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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 05, 2017
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| US 09832972 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Horn-Bond Lin (Fairfax, Virginia); Matthew B. Hart (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jay D. Eversole (Woodbridge, Virginia); Keith W. Blount (Brooks City-Base, Texas); Wesley Walker (Brooks City-Base, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horn-Bond Lin (Fairfax, Virginia); Matthew B. Hart (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jay D. Eversole (Woodbridge, Virginia); Keith W. Blount (Brooks City-Base, Texas); Wesley Walker (Brooks City-Base, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an apparatus and associated method for tagging insects and arthropods. According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, an electrosprayer is provided including a nozzle cartridge, a spray chamber removably attached to the nozzle cartridge and a power supply operatively connected to the nozzle cartridge and a grounding plate within the spray chamber to electrically charge droplets expelled from the nozzle which coat one or more insects contained in the spray chamber. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/210897 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 11/005 (20130101) A01K 67/033 (20130101) Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 5/0255 (20130101) B05B 5/0533 (20130101) B05B 5/1691 (20130101) |
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| US 09833309 | Levi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel S. Levi (Pacific Palisades, California); Gregory P. Carman (Los Angeles, California); Youngjae Chun (Los Angeles, California); Fernando Vinuela (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel S. Levi (Pacific Palisades, California); Gregory P. Carman (Los Angeles, California); Youngjae Chun (Los Angeles, California); Fernando Vinuela (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vascular implant, comprising a sheet comprising thin film nickel titanium (NiTi), wherein the sheet has at least one super-hydrophilic surface having a water contact angle of less than approximately 5 degrees. The sheet is configured to have a compacted form having a first internal diameter and a deployed form having a second internal diameter larger than the first internal diameter. The sheet may be delivered into a blood vessel in the compacted form and expanded to its deployed form at a treatment location within the blood vessel, wherein the stent is configured to expand onto an internal surface of the blood vessel and exert a radial force on said internal surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/224103 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/12022 (20130101) A61B 17/12118 (20130101) A61B 2017/1205 (20130101) 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 2/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/91 (20130101) A61F 2/92 (20130101) A61F 2/95 (20130101) A61F 2002/077 (20130101) A61F 2002/823 (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 31/022 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09833437 | Saikh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kamal U Saikh (Derwood, Maryland); Julius M. Rebek, Jr. (La Jolla, California); Pamela J Glass (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic molecule 4210 and a therapeutic use of a synthetic small molecule 4210 for treating viral infections, especially encephalitic alphavirus infections. The compound 4210 showed antiviral efficacy by up regulation type 1 interferon (IFN) specifically IFN-β. The compound 4210 was designed and synthesized by a structure-based approach targeting intracellular adaptor protein, myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88 (MyD88). Besides having an antiviral effect, the compound 4210 also demonstrated therapeutic efficacy for treating inflammatory syndrome associated with Gram positive bacterial infections such as exposure to staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) induced toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in mice and can potentially be used in clinical set up for treating sepsis and septic shock. In addition, the application of molecule 4210 can treat sepsis and septic shock triggered by exposure to other biological agents such as Francisella tularensis or Burkholderia mallei known to cause tularemia and glanders, respectively. The molecule 4210 has the potential for a broad-spectrum therapeutic use. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/369004 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 295/185 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09833481 | Muneoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ken Muneoka (New Orleans, Louisiana); Minqan Yan (New Orleans, Louisiana); Ling Yan (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ken Muneoka (New Orleans, Louisiana); Minqan Yan (New Orleans, Louisiana); Ling Yan (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a method of applying a joint inducing protein preferably BMP-9 or BMP-3 to an ossification center in order to create a joint, articular cartilage, or an endochondral cap. The ossification center may be one that occurs naturally such as in the case of amputation, wound healing or fracture, or, it may be artificially induced by the application of an ossification center inducing protein, which may include other BMP family proteins such as BMP-2, BMP-4 or BMP-7. Further, this invention is a method of producing joints, or joint-like structures in vitro by application of BMP-9 to cells derived from tissue regions capable of producing ossification centers, such as digit-derived fibroblasts. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/016071 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1875 (20130101) |
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| US 09833744 | Velegol et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrell Velegol (State College, Pennsylvania); Abhishek Kar (State College, Pennsylvania); Rajarshi Guha (State College, Pennsylvania); Manish Kumar (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are processes of removing particulate fouling from a filtration membrane or for preventing membrane fouling by particulate matter. A process capitalizes on reversal of a naturally occurring diisophoretic particle deposition to actively move particulate material away from a membrane. A process includes placing a microparticle including a salt in proximity to a membrane such that the microparticle creates a gradient generated spontaneous electric field or a gradient generated spontaneous chemiphoretic field in the solvent proximal to the membrane that actively draws charged particles away from the membrane thereby removing charged particulate matter away from the membrane or preventing its deposition. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/551491 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/025 (20130101) B01D 65/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 65/08 (20130101) B01D 71/16 (20130101) B01D 71/56 (20130101) B01D 2313/143 (20130101) B01D 2321/16 (20130101) B01D 2321/22 (20130101) B01D 2321/168 (20130101) B01D 2323/30 (20130101) B01D 2325/26 (20130101) B01D 2325/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09833795 | Tucker 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) | John E. Tucker (Centreville, Virginia); Paul L. Howard (Newmarket, New Hampshire); John F. Reintjes (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for separating multicomponent fluids into components having different buoyancies. A flow shaping member has a helical channel that imparts a helical motion to the fluid, and a separation chamber for separating the moving fluid into a helically moving heavier flow portion and a more buoyant portion along the central axis. A flow receiving member has a first collection horn with a mouth arranged to collect the higher buoyancy fluid and direct the fluid to an outlet. At least one other fluid passageway for carrying lower buoyancy fluid has an inlet surrounding of the collection horn, and directs the fluid to a separate outlet at an end of the separator. Additional collection horns can be arranged concentrically around the first collection horn to collect intermediate buoyancy flows. Cascaded fluid separators can concentrate the higher buoyancy fluid or the denser fluid. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/162275 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 17/02 (20130101) B01D 17/0208 (20130101) B01D 17/0217 (20130101) B01D 19/0057 (20130101) B01D 19/0094 (20130101) B01D 21/265 (20130101) Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g Cyclones B04C 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09833837 | Heidloff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Heidloff (West Des Moines, Iowa); Joel R. Rieken (Nevada, Iowa); Iver E. Anderson (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for gas atomization of a titanium alloy, nickel alloy, or other alumina (Al2O3)-forming alloy wherein the atomized particles are exposed as they solidify and cool in a very short time to multiple gaseous reactive agents for the in-situ formation of a passivation reaction film on the atomized particles wherein the reaction film retains a precursor halogen alloying element that is subsequently introduced into a microstructure formed by subsequent thermally processing of the atomized particles to improve oxidation resistance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120706 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 3/14 (20130101) B22F 3/15 (20130101) B22F 3/225 (20130101) B22F 3/1055 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 2003/208 (20130101) B22F 2003/1051 (20130101) B22F 2009/0844 (20130101) B22F 2201/00 (20130101) B22F 2201/03 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 10/295 (20151101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) |
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| US 09833899 | Blankespoor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Dynamics, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Blankespoor (Mountain View, California); Alexander Douglas Perkins (Mountain View, California); Marco da Silva (Mountain View, California); Shervin Talebinejad (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example implementation includes determining a force allocation for at least one foot of a legged robotic device, where the legged robotic device includes two feet coupled to two legs extending from a body of the legged robotic device. The implementation also includes determining a change in mass distribution of the legged robotic device, and based on the determined change in mass distribution, determining a force and a torque on the body of the legged robotic device with respect to a ground surface. The implementation also includes updating the determined force allocation for the at least one foot of the two feet based on the determined force and torque. The implementation also includes causing the at least one foot to act on the ground surface based on the updated force allocation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/676899 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/1633 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/032 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09833978 | Sreetharan 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) | Pratheev Sabaratnam Sreetharan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John Peter Whitney (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert J. Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer, super-planar structure can be formed from distinctly patterned layers. The layers in the structure can include at least one rigid layer and at least one flexible layer; the rigid layer includes a plurality of rigid segments, and the flexible layer can extend between the rigid segments to serve as a joint. The layers are then stacked and bonded at selected locations to form a laminate structure with inter-layer bonds, and the laminate structure is flexed at the flexible layer between rigid segments to produce an expanded three-dimensional structure, wherein the layers are joined at the selected bonding locations and separated at other locations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332365 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Toys, e.g Tops, Dolls, Hoops or Building Blocks A63H 27/001 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 7/00 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/266 (20130101) B32B 37/18 (20130101) B32B 37/0076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 37/144 (20130101) B32B 38/0004 (20130101) B32B 38/0012 (20130101) B32B 38/14 (20130101) B32B 2038/0028 (20130101) B32B 2307/20 (20130101) B32B 2457/00 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 33/02 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0097 (20130101) B81B 7/02 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/0833 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/25 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1064 (20150115) Y10T 428/24331 (20150115) |
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| US 09834301 | Patel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehul Patel (Chandler, Arizona); Tom Corke (Granger, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio); University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehul Patel (Chandler, Arizona); Tom Corke (Granger, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of increasing the performance of an aircraft, missile, munition or ground vehicle with plasma actuators, and more particularly of controlling fluid flow across their surfaces or other surfaces which would benefit from such a method, includes the design of an aerodynamic plasma actuator for the purpose of controlling airflow separation over a control surface of a aircraft, missile, or a ground vehicle, and a method of determining a modulation frequency for the plasma actuator for the purpose of fluid flow control over these vehicles. Various embodiments provide steps to increase the efficiency of aircraft, missiles, munitions and ground vehicles. The method of flow control reduces the power requirements of the aircraft, missile, munition or ground vehicle. These methods also provide alternative aerodynamic control using low-power hingeless plasma actuator devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570684 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 35/007 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 23/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2230/12 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/38 (20130101) |
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| US 09834442 | Rabinovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Rabinovich (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Michael Gallagher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Alexander Fridman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anatoliy Polevich (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Alexander F. Gutsol (San Ramon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Rabinovich (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Michael Gallagher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Alexander Fridman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anatoliy Polevich (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Alexander F. Gutsol (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A reactor for reforming a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, and associated processes and systems, are described herein. In one example, a two stage process is disclosed in which a first reactor is coupled to a second stage reactor having a reaction volume greater than the first reactor. In the first reactor, the liquid hydrocarbon fuel is partially reformed and thereafter is inputted into the second stage reactor for complete partial oxidation. The reaction product is at last partially synthesis gas, a mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, as well as other low hydrocarbons such as methane, ethylene, ethane, and acetylene. The low hydrocarbons can be reformed further in a solid oxide fuel cell. A portion of the gaseous, rotating contents of the second stage reactor may be input into the first reactor to help generate and sustain rotation within the first reactor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/637168 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/088 (20130101) B01J 2219/0809 (20130101) B01J 2219/0847 (20130101) B01J 2219/0869 (20130101) B01J 2219/0877 (20130101) B01J 2219/0884 (20130101) B01J 2219/0894 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/342 (20130101) C01B 3/363 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2203/025 (20130101) C01B 2203/141 (20130101) C01B 2203/142 (20130101) C01B 2203/0244 (20130101) C01B 2203/0255 (20130101) C01B 2203/0861 (20130101) C01B 2203/1235 (20130101) C01B 2203/1241 (20130101) C01B 2203/1247 (20130101) Production of Producer Gas, Water-gas, Synthesis Gas From Solid Carbonaceous Material, or Mixtures Containing These Gases; Carburetting Air or Other Gases C10J 3/487 (20130101) C10J 3/721 (20130101) C10J 2300/0916 (20130101) C10J 2300/0956 (20130101) C10J 2300/1238 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/48 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/145 (20151101) |
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| US 09834459 | Tuteja 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) | Anish Tuteja (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Arun Kumar Kota (Fort Collins, Colorado); Gibum Kwon (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for electric field driven on-demand separation of liquid-liquid mixtures are provided. For example, methods for separating liquid-liquid mixtures, such as free oil and water, oil-in-water emulsions and water-in-oil emulsions, are provided that have separation efficiencies up to about 99.9%. The liquid-liquid mixture is contacted with a separator membrane assembly comprising a separator membrane formed of a porous oleophobic (or superoleophobic) material and an electrically conductive member. An electrical potential is applied across the porous oleophobic (or superoleophobic) material of the separator membrane to facilitate passage and separation of at least a portion of the first component through the separator membrane. Separation devices and such separator membrane assemblies are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401778 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 17/06 (20130101) B01D 17/085 (20130101) B01D 61/425 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/4696 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09834644 | Tan 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) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); David Huabin Wang (Beavercreek, Ohio); Kyung Min Lee (Dayton, Ohio); Timothy J. White (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of azobenzene-containing, photomechanically active, copoly(amic acids) and linear copolyimides including an azobenzenediamine, a rigid dianhydride, and a flexible dianhydride are provided; and methods of making the same. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/723807 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/42 (20130101) C08G 73/1067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09834647 | Harvey |
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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) |
| ABSTRACT | An eugenol, an abundant natural phenol and the primary component of clove oil, which is converted to a thermoset resin via a high yield, two-step reaction. Modest heating yields a thermoset material with thermal stability above 350° C., a glass transition temperature of 187° C. and water uptake of only 1.8%. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/656197 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — 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 3/203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2369/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09834693 | Hersam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Yu Teng Liang (Chicago, Illinois); Ethan B. Secor (Evanston, Illinois); Pradyumna L. Prabhumirashi (Chicago, Illinois); Kanan P. Puntambekar (Chicago, Illinois); Michael L. Geier (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rapid, scalable methodology for graphene dispersion and concentration with a polymer-organic solvent medium, as can be utilized without centrifugation, to enhance graphene concentration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/121097 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 11/14 (20130101) C09D 11/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 11/52 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/24 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31721 (20150401) Y10T 428/31786 (20150401) |
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| US 09834714 | Gong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaoqin Gong (Middleton, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Yunming Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Hongyi Mi (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite materials comprising electrically conductive particles in a form-stable phase change materials (PCMs) are provided. Also provided as radiation sensors incorporating the composites and methods for detecting radiation using the composites. The PCMs comprise crosslinked polyether polyol that undergoes a reversible solid-solid phase change upon heating. Prior to the phase change, the crosslinked polyether polyol comprises microscopic crystalline domains. When the PCM is heated beyond its phase transition temperature these microscopic crystalline domains melt. However, the form-stable PCMs retain their solid form at the macroscopic level. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/093857 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/42 (20130101) H01L 51/44 (20130101) |
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| US 09834747 | Mershin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andreas Mershin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); James Pelletier (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John Glass (Germantown, Maryland); Elizabeth Strychalski (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Mershin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); James Pelletier (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John Glass (Germantown, Maryland); Elizabeth Strychalski (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary implementations, transplantation of nucleic acids into cells occurs in microfluidic chambers. The nucleic acids may be large nucleic acid molecules with more than 100 kbp. In some cases, the microfluidic chambers have only one orifice that opens to a flow channel. In some cases, flow through a microfluidic chamber temporarily ceases due to closing one or more valves. Transplantation occurs during a period in which the contents of the chambers are shielded from shear forces. Diffusion, centrifugation, suction from a vacuum channel, or dead-end loading may be used to move cells or buffers into the chambers. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/449106 |
| 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 | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101) |
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| US 09834775 | Church 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) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Daniel J. Mandell (Brookline, Massachusetts); Marc J. Lajoie (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant cells and recombinant organisms persistently expressing nonstandard amino acids (NSAAs) are provided. Methods of making recombinant cells and recombinant organisms dependent on persistently expressing NSAAs for survival are also provided. These methods may be used to make safe recombinant cells and recombinant organisms and/or to provide a selective pressure to maintain one or more reassigned codon functions in recombinant cells and recombinant organisms. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/025406 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/36 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) C12N 15/65 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2800/22 (20130101) C12N 2840/102 (20130101) |
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| US 09834846 | Mermelstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua M. Mermelstein (Laguna Niguel, California); Sergio Espinoza (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for transitioning between fuel cell and electrolysis modes in a Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (RSOFC) system includes measuring and recording sensor data indicating a status of components associated with an RSOFC system coupled to an electrical power grid, the system comprising an RSOFC unit, a hydrogen compression system, a hydrogen storage system, and a water supply, determining a state of the RSOFC system based on the sensor data through a conditional logic algorithm, and transitioning the RSOFC system between the fuel cell mode and the electrolysis mode based upon the sensor data and the system state. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/745250 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/04 (20130101) C25B 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/186 (20130101) H01M 8/04268 (20130101) H01M 8/04291 (20130101) H01M 8/04302 (20160201) H01M 8/04425 (20130101) H01M 8/04604 (20130101) H01M 8/04679 (20130101) H01M 8/04955 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/366 (20130101) Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 09835032 | Griffin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Richard Griffin (Tolland, Connecticut); Zachary Mott (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Christopher Corcoran (Manchester, Connecticut); Ross Wilson (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jason D Himes (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor disk is provided. The rotor disk may comprise a disk lug and a trench. The disk lug may be fixed to a distal surface of the rotor disk. The trench may be disposed on a surface of the disk lug. The trench may extend radially inwards from a distal surface of the disk lug. The trench may be configured to at least partially define a flow path by which cooling air may reach a distal surface of the disk lug in order to provide disk lug cooling. |
| FILED | Monday, June 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/727194 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/081 (20130101) F01D 5/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/3007 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2230/12 (20130101) F05D 2230/30 (20130101) F05D 2240/81 (20130101) F05D 2250/294 (20130101) F05D 2260/20 (20130101) F05D 2300/177 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09835041 | Di Vincenzo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Di Vincenzo (Wethersfield, Connecticut); Francis P. Marocchini (Somers, Connecticut); Bhupindar Singh (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A measuring system for sensing vane positions that comprises a turbine, a target, and a sensor. The turbine includes a plurality of articulating vanes, with each vane being coupled to a sync ring that is configured to position the plurality of articulating vanes in accordance with a degree of rotation by the sync ring. The target is coupled to a first position of the turbine within a first region that is associated with a first vane of the plurality of articulating vanes. The sensor is coupled via a bracket to a second position of the turbine within the first region. The sensor is configured to detect an orientation of the target that corresponds to a vane position of the first vane. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/529819 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 17/14 (20130101) F01D 17/20 (20130101) F01D 21/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09835043 | Kantany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas W. Kantany (Manchester, Connecticut); Edward Boucher (Watertown, Connecticut); Kristine Marie Carnavos (Holbrook, New York); Adam Covino (Manchester, Connecticut); Melaine Ho (Manchester, Connecticut); Jorge I. Farah (Hartford, Connecticut); Donald W. Peters (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An air modulating system for a gas turbine engine includes a fixed plate with a fluid passage inlet, a floating plate with a first side adjacent to the fluid passage inlet, an actuated mount configured to move the floating plate relative to the fixed plate, and a linkage element for connecting the floating plate to the actuated mount. The linkage element includes a mounting flange configured to slidably engage the floating plate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/630228 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/141 (20130101) F01D 17/143 (20130101) F01D 17/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 17/167 (20130101) F01D 25/005 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 27/0215 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2270/3061 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 39/045 (20130101) |
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| US 09835363 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rong Xiao (Houston, Texas); Rishi Raj (Allston, Massachusetts); Shankar Narayanan (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); Shalabh Chandra Maroo (Syracuse, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Evaporative heat transfer system. The system includes a substrate and a plurality of substantially parallel, spaced-apart ridges extending from the substrate forming vertical liquid manifolds therebetween. A nanoporous membrane is supported on the ridges and a pump delivers a dielectric fluid across the ridges. The fluid is drawn through the liquid manifolds via capillarity provided by the nanoporous membrane and evaporates to dissipate heat flux through the substrate. A preferred dielectric fluid is pentane. It is preferred that membrane porosity vary across the membrane to tailor thermal resistances to limit temperature rises. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/152120 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 39/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/427 (20130101) H01L 23/473 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09835416 | Roland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles M. Roland (Waldorf, Maryland); Daniel M. Fragiadakis (Alexandria, Virginia); Raymond M. Gamache (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Roland (Waldorf, Maryland); Daniel M. Fragiadakis (Alexandria, Virginia); Raymond M. Gamache (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An armor system with a composite laminate having at least four alternating layers (two bi-layers) of a first material and a second material, the first material having a lower acoustic impedance than the second material. The first material is an elastomer and the second material can be a hard material such as steel, aluminum, or ceramic, or an elastomer with a higher acoustic impedance than the first material. The laminate can include many alternating layers of the first and second materials, and can be adhered or affixed to a thicker armor substrate. Additional protective elements such as corrugated metal-ceramic panels and armored glass cylinders can be added to improve resistance to armor piercing rounds, explosively formed penetrators, or other threats. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/085130 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09835586 | Dunn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan C. Dunn (Charlottesville, Virginia); Guy D. Davis (Catonsville, Maryland); Robert A. Ross (Charlottesville, Virginia); Paul A. Bell (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ELECTRAWATCH, INC. (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan C. Dunn (Charlottesville, Virginia); Guy D. Davis (Catonsville, Maryland); Robert A. Ross (Charlottesville, Virginia); Paul A. Bell (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention comprises portable, rugged and relatively compact electrochemical cells. Each may be removably and nondestructively secured to one surface of a substrate of indefinite size. In-situ electrochemical measurements may be made on portions of existing structures such as ships, bridges, or buildings. An electrochemical cell is disclosed which comprises an analytical chamber which can be utilized with either on-board or external potentiostats. The electrochemical cell has a mounting means which permits the cell to be secured to substrates with irregular surface morphology and to horizontal, vertical or intermediately oriented surfaces. The electrochemical cell provides a means to control the temperature of the electrolyte and the substrate area of interest to permit more accuract and consistent elecrochemical measurements. Said probe is capable of performing electrochemical measurements such as a monitoring corrosion, effectiveness, or integrity of conductive and nonconductive coatings on bare and coated metallic or conductive substrates. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561032 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 17/02 (20130101) G01N 27/416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09835761 | Sprangle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Nusinovich (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip A. Sprangle (Great Falls, Virginia); Bahman Hafizi (Bethesda, Maryland); Arie Zigler (Arlington, Virginia); Gregory Nusinovich (Bethesda, Maryland); Howard Milchberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for the active remote detection of radioactivity from a target of interest includes a first laser source for generating an ionizing laser beam when remotely directed on a radioactive target of interest, a second laser source for generating a laser probe beam on the radioactive target of interest, and a spectrometer configured to measure the frequency modulation of the probe beam caused by the ionization from the radioactive target of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/599030 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/00 (20130101) G01T 7/00 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 8/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09835764 | Crocker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven E. Crocker (Bristol, Rhode Island); Daniel C. Casimiro (Mansfield, Massachusetts); Robert F. Cutler (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Ronald R. Smalley (North Kingstown, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven E. Crocker (Bristol, Rhode Island); Daniel C. Casimiro (Mansfield, Massachusetts); Robert F. Cutler (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Ronald R. Smalley (North Kingstown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for calibration of a towed line array. In a low frequency band, calibration is performed using an acoustic field observed by reference standard hydrophones. The observations form a model of a complex acoustic field throughout a space occupied by a measurement apparatus. The array sensitivities are computed by comparing output voltages of the array with the acoustic field estimated at the locations occupied by hydrophones of the array. Variations in the acoustic field that cannot be accounted for by free field propagation theory are included in the calculation of array channel sensitivities. The method extends the low frequency limit for the calibration to less than the minimum frequency at which free field propagation conditions can be approximated. Boundary reflections and spatial variations in the acoustic field are recognized. The spatial distribution of acoustic energy is used to provide low frequency calibration with improved precision. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/496228 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09835840 | Jalali 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) | Bahram Jalali (Los Angeles, California); Keisuke Goda (Tokyo, Japan); Kevin Kin-Man Tsia (Ma On Shan, China Hong Kong) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for ultrafast real-time optical imaging that can be used for imaging dynamic events such as microfluidics or laser surgery is provided. The apparatus and methods encode spatial information from a sample into a back reflection of a two-dimensional spectral brush that is generated with a two-dimensional disperser and a light source that is mapped in to the time domain with a temporal disperser. The temporal waveform is preferably captured by an optical detector, converted to an electrical signal that is digitized and processed to provide two dimensional and three dimensional images. The produced signals can be optically or electronically amplified. Detection may be improved with correlation matching against a database in the time domain or the spatial domain. Embodiments for endoscopy, microscopy and simultaneous imaging and laser ablation with a single fiber are illustrated. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/610851 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00009 (20130101) A61B 1/00193 (20130101) A61B 1/0638 (20130101) A61B 5/0062 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0086 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02004 (20130101) G01B 9/02014 (20130101) G01B 9/02028 (20130101) G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) G01B 11/2441 (20130101) G01B 2290/20 (20130101) G01B 2290/65 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/361 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/2036 (20130101) G06K 2209/05 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 9/045 (20130101) |
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| US 09835856 | Collins |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. Collins (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An A liquid-crystal adaptive optics actuator comprising a two-dimensional array of pixels (14), wherein each pixel (14) is connected to a control circuit by means of a control line signal path (16, 20) that comprises an electrical interconnection (16) and a meandering resistor (20), each resistor having a resistance value selected to equalize the RC time constant of each control line signal path associated to each pixel. Each control line is thus capable of carrying one or more control signals and the control line signal path is configured such that all the pixels respond to the control signals with a uniform response time. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/780580 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/06 (20130101) G02B 27/0025 (20130101) G02B 27/0068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/1345 (20130101) G02F 2203/18 (20130101) G02F 2203/50 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 2300/0426 (20130101) G09G 2320/0223 (20130101) |
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| US 09835869 | Cook |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States, 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) | 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 | Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/452941 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/3025 (20130101) G02B 5/3083 (20130101) G02B 26/0816 (20130101) G02B 27/283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09835870 | Astratov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina); Nicholaos I. Limberopoulos (Dayton, Ohio); Augustine M. Urbas (Oakwood, Ohio) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Vasily N. Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina); Nicholaos I. Limberopoulos (Dayton, Ohio); Augustine M. Urbas (Oakwood, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for the super-resolution imaging can make visible strongly subwavelength feature sizes (even below 100 nm) in the optical images of biomedical or any nanoscale structures. The main application of the proposed methods and systems is related to label-free imaging where biological or other objects are not stained with fluorescent dye molecules or with fluorophores. This label-free microscopy is more challenging as compared to fluorescent microscopy because of the poor optical contrast of images of objects with subwavelength dimensions. However, these methods and systems are also applicable to fluorescent imaging. Their use is extremely simple, and it is based on application of the microspheres or microcylinders or, alternatively, elastomeric slabs with embedded microspheres or microcylinders to the objects which are deposited on the surfaces covered with thin metallic layers or metallic nanostructures. The mechanism of imaging involved use of the plasmonic near-fields for illuminating the objects and virtual imaging of these objects through microspheres or microcylinders. These methods and systems do not require use of fragile probe tips and slow point-by-point scanning techniques. These methods and systems can be used in conjunction with any types of microscopes including upright, inverted, fluorescence, confocal, phase-contrast, total internal reflection and others. Scanning the samples can be performed using micromanipulation with individual spheres or cylinders or using translation of the slabs. These methods and systems are applicable to dry, wet and totally liquid-immersed samples and structures. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/172703 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/01 (20130101) G01N 21/17 (20130101) G01N 2021/1782 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) G02B 21/32 (20130101) G02B 27/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09835885 | Reich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert K. Reich (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Harry R. Clark (Townsend, Massachusetts); Carl O. Bozler (Waltham, Massachusetts); Shaun R. Berry (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Jeremy B. Muldavin (Lawrence, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert K. Reich (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Harry R. Clark (Townsend, Massachusetts); Carl O. Bozler (Waltham, Massachusetts); Shaun R. Berry (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Jeremy B. Muldavin (Lawrence, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The high-pixel-count uncooled thermal imaging arrays disclosed herein have liquid crystal (LC) microcavity transducers separate from the read-out integrated circuit (ROIC). The transducer converts incident infrared (IR) radiation in birefringence changes that can be measured with visible light. In other words, the system uses the temperature sensitivity of the LC birefringence to convert the IR scene to a visible image. Measurements on sample arrays indicate that the LC material quality is similar to that of bulk samples and has good noise performance. Additionally, high-fill-factor arrays on fused-silica substrates may be processed to enable optimization of conditions for greatly improved temperature sensitivity. An additional IR absorber layer may be integrated into the process to tune the structure for the infrared. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/845941 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/58 (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 1/132 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/1337 (20130101) G02F 2001/133638 (20130101) G02F 2203/11 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09835914 | Clemen, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Clemen, Jr. (Southworth, Washington); John R. Hull (Sammamish, Washington); Philip E. Johnson (Auburn, Washington); Rick L. McGann (Kent, Washington); George A. Perry (Federal Way, Washington); Alan F. Stewart (Seattle, Washington); Mark S. Wilenski (Mercer Island, Washington); Donald V. Drouin, Jr. (O'Fallon, Illinois); Le Li (Hopewell Junction, New York); Yongxin Tang (Poughkeepsie, New York); Haiping Yu (Hopewell Junction, New York); Jiangbin Zhao (Fishkill, New York); Jie Yang (Fishkill, New York); Shenggang Wang (Fishkill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | According to an embodiment, an electrically switchable mirror includes: a first electrically switchable layer of cholesteric liquid crystal material, the first electrically switchable layer having a first state in which right-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon is reflected and left-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon is transmitted and a second state wherein right-handed and left-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon are transmitted; a second electrically switchable layer of cholesteric liquid crystal material, the second electrically switchable layer having a first state in which left-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon is reflected and right-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon is transmitted and a second state wherein right-handed and left-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon are transmitted; and a first electrically switchable wave plate disposed between the first and second electrically switchable layers. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/056415 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 1/1484 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 45/00 (20130101) 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 1/1347 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/13363 (20130101) G02F 2001/13478 (20130101) G02F 2001/133638 (20130101) G02F 2203/05 (20130101) G02F 2203/07 (20130101) G02F 2203/09 (20130101) |
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| US 09836123 | Gipson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MIDE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mide Technology Corporation (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy R. Gipson (Medford, Massachusetts); Stephen Hanly (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Noel Jared Keegan (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A bussed haptic actuator system includes a plurality of haptic actuators and a master control subsystem. Each haptic actuator includes a memory with an address storable therein and a slave controller subsystem configured to control the actuator in response to a received command signal. The master control subsystem is connected via a bus to the plurality of haptic actuators. The master control subsystem includes sequencer configured to determine which of the plurality of haptic actuators are to be activated and logic configured to provide, on the bus, a command signal including one or more addresses corresponding to haptic actuators to be activated as determined by the sequencer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/616924 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/3206 (20130101) G06F 1/3287 (20130101) G06F 3/016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1282 (20130101) |
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| US 09836334 | Divirgilio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Divirgilio (Washingtonville, New York); Liana L. Fong (Irvington, New York); John Lewars (New Paltz, New York); Seetharami R. Seelam (Yorktown Heights, New York); Brian F. Veale (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, information processing system, and computer program product are provided for managing operating system interference on applications in a parallel processing system. A mapping of hardware multi-threading threads to at least one processing core is determined, and first and second sets of logical processors of the at least one processing core are determined. The first set includes at least one of the logical processors of the at least one processing core, and the second set includes at least one of a remainder of the logical processors of the at least one processing core. A processor schedules application tasks only on the logical processors of the first set of logical processors of the at least one processing core. Operating system interference events are scheduled only on the logical processors of the second set of logical processors of the at least one processing core. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/914893 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/542 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/3851 (20130101) G06F 9/3885 (20130101) G06F 9/4812 (20130101) G06F 9/4818 (20130101) |
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| US 09836560 | Bramson 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) | Michael D. Bramson (Ridgecrest, California); Tom J. Schilling (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention simulate the actual shape of a cumulative distribution function (CDF) that describes the energetic sensitivity of an energetic composition. Sensitivity tests and historical data are input into an electronic processor. Response data points are obtained through electronic analysis and a best fit curve is produced through the response points and produced as output in a tangible medium. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/601456 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09836703 | Stevens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald H. Stevens (Carlsbad, California); Christine Berka (Carlsbad, California); Adrienne Behneman (Carlsbad, California); Daniel Levendowski (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED BRAIN MONITORING, INC. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald H. Stevens (Carlsbad, California); Christine Berka (Carlsbad, California); Adrienne Behneman (Carlsbad, California); Daniel Levendowski (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for monitoring neurophysiologic indicators of the members of a team while performing one or more collaborative tasks, for analyzing the collected neurophysiologic data and environmental data, for generating feedback, and for generating assessments of the performance of the team based on the collected data are provided. Feedback can be created based on the assessments of the team performance. Assessments of team performance can be performed in real time and feedback can also be provided in real time. In other embodiments, feedback can be provided to team members and/or the team as a whole after training exercise and/or simulation has been completed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/980156 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09837177 | Roper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Roper (Oak Park, California); Matthew T. Rakher (Oxnard, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a vapor-cell system comprising: a vapor-cell region configured for vapor-cell optical paths; a first electrode disposed in contact with the vapor-cell region; a second electrode electrically isolated from the first electrode; and an ion conductor interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode, the ion conductor, and the second electrode collectively form a bidirectional solid-state electrochemical charge-depletion capacitor. The ion conductor is ionically conductive for mobile ions, such as Rb+, Cs+, Na+, K+, or Sr2+. The first electrode is permeable to the mobile ions and/or neutral atoms formed from the mobile ions. The system can be electrically controlled to quickly pump mobile ions into or out of the vapor-cell region. The system may further contain an atom chip, and the vapor-cell optical paths may be configured to trap a population of cold atoms. Methods of operating these vapor-cell systems are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/271353 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21K 1/093 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Texter (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure generally relates to a dispersion of nanoparticles in a liquid medium. The liquid medium is suitably water-based and further includes an ionic liquid-based stabilizer in the liquid medium to stabilize the dispersion of nanoparticles therein. The stabilizer can be polymeric or monomeric and generally includes a moiety with at least one quaternary ammonium cation from a corresponding ionic liquid. The dispersion suitably can be formed by shearing or otherwise mixing a mixture/combination of its components. The dispersions can be used to form nanoparticle composite films upon drying or otherwise removing the liquid medium carrier, with the stabilizer providing a nanoparticle binder in the composite film. The films can be formed on essentially any desired substrate and can impart improved electrical conductivity and/or thermal conductivity properties to the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/547323 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/0277 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 293/005 (20130101) C08F 2438/01 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 2666/00 (20130101) C08L 2666/54 (20130101) C08L 2666/55 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/24 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 5/14 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01B 1/22 (20130101) H01B 1/24 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/90 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/75 (20130101) Y10S 977/752 (20130101) Y10S 977/779 (20130101) Y10S 977/842 (20130101) Y10S 977/895 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) Y10S 977/902 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
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| US 09837237 | Lozano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paulo C. Lozano (Arlington, Massachusetts); Carla Perez Martinez (Oxford, United Kingdom); Corey P. Fucetola (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jimmy Andrey Rojas Herrera (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments related to the use and production of porous carbon materials in ion emitters and other applications are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/608761 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/304 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 3/04 (20130101) H01J 9/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09837240 | Schamiloglu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edl Schamiloglu (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mikhail I. Fuks (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edl Schamiloglu (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mikhail I. Fuks (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a relativistic magnetron including an anode with an entrant channel, the channel having an input end, an output end and a dimensional discontinuity between the ends. The channel is connected to the magnetron and has an anode defining an interaction space located between the dimensional discontinuity and output end. Also provided is a cathode, located upstream, a spaced distance away from the interaction space towards the input end, the cathode is adapted to send an electron beam into the interaction space where the electron beam forms a virtual cathode in the interaction space. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/742634 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 23/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 25/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09837258 | Youngner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Youngner (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses, and systems for design, fabrication, and use of an ion trap with variable pitch electrodes are described herein. One apparatus includes an ion trap and a plurality of variable pitch electrodes disposed on the ion trap. A respective electrode of the plurality of electrodes can have a first pitch in a first region of the trap and a second pitch in a second region of the trap. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/719587 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/4255 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09837372 | Herrault et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Florian G. Herrault (Agoura Hills, California); Melanie S. Yajima (Los Angeles, California); Alexandros Margomenos (San Jose, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An interconnect for electrically coupling pads formed on adjacent chips or on packaging material adjacent the chips, with an electrically conductive heat sink being disposed between the pads, the interconnect comprising a metallic membrane layer disposed between two adjacent pads and disposed or bridging over the electrically conductive heat sink so as to avoid making electrical contact with the electrically conductive heat sink. An electroplated metallic layer is disposed on the metallic membrane layer. Fabrication of interconnect permits multiple interconnects to be formed in parallel using fabrication techniques compatible with wafer level fabrication of the interconnects. The interconnects preferably follow a smooth curve to electrically connect adjacent pads and following that smooth curve they bridge over the intervening electrically conductive heat sink material in a predictable fashion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/169591 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0273 (20130101) H01L 21/2885 (20130101) H01L 21/6835 (20130101) H01L 23/3675 (20130101) H01L 23/3736 (20130101) H01L 24/17 (20130101) H01L 24/64 (20130101) H01L 24/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 24/89 (20130101) H01L 25/16 (20130101) H01L 25/18 (20130101) H01L 25/50 (20130101) H01L 2224/13023 (20130101) H01L 2224/13109 (20130101) H01L 2224/13111 (20130101) H01L 2224/13113 (20130101) H01L 2224/13116 (20130101) H01L 2224/13139 (20130101) H01L 2224/13144 (20130101) H01L 2224/13147 (20130101) H01L 2224/13155 (20130101) H01L 2224/13157 (20130101) H01L 2924/06 (20130101) H01L 2924/014 (20130101) H01L 2924/01022 (20130101) H01L 2924/1033 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/05042 (20130101) H01L 2924/05432 (20130101) H01L 2924/10271 (20130101) H01L 2924/13064 (20130101) H01L 2924/13091 (20130101) |
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| US 09837483 | Gilbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. Gilbert (Champaign, Illinois); Timothy M. Philip (Champaign, Illinois); Daniel Somerset Green (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical device includes a current transport layer made of an anomalous Hall material. The electrical device also includes a first ferromagnetic island in physical contact with the current transport layer and a second ferromagnetic island in physical contact with the current transport layer, the second ferromagnetic island oriented with respect to the first ferromagnetic island such as to concentrate a magnetic field, generated by current flow along a conducting surface of the anomalous Hall material, over the first ferromagnetic island and the second ferromagnetic island. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/405079 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09837611 — Photo-switchable fullerene-based materials as interfacial layers in organic photovoltaics
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis Echegoyen (El Paso, Texas); Michael D. Irwin (El Paso, Texas); Danisha M. Rivera-Nazario (El Paso, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Design and use of photo-switching, fullerene-based dyads of the design x-D-y-A or D-y-A-x as interfacial layers (IFL) for organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices are described herein. The fullerene-based dyads and triads of the present invention contain electron-donating substituents such as porphyrins or phthalocyanines that exhibit charge separation states with long lifetimes upon irradiation, resulting in rejection of electrons reaching the electrode and concurrently promoting the conduction of holes. This phenomenon has a strong rectifying effect on the whole device, not just the interfaces, resulting in improved charge extraction from the interior of the photo-active layer. The invention further describes anchoring an IFL to the ITO surface as a monolayer, bilayer, or greater multilayers. One OPV design embodiment of the present invention embodiment involves the formation of covalent bonds via silane groups (—SiR3) as the anchor (x), to form siloxane bonds. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/624398 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) H01L 51/004 (20130101) H01L 51/0035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/42 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/0075 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/4206 (20130101) H01L 2251/308 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/948 (20130101) |
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| US 09837693 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn D. Rogers (Johns Creek, Georgia); Craig A. Bunn (Cumming, Georgia); Gary L. Mitchum (Dunwoody, Georgia); John C. Hoover (Fernandina Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A coaxial polarizer is provided. The coaxial polarizer includes an outer-conductive tube, an inner-conductive tube positioned within and axially aligned with the outer-conductive tube, and two dielectric bars each having a flat-first surface. The inner-conductive tube has two shallow-cavities on opposing portions of an outer surface of the inner-conductive tube. The shallow-cavities each have at least one planar area having a cavity length parallel to a Z axis and a cavity width, including a minimum width, perpendicular to the Z axis and to a radial direction of the inner-conductive tube. The flat-first surface has a dielectric length and width that are parallel and perpendicular to the Z axis, respectively. The dielectric length and dielectric width are less than the cavity length and the minimum width, respectively. The two flat-first surfaces of the respective two dielectric bars contact at least a portion of the respective two planar areas of the two shallow-cavities. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/039872 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/165 (20130101) H01P 1/172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 11/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
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| US 09837781 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Jin-Hyoung Lee (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical source is described. This optical source includes a semiconductor optical amplifier (with a semiconductor other than silicon) that provides an optical gain medium and that includes a reflector. Moreover the hybrid external cavity laser includes a photonic chip with: an optical waveguide that conveys an optical signal output by the semiconductor optical amplifier; and a ring resonator, having a resonance wavelength, which reflects at least a resonance wavelength in the optical signal, where the reflector and the ring resonator define an optical cavity. Furthermore, the photonic chip includes: a thermal-tuning mechanism that adjusts the resonance wavelength; a photo-detector that measures an optical power output by the ring resonator; and control logic that adjusts the temperature of the ring resonator based on the measured optical power to lock a cavity mode of the optical cavity to a carrier wavelength. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/714078 |
| 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 3/10 (20130101) H01S 3/0637 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1301 (20130101) H01S 3/10007 (20130101) H01S 3/10069 (20130101) H01S 5/021 (20130101) H01S 5/026 (20130101) H01S 5/065 (20130101) H01S 5/0262 (20130101) H01S 5/4068 (20130101) H01S 5/06837 (20130101) |
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| US 09837923 | Raju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju (Clifton Park, New York); Mark Edward Dame (Niskayuna, New York); Nathaniel Benedict Hawes (Ballston Spa, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A power converter for a power system includes an input ceramic layer, an output ceramic layer, an input stage coupled to the input ceramic layer, an output stage coupled to the output ceramic layer, and a planar transformer coupled between said input stage and said output stage. The input receives a power input and the output stage generates a power output at least partially as a function of the power input. The planar transformer includes an input winding coupled to the input stage and an output winding coupled to the output stage. The input winding has a plurality of input turns and the output winding has a plurality of output turns. The input turns interleave the output turns. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/247135 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 27/10 (20130101) H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 38/14 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 7/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/18 (20130101) H05K 1/0204 (20130101) H05K 1/0306 (20130101) H05K 3/30 (20130101) H05K 7/2089 (20130101) H05K 2201/1003 (20130101) H05K 2201/10053 (20130101) H05K 2201/10174 (20130101) |
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| US 09837959 | Ainspan 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) | Herschel A. Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Mark A. Ferriss (Tarrytown, New York); Daniel J. Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Alexander V. Rylyakov (Mount Kisco, New York); Bodhisatwa Sadhu (White Plains, New York); Alberto Valdes-Garcia (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprises a digitally controlled circuit having a variable capacitance and a controller configured to adjust a magnitude of the variable capacitance of the digitally controlled circuit. The digitally controlled circuit comprises a plurality of gain elements, the plurality of gain elements comprising one or more positive voltage-to-frequency gain elements and one or more negative voltage-to-frequency gain elements. The controller is configured to adjust the magnitude of the capacitance by adjusting the gain provided by respective ones of the gain elements in an alternating sequence of the positive voltage-to-frequency gain elements and the negative voltage-to-frequency gain elements. |
| FILED | Monday, July 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/791804 |
| 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 1/00 (20130101) H03B 5/124 (20130101) H03B 5/1212 (20130101) H03B 5/1215 (20130101) H03B 5/1228 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03B 5/1243 (20130101) H03B 5/1265 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 11/04 (20130101) H03H 19/006 (20130101) Tuning Resonant Circuits; Selecting Resonant Circuits H03J 2200/10 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 3/354 (20130101) H03K 5/04 (20130101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/10 (20130101) H03L 7/18 (20130101) H03L 7/093 (20130101) H03L 7/099 (20130101) H03L 7/199 (20130101) H03L 7/0898 (20130101) H03L 7/0992 (20130101) H03L 2207/06 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuanxun Ethan Wang (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A band pass filter is implemented utilizing Channelized Active Noise Elimination (CANE) in combining Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filtering into a radio frequency (RF) transmitter, or transmission path. The FIR filtering is performed in a combination of multiple conversion paths of delay units, vector modulators and PAs so that the low pass characteristics of the FIR filter are upconverted on the adjacent frequency of the carrier to form a band pass filter at the output of the transmitter. Use of CANE avoids the need of high sampling rates, while also eliminating the need of either broad bandwidth delay lines or modulated power amplifiers. The technique is well-suited for suppression of the quantization noise generated in RF transmitters with bitstream modulations such as the Envelope Delta Sigma Modulation (EDSM). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/973061 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/0475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/0483 (20130101) |
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| US 09838051 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Deepnarayan Gupta (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Amol Inamdar (Elmsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency receiver subject to a large in-band interferor employs active cancellation with coarse and at least one fine cancellation signal, each with a respective radio frequency combiner, in order to increase the effective dynamic range of the receiver for weak signals of interest. One or both can be digitally synthesized. This is particularly applicable for co-site interference, whereby the interfering transmit signal is directly accessible. A similar system and method may also be applied to external interferors such as those produced by deliberate or unintentional jamming signals, or by strong multipath signals. An adaptive algorithm may be used for dynamic delay and gain matching. In a preferred embodiment, a hybrid technology hybrid temperature system incorporates both superconducting and semiconducting components to achieve enhanced broadband performance. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/095768 |
| ART UNIT | 2647 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/525 (20130101) H04B 7/15585 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keye Martin (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keye Martin (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for adaptive quantum information processing can be provided by determining a state of a quantum channel governing an environment with a tomography module. Next a scope of the quantum channel can be calculated with a scope algorithm module. Finally, an optimization module can be utilized to optimize the way to quantum mechanically represent information to be transmitted through the quantum channel based on the scope. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/027942 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/0795 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0852 (20130101) |
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| US 09838802 | Howarth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas R Howarth (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); 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) | Thomas R Howarth (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Dehua Huang (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon nanotube thermophone is provided which includes a urethane frame having mounting holes at corners of the frame. Screw holes in the frame are provided for a cable holder. A square shaped carbon nanotube material chip is positioned within the urethane frame. The carbon nanotube material chip can comprise multiple carbon nanotube sheets to electrically tune the impedance to match a driving amplifier impedance load. Wooden spacers assist in positioning the carbon nanotube material chip. A first end of a cable is soldered to the carbon nanotube material chip at electrodes of the material chip. A high temperature rated silicon sealant is used for attachment points on the thermophone. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/273801 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/521 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 23/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09838803 | Howarth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas R Howarth (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); 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) | Thomas R Howarth (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Dehua Huang (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon nanotube thermophone is provided. The thermophone includes high temperature rated shells as protective walls as the top and bottom housing of the thermophone with carbon nanotube sheets affixed between the shells. The shells act as acoustic windows that match the surrounding frequency and acoustic radiation medium. A high temperature rated sealant gasket is used to enclose the shells of the thermophone where gas holes are inserted for interior heavy gas filling. The acoustic resonant frequency is defined by the dimensions of the housing of the thermophone and the sound speed of the filled heavy gas. Each carbon nanotube sheet has an electrode at both ends. Multiple carbon nanotube sheets can electrically tune the impedance to match a driving amplifier impedance load. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/273817 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/521 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 23/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SR Technologies, Inc. (Davie, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SR Technologies, Inc. (Davie, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham K. Smith (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a node identification system for identifying at least one unknown mobile node in a communications network using details related to at least one known mobile node and organization of the details related to the at least one known mobile node. The method includes capturing details related to the at least one unknown mobile node and identifying an organization of the captured details related to the at least one unknown mobile node, comparing the details related to the at least one known mobile node and the organization of the details related to the at least one known mobile node with the captured details related to the at least one unknown mobile node and the organization of the captured details related to the at least one unknown mobile node, and determining a type of the at least one unknown mobile node based on the comparing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/446454 |
| ART UNIT | 2644 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/18 (20130101) H04L 61/6022 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 48/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 84/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09839073 | Kessler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Metis Design Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Metis Design Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth S. Kessler (Newton, Massachusetts); Ajay Raghavan (Mountain View, California); Brian L. Wardle (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Various applications for structured CNT-engineered materials are disclosed herein. In one application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of providing its own structural feedback. In another application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of generating heat. In yet another application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of functioning as an antenna, for example, for receiving, transmitting, absorbing and/or dissipating a signal. In still another application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of serving as a conduit for thermal or electrical energy. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/250340 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 2001/0072 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 15/12 (20130101) B64D 15/20 (20130101) B64D 2045/0085 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) C08K 3/041 (20170501) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 25/00 (20130101) G01N 25/72 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/02 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 3/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05B 2203/003 (20130101) H05B 2203/021 (20130101) H05B 2214/02 (20130101) H05B 2214/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) |
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| US 09839146 | Cole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachary Cole (Summers, Arkansas); Brandon Passmore (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A power module includes a number of sub-modules connected via removable jumpers. The removable jumpers allow the connections between one or more power semiconductor die in the sub-modules to be reconfigured, such that when the removable jumpers are provided, the power module has a first function and when the removable jumpers are removed, the power module has a second function. The removable jumpers may also allow for independent testing of the sub-modules. The power module may also include a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB), which is used to connect one or more contacts of the power semiconductor die. The multi-layer PCB reduces stray inductance between the contacts and therefore improves the performance of the power module. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/918110 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/4093 (20130101) H01L 25/115 (20130101) H01L 25/162 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/088 (20130101) H02M 7/003 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0298 (20130101) H05K 5/0065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 5/0069 (20130101) H05K 2201/10166 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moritz F. Kircher (New York, New York); Adam de la Zerda (Woodside, California); Jesse Jokerst (San Francisco, California); Cristina Zavaleta (Palo Alto, California); Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moritz F. Kircher (New York, New York); Adam de la Zerda (Woodside, California); Jesse Jokerst (San Francisco, California); Cristina Zavaleta (Palo Alto, California); Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for probes, methods of using the probe, methods of making the probe, method of imaging a condition (e.g., pre-cancerous tissue, cancer, or a tumor), methods of planning resection of a brain tumor, methods of imaging a brain tumor, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/344827 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0035 (20130101) A61B 5/0042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0095 (20130101) A61B 34/10 (20160201) A61B 2090/374 (20160201) A61B 2090/378 (20160201) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/122 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4808 (20130101) |
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| US 09833433 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chu Chen (Harvey, Louisiana); Jian Zhang (Harvey, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for compositions including an antimicrobial agent, pharmaceutical compositions including the composition or pharmaceutical composition, methods of treating a condition or disease, methods of treatment using compositions or pharmaceutical compositions, and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/672817 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/352 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/616 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09833446 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, Rhode Island); University Health Network (Toronto, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, Rhode Island); University Health Network (Toronto, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wentian Yang (Pawtucket, Rhode Island); Benjamin G. Neel (Toronto, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preventing, slowing, or blocking the formation of an exostosis or an enchondromas comprising administering to an animal in need thereof a hedgehog pathway inhibitor such as a Smoothened inhibitor. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/386326 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/438 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4355 (20130101) A61K 31/4402 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 31/4436 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) |
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| US 09833465 | Brady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Brady (New York, New York); Hahk-Soo Kang (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Anthracyclin compounds of the general structure: are disclosed. In these compounds R1 is methyl, acetyl or hydroxyacetyl; R2-R5 and R10-R13 are independently H or methyl; R6 R7 and R8 are independently H, OH or OCH3; and n is zero or one. The compounds are useful for treating cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/275621 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/252 (20130101) |
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| US 09833467 | Eliseev |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roman A. Eliseev (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of treating or preventing a bone disorder in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/651963 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 38/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09833468 | Kole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America, as represneted by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryszard Kole (Corvallis, Oregon); Francis S. Collins (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Michael R. Erdos (Severna Park, Maryland); Kan Cao (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of treatment in subjects having progeroid diseases and related conditions which rely upon LMNA-targeted antisense oligonucleotides for reducing expression of one or more aberrantly spliced LMNA mRNA isoforms that encode progerin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/084255 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48323 (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) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/314 (20130101) C12N 2310/3233 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) C12N 2320/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09833476 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tong Zhang (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Charles L. Sentman (Grantham, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tong Zhang (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Charles L. Sentman (Grantham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to T cells and other cells that express chimeric NK-p30 receptors (“chimeric NKp30 T cells”), methods of making and using chimeric NKp30 T cells, and methods of using these chimeric NKp30 T cells, isolated populations thereof, and compositions comprising the same. In another aspect, said chimeric NKp30 T cells are further designed to express a functional non-TCR receptor. The disclosure also pertains to methods of making said chimeric NKp30 T cells, and methods of reducing or ameliorating, or preventing or treating, diseases and disorders using said chimeric NKp30 T cells, populations thereof, or compositions comprising the same. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/342060 |
| 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 35/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/70503 (20130101) C07K 14/70521 (20130101) C07K 14/70575 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) C07K 14/70596 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 2800/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09833477 | Strober 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) | Samuel Strober (Stanford, California); Suparna Dutt (Palo Alto, California); Robert Lowsky (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided to augment the conversion of mixed hematopoietic cell chimerism to complete donor cell chimerism following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), where such transplantation may be utilized for treatment of cancer such as leukemia and lymphoma or for other conditions requiring reconstitution of the hematopoietic system, e.g. treatment of anemias, thalassemias, autoimmune conditions, and the like. The present invention improves on conventional DLI by utilizing a composition of substantially purified donor memory CD8+ T cells as DLI following allogeneic HCT, where the cells are administered at a suitable time following transplantation. The methods provide for a more complete donor chimerism, and have the further benefit of killing tumor cells without GVHD. The memory CD8+ T cells may include one or both of central and effector memory T cells, usually both. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/217363 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0637 (20130101) |
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| US 09833480 | Junghans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard P. Junghans (Boston, Massachusetts); Nithianandan Selliah (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Prospect Chartercare, LLC (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard P. Junghans (Boston, Massachusetts); Nithianandan Selliah (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features nucleic acid constructs encoding chimeric immune T-cell receptors (CIRs) that are useful for treating HIV in patients. In general, the CIRs contain an extracellular domain which targets HIV or HIV infected cells (e.g., the extracellular domain of CD4), a transmembrane domain, and a cytoplasmic domain for mediating T-cell activation (e.g., CD3 zeta and/or the partial extracellular domain of CD28). The invention also features the use of host cells expressing CIRs in the treatment of HIV. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/641245 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1774 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/70514 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/74 (20130101) C07K 2319/90 (20130101) C07K 2319/735 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2799/027 (20130101) |
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| US 09833502 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GenVec, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GenVec, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Chen (Potomac, Maryland); Duncan McVey (Derwood, Maryland); Douglas Brough (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Joseph Bruder (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a composition comprising one or more polypeptides or one or more nucleic acid sequences that can induce a protective immune response against Plasmodium species that infect humans. The invention also is directed to a method of using such compositions to induce a protective immune response against a Plasmodium parasite in a mammal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/441988 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) |
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| US 09833503 | Mekalanos 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) | John Mekalanos (Brighton, Massachusetts); Marek Basler (Prague, Czech Republic) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and compositions for displaying a polypeptide on a tubular structure and uses of such displayed polypeptides in the production of antibodies or vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/380004 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/64 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/21 (20130101) C07K 14/28 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/74 (20130101) C12N 15/78 (20130101) C12N 15/1037 (20130101) |
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| US 09833512 | Hoelzinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota); Flory Mitrani (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dominique B. Hoelzinger (Phoenix, Arizona); Sandra J. Gendler (Scottsdale, Arizona); Peter A. Cohen (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ana L. Dominguez (Scottsdale, Arizona); Shannon E. Smith (Spring Valley, California); Joseph Lustgarten (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides methods and materials related to using inhibitors of IL-9 signaling in conjunction with chemotherapy to treat cancer (e.g., solid tumors). For example, methods and materials for using inhibitors of IL-9 signaling (e.g., anti-IL9 antibody preparations) in conjunction with chemotherapy to treat cancer (e.g., solid tumors such as breast cancer tumors or colon cancer tumors) or to reduce the growth rate of cancer (e.g., solid tumors such as breast cancer tumors or colon cancer tumors) within a mammal are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/682493 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/244 (20130101) |
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| US 09833517 | Goldberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMMETROPE, INC. (Key Biscayne, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMMETROPE, INC. (Key Biscayne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Goldberg (Menlo Park, California); Alan Halpern (Kalamazoo, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Normal or genetically modified cell(s) having magnetic nanoparticle(s) bound (affixed) to their surfaces and methods of delivery to target tissues, e.g. For treatment of disease and/or injury. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/797829 |
| 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 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/30 (20130101) A61K 41/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48384 (20130101) A61K 47/48776 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) |
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| US 09833519 | Chiorini |
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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) | John A. Chiorini (Dayton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the finding that patients with Sjögren's syndrome exhibit a statistically significant increase in expression of BMP6 in the salivary gland, relative to healthy control subjects. Also described herein is the finding that overexpression of BMP6 in the salivary glands of mice results in an increase in electrical potential across the salivary gland. Thus, provided herein are methods of diagnosing a subject as having Sjögren's syndrome, or at risk for developing Sjögren's syndrome, by measuring the level of BMP6 expression in a salivary gland of a subject, measuring electrical potential in a salivary gland of a subject, or both. Also provided herein are methods of treating a subject with Sjögren's syndrome by administering an agent that inhibits expression of BMP6 expression or activity. Also described herein is the use of XIST and MECP2 as diagnostic and therapeutic targets for male Sjögren's syndrome patients. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/428929 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/179 (20130101) A61K 49/0004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 16/22 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 15/1136 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/74 (20130101) G01N 33/6872 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/51 (20130101) G01N 2333/4704 (20130101) G01N 2800/101 (20130101) |
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| US 09833522 | Sitharaman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balaji Sitharaman (Coram, New York); Gaurav Lalwani (Indore, India) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a composition for use with photoacoustic or thermoacoustic imaging, comprising a sufficient amount of the graphene-like nanoparticles or graphitic nano- or microparticles and one or more physiologically acceptable carriers or excipients. The present invention also provides methods of using the graphene-like nanoparticles or graphitic nano- or microparticles as PAT/TAT contrast agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/581690 |
| 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 49/00 (20130101) A61K 49/222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09833543 | Wen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jie Wen (St. Johns, Florida); Nell Herrera Wirth (Roseville, Minnesota); Patrick E Guire (Hopkins, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INNOVATIVE SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Wen (St. Johns, Florida); Nell Herrera Wirth (Roseville, Minnesota); Patrick E Guire (Hopkins, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Inventive concepts relate general to the field of implantable three-dimensional scaffolds. More particularly, methods of preparing and using implantable nanofibrous tissue scaffolds are described. Inventive scaffolds can be used for treatment of defects in a living organism, such as hard or soft tissue defects including bone. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/351145 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/22 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 27/3847 (20130101) A61L 2400/12 (20130101) A61L 2430/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09833570 | El-Khatib et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Firas El-Khatib (Allston, Massachusetts); Edward Damiano (Acton, Massachusetts); Steven J. Russell (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are used for adaptation of drug-administration parameters that control insulin delivery in a blood glucose control system. One technique provides long-term adaptation of a nominal basal infusion rate, adapting to longer-term changes in a patient's needs due to growth, illness, hormonal fluctuations, physical activity, aging, etc. Another technique provides adaptation of priming dose size at mealtimes for overall better glycemic control and also adapting to longer-term changes in a patient's needs. Adaptation calculations use a receding-horizon window of recent values of the adapted parameter. Doses of a counter-regulatory agent (e.g., glucagon) may also be delivered in response to information about estimated accumulation of exogenously infused insulin (subcutaneously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, or intravenously) and/or the effect insulin might have on glucose levels (blood glucose concentration or interstitial fluid glucose concentration). |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/870634 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/1723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 5/14244 (20130101) A61M 2005/14208 (20130101) A61M 2230/201 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3437 (20130101) G06F 19/3462 (20130101) |
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| US 09833598 | Liebeskind 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) | David S. Liebeskind (Los Angeles, California); Osvaldas Pranevicius (New York, New York); Mindaugas Pranevicius (Forest Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A patient in whom blood diversion due to cerebral venous steal is present, and abolishment of the cerebral venous steal is indicated, is treated by increasing the cerebral venous pressure in the patient. This increase in cerebral venous pressure restores the collapsed cerebral vasculature, thereby increasing cerebral blood flow. The increase in cerebral venous pressure may be achieved using an occluding catheter in the superior vena cava or the internal jugular veins, using external compression of the cervical veins, or any other suitable mechanism. The occlusion may be controlled precisely during treatment, possibly as a function of cerebral blood flow, and after treatment the patient may experience a persistent effect because the cerebral vasculature is no longer collapsed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/220020 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/1204 (20130101) A61B 17/1322 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 25/10 (20130101) A61M 25/1018 (20130101) A61M 25/10181 (20131105) Original (OR) Class A61M 2025/1052 (20130101) |
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| US 09833623 | Gnanashanmugam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Swaminadhan Gnanashanmugam (San Francisco, California); Jonathan A. Coe (Menlo Park, California); Insoo Suh (San Francisco, California); Jeremy Christopher Koehler (East Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described for decreasing activity of at least one sympathetic nerve, nerve fiber or neuron innervating at least one blood vessel in the pulmonary vasculature of a patient to ameliorate pulmonary hypertension. In one embodiment, the method may involve advancing an intravascular treatment device to a target location in a target blood vessel within the pulmonary vasculature of the patient and using the treatment device to decrease activity of at least one sympathetic nerve, nerve fiber or neuron innervating the target blood vessel at or near the target location to ameliorate pulmonary hypertension. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/685520 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/00 (20130101) A61B 18/02 (20130101) A61B 18/04 (20130101) A61B 18/18 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 18/1815 (20130101) A61B 2018/0022 (20130101) A61B 2018/046 (20130101) A61B 2018/143 (20130101) A61B 2018/0212 (20130101) A61B 2018/00345 (20130101) A61B 2018/00357 (20130101) A61B 2018/00375 (20130101) A61B 2018/00404 (20130101) A61B 2018/00434 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00613 (20130101) A61B 2018/1432 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 25/00 (20130101) A61M 25/10 (20130101) A61M 25/0043 (20130101) A61M 25/1002 (20130101) A61M 29/00 (20130101) A61M 29/02 (20130101) A61M 2025/006 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) A61N 1/36117 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 2/02 (20130101) A61N 2/06 (20130101) A61N 5/1002 (20130101) A61N 7/022 (20130101) A61N 2007/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09834439 | Yin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peng Yin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Niles A. Pierce (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Yin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Niles A. Pierce (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to programming of biomolecular self-assembly pathways and related methods and constructs for self-assembly of prescribed two and three-dimensional structures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/186228 |
| 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 | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09834514 | Rogelj et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New Mexico Tech Research Foundation (Socorro, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW MEXICO TECH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Socorro, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Snezna Rogelj (Socorro, New Mexico); Liliya Frolova (Socorro, New Mexico); Alexander Kornienko (San Marcos, Texas); Leslie D. Edwards (Socorro, New Mexico); Cody Champion (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Kailee Zingler (Tomah, Wisconsin); Danielle Nicole Turner (Socorro, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes a method to treat conditions, including bacterial infections and cancer, using a photosensitive compound that, upon exposure to white light, can be activated. The photosensitive compound can also interact synergistically with antibiotics used concomitantly to kill drug-resistant bacteria. The photosensitive compounds can also be used to inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/133430 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/43 (20130101) A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/431 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/655 (20130101) A61K 31/7036 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 38/14 (20130101) A61K 38/14 (20130101) A61K 41/0057 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/10 (20130101) C07D 209/30 (20130101) C07D 209/36 (20130101) C07D 209/40 (20130101) C07D 209/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09834580 | Abdel-Malek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zalfa A. Abdel-Malek (Cincinnati, Ohio); Leonid Koikov (Cincinnati, Ohio); James J. Knittel (Belchertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Short tri- and tetrapeptides according to the following Formula I Ar(CH2)mX1—X2—CO—X3—X4—X5-(Trp)n-NX6R are potent, selective agonists of melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R). Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions including Formula I peptide agonists of MC1R and methods of treating skin diseases and disorders that include administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutic amount of a Formula I peptide. The peptides, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods described herein are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders that benefit from agonism of MCIR, including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, porphyria, polymorphous light eruption, vitiligo, and solar urticaria. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/646410 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/06 (20130101) A61K 8/64 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 38/07 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 17/04 (20130101) A61Q 19/004 (20130101) A61Q 19/04 (20130101) A61Q 19/08 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0821 (20130101) C07K 5/1024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09834582 | Wisniewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Wisniewski (Staten Island, New York); Fernando Goni (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical agents and compositions useful for the treatment and prevention of amyloid disease in a subject. The invention further relates to isolated antibodies that recognize a common conformational epitope of amyloidogenic proteins or peptides that are useful for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of amyloid disease. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/616300 |
| 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 38/10 (20130101) A61K 39/0007 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2319/70 (20130101) |
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| US 09834583 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Catholic University of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venigalla B. Rao (Silver Spring, Maryland); Wadad Alsalmi (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An approach of producing recombinant trimers that mimic native HIV-1 envelope trimers is developed. A recombinant protein forming the recombinant trimers encompasses a recombinant HIV-1 gp140 fused to a tag through a linker at C-terminus of the recombinant HIV-1 gp140. The linker is sufficiently long so that the tag is accessible for binding by a binding molecule bound on a solid matrix. After expressed in a cell, the recombinant protein is secreted into the culture medium and assembles into recombinant trimers therein. The recombinant trimers may be directly purified from the culture medium. Cleaved and uncleaved trimers from different clade viruses are produced. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/806727 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/7023 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/627 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/22 (20130101) C07K 1/36 (20130101) C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/162 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/20 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16022 (20130101) C12N 2740/16043 (20130101) C12N 2740/16051 (20130101) C12N 2740/16111 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) |
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| US 09834590 | Campana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dario Campana (Singapore, Singapore); Chihaya Imai (Niigata, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a chimeric receptor capable of signaling both a primary and a co-stimulatory pathway, thus allowing activation of the co-stimulatory pathway without binding to the natural ligand. The cytoplasmic domain of the receptor contains a portion of the 4-1BB signaling domain. Embodiments of the invention relate to polynucleotides that encode the receptor, vectors and host cells encoding a chimeric receptor, particularly including T cells and natural killer (NK) cells and methods of use. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/872947 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/395 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/7051 (20130101) C07K 14/70517 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2866 (20130101) C07K 16/2878 (20130101) C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 2319/32 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0646 (20130101) C12N 2501/23 (20130101) C12N 2502/11 (20130101) C12N 2502/99 (20130101) |
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| US 09834596 | Holtzman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Holtzman (St. Louis, Missouri); Hong Jiang (St. Louis, Missouri); Marc Diamond (St. Louis, Missouri); Najla Kfoury (St. Louis, Missouri); Brandon Holmes (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to antibodies to tau and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/412309 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) |
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| US 09834607 | Kuchroo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay K. Kuchroo (Newton, Massachusetts); Ana C. Anderson (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are novel compositions comprising bispecific and multispecific polypeptide agents, and methods using these agents for targeting cells, such as functionally exhausted or unresponsive immune cells, that co-express the inhibitory receptors PD-1 and TIM-3. These compositions and methods are useful for the treatment of chronic immune conditions, such as persistent infections or cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/857402 |
| 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) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/28 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2818 (20130101) C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09834608 | Lim 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) | Wendell A. Lim (San Francisco, California); Leonardo Morsut (San Francisco, California); Kole T. Roybal (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides binding-triggered transcriptional switch polypeptides, nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the binding-triggered transcriptional switch polypeptides, and host cells genetically modified with the nucleic acids. The present disclosure also provides chimeric Notch receptor polypeptides, nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the chimeric Notch receptor polypeptides, and host cells transduced and/or genetically modified with the nucleic acids. The present disclosure provides transgenic organisms comprising a nucleic acid encoding a binding triggered transcriptional switch polypeptide and/or a chimeric Notch receptor polypeptide of the present disclosure. Binding triggered transcriptional switch polypeptides and chimeric Notch receptor polypeptides of the present disclosure are useful in a variety of applications, which are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/583658 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) C07K 2319/74 (20130101) |
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| US 09834609 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GALAXY BIOTECH, LLC (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GALAXY BIOTECH, LLC (Cupertino, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyung Jin Kim (Cupertino, California); Wei-meng Zhao (Palo Alto, California); Hangil Park (San Francisco, California); Maximiliano Vasquez (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward a monoclonal antibody to fibroblast growth factor receptor 2, a pharmaceutical composition comprising same, and methods of treatment comprising administering such a pharmaceutical composition to a patient. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/172033 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2863 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/51 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/71 (20130101) |
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| US 09834610 | Tykocinski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark L. Tykocinski (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides fusion proteins that act on the glucocorticoid-induced TNFR family-related gene (GITR) and OX40 signaling pathway. In certain aspects, the proteins of the invention are useful in modulating both regulatory T (Treg) cells and effector T (Teff) cells. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/764024 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/52 (20130101) C07K 14/70575 (20130101) C07K 16/2878 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/75 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Translational Sciences Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Translational Sciences Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy L. Reed (Memphi, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for increasing plasmin activity in a patient in need thereof are provided, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutic amount of an agent which binds to α2-antiplasmin at a binding site to increase conversion of α2-antiplasmin from an inhibitor to a plasmin substrate, thereby increasing plasmin activity in the patient. Also provided are methods for the identification of compounds or molecules that increase plasmin activity, comprising determining whether the compound or molecule binds to a binding site on α2-antiplasmin which increases the conversion of α2-antiplasmin from an inhibitor to a plasmin substrate, wherein the compound or molecule is not an antibody, thereby identifying a compound or molecule which increases plasmin activity. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of myocardial infarction, thrombosis, ischemic stroke, and pulmonary embolism. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/872776 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/56 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/86 (20130101) |
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| US 09834616 | Shoemaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles B. Shoemaker (North Grafton, Massachusetts); Hanping Feng (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and kits are provided for treating a subject exposed to or at risk for exposure to a disease agent using a pharmaceutical composition including at least one recombinant heteromultimeric neutralizing binding protein including two or multiple binding regions, such that the binding regions are not identical, and each binding region specifically binds a non-overlapping portion of the disease agent, thereby treating the subject for exposure to the disease agent. In a related embodiment, the heteromultimeric neutralizing binding protein includes two or multiple binding regions that neutralize a plurality of disease agents. In certain embodiments, the disease agent includes a bacterium, a bacterial protein, a virus, a viral protein, a cancer cell, and a protein or molecule produced therefrom. In certain embodiments, the disease agent is a plurality of different disease agents. |
| FILED | Monday, March 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/665542 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 39/39591 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 16/468 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1282 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/62 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09834747 | Mershin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andreas Mershin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); James Pelletier (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John Glass (Germantown, Maryland); Elizabeth Strychalski (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Mershin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); James Pelletier (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John Glass (Germantown, Maryland); Elizabeth Strychalski (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary implementations, transplantation of nucleic acids into cells occurs in microfluidic chambers. The nucleic acids may be large nucleic acid molecules with more than 100 kbp. In some cases, the microfluidic chambers have only one orifice that opens to a flow channel. In some cases, flow through a microfluidic chamber temporarily ceases due to closing one or more valves. Transplantation occurs during a period in which the contents of the chambers are shielded from shear forces. Diffusion, centrifugation, suction from a vacuum channel, or dead-end loading may be used to move cells or buffers into the chambers. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/449106 |
| 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 | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101) |
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| US 09834755 | Bernstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER (Seattle, Washington); NOVARTIS INSTITUTE FOR FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington); Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irwin D. Bernstein (Seattle, Washington); Anthony E. Boitano (San Diego, California); Michael Cooke (San Diego, California); Colleen Delaney (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods, kits and compositions for expansion of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells and providing hematopoietic function to human patients in need thereof. In one aspect, it relates to kits and compositions comprising a Notch agonist and an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist. Also provided herein are methods for expanding the hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells using kits and compositions comprising a Notch agonist and an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist. The hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells expanded using the disclosed kits, compositions and methods include human umbilical cord blood stem/progenitor cells, placental cord blood stem/progenitor cells and peripheral blood stem cells. The present invention also relates to administering hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells expanded using a combination of a Notch agonist and an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist to a patient for short-term and/or long-term in vivo repopulation benefits. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/363748 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0647 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/26 (20130101) C12N 2501/38 (20130101) C12N 2501/42 (20130101) C12N 2501/60 (20130101) C12N 2501/125 (20130101) C12N 2501/145 (20130101) C12N 2501/999 (20130101) C12N 2501/2303 (20130101) C12N 2501/2306 (20130101) |
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| US 09834756 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Taylor (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Simona C. Baicu (Charleston, South Carolina); David Kravitz (Barrington Hills, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LIFELINE SCIENTIFIC, INC. (Itasca, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Taylor (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Simona C. Baicu (Charleston, South Carolina); David Kravitz (Barrington Hills, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of isolating cellular products, such as pancreatic islets, may be used in diabetes research and therapeutic transplantation. The methods may involve providing a donor tissue having desired cells and undesired cells, perfusing the donor tissue with a perfusion solution, developing edema during perfusion of the donor tissue to form a swelled tissue, and separating the desired cells from undesired cellular material to obtain a cellular product. The methods may also include disrupting the tissue, and separating the desired cells from undesired cellular material to obtain the cellular product. The methods may result in an increased yield of cellular product that retains sufficient functional integrity to be useful as a transplantation resource. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183961 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/0247 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0676 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09834770 | Widen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven G. Widen (Galveston, Texas); Thomas G. Wood (Houston, Texas); Allan R. Brasier (Galveston, Texas); Yingxin Zhao (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | DNA aptamers are high affinity ligands selected by genetic enrichment techniques to bind to specific protein targets. Because these represent chemically stable and reproducible molecules, they have application as affinity reagents and/or therapeutic drugs to affect the target protein's actions. NF-kB is an important mediator of the innate immune response and mediator of tissue inflammation. Although RNA and double stranded DNA aptamers have been identified to bind to the NF-kB family of proteins, the present invention represents the first identification of single stranded DNA aptamers that recognize NFkB RelA. The aptamers disclosed herein bind to several distinct regions of RelA and may be useful to antagonize the DNA binding of RelA as an inhibitor of cellular inflammation, visualize the location or amount of RelA in tissues from pathological conditions, or to quantitatively measure the activated state of RelA by affinity binding. |
| FILED | Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/673572 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 47/48092 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/3517 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 2333/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09834789 | 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 | 15/465387 |
| 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) A61K 48/005 (20130101) A61K 48/0075 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/16043 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14132 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2810/6027 (20130101) |
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| US 09835624 | Riley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee W. Riley (Berkeley, California); Richard A. Mathies (Moraga, California); Amador Goodridge (Berkeley, California); Jungkyu Kim (Albany, California); Robert Eugene Snyder (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee W. Riley (Berkeley, California); Richard A. Mathies (Moraga, California); Amador Goodridge (Berkeley, California); Jungkyu Kim (Albany, California); Robert Eugene Snyder (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods of detecting mycobacterium in an individual, generally involving detecting antibody to a mycobacterial lipid in a biological sample obtained from the individual. The present disclosure further provides compositions and kits for carrying out the methods. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/111677 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5695 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09835625 | Eng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charis Eng (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention is directed to a method of detecting Cowden syndrome (CS) or CS-like syndrome in an individual comprising detecting the presence of a mutated succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), mutated succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) or combination thereof in the individual, wherein detection of a mutated SDHB, SDHD or a combination thereof indicates that the individual is positive for CS or CS-like syndrome. In another aspect, the invention is directed to a method of determining whether an individual is at risk for developing Cowden syndrome (CS) or CS-like syndrome comprising detecting the presence of a mutated succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), mutated succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) or combination thereof in the individual, wherein detection of a mutated SDHB, SDHD or a combination thereof indicates that the individual is at risk for developing for CS or CS-like syndrome. In yet another aspect, the invention is directed to an article of manufacture for detecting Cowden syndrome (CS) or Cowden-like syndrome in an individual, comprising one or more agents that detects mutated succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), mutated succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) or combination thereof in the individual, and instructions for use. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/947851 |
| 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 1/32 (20130101) C12Q 1/485 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 2333/9121 (20130101) G01N 2333/90206 (20130101) |
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| US 09835634 | Bashir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rashid Bashir (Champaign, Illinois); Bobby Reddy (Savoy, Illinois); Muhammad A Alam (West Lafayette, Indiana); Pradeep R Nair (Kerali, India); Jonghyun Go (Seongnam-si, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rashid Bashir (Champaign, Illinois); Bobby Reddy (Savoy, Illinois); Muhammad A Alam (West Lafayette, Indiana); Pradeep R Nair (Kerali, India); Jonghyun Go (Seongnam-si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and devices for measuring pH and for amplifying a pH signal to obtain ultrasensitive detection of changes in pH. This is achieved by providing a sensor and a transducer, wherein the sensor transconductance is sensitive to changes in pH and the transducer transconductance is not affected by pH change. The transducer instead compensates for changes in the sensor transconductance arising from pH change. The unique configuration of the sensor and transducer with respect to each other provides substantial increases in a pH amplification factor, thereby providing pH sensing devices with a giant Nernst response and, therefore, effectively increased pH sensitivity. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/075557 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 1/25 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/414 (20130101) G01N 33/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/94 (20130101) G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/5091 (20130101) G01N 33/5438 (20130101) G01N 2800/709 (20130101) |
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| US 09835705 | Weingartner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sebastian Weingartner (Heidelberg, Germany); Mehmet Akcakaya (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Reza Nezafat (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sebastian Weingartner (Heidelberg, Germany); Mehmet Akcakaya (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Reza Nezafat (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and methods are provided for producing images of a subject. In some aspects, a method includes identifying a point in the cardiac cycle, performing an inversion recovery (IR) pulse at a selected time point from the pre-determined point, and sampling a k-space segment at an inversion time from the IR pulse that is substantially coincident with the pre-determined point. The method also includes repeating the IR pulse and k-space sampling for multiple inversion times, and multiple segments of k-space, in an interleaved manner, to generate datasets having T1-weighted contrasts determined by their respective inversion times. The method further includes reconstructing three-dimensional (3D) spatially-aligned images using the datasets, and generating a T1 recovery map by combining the 3D images. In some aspects, a prospective/retrospective scheme may be used to obtain data fully sampled in the center of k-space and randomly undersampled in the outer regions. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/536008 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/7285 (20130101) A61B 2576/023 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4818 (20130101) G01R 33/4822 (20130101) G01R 33/5602 (20130101) G01R 33/5613 (20130101) G01R 33/5673 (20130101) G01R 33/5676 (20130101) G01R 33/56325 (20130101) G01R 33/56509 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig L. Hill (Atlanta, Georgia); Yurii V. Gueletii (Decatur, Georgia); Djamaladdin G. Musaev (Atlanta, Georgia); Qiushi Yin (Tucker, Georgia); Bogdan Botar (Juelich, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Homogeneous water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) for the oxidation of water to produce hydrogen ions and oxygen, and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. In a preferred embodiment, the WOC is a polyoxometalate WOC which is hydrolytically stable, oxidatively stable, and thermally stable. The WOC oxidized waters in the presence of an oxidant. The oxidant can be generated photochemically, using light, such as sunlight, or electrochemically using a positively biased electrode. The hydrogen ions are subsequently reduced to form hydrogen gas, for example, using a hydrogen evolution catalyst (HEC). The hydrogen gas can be used as a fuel in combustion reactions and/or in hydrogen fuel cells. The catalysts described herein exhibit higher turn over numbers, faster turn over frequencies, and/or higher oxygen yields than prior art catalysts. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/338384 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/002 (20130101) B01J 23/888 (20130101) B01J 23/6527 (20130101) B01J 27/188 (20130101) B01J 27/199 (20130101) B01J 35/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/0033 (20130101) B01J 2523/00 (20130101) B01J 2523/00 (20130101) B01J 2523/00 (20130101) B01J 2523/12 (20130101) B01J 2523/13 (20130101) B01J 2523/14 (20130101) B01J 2523/15 (20130101) B01J 2523/41 (20130101) B01J 2523/51 (20130101) B01J 2523/51 (20130101) B01J 2523/69 (20130101) B01J 2523/69 (20130101) B01J 2523/69 (20130101) B01J 2523/821 (20130101) B01J 2523/821 (20130101) B01J 2523/845 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/042 (20130101) C01B 13/0207 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 51/006 (20130101) C01G 55/002 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2002/86 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/0606 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/364 (20130101) |
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| US 09833835 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iver E. Anderson (Ames, Iowa); Robert L. Terpstra (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making dispersion-strengthened alloy particles involves melting an alloy having a corrosion and/or oxidation resistance-imparting alloying element, a dispersoid-forming element, and a matrix metal wherein the dispersoid-forming element exhibits a greater tendency to react with a reactive species acquired from an atomizing gas than does the alloying element. The melted alloy is atomized with the atomizing gas including the reactive species to form atomized particles so that the reactive species is (a) dissolved in solid solution to a depth below the surface of atomized particles and/or (b) reacted with the dispersoid-forming element to form dispersoids in the atomized particles to a depth below the surface of said atomized particles. The atomized alloy particles are solidified as solidified alloy particles or as a solidified deposit of alloy particles. Bodies made from the dispersion strengthened alloy particles, deposit thereof, exhibit enhanced fatigue and creep resistance and reduced wear as well as enhanced corrosion and/or oxidation resistance at high temperatures by virtue of the presence of the corrosion and/or oxidation resistance imparting alloying element in solid solution in the particle alloy matrix. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/121416 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 2009/0888 (20130101) B22F 2009/0896 (20130101) B22F 2201/02 (20130101) B22F 2201/03 (20130101) B22F 2201/11 (20130101) B22F 2201/30 (20130101) B22F 2207/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 1/056 (20130101) C22C 1/1042 (20130101) C22C 5/02 (20130101) C22C 5/06 (20130101) C22C 9/00 (20130101) C22C 19/03 (20130101) C22C 32/00 (20130101) C22C 32/0015 (20130101) C22C 32/0021 (20130101) C22C 49/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) Y10T 428/2993 (20150115) Y10T 428/12014 (20150115) Y10T 428/12056 (20150115) |
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| US 09833837 | Heidloff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Heidloff (West Des Moines, Iowa); Joel R. Rieken (Nevada, Iowa); Iver E. Anderson (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for gas atomization of a titanium alloy, nickel alloy, or other alumina (Al2O3)-forming alloy wherein the atomized particles are exposed as they solidify and cool in a very short time to multiple gaseous reactive agents for the in-situ formation of a passivation reaction film on the atomized particles wherein the reaction film retains a precursor halogen alloying element that is subsequently introduced into a microstructure formed by subsequent thermally processing of the atomized particles to improve oxidation resistance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120706 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 3/14 (20130101) B22F 3/15 (20130101) B22F 3/225 (20130101) B22F 3/1055 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) B22F 2003/208 (20130101) B22F 2003/1051 (20130101) B22F 2009/0844 (20130101) B22F 2201/00 (20130101) B22F 2201/03 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 10/295 (20151101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) |
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| US 09834381 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Alburquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yifeng Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Charles R. Bryan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas Dewers (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jason E. Heath (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for geo-sequestration of a carbon dioxide includes selection of a target water-laden geological formation with low-permeability interbeds, providing an injection well into the formation and injecting supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) and water or bine into the injection well under conditions of temperature, pressure and density selected to cause the fluid to enter the formation and splinter and/or form immobilized ganglia within the formation. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/825869 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 41/0064 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09834649 | Kinnan 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) | Mark K. Kinnan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dennis P. Roach (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite article is disclosed that has non-circular fibers embedded in a polymer matrix. The composite article has improved damage tolerance, toughness, bending, and impact resistance compared to composites having traditional round fibers. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/047779 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/042 (20130101) C08J 5/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 5/044 (20130101) C08J 5/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09834693 | Hersam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Yu Teng Liang (Chicago, Illinois); Ethan B. Secor (Evanston, Illinois); Pradyumna L. Prabhumirashi (Chicago, Illinois); Kanan P. Puntambekar (Chicago, Illinois); Michael L. Geier (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rapid, scalable methodology for graphene dispersion and concentration with a polymer-organic solvent medium, as can be utilized without centrifugation, to enhance graphene concentration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/121097 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 11/14 (20130101) C09D 11/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 11/52 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/24 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31721 (20150401) Y10T 428/31786 (20150401) |
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| US 09834710 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saudi Aramco Technologies Company (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saudi Aramco Technologies Company (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Allen (Ithaca, New York); Vahid Sendijarevic (Troy, Michigan); James O'Connor (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses polyurethane adhesive compositions comprising aliphatic polycarbonate chains. In one aspect, the present invention encompasses polyurethane adhesives derived from aliphatic polycarbonate polyols and polyisocyanates wherein the polyol chains contain a primary repeating unit having a structure:. In another aspect, the invention provides articles comprising the inventive polyurethane compositions as well as methods of making such compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/394762 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/12 (20130101) C08G 18/12 (20130101) C08G 18/42 (20130101) C08G 18/44 (20130101) C08G 18/089 (20130101) C08G 18/664 (20130101) C08G 18/7671 (20130101) C08G 2170/20 (20130101) C08G 2170/80 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 5/00 (20130101) C09J 175/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09J 175/06 (20130101) C09J 2201/61 (20130101) |
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| US 09834775 | Church 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) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Daniel J. Mandell (Brookline, Massachusetts); Marc J. Lajoie (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant cells and recombinant organisms persistently expressing nonstandard amino acids (NSAAs) are provided. Methods of making recombinant cells and recombinant organisms dependent on persistently expressing NSAAs for survival are also provided. These methods may be used to make safe recombinant cells and recombinant organisms and/or to provide a selective pressure to maintain one or more reassigned codon functions in recombinant cells and recombinant organisms. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/025406 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/36 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) C12N 15/65 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2800/22 (20130101) C12N 2840/102 (20130101) |
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| US 09834843 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Manoj Narayanan (Edison, New Jersey); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois); Sheng Chao (Lotrobe, Pennsylvania); Shanshan Liu (Homer Glen, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Manoj Narayanan (Edison, New Jersey); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois); Sheng Chao (Lotrobe, Pennsylvania); Shanshan Liu (Homer Glen, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a process for forming crack-free dielectric films on a substrate. The process comprises the application of a dielectric precursor layer of a thickness from about 0.3 μm to about 1.0 μm to a substrate. The deposition is followed by low temperature heat pretreatment, prepyrolysis, pyrolysis and crystallization step for each layer. The deposition, heat pretreatment, prepyrolysis, pyrolysis and crystallization are repeated until the dielectric film forms an overall thickness of from about 1.5 μm to about 20.0 μm and providing a final crystallization treatment to form a thick dielectric film. The process provides a thick crack-free dielectric film on a substrate, the dielectric forming a dense thick crack-free dielectric having an overall dielectric thickness of from about 1.5 μm to about 20.0 μm. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/165427 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/493 (20130101) C04B 35/624 (20130101) C04B 35/634 (20130101) C04B 35/4682 (20130101) C04B 2235/3213 (20130101) C04B 2235/3227 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/208 (20130101) C23C 18/1216 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1241 (20130101) C23C 18/1254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 18/1283 (20130101) C23C 18/1295 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 19/04 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02118 (20130101) H01L 21/02186 (20130101) H01L 21/02189 (20130101) H01L 21/02192 (20130101) H01L 21/02194 (20130101) H01L 21/02197 (20130101) H01L 21/02282 (20130101) H01L 21/02356 (20130101) H01L 21/3105 (20130101) H01L 28/55 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24975 (20150115) |
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| US 09834856 | Vela Becerra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Javier Vela Becerra (Ames, Iowa); T. Purnima A. Ruberu (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Javier Vela Becerra (Ames, Iowa); T. Purnima A. Ruberu (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing colloidal semiconductor-metal hybrid heterostructures is disclosed. The method includes dissolving semiconductor nanorods in a solvent to form a nanorod solution, and adding a precursor solution to the nanorod solution. The precursor solution contains a metal. The method further includes illuminating the combined precursor and nanorod solutions with light of a specific wavelength. The illumination causes the deposition of the metal in the precursor solution onto the surface of the semiconductor nanorods. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/733975 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/005 (20130101) C30B 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/02 (20130101) C30B 29/50 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09835428 | Mace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Lee Mace (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Gerald J. Seitz (El Rancho, New Mexico); John A. Echave (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The detonation of one or more explosive charges and propellant charges by a detonator in response to a fire control signal from a command and control system comprised of a command center and instrumentation center with a communications link therebetween. The fire control signal is selectively provided to the detonator from the instrumentation center if plural detonation control switches at the command center are in a fire authorization status, and instruments, and one or more interlocks, if included, are in a ready for firing status. The instrumentation and command centers are desirably mobile, such as being respective vehicles. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/167777 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 25/34 (20130101) Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/263 (20130101) E21B 43/1185 (20130101) E21B 47/123 (20130101) Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 21/00 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/02 (20130101) F42B 3/10 (20130101) F42B 3/24 (20130101) F42B 3/113 (20130101) F42B 3/182 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 15/42 (20130101) Blasting F42D 1/02 (20130101) F42D 1/05 (20130101) F42D 1/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42D 1/045 (20130101) F42D 1/055 (20130101) F42D 3/00 (20130101) F42D 3/04 (20130101) F42D 3/06 (20130101) F42D 5/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09835618 | Swanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Basil I. Swanson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Harshini Mukundan (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Rama Murthy Sakamuri (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Basil I. Swanson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Harshini Mukundan (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Rama Murthy Sakamuri (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are systems for and methods of capturing, detecting, quantifying, and characterizing target moieties that are characterized by having a lipophilic portion of sufficient size and chemical composition whereby the target moiety inserts (or partitions) into a lipid assembly. Examples of such assays employ synthetic lipid constructs such as supported bilayers which are used to capture target moieties; other example assays exploit the natural absorption of compounds into natural lipid constructs such as HDL or LDL particles or cell membranes to capture target moieties. In specific embodiments, the target moieties are bacterial pathogen associated molecular pattern (PAMP) molecules or compounds not yet identified as PAMP molecules. Also provided are methods of determining PAMP molecule fingerprints and profiles that are linked to (indicative of) bacterial infection, disease states or progression, development of antibiotic resistance, and so forth, as well as these fingerprints, profiles and methods of using them. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/529847 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/7703 (20130101) G01N 33/53 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09835698 | Hoyt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Hoyt (Richland, Washington); Jesse A. Sears (Kennewick, Washington); Romulus V. F. Turcu (Richland, Washington); Kevin M. Rosso (West Richland, Washington); Jian Zhi Hu (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-pressure magic angle spinning (MAS) rotor is detailed that includes a high-pressure sample cell that maintains high pressures exceeding 150 bar. The sample cell design minimizes pressure losses due to penetration over an extended period of time. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/165215 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/305 (20130101) G01R 33/307 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/34069 (20130101) |
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| US 09835741 | Brubaker 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) | Erik Brubaker (Oakland, California); Peter Marleau (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A single volume fission energy neutron detector is described herein. The detector includes a single volume of scintillator. A photodetector is positioned adjacent to a surface of the scintillator, wherein the photodetector has relatively small spatial resolution corresponding thereto and relatively small temporal resolution corresponding thereto. Based upon values read out from detection bins of the photodetector, kinematics of a neutron that interacted with scintillating material of the scintillator are reconstructed. Based upon the kinematics (of the neutron and other detected neutrons), a location of material from which the neutron was emitted is ascertained, and an image of the material is generated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/327438 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09835742 | Nagarkar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vivek V. Nagarkar (Weston, Massachusetts); Mitali J. More (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivek V. Nagarkar (Weston, Massachusetts); Mitali J. More (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a neutron imaging detector and a method for detecting neutrons. In one example, a method includes providing a neutron imaging detector including plurality of memory cells and a conversion layer on the memory cells, setting one or more of the memory cells to a first charge state, positioning the neutron imaging detector in a neutron environment for a predetermined time period, and reading a state change at one of the memory cells, and measuring a charge state change at one of the plurality of memory cells from the first charge state to a second charge state less than the first charge state, where the charge state change indicates detection of neutrons at said one of the memory cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/078398 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09836993 | Dunlop 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) | William H. Dunlop (Livermore, California); Tawny R. Koncher (Brentwood, California); Stanley John Luke (Dublin, California); Jerry Joseph Sweeney (Livermore, California); Gregory K. White (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a system includes a signal generator operatively coupleable to one or more detectors; and a controller, the controller being both operably coupled to the signal generator and configured to cause the signal generator to: generate one or more signals each signal being representative of at least one emergency event; and communicate one or more of the generated signal(s) to a detector to which the signal generator is operably coupled. In another embodiment, a method includes: receiving data corresponding to one or more emergency events; generating at least one signal based on the data; and communicating the generated signal(s) to a detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/109846 |
| ART UNIT | 2684 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09837182 | Barsoum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michel W. Barsoum (Moorestown, New Jersey); Yury Gogotsi (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Michael Naguib Abdelmalak (Knoxville, Tennessee); Olha Mashtalir (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of transferring urea from an aqueous solution comprising urea to a MXene composition, the method comprising contacting the aqueous solution comprising urea with the MXene composition for a time sufficient to form an intercalated MXene composition comprising urea. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/205118 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 18/00 (20130101) B32B 2250/02 (20130101) B32B 2307/202 (20130101) B32B 2457/10 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/06 (20130101) C01B 21/062 (20130101) C01B 21/076 (20130101) C01B 21/0602 (20130101) C01B 21/0615 (20130101) C01B 21/0617 (20130101) C01B 21/0828 (20130101) C01B 31/30 (20130101) C01B 31/34 (20130101) C01B 31/303 (20130101) C01B 31/305 (20130101) Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 3/08 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/01 (20130101) C01P 2002/08 (20130101) C01P 2002/20 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/78 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/24 (20130101) C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2004/133 (20130101) C01P 2004/136 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 233/03 (20130101) C07C 275/00 (20130101) C07C 317/04 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/14 (20130101) C08K 3/28 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/04 (20130101) H01G 11/32 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/58 (20130101) H01M 4/62 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0492 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/755 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) |
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| US 09837238 | Opachich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Security Technologies, LLC (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Security Technologies, LLC (North Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yekaterina Opachich (Las Vegas, Nevada); Andrew MacPhee (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A photocathode designs that leverage the grazing incidence geometry yield improvements through the introduction of recessed structures, such as cones, pyramids, pillars or cavities to the photocathode substrate surface. Improvements in yield of up to 20 times have been shown to occur in grazing incidence geometry disclosed herein due to a larger path length of the X-ray photons which better matches the secondary electron escape depth within the photocathode material. A photocathode includes a substrate having a first side and a second side, the first side configured to receive x-ray energy and the second side opposing the first side. A structured surface is associated with the second side of the substrate such that the structured surface includes a plurality of recesses from the second side of the substrate into the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/249197 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/28 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2201/3421 (20130101) |
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| US 09837239 | Hirsch |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Hirsch (Pacifica, California) |
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| ABSTRACT | Optimization techniques are disclosed for producing sharp and stable tips/nanotips relying on liquid Taylor cones created from electrically conductive materials with high melting points. A wire substrate of such a material with a preform end in the shape of a regular or concave cone, is first melted with a focused laser beam. Under the influence of a high positive potential, a Taylor cone in a liquid/molten state is formed at that end. The cone is then quenched upon cessation of the laser power, thus freezing the Taylor cone. The tip of the frozen Taylor cone is reheated by the laser to allow its precise localized melting and shaping. Tips thus obtained yield desirable end-forms suitable as electron field emission sources for a variety of applications. In-situ regeneration of the tip is readily accomplished. These tips can also be employed as regenerable bright ion sources using field ionization/desorption of introduced chemical species. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/361911 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| 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 1/16 (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 14/16 (20130101) C23C 14/24 (20130101) C23C 14/5806 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 3/50 (20130101) C25D 5/50 (20130101) C25D 17/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/3044 (20130101) H01J 9/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 37/08 (20130101) H01J 37/073 (20130101) H01J 2201/30411 (20130101) H01J 2209/0226 (20130101) H01J 2237/0802 (20130101) H01J 2237/0805 (20130101) X-ray Technique H05G 2/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09837391 | Khare et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Surhud Khare (Bangalore, India); Dinesh Somasekhar (Portland, Oregon); Shekhar Y. Borkar (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is an apparatus which comprises: a first die including: a processing core; a crossbar switch coupled to the processing core; and a first edge interface coupled to the crossbar switch; and a second die including: a first edge interface positioned at a periphery of the second die and coupled to the first edge interface of the first die, wherein the first edge interface of the first die and the first edge interface of the second die are positioned across each other; a clock synchronization circuit coupled to the second edge interface; and a memory interface coupled to the clock synchronization circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/967231 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/12 (20130101) G06F 13/4022 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/528 (20130101) H01L 23/5221 (20130101) H01L 23/5386 (20130101) H01L 25/50 (20130101) H01L 25/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 49/101 (20130101) |
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| US 09837564 | Sykora et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milan Sykora (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Igor Usov (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Photodiodes and nuclear batteries may utilize actinide oxides, such a uranium oxide. An actinide oxide photodiode may include a first actinide oxide layer and a second actinide oxide layer deposited on the first actinide oxide layer. The first actinide oxide layer may be n-doped or p-doped. The second actinide oxide layer may be p-doped when the first actinide oxide layer is n-doped, and the second actinide oxide layer may be n-doped when the first actinide oxide layer is p-doped. The first actinide oxide layer and the second actinide oxide layer may form a p/n junction therebetween. Photodiodes including actinide oxides are better light absorbers, can be used in thinner films, and are more thermally stable than silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/274152 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/103 (20130101) H01L 31/022408 (20130101) |
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| US 09837665 | Dudney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy J. Dudney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chengdu Liang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jagjit Nanda (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gabriel M. Veith (Knoxville, Tennessee); Yoongu Kim (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); Surendra Kumar Martha (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium ion battery includes an anode and a cathode. The cathode includes a lithium, manganese, nickel, and oxygen containing compound. An electrolyte is disposed between the anode and the cathode. A protective layer is deposited between the cathode and the electrolyte. The protective layer includes pure lithium phosphorus oxynitride and variations that include metal dopants such as Fe, Ti, Ni, V, Cr, Cu, and Co. A method for making a cathode and a method for operating a battery are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/416508 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/628 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) |
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| US 09837814 | Solovyov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vyacheslav Solovyov (Rocky Point, New York); Qiang Li (Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency-assisted fast superconducting switch is described. A superconductor is closely coupled to a radio frequency (RF) coil. To turn the switch “off,” i.e., to induce a transition to the normal, resistive state in the superconductor, a voltage burst is applied to the RF coil. This voltage burst is sufficient to induce a current in the coupled superconductor. The combination of the induced current with any other direct current flowing through the superconductor is sufficient to exceed the critical current of the superconductor at the operating temperature, inducing a transition to the normal, resistive state. A by-pass MOSFET may be configured in parallel with the superconductor to act as a current shunt, allowing the voltage across the superconductor to drop below a certain value, at which time the superconductor undergoes a transition to the superconducting state and the switch is reset. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/385094 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/20 (20130101) Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements H02H 9/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 17/92 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49014 (20150115) |
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| US 09837953 | Chou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Brian Chou (Walnut Creek, California); Sang-Gook Kim (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Brian Chou (Walnut Creek, California); Sang-Gook Kim (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A metallic-dielectric photonic crystal is formed with a periodic structure defining a plurality of resonant cavities to selectively absorb incident radiation. A metal layer is deposited on the inner surfaces of the resonant cavities and a dielectric material fills inside the resonant cavities. This photonic crystal can be used to selectively absorb broadband solar radiation and then reemit absorbed radiation in a wavelength band that matches the absorption band of a photovoltaic cell. The photonic crystal can be fabricated by patterning a sacrificial layer with a plurality of holes, into which is deposited a supporting material. Removing the rest of the sacrificial layer creates a supporting structure, on which a layer of metal is deposited to define resonant cavities. A dielectric material then fills the cavities to form the photonic crystal. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/343030 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (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 14/046 (20130101) C23C 14/081 (20130101) C23C 14/083 (20130101) C23C 16/45525 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/113 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 10/30 (20141201) Original (OR) Class H02S 40/44 (20141201) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09839111 | Wessel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank J. Wessel (Irvine, California); Hafiz Ur Rahman (Riverside, California); Norman Rostoker (Irvine, California); Paul Ney (Moreno Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Wessel (Irvine, California); Hafiz Ur Rahman (Riverside, California); Norman Rostoker (Irvine, California); Paul Ney (Moreno Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fusible target is embedded in a high Z liner, ohmically heated and then shock wave heated by implosion of an enveloping high Z liner. The target is adiabatically heated by compression, fusibly ignited and charged-particle heated as it is being ignited. A shock front forms as the liner implodes which shock front detaches from the more slowly moving liner, collides with the outer surface of the target, accelerates inward, rapidly heating the target, adiabatically compressing the target and liner and amplifying the current to converge the liner mass toward a central axis thereby compressing the target to a fusion condition when it begins to ignite and produce charged particles. The charged particles are trapped in a large magnetic field surrounding the target. The energy of the charged particles is deposited into the target to further heat the target to produce an energy gain. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/847843 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/06 (20130101) H05H 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05H 6/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09839114 | Benson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia); ASML. NETHERLANDS B.V. (Veldhoven, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen V. Benson (Yorktown, Virginia); Frank Marhauser (Yorktown, Virginia); David R. Douglas (Yorktown, Virginia); Lucas J. P. Ament (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the suppression of upstream-directed field emission in RF accelerators. The method is not restricted to a certain number of cavity cells, but requires similar operating field levels in all cavities to efficiently annihilate the once accumulated energy. Such a field balance is desirable to minimize dynamic RF losses, but not necessarily achievable in reality depending on individual cavity performance, such as early Q0-drop or quench field. The method enables a significant energy reduction for upstream-directed electrons within a relatively short distance. As a result of the suppression of upstream-directed field emission, electrons will impact surfaces at rather low energies leading to reduction of dark current and less issues with heating and damage of accelerator components as well as radiation levels including neutron generation and thus radio-activation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/260101 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/02 (20130101) H05H 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05H 7/18 (20130101) H05H 9/00 (20130101) H05H 9/044 (20130101) H05H 2007/025 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrell Velegol (State College, Pennsylvania); Abhishek Kar (State College, Pennsylvania); Rajarshi Guha (State College, Pennsylvania); Manish Kumar (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are processes of removing particulate fouling from a filtration membrane or for preventing membrane fouling by particulate matter. A process capitalizes on reversal of a naturally occurring diisophoretic particle deposition to actively move particulate material away from a membrane. A process includes placing a microparticle including a salt in proximity to a membrane such that the microparticle creates a gradient generated spontaneous electric field or a gradient generated spontaneous chemiphoretic field in the solvent proximal to the membrane that actively draws charged particles away from the membrane thereby removing charged particulate matter away from the membrane or preventing its deposition. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/551491 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/025 (20130101) B01D 65/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 65/08 (20130101) B01D 71/16 (20130101) B01D 71/56 (20130101) B01D 2313/143 (20130101) B01D 2321/16 (20130101) B01D 2321/22 (20130101) B01D 2321/168 (20130101) B01D 2323/30 (20130101) B01D 2325/26 (20130101) B01D 2325/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09833978 | Sreetharan 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) | Pratheev Sabaratnam Sreetharan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John Peter Whitney (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert J. Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer, super-planar structure can be formed from distinctly patterned layers. The layers in the structure can include at least one rigid layer and at least one flexible layer; the rigid layer includes a plurality of rigid segments, and the flexible layer can extend between the rigid segments to serve as a joint. The layers are then stacked and bonded at selected locations to form a laminate structure with inter-layer bonds, and the laminate structure is flexed at the flexible layer between rigid segments to produce an expanded three-dimensional structure, wherein the layers are joined at the selected bonding locations and separated at other locations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332365 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Toys, e.g Tops, Dolls, Hoops or Building Blocks A63H 27/001 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 7/00 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/266 (20130101) B32B 37/18 (20130101) B32B 37/0076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 37/144 (20130101) B32B 38/0004 (20130101) B32B 38/0012 (20130101) B32B 38/14 (20130101) B32B 2038/0028 (20130101) B32B 2307/20 (20130101) B32B 2457/00 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 33/02 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0097 (20130101) B81B 7/02 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/0833 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/25 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1064 (20150115) Y10T 428/24331 (20150115) |
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| US 09834622 | Kennedy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Kennedy (Akron, Ohio); Yongmoon Kwon (Copley, Ohio); Subramanyam Ummadisetty (Longview, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene (PIB) compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to polyisobutylene compounds that can be used to synthesize polyurethanes, to polyurethane compounds made via the use of such polyisobutylene compounds, and to processes for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene compounds having two or more primary alcohol termini and to a process for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to primary terminated polyisobutylene compounds having two or more primary termini selected from amine groups or methacrylate groups. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/447371 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 8/06 (20130101) C08F 8/12 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/6204 (20130101) C08G 18/7671 (20130101) |
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| US 09834775 | Church 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) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Daniel J. Mandell (Brookline, Massachusetts); Marc J. Lajoie (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant cells and recombinant organisms persistently expressing nonstandard amino acids (NSAAs) are provided. Methods of making recombinant cells and recombinant organisms dependent on persistently expressing NSAAs for survival are also provided. These methods may be used to make safe recombinant cells and recombinant organisms and/or to provide a selective pressure to maintain one or more reassigned codon functions in recombinant cells and recombinant organisms. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/025406 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/36 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) C12N 15/65 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2800/22 (20130101) C12N 2840/102 (20130101) |
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| US 09835184 | Bishop-Moser 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) | Joshua Bishop-Moser (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Girish Krishnan (Mahomet, Illinois); Sridhar Kota (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber reinforced actuator includes first and second sets of fibers coupled with and arranged along a control volume to controllably constrain mobility of an actuator body. Fibers of the first set can be arranged with respect to fibers of the second set and with respect to a central axis to impart the actuator with various combinations of torsional and axial force responses. A third fiber may be included to form a helical actuator. A plurality of actuators can be coupled together for coordinated movement, thereby providing additional mobility directions, such as trans-actuator bending. The fiber-reinforced actuators and actuator assemblies are potential low cost, low energy consumption, lightweight, and simple replacements for existing motion devices such as servo-motor driven robots. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/457086 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 15/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F15B 2215/305 (20130101) |
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| US 09835532 | Hall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Hall (State College, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Lynch (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania); Edward W. Reutzel (State College, Pennsylvania); Galen Lynch (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian T. Reinhardt (Lemont, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser ablation tomography system includes a specimen stage for supporting a specimen. A specimen axis is defined such that a specimen disposed generally on the axis may be imaged. A laser system is operable to produce a laser sheet in a plane intersecting the specimen axis and generally perpendicular thereto. An imaging system is operable to image the area where the laser sheet intersects the specimen axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/646250 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — 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 3/00 (20130101) G01J 3/2823 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/06 (20130101) G01N 1/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/045 (20130101) G01N 2001/2886 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09837483 | Gilbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. Gilbert (Champaign, Illinois); Timothy M. Philip (Champaign, Illinois); Daniel Somerset Green (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical device includes a current transport layer made of an anomalous Hall material. The electrical device also includes a first ferromagnetic island in physical contact with the current transport layer and a second ferromagnetic island in physical contact with the current transport layer, the second ferromagnetic island oriented with respect to the first ferromagnetic island such as to concentrate a magnetic field, generated by current flow along a conducting surface of the anomalous Hall material, over the first ferromagnetic island and the second ferromagnetic island. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/405079 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09832973 | Pound et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joe M. Pound (Ingram, Texas); Kimberly H. Lohmeyer (Kerrville, Texas); Gary R. Earl (Kerrville, Texas); Randy W. Ryan, Jr. (Harper, Texas); Joseph E. Johnson, Jr. (Perry, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | The automatically attaching collar clasps are installed in an animal bait station. The bait station has an inlet so that when an animal is positioned in the inlet, a male clasp on one side of the inlet automatically converges with a female clasp on the opposite side to the inlet to create a ratcheting connection and thereby secures a collar around the neck of the targeted animal. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/719748 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 27/001 (20130101) A01K 27/007 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09834785 | Jones et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Jones (Silver Spring, Maryland); Frances G. Perez (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A family 1 cellulose-binding-domain (CBD) encoding gene from Phytophthora infestans was used to develop transgenic Bintje potato plants. Tests with detached leaflets showed no evidence of increased or decreased resistance to P. infestans, in comparison with the susceptible Bintje controls. Changes in plant morphology were most evident in the CBD1 multicopy transgenics. Plant height increases were evident in the later growth stages, along with earlier flowering and the ability to produce seed balls. While Bintje control plants are male and female sterile, the multicopy transgenics were male sterile and female fertile. Crosses made into Bintje demonstrated the ability to transfer P. infestans targeted R genes, as well as genes responsible for color and tuber shape, into Bintje germplasm. Selection for the absence of the CBD1 transgene should allow for immediate use of the material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/835861 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8287 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09835532 | Hall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Hall (State College, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Lynch (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania); Edward W. Reutzel (State College, Pennsylvania); Galen Lynch (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian T. Reinhardt (Lemont, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser ablation tomography system includes a specimen stage for supporting a specimen. A specimen axis is defined such that a specimen disposed generally on the axis may be imaged. A laser system is operable to produce a laser sheet in a plane intersecting the specimen axis and generally perpendicular thereto. An imaging system is operable to image the area where the laser sheet intersects the specimen axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/646250 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — 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 3/00 (20130101) G01J 3/2823 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/06 (20130101) G01N 1/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/045 (20130101) G01N 2001/2886 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09834395 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Brown (Manassas, Virginia); Edward F. Houston (Bristow, Virginia); Juan A. Roman (Fairfax, Virginia); Leung M. Shiu (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Riley H. Mayhall (Germantown, Maryland); Jacob L. Timm (Pasadena, Maryland); Reza Badri (Towson, Maryland); Thomas A. Hillerich (Lousiville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for reducing rotation of an article during singulation of a stack of articles is disclosed. The device may include a torsion element, a rotatable member configured to rotate about an elongated axis of the torsion element between a first position and a second position, and a revolving member coupled to the rotatable member. An outer surface of the revolving member contacts a drive belt in the first position and an article in the second position. The torsion element exerts torque on the rotatable member when it moves from the first position towards the second position. The torque causes the outer surface of the revolving member to apply a frictional force to the article, thereby minimizing rotation of the article. Systems and methods of singulating articles are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/719142 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling Thin or Filamentary Material, e.g Sheets, Webs, Cables B65H 1/025 (20130101) B65H 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65H 3/66 (20130101) B65H 3/124 (20130101) B65H 7/16 (20130101) B65H 9/166 (20130101) B65H 2402/545 (20130101) B65H 2404/1521 (20130101) B65H 2404/1532 (20130101) B65H 2515/212 (20130101) B65H 2701/1916 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09835467 | Bonnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clayton C. Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia); Gary Reblin (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for generating a location identifier using a location code and a grid coordinate. The location code corresponds to a defined geographical area, such as a postal code or an area code. A grid coordinate can be determined based on destination location information, such as an address, a GPS-determined position, or other reference to a specific physical location. The location identifier is combined with the location code to generate a location identifier, which can be encoded in a computer readable format and placed on items for use in a distribution network. The location identifier can be used to facilitate domestic or international distribution of items using a common format or addressing scheme. The domestic and foreign distribution networks read and interpret location identifiers in order to deliver items. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/593946 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/362 (20130101) G01C 21/3476 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 21/3623 (20130101) G01C 21/3629 (20130101) G01C 21/3661 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3087 (20130101) G06F 17/30241 (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 10/083 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09836718 | Dearing et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen M. Dearing (Herndon, Virginia); Kuldip K. Goyal (Alexandria, Virginia); Carla F. Sherry (Annandale, Virginia); Amy B. Cradic (Reston, Virginia); C. Scot Atkins (Chantilly, Virginia); Himesh A. Patel (Centerville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of processing items. Items in a distribution network or process may be scanned at every handling point in the distribution network, and each scan is recorded in a central repository. The scan information can be used to generate real-time access to data, analytical tools, predictive tools, and tracking reports. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/053746 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/1413 (20130101) G06K 7/1417 (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 10/087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 10/0833 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09835114 | Gradl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Gradl (Owens Cross Roads, Alabama); David Christopher Reynolds (Madison, Alabama); Bryant H. Walker (Palm City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for fabricating a coolant channel closeout jacket on a structure having coolant channels formed in an outer surface thereof. A line of tangency relative to the outer surface is defined for each point on the outer surface. Linear rows of a metal feedstock are directed towards and deposited on the outer surface of the structure as a beam of weld energy is directed to the metal feedstock so-deposited. A first angle between the metal feedstock so-directed and the line of tangency is maintained in a range of 20-90°. The beam is directed towards a portion of the linear rows such that less than 30% of the cross-sectional area of the beam impinges on a currently-deposited one of the linear rows. A second angle between the beam and the line of tangency is maintained in a range of 5-65°. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/615539 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/282 (20151001) Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 15/008 (20130101) B23P 2700/06 (20130101) B23P 2700/13 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/64 (20130101) F02K 9/972 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/234 (20130101) F05D 2230/237 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09835570 | Park 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 NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Hyun Jung Kim (Poquoson, Virginia); Jonathan R. Skuza (Williamsburg, Virginia); Kunik Lee (Fairfax, Virginia); Glen C. King (Williamsburg, Virginia); Sang Hyouk Choi (Poquoson, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An X-ray defraction (XRD) characterization method for sigma=3 twin defects in cubic semiconductor (100) wafers includes a concentration measurement method and a wafer mapping method for any cubic tetrahedral semiconductor wafers including GaAs (100) wafers and Si (100) wafers. The methods use the cubic semiconductor's (004) pole figure in order to detect sigma=3/{111} twin defects. The XRD methods are applicable to any (100) wafers of tetrahedral cubic semiconductors in the diamond structure (Si, Ge, C) and cubic zinc-blend structure (InP, InGaAs, CdTe, ZnSe, and so on) with various growth methods such as Liquid Encapsulated Czochralski (LEC) growth, Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (OMVPE), Czochralski growth and Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) growth. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/484517 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/20 (20130101) G01N 23/207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2223/0566 (20130101) G01N 2223/646 (20130101) G01N 2223/6116 (20130101) G01N 2223/6462 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09834237 | Plotnikov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov (Niskayuna, New York); Brett Alexander Matthews (Niskayuna, New York); Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (Erie, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Michael Fries (Grain Valley, Missouri); Joseph Forrest Noffsinger (Grain Valley, Missouri); Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha (Bangalore, India); Tannous Frangieh (Niskayuna, New York); Frederick Wilson Wheeler (Niskayuna, New York); Brian Lee Staton (Palm Bay, Florida); Timothy Robert Brown (Erie, Pennsylvania); Gregory Boverman (Niskayuna, New York); Majid Nayeri (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, apply a filter to the one or more electrical characteristics, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/841209 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Guiding Railway Traffic; Ensuring the Safety of Railway Traffic B61L 3/18 (20130101) B61L 23/044 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 09835931 | Pelteku |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Altin E. Pelteku (Severna Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A voltage-mode integrate-and-dump photonic ADC front-end circuit includes a current integrator for immediately integrating current pulses onto a capacitor voltage, the current pulses converted by photodetectors from optical data pulses corresponding to a received analog input signal. The circuit may include dampeners for reducing voltage ringing and resulting intersymbol interference (ISI) to preserve SNR at high data rates. The integrating capacitor may be discharged by a reset switch based on clock signals generated by a master clock; the reset switch may include a pulse width controller enabling the integrating capacitor to track and hold the integrated voltage, rather than downstream sample-and-hold amplifiers. Quantizers and other signal processors generate digital signal output by sampling and digitizing the integrated voltage output of the current integrator. |
| FILED | Friday, April 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/482498 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 1/13318 (20130101) G02F 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2001/13312 (20130101) G02F 2001/13324 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/092 (20130101) H02M 7/02 (20130101) H02M 2001/0041 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/001 (20130101) H03M 2201/51 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09833427 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald W. Miller (Winnipeg, Canada); Samuel C. Augustine (Omaha, Nebraska); Jon C. Wagner (Omaha, Nebraska); Thomas L. McDonald (Omaha, Nebraska); Dennis H. Robinson (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald W. Miller (Winnipeg, Canada); Samuel C. Augustine (Omaha, Nebraska); Jon C. Wagner (Omaha, Nebraska); Thomas L. McDonald (Omaha, Nebraska); Dennis H. Robinson (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a creatine ester anti-inflammatory compound which may be received by animals and then metabolized into a biologically active form of creatine. The biologically active creatine inhibits the production of chemical mediators, released during an inflammatory response, which are important components in the inflammatory response and the inflammation and pain resulting from physical or chemical trauma to cells and tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/723003 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/66 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09836633 | Kozicki |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael N. Kozicki (Phoenix, 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) | Michael N. Kozicki (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure features dendritic tags, and methods and systems for fabricating and using such tags. The methods can include obtaining at least one image of a dendritic tag attached to an article, analyzing the at least one image to identify a set of features associated with the dendritic tag, and comparing the set of features to stored information to identify the article. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/857655 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/06 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) G02B 27/286 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3028 (20130101) G06F 17/30879 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/1099 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/46 (20130101) G06K 9/00147 (20130101) G06K 9/00577 (20130101) G06K 9/2027 (20130101) G06K 9/4671 (20130101) G06K 9/6202 (20130101) G06K 19/086 (20130101) G06K 19/06046 (20130101) G06K 19/07749 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/12 (20170101) G06T 2207/10056 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) Ciphering or Deciphering Apparatus for Cryptographic or Other Purposes Involving the Need for Secrecy G09C 5/00 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/3278 (20130101) H04L 2209/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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