited at least in part by the chirped excitation signal, and downconverting the received emission via mixing the received emission with a signal based on the specified downconversion LO signal to provide a downconverted emission signal within the bandwidth of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The specified chirped waveform can include a first chirped waveform during a first duration, and a second chirped waveform during a second duration. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/338851 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/2889 (20130101) G01J 3/4338 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3586 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) |
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| US 09778194 | Tomar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vikas Tomar (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ming Gan (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure include separating a measured Raman shift signal into mechanical and thermal components when a uniaxial compressive load is applied in situ. In some embodiments, in situ uniaxial compressive loads are applied on examined specimens from room temperature to 150° C. In alternate embodiments, Raman shift measurements are performed as a function of strain at constant temperature and/or as a function of temperature at constant strain levels. It was realized that the Raman shift measured at a given temperature under a given level of applied stress can be expressed as a summation of stress-induced Raman shift signal and temperature-induced Raman shift signal measured separately. Such a separation of Raman shift signal is utilized by various embodiments to measure localized change in thermal conductivity and/or mechanical stress of structures (e.g., semiconductor structures) under applied stress. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/800088 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 13/00 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/24 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/65 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09778225 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jian-Ping Wang (Shoreview, Minnesota); Liang Tu (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-Ping Wang (Shoreview, Minnesota); Liang Tu (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes an excitation coil, a detector coil, and a processing circuit. The excitation coil is aligned about a volume. The excitation coil is configured to carry a first and second biasing current and generate a magnetic field in the volume. The detector coil is configured to generate an electrical signal based on a detected field within the volume. The detected field is based on the magnetic field. The processing circuit is configured to generate data based on the electrical signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/885384 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/12 (20130101) G01R 33/1269 (20130101) G01R 33/1276 (20130101) |
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| US 09778249 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shoujun Xu (Houston, Texas); Qiongzheng Hu (Houston, Texas); Yuhong Wang (Houston, Texas); Te-Wei Tsai (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of quantifying the efficiency of a drug molecule for its targeted receptor, using a differential binding force to quantify the efficiency of a drug molecule to its targeted receptor. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/514683 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Optics |
| 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 1/6804 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09778335 | Wand |
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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) | Andrew Joshua Wand (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The polarization of nuclear spins of a material may be enhanced by encapsulating the material within a reverse micelle. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/400471 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/12 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/62 (20130101) G01R 33/282 (20130101) G01R 33/445 (20130101) G01R 33/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09778357 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guifu Zhang (Norman, Oklahoma); Robert D. Palmer (Norman, Oklahoma); Dusan S. Zrnic (Norman, Oklahoma); Richard J. Doviak (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of collecting data using a polarimetric phased array antenna is described. The method includes directing electromagnetic signals to selected panels of an array of panels so as to transmit a dual H and V polarized electromagnetic beam (1) having the same beam width in all azimuth directions and (2) maintaining cross-polarization isolation via orthogonal dual-polarizations in all beam pointing directions. The panels include antennas having a horizontally (H) polarized array element and a vertically (V) polarized array element arranged to form two orthogonally polarized horizontal and vertical radiating fields which together form the dual H and V polarized electromagnetic beam. The array of panels is arranged so as to form a substantially cylindrical configuration on a support system. Reflection signals sensed by the selected panels formed by scattering of said dual H and V polarized electromagnetic beam are received and have a reflection frequency spectrum. |
| FILED | Monday, March 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/665813 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/024 (20130101) G01S 13/95 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 2013/0245 (20130101) G01S 2013/0272 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/24 (20130101) H01Q 3/26 (20130101) H01Q 21/205 (20130101) |
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| US 09778400 | Ndukaife et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justus Chukwunonso Ndukaife (West Lafayette, Indiana); Alexandra Boltasseva (West Lafayette, Indiana); Agbai A. Nnanna (Crown Point, Indiana); Steven Truitt Wereley (West Lafayette, Indiana); Alexander Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Vladimir M. Shalaev (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method suitable for selection, manipulation, and analysis of individual particles within a fluid medium. The system and method involve manipulating the particles by contacting the fluid medium with a plasmonic nanoantenna, illuminating the plasmonic nanoantenna with a source of light such that the plasmonic nanoantenna acts as a nanoscale heat source resulting in localized heating of the fluid medium creating local gradients in the electrical properties of the fluid medium that yield plasmonic trapping sites in the vicinity of the plasmonic nanoantenna, and applying an alternating current electric field in the fluid medium to create electrothermoplasmonic flow around the plasmonic nanoantenna. The electrothermoplasmonic flow transports at least one of the particles towards the plasmonic nanoantenna and the particle is trapped by at least one of the plasmonic trapping sites. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/183382 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09778629 | Venayagamoorthy |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for modeling, controlling and analyzing electrical grids for use by control room operators and automatic control provides a multi-dimensional, multi-layer cellular computational network (CCN) comprising an information layer; a knowledge layer; a decision-making layer; and an action layer; wherein each said layer of said CCN represents one of a variable in an electric power system. Situational awareness/situational intelligence is provided therefrom so that the operators and grid control systems can make the correct decision and take informed actions under difficult circumstances to maintain a high degree of grid integrity and reliability by analyzing multiple variables within a volume of time and space to provide an understanding of their meaning and predict their states in the near future where these multiple variables can have different timescales. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/088984 |
| 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 13/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/00 (20130101) H02J 13/0006 (20130101) H02J 2003/007 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/74 (20130101) Y02E 60/76 (20130101) Y02E 60/728 (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 10/30 (20130101) Y04S 10/265 (20130101) Y04S 40/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09779291 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fei-Fei Li (Stanford, California); Jia Deng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jonathan Krause (Stanford, California); Alexander C. Berg (Carrboro, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | As visual recognition scales up to ever larger numbers of categories, maintaining high accuracy is increasingly difficult. Embodiment of the present invention include methods for optimizing accuracy-specificity trade-offs in large scale recognition where object categories form a semantic hierarchy consisting of many levels of abstraction. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/881092 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00369 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00664 (20130101) G06K 9/6282 (20130101) |
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| US 09779624 | Lefevre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Inria Institut National De Recherche En Informatique Et En Automatique (Le Chesnay, France); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inria Institut National De Recherche En Informatique Et En Automatique (Le Chesnay, France); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephanie Lefevre (Cugnaux, France); Christian Laugier (Montbonnot Saint Martin, France); Ruzena Bajcsy (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns a method of driving assistance for assisting a human driver in safely driving a vehicle called host vehicle, implemented by a processor on board of said host vehicle. The host vehicle comprises means for obtaining first information relative to the host vehicle and means for obtaining second information relative to at least one other vehicle in a neighborhood of the host vehicle, said first and second information being obtained at regular time instants, comprising triggering an intervention of a collision avoidance system. The method comprises a step (51) of intervention decision adapted to decide whether to trigger the intervention of the collision avoidance system at a current time instant (Tc) or to postpone said intervention decision at a later time instant (Tl) depending upon additional first and second information to be acquired between the current time instant (Tc) and the later time instant (Tl), said additional first and second information having an associated probability. The invention also concerns an associated system of driving assistance. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/033425 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicle Suspension Arrangements B60G 2800/242 (20130101) Arrangement of Signalling or Lighting Devices, the Mounting or Supporting Thereof or Circuits Therefor, for Vehicles in General B60Q 1/525 (20130101) B60Q 5/006 (20130101) Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 30/08 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/163 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08G 1/166 (20130101) |
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| US 09779865 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weigang Wang (Tucson, Arizona); Chong Bi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Voltage controlled magnetic components are described. The magnetic components include a thin layer of ferromagnet adjacent to an oxide layer. The magnetic properties of the ferromagnet may be controlled in a reversible manner via application of an external electric field and voltage-induced reversible oxidation of the ferromagnet. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/885609 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/15 (20130101) G11C 11/161 (20130101) G11C 11/1675 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 7/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09780256 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NANOPHOTONICA, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NanoPhotonica (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yixing Yang (Gainesville, Florida); Alexandre Titov (Gainesville, Florida); Jake Hyvonen (Gainesville, Florida); Ying Zheng (Gainesville, Florida); Lei Qian (Gainesville, Florida); Paul H. Holloway (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for synthesizing a quantum dot light emitting diode by providing a glass substrate. A QD-LED stack is formed upon the glass substrate. This QD-LED stack is diffused with an active reagent. The QD-LED stack is encapsulated with a curable resin. The curable resin is cured with UV light. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/103680 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/005 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/56 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) H01L 51/5246 (20130101) H01L 2933/005 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09781842 | Tai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Han-Chieh Chang (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a micropackaged device comprising: a substrate for securing a device; a corrosion barrier affixed to said substrate; optionally at least one feedthrough disposed in said substrate to permit at least one input and or at least one output line into said micropackaged device; and an encapsulation material layer configured to encapsulate the micropackaged device. |
| FILED | Friday, December 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/142180 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 9/0017 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3135 (20130101) H01L 2224/73204 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/032 (20130101) H05K 3/0041 (20130101) H05K 3/281 (20130101) H05K 3/282 (20130101) H05K 3/284 (20130101) H05K 3/285 (20130101) H05K 3/381 (20130101) H05K 3/4038 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 2201/017 (20130101) H05K 2201/1003 (20130101) H05K 2201/10015 (20130101) H05K 2201/10022 (20130101) H05K 2201/10075 (20130101) H05K 2201/10083 (20130101) H05K 2201/10287 (20130101) H05K 2201/10356 (20130101) H05K 2203/0139 (20130101) H05K 2203/0514 (20130101) H05K 2203/1316 (20130101) H05K 2203/1322 (20130101) H05K 2203/1338 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49165 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09775335 | Koehler 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) | Philip G. Koehler (Gainesville, Florida); Roberto M. Pereira (Gainesville, Florida); Enrico Paolo Levi (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Water-holding vessels and containers, such as flower pots, water holding dishes used under plant pots, vases, bird baths, and fountains and storm water inlets, can be coated with novel larvicide and/or adulticide coatings. Small objects can be coated with imbedded larvicide or larvicide and adulticide combination, which can be dropped in water-holding containers which can leach out pesticide over time which prevents mosquitoes from breeding in the water-holding containers. The small objects can be on the adhesive side of peel and stick type tape to form a peel and stick mosquitocidal chip (PSMC), which can be applied to the inner sides and/or bottoms of vessels/containers that can be exposed to water. A tape type roll can include an upper protective layer that protects a coating on a strip, the coating being a polymer coating having imbedded pesticide with or without silica. Under the strip can be an adhesive surface that is protected by a removable lower protective layer. Removing the lower protective layer can allow for the strip to be applied to water exposed surfaces for the treatment of mosquitoes. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/367874 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Catching, Trapping or Scaring of Animals; Apparatus for the Destruction of Noxious Animals or Noxious Plants A01M 1/02 (20130101) A01M 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01M 1/106 (20130101) 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) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09776177 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Y. Simon Ng (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Steve O. Salley (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan); Huali Wang (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst comprises a carbide or nitride of a metal and a promoter element. The metal is selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, Co, Fe, Rh or Mn, and the promoter element is selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Si, S or P, provided that the metal and the promoter element are different. The catalyst also comprises a mesoporous support having a surface area of at least about 170 m2 g−1, wherein the carbide or nitride of the metal and the promoter element is supported by the mesoporous support, and is in a non-sulfided form and in an amorphous form. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/388709 |
| 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 21/04 (20130101) B01J 21/12 (20130101) B01J 23/88 (20130101) B01J 23/888 (20130101) B01J 27/22 (20130101) B01J 27/24 (20130101) B01J 29/041 (20130101) B01J 29/48 (20130101) B01J 29/166 (20130101) B01J 29/0308 (20130101) B01J 29/7815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 37/0201 (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 3/49 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09777243 | Moreau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Dupont Industrial Bioscience (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); DANISCO US INC. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Moreau (Quakertown, Pennsylvania); David Johnston (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania); Kevin B. Hicks (Malvern, Pennsylvania); Jayarama K. Shetty (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for obtaining corn oil from milled corn germ (e.g., dry milled corn germ), involving adding water, at least one acidic cellulase, at least one acidic protease, and at least one phytase to milled corn germ to obtain corn oil. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/595526 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing, e.g by Pressing Raw Materials or by Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining or Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g Lanolin, Fatty Oils or Waxes; Essential Oils; Perfumes C11B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C11B 1/025 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09777331 | Khatib |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hasan Khatib (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Single nucleotide polymorphic sites of the bovine MAP1B, PPP1R11, and DDX4 genes are associated with improved bull fertility as measured by e.g. sire conception rates. Nucleic acid molecules, arrays, kits, methods of genotyping and marker-assisted bovine breeding methods based on these SNPs are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/754729 |
| 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 | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/02 (20130101) A01K 67/027 (20130101) A01K 2227/101 (20130101) A01K 2267/02 (20130101) Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, or Methods A61D 19/04 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/54 (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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6888 (20130101) C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/124 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP28467 | NeSmith |
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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) | D. Scott NeSmith (Molena, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A new variety of blueberry plant, named ‘TO-1088’, has berries that ripen around late May in southern Georgia and mid-late June in middle Georgia. The fruit of the new variety ‘TO-1088’ are dark, small, and firm, with a mildly tart flavor. The new variety ‘TO-1088’ is vigorous with an estimated chilling requirement of about 400 to 500 hours at or below approximately 7° C. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756563 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09777361 | Thomas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ATI Properties, LLC (Albany, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ATI PROPERTIES LLC (Albany, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Phillippe A. Thomas (Charlotte, North Carolina); Ramesh S. Minisandram (Charlotte, North Carolina); Robin M. Forbes Jones (Charlotte, North Carolina); John V. Mantione (Indian Trail, North Carolina); David J. Bryan (Indian Trail, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of a method of refining alpha-phase grain size in an alpha-beta titanium alloy comprises working an alpha-beta titanium alloy at a first working temperature within a first temperature range in the alpha-beta phase field of the alpha-beta titanium alloy. The alloy is slow cooled from the first working temperature. On completion of working at and slow cooling from the first working temperature, the alloy comprises a primary globularized alpha-phase particle microstructure. The alloy is worked at a second working temperature within a second temperature range in the alpha-beta phase field. The second working temperature is lower than the first working temperature. The is worked at a third working temperature in a third temperature range in the alpha-beta phase field. The third working temperature is lower than the second working temperature. After working at the third working temperature, the titanium alloy comprises a desired refined alpha-phase grain size. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/844196 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 14/00 (20130101) Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09778357 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guifu Zhang (Norman, Oklahoma); Robert D. Palmer (Norman, Oklahoma); Dusan S. Zrnic (Norman, Oklahoma); Richard J. Doviak (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of collecting data using a polarimetric phased array antenna is described. The method includes directing electromagnetic signals to selected panels of an array of panels so as to transmit a dual H and V polarized electromagnetic beam (1) having the same beam width in all azimuth directions and (2) maintaining cross-polarization isolation via orthogonal dual-polarizations in all beam pointing directions. The panels include antennas having a horizontally (H) polarized array element and a vertically (V) polarized array element arranged to form two orthogonally polarized horizontal and vertical radiating fields which together form the dual H and V polarized electromagnetic beam. The array of panels is arranged so as to form a substantially cylindrical configuration on a support system. Reflection signals sensed by the selected panels formed by scattering of said dual H and V polarized electromagnetic beam are received and have a reflection frequency spectrum. |
| FILED | Monday, March 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/665813 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/024 (20130101) G01S 13/95 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 2013/0245 (20130101) G01S 2013/0272 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/24 (20130101) H01Q 3/26 (20130101) H01Q 21/205 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09778562 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank Y. Xu (Round Rock, Texas); Weijun Liu (Cedar Park, Texas); Edward Brian Fletcher (Austin, Texas); Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Byung Jin Choi (Austin, Texas); Niyaz Khusnatdinov (Round Rock, Texas); Anshuman Cherala (Austin, Texas); Kosta S. Selinidis (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Canon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Y. Xu (Round Rock, Texas); Weijun Liu (Cedar Park, Texas); Edward Brian Fletcher (Austin, Texas); Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Byung Jin Choi (Austin, Texas); Niyaz Khusnatdinov (Round Rock, Texas); Anshuman Cherala (Austin, Texas); Kosta S. Selinidis (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An imprint lithography template or imprinting stack includes a porous material defining a multiplicity of pores with an average pore size of at least about 0.4 nm. A porosity of the porous material is at least about 10%. The porous template, the porous imprinting stack, or both may be used in an imprint lithography process to facilitate diffusion of gas trapped between the template and the imprinting stack into the template, the imprinting stack or both, such that polymerizable material between the imprinting stack and the template rapidly forms a substantially continuous layer between the imprinting stack and the template. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/275998 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249978 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780365 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zuqin Liu (Sunnyvale, California); Song Han (Foster City, California); Ghyrn E. Loveness (East Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amprius, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zuqin Liu (Sunnyvale, California); Song Han (Foster City, California); Ghyrn E. Loveness (East Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are battery electrode structures that maintain high mass loadings (i.e., large amounts per unit area) of high capacity active materials in the electrodes without deteriorating their cycling performance. These mass loading levels correspond to capacities per electrode unit area that are suitable for commercial electrodes even though the active materials are kept thin and generally below their fracture limits. A battery electrode structure may include multiple template layers. An initial template layer may include nanostructures attached to a substrate and have a controlled density. This initial layer may be formed using a controlled thickness source material layer provided, for example, on a substantially inert substrate. Additional one or more template layers are then formed over the initial layer resulting in a multilayer template structure with specific characteristics, such as a surface area, thickness, and porosity. The multilayer template structure is then coated with a high capacity active material. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/277821 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/66 (20130101) H01M 4/75 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/387 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/662 (20130101) H01M 4/667 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09776130 | Setlock 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) | John A Setlock (Grafton, Ohio); Robert D Green (North Olmsted, Ohio); Serene Farmer (Sagamore Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An oxygen pump can produce high-purity high-pressure oxygen. Oxygen ions (O2−) are electrochemically pumped through a multi-stage electrolysis stack of cells. Each cell includes an oxygen-ion conducting solid-state electrolyte between cathode and anode sides. Oxygen dissociates into the ions at the cathode side. The ions migrate across the electrolyte and recombine at the anode side. An insulator is between adjacent cells to electrically isolate each individual cell. Each cell receives a similar volt potential. Recombined oxygen from a previous stage can diffuse through the insulator to reach the cathode side of the next stage. Each successive stage similarly incrementally pressurizes the oxygen to produce a final elevated pressure. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/144214 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/326 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 71/024 (20130101) B01D 2256/12 (20130101) B01D 2257/80 (20130101) B01D 2259/80 (20130101) B01D 2259/4575 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/02 (20130101) C25B 9/08 (20130101) C25B 9/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09777126 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Trent M. Smith (Melbourne, Florida); James E. Fesmire (Titusville, Florida); Luke B. Roberson (Titusville, Florida); LaNetra M. Clayton (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Trent M. Smith (Melbourne, Florida); James E. Fesmire (Titusville, Florida); Luke B. Roberson (Titusville, Florida); LaNetra M. Clayton (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides new composite materials containing aerogels blended with thermoplastic polymer materials at a weight ratio of aerogel to thermoplastic polymer of less than 20:100. The composite materials have improved thermal insulation ability. The composite materials also have better flexibility and less brittleness at low temperatures than the parent thermoplastic polymer materials. |
| FILED | Monday, July 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/834416 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2377/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/25 (20150115) Y10T 428/1376 (20150115) Y10T 428/249969 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09777926 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhongtao Dai (Manchester, Connecticut); Jeffrey M. Cohen (Hebron, Connecticut); Catalin G. Fotache (West Hartford, Connecticut); Lance L. Smith (West Hartford, Connecticut); Donald J. Hautman (Marlborough, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided, including a main mixer with fuel injection holes located between at least one radial swirler and at least one axial swirler, wherein the fuel injected into the main mixer is atomized and dispersed by the air flowing through the radial swirler and the axial swirler. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/593877 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 7/004 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/14 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 2900/03343 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780434 | Weller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Weller (Lutz, Florida); David Cure (Tampa, Florida); Paul A. Herzig (St. Petersburg, Florida); Felix Miranda (Olmsted Falls, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts); The United States of America Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Weller (Lutz, Florida); David Cure (Tampa, Florida); Paul A. Herzig (St. Petersburg, Florida); Felix Miranda (Olmsted Falls, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible microwave antenna having a “fish-scale” ground plane is provided. The approach represents a significant advance in the combined thickness and flexibility that can be achieved, especially when using relatively thick substrates which are important for optimum antenna performance. An increase in gain was observed when bent in a positive radius of curvature and further reduction of back radiation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/389735 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 1/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 9/0407 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09776716 | Levien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elwha LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elwah LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, Massachusetts); Robert W. Lord (Seattle, Washington); Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, Washington); Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, Washington); John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, Washington); Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) inter-vehicle communication for hazard handling. For certain example embodiments, at least one machine may: (i) receive one or more flight attributes from a remote UFV, with the one or more flight attributes indicative of one or more flight capabilities of the remote UFV; or (ii) adjust a flight path of a UFV based at least partially on one or more flight attributes received from a remote UFV. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/722874 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2201/143 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/104 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09779497 | Thiagarajan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan (Dublin, California); Karthikeyan Ramamurthy (Yorktown Heights, New York); Andreas Spanias (Tempe, Arizona); David Frakes (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan (Dublin, California); Karthikeyan Ramamurthy (Yorktown Heights, New York); Andreas Spanias (Tempe, Arizona); David Frakes (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Measuring the number of glomeruli in the entire, intact kidney using non-destructive techniques is of immense importance in studying several renal and systemic diseases. In particular, a recent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique, based on injection of a contrast agent, cationic ferritin, has been effective in identifying glomerular regions in the kidney. In various embodiments, a low-complexity, high accuracy method for obtaining the glomerular count from such kidney MRI images is described. This method employs a patch-based approach for identifying a low-dimensional embedding that enables the separation of glomeruli regions from the rest. By using only a few images marked by the expert for learning the model, the method provides an accurate estimate of the glomerular number for any kidney image obtained with the contrast agent. In addition, the implementation of our method shows that this method is near real-time, and can process about 5 images per second. |
| FILED | Monday, September 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/853645 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/20 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/1075 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/6269 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 11/60 (20130101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/10088 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780358 | Masarapu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Envia Systems, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zenlabs Energy, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charan Masarapu (Fremont, California); Yogesh Kumar Anguchamy (Newark, California); Yongbong Han (San Francisco, California); Haixia Deng (Fremont, California); Sujeet Kumar (Newark, California); Herman A. Lopez (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved high energy capacity designs for lithium ion batteries are described that take advantage of the properties of high specific capacity anode active compositions and high specific capacity cathode active compositions. In particular, specific electrode designs provide for achieving very high energy densities. Furthermore, the complex behavior of the active materials is used advantageously in a radical electrode balancing design that significantly reduced wasted electrode capacity in either electrode when cycling under realistic conditions of moderate to high discharge rates and/or over a reduced depth of discharge. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/777722 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/24 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/0217 (20130101) H01M 4/131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/387 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/446 (20130101) H01M 10/0562 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09777274 | Malone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Techulon Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TECHULON INC. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Malone (Pearisburg, Virginia); Joshua Bryson (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are antisense molecules and compositions for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection. The antisense molecules and compositions comprise nucleic acid molecules, such as RNA, DNA, or nucleic acid molecules with modified backbones, such as PNA. The antisense molecules and compositions inhibit expression of membrane stability proteins in Staphylococcus aureus; are optionally conjugated to cell penetration molecules such as peptides; and are optionally administered in the form of a nanoparticle composition. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777011 |
| 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 | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 81/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/351 (20130101) C12N 2310/3181 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780256 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NANOPHOTONICA, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NanoPhotonica (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yixing Yang (Gainesville, Florida); Alexandre Titov (Gainesville, Florida); Jake Hyvonen (Gainesville, Florida); Ying Zheng (Gainesville, Florida); Lei Qian (Gainesville, Florida); Paul H. Holloway (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for synthesizing a quantum dot light emitting diode by providing a glass substrate. A QD-LED stack is formed upon the glass substrate. This QD-LED stack is diffused with an active reagent. The QD-LED stack is encapsulated with a curable resin. The curable resin is cured with UV light. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/103680 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/005 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/56 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) H01L 51/5246 (20130101) H01L 2933/005 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US D798847 | Huggins |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Scott Huggins (Warrenton, Virginia) |
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| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 29/550780 |
| ART UNIT | 2922 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Recording, communication, or information retrieval equipment D14/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09776916 | Thostenson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Thostenson (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | In various aspects, the processes disclosed herein may include the steps of inducing an electric field about a non-conductive substrate, and depositing functionalized nanoparticles upon the non conductive substrate by contacting a nanoparticle dispersion with the non-conductive substrate, the nanoparticle dispersion comprising functionalized nanoparticles having an electrical charge, the electric field drawing the functionalized nanoparticles to the non-conductive substrate. In various aspects, the related composition of matter disclosed herein comprise functionalized nanoparticles bonded to a surface of a non-conductive fiber, the surface of the non-conductive fiber comprising a sizing adhered to the surface of the non-conductive fiber. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the processes, and related apparatus and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/606292 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 25/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/4419 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 13/02 (20130101) C25D 13/12 (20130101) C25D 13/22 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/254 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09778573 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Government as Represented by The Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cha-Min Tang (Wayne, Pennsylvania); Valentina Emiliani (Paris, France); Peter Pennefather (Toronto, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided that combine an amplitude modulation SLM with a phase modulating SLM in the same optical illumination system. The combination of the amplitude modulation SLM and the phase modulation SLM allows the optical illumination to compensate for the limitations of amplitude modulation SLM by using phase modulating SLM and conversely to compensate for the limitations of phase modulation SLM by using amplitude modulating SLM. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/776686 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| 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 67/0066 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 13/0095 (20130101) G02B 21/06 (20130101) G02B 21/0024 (20130101) G02B 21/0076 (20130101) G02B 26/0833 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 21/005 (20130101) G03B 21/2033 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/70025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/70291 (20130101) G03F 7/70416 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0057 (20130101) H01S 3/0085 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09778245 | Grimberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian T. Grimberg (Cleveland, Ohio); Robert Deissler (Cleveland, Ohio); William Condit (Cleveland, Ohio); Robert Brown (Cleveland, Ohio); Jason Jones (Cleveland, Ohio); Richard Bihary (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A diagnostic device is provided that comprises a light source for transmitting a light beam through a blood sample to a light detector, and a permanent magnet, wherein one of the permanent magnet and blood sample is automatically movable relative to the other between a “HIGH” magnetic state position and a “LOW” magnetic state position, such that a substantially high magnetic field is applied to the blood sample causing any hemozoin in the blood sample to tend toward perpendicular orientation to the substantially magnetic field and the suppression, or enhancement of light based on its polarization, and a zero-to-near-zero magnetic field is applied to the blood sample causing the randomization of any hemozoin in the blood sample and a baseline amount of light to pass through the blood sample in the “LOW” magnetic state position. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/425729 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/49 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09778404 | Divliansky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan Divliansky (Orlando, Florida); Leonid Glebov (Orlando, Florida); Evan Hale (Orlando, Florida); Bahaa Saleh (Orlando, Florida); Boris Zeldovich (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A phase converting device capable of use over a broad wavelength range, which may be used for optical beam transformations and combining, conversion of resonator and waveguide modes, correction of aberrations in optical systems, and selection of photons with specific phase profile. This provides significant advantages in high power laser systems. Large-mode-area fibers can be used to provide higher incident powers than can be achieved by single-mode fibers, reducing the number of elements in a system necessary to achieve the desired output. The profiles of these LMA fiber modes can then be converted from the undesired modes into the desired mode while combing their total power into a single beam. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/040367 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/04 (20130101) G02B 5/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/126 (20130101) G02B 27/1006 (20130101) Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0248 (20130101) G03H 2001/266 (20130101) G03H 2001/2265 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09780465 | Hartman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey David Hartman (Severn, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey David Hartman (Severn, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An angled circuit board connector includes a unitary connector block having first and second board-contacting faces. The first and second board-contacting faces are arranged relative to each other at an operative angle. The connector block includes a block body. The first and second board-contacting faces face outward from the block body. A first connector port is located on the first board-contacting face. A second connector port is located on the second board-contacting face. A connector trace extends through at least a portion of the block body between the first and second board-contacting faces. The connector trace electrically connects the first and second connector ports. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/270816 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — 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 12/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01R 13/24 (20130101) H01R 43/26 (20130101) H01R 43/0235 (20130101) H01R 2107/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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